Background
Alderson, William Thomas was born on May 8, 1926 in Schenectady. Son of William Thomas and Helen Martha (Knowlton) Alderson.
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Alderson, William Thomas was born on May 8, 1926 in Schenectady. Son of William Thomas and Helen Martha (Knowlton) Alderson.
AB, Colgate University, 1947; student, Howard College, 1944-1945; student, Tulane University, 1945-1946; Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1952.
Senior archivist, Tennessee State Library. and Archives, 1952-1957;
assistant state library and archivist, Tennessee State Library. and Archives, 1959-1961;
executive secretary, Tennessee History Commission, 1957-1961;
state librarian and archivist, chairman commission, Tennessee History Commission, 1961-1964;
director, American Association State and Local History
editor, History News, Nashville, 1964-1978;
professor, director music studies, William Watson Harrington Distinguished lecturer in history, U. Delaware, Newark, 1978-1982;
director, Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Rochester, New York, 1982-1986;
president, Old Salem Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1987-1990;
coordinator seminar for history administration, Colonial Williamburg Foundation, 1990-1996. Member of advisory committee Library of Congress National Union Catalog Manuscript Collections, 1965-1970. Advising committee history societies and humanistic music National Endowment for Humanities, 1966.
Music advisory panel National Endowment Arts, 1972-1975, co-chairman, 1974-1975. Advising committee Historic American buildings Survey, 1967-1971. Member National Museum Act advisory council Smithsonian Institution, 1971-1976.
Instructor extension division U. Tennessee, 1954-1961. Visiting assistant professor of history Vanderbilt University, 1955-1956, Adjunct Professor, 1973-1978. Director American Heritage Public Company, 1965-1978.
Member History Commission Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, 1966-1970. Trustee History Hudson Valley, 1981-1991. Adjunct professor of history Wake Forest U., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1990-1993.
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow Society of America Archivists (council 1963-1967). Member American Association for State and Local History (council 1959-1964, award of distinction 1991), American Records Management Association (president Southeast chapter 1963-1964), Tennessee Association Museum (president 1965-1967), Association Preservation Tennessee Antiquities (trustee 1964-1971), Colgate University Alumni Association (president Tennessee chapter 1962-1966), Nashville Rose Society (president 1963), Southern History Association, Tennessee History Society (vice president 1969-1971), American Association Museum (chairman accreditation commission 1970-1973, councilor-at-large, 1987-1989), Mid-Atlantic Association Museum (vice president 1978-1980, president 1981-1982, Katherine Coffey award 1988), Southeastern Museum Conference (James R. Short award 1987).
Married Sylvia Caldwell Farrell, September 14, 1953. Children: William Thomas III, Virginia Ann, Rebecca Louise.