Background
Latour, Terry Stephen was born on September 5, 1955 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Armand Louis and Dorothy B. (Gumpp) Latour.
Latour, Terry Stephen was born on September 5, 1955 in Brackenridge, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Armand Louis and Dorothy B. (Gumpp) Latour.
Bachelor in American History, Allegheny College, 1978. Master of Arts in American History, Case Western Reserve University, 1980. Master of Science in Library.
Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in Library. Science, Florida State University, 1995.
Library assistant, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1979;
research intern, National History Public and Records Commission, Washington, 1979;
assistant archivist, U. Akron, Ohio., 1980;
curator special collections, U. Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1980-1986;
director special collections, U. Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1986-1991;
university archivist, U. Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1991-1995;
director libraries, Delta State University, since 1995. Grant reviewer National History Public and Records Commission, Washington, since 1983, National Endowment for Humanities, since 1984. Project advisory Mississippi Survey African/American Records, Jackson, Mississippi, 1990-1992.
Preservation consultant Marion City History Society, Columbia, Mississippi, 1993-1995. Advisory board Mississippi Health Sciences Information Network, since 1996. Member Mississippi Library.
Dirs. Council, since 1995, chair, 1997. Member steering committee Mississippi Alliance for Gaining New Opportunities through library Information Access,1997-.
Volunteer Mississippi Blood Superior vena cava syndrome, 1982-1988, 96-, United Blood Superior vena cava syndrome, 1988-1995. Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Hattiesburg, 1988-1995. Board directors, editor Hattiesburg History Society, 1987-1995.
Member American Library Association (section committee 1988-1990), Society American Archivists (steering committee 1980-1984, 86-89), American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Mississippi Library. Association (president Association of College and Research Libraries chapter 1990), Society Mississippi Archivists (president 1986-1987), Exch.
Married Leslie Lynn Baldwin, May 30, 1980. 1 child, Stephanie Lynn.