Background
Thompson, James was born on January 11, 1932 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. Son of James and Mary Margaret (Harland) Thompson.
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A guidebook for libraries seeking to build, select and care for an English literature collection. Table of contents. Focuses on information about bibliographies, literary history, reference works, selection, cataloguing and classification. One chapter discusses outstanding collections and important associations. Index. 156 pages. cloth. 8vo..
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Thompson, James was born on January 11, 1932 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. Son of James and Mary Margaret (Harland) Thompson.
Bachelor with first class honors in English, University Durham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1957.
Library. assistant Newcastle City Libraries, 1948-1959. Assistant library Nottingham (England) University Library., 1959-1963. Senior assistant library University East Anglia, Norwich, England, 1963-1965.
Deputy library University Glasgow, Scotland, 1965-1967. Library University Reading, England, 1967-1987, University Birmingham, England, since 1987. President Reading Association University Teachers University Reading, 1981-1983.
Project head Location Register of 20th Century English Literature Manuscripts and Letters, Reading, 1982-1987. Council member Standing Conference National and University Libraries, 1983-1986.
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Member Berkshire County Council Library. Sub-Committee, Reading, 1973-1987. Fellow Library. Association.
Married Mary Josephine McAndrew, September 21, 1958 (divorced October 1987). Children: Rosalind, Gabriel. Married Susan Lesley Challans, August 6, 1988.