Lawrence Sidney Thompson

Background

Thompson, Lawrence Sidney was born on December 21, 1916 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Lawrence Sidney and Elizabeth Luraa (Jones) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1938. AM, University Chicago, 1935.

ABLS, University Michigan, 1940.

Career

Fellow American-Scandinavian Foundation, Uppsala and Lund, Sweden, 1938-1939. Assistant to librarian Iowa State College, 1940-1942. Special agent Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, 1942-1945.

Bibliographer United States Department of Agriculture Library, 1945-1946. Head librarian Western Michigan College, 1946-1948. Director libraries University Kentucky, Lexington, 1948-1965, professor classics, 1948-1986.

Consultant Erasmus Press, Lexington. Advisor on library problems Ministry of Education Government of Turkey, Ankara, 1951-1952. Conducted survey of library of Caribbean Commission, Port-of-spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1953.

Achievements

• Lawrence Sidney Thompson has been listed as a noteworthy classics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Bibliologia comica;: Or, Humorous aspects of the caparisoning and conservation of books,

    (First edition. A scholarly look at libraries, bookcollect...)

  • Wilhelm Waiblinger in Italy [University of North Carolina, Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures, Number Nine]
  • Wilhelm Waiblinger in Italy (University of North Carolina)
  • Fine Binding in America, the Story of the Club Bindery
  • The Club Bindery (ACRL microcard series)
  • Fine binding in America : the story of the Club Bindery
  • BIBLIOLOGIA COMICA o Humorous Aspects of the Caparisoning and Conservation of Bo
  • A bibliography of Spanish plays on microcards,
  • Essays in Hispanic bibliography,
  • Essays in Hispanic bibliography,
  • A bibliography of American doctoral dissertations in classical studies and related fields,
  • Bibliography of Dissertations in Classical Studies: American, 1964-72 and British 1950-72
  • A Bibliography of American Doctoral Dissertations in Classical studies and Relat
  • A bibliography of dissertations in classical studies : American, 1964-1972 : British, 1950-1972 ; with a cumulative index, 1861-1972
  • Appalachian Heritage A Magazine of Southern Appalachian Life & Culture Volume 23, Number 4, Fall 1995 This Side of the Mountain, These Are Our Mountains Too, Summer Job for Daughter, Medical History Notes from Appalachia, Grandmother Dorothy's Appalachian
  • Kentucky tradition.
  • The Kentucky Novel,
  • The Historical novel in Kentucky: From the long hunters to Appomattox

• Other Work

  • Author: Folkore of the Chapel, 1950, The Kentucky Novel, 1953, Wilhelm Waiblinger in Italy, 1953, Foreign Travellers in the South, 1900-1950, The Club Bindery, 1955, Kentucky Tradition, 1956, Kurze Geschichte des Handeinbandes in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, 1955, Boktryckarkonstens uppkomst Förenta staterna, 1956, History of Printing in Colonial Spanish America, 1962, A Bibliogrpahy of American Doctoral Dissertations in Classical Studies and Related Fields, 1968, Bibliologia Comica, 1968, A Bibliography of Spanish Plays on Microcard, 1967, Essays in Hispanic Bibliography, 1970, The Southern Black: A Bibliography of Books in Microform, 1970, Books In Our Time, 1972, The New Sabin, Volunteer I-VII, 1974-1986, A Bibliography of Dissertations in Classical Studies, American, 1964-1972. British, 1950-1972. With a Cumulative Index, 1861-1972, 1976.
    
    Public: American Notes and Queries, 1962-1986, Germanic Notes, 1969-1986, Appalachian Notes, 1972-1986. Contributor on literature, bibliographical and history subjects to learned journals, American Scandinavia, Federal Republic Germany.

Membership

Member American Library Association, Southeastern Library Association (honorary), Bibliographical Society of America, Saellskapet Bokvaennerna, Kentucky Library Association, Kentucky Folklore Society (president 1963-1964), Kentucky History Society, Sociedad de Bibliofilos de Argentina, Society Colonial Wars in Commonwealth of Kentucky, Society Cincinnati, Caxton Club, Rowfant Club, Grolier Club, Rounce and Coffin Club, Filson Club, Gutenberg-Gesellschaft Club, Rotary, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Beta Phi Mu (founder).

Connections

Married Algernon Smith Dickson, September 23, 1950 (deceased July 1962). Children: Sarah E., Mary L., Richard. Married Ellen Marshall Dunlap, May 18, 1968 (deceased February 1975).

Married Anna Murashko O'Brien, August 16, 1975 (divorced March 1979).

Father:

Lawrence Sidney Thompson

Mother:

Elizabeth Luraa (Jones) Thompson

Spouse:

Ellen Marshall Dunlap

Spouse:

Anna Murashko O'Brien

Spouse:

Algernon Smith Dickson

child:

Richard Thompson

child:

Mary L. Thompson

child:

Sarah E. Thompson