Background
Mansfield, Luther Stearns was born on April 25, 1906 in Arlington, Nebraska, United States. Son of Albert Bruce and Lula Elizabeth (Stearns) Mansfield.
Mansfield, Luther Stearns was born on April 25, 1906 in Arlington, Nebraska, United States. Son of Albert Bruce and Lula Elizabeth (Stearns) Mansfield.
Bachelor of Arts, Texas Christian University, 1927, Master of Arts, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1936.
Teaching fellow English, Texas Christian University, 1927-1928. Instructor English, Illinois Military School, Abington, Illinois, 1928-1929. Assistant Professor of English, Jamestown College, 1929-1936.
Instructor English, Williams College, 1936-1939, assistant professor, 1939-1947, associate professor of history and literature, 1947-1952, professor of history and literature, 1952-1962, professor American history and literature, 1962-1971, professor emeritus, 1971-1978.
Visiting assistant Professor of English, Swarthmore College, 1944-1945. Visiting associate Professor of English, Duke University, summer 1947.
Visiting associate professor American literature Johns Hopkins, summer 1950, visiting professor U. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1956. Guest Professor of English, Texas Christian University, summer 1962.
Visiting lecturer English, University of Minnesota, 1964-1965.
Visiting lecturer English. U. North Dakota, summer 1966.
Member Emerson Society, Modern Language Association, American Association University Professors, American Studies Association, Scholarship Society of South, Melville Society, Sigma Tau Delta. Club: Williams (New York City).