Background
Thomas, Minor Wine was born on August 20, 1917 in Hamburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Minor Wine and Grace Lee (Nesselrodt) Thomas.
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Minor Wine Thomas, museum director. Trustee History Society of Eastern Shore of Virginia; Member American Association Museums, Early American Industries Association (Vice-President), American Association State and Local History, Association for Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Lambda Chi Alpha.
Education
Bachelor of Science, College William and Mary, 1939.
Career
Archaeologist, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., 1938-1942, 46-50;
director department craft shops, Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., 1950-1956;
chemist, Solvay Process Company, Hopewell, Virginia, 1942-1946;
director craft shops and eproductions program, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan, 1956-1957;
chief curator, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 1957-1964;
assistant director, New York State History Association, Cooperstown, New York, 1964-1972;
chief curator, New York State History Association, since 1964;
associate director, New York State History Association, 1972-1975;
secretary, New York State History Association, 1969-1975;
director, New York State History Association, 1975-1982;
director emeritus, New York State History Association, since 1982. Professor of history of technical Cooperstown Graduate Programs. Trustee Hanford Mill, East Meredith, New York.
Participant study group on English country houses of England National Trust.
Membership
Trustee History Society of Eastern Shore of Virginia. Member American Association Museums, Early American Industries Association (Vice-President), American Association State and Local History, Association for Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Lambda Chi Alpha.
Connections
Married Annabel Brubaker, August 30, 1940. Children: Minor Wine III, Phyllis Annual.
