Thomas R. Adams
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Thomas Randolph Adams (May 22, 1921 – December 1, 2008) was librarian of the John Carter Brown Library and John Hay Professor of Bibliography and University Bibliographer at Brown University.
Early life, education, and family
The son of
Career as a rare book librarian
Adams began his career in rare books in 1947 at the Library Company of Philadelphia. He served as curator of rare books in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library at the University of Pennsylvania from 1950 to 1955. In 1955, he was appointed Custodian of the Chapin Library at Williams College, remaining there until 1957, when he was appointed Librarian of The John Carter Brown Library. He retired from that position in 1983, and stayed on as University Professor at Brown until 1991.[1]
Adams served on the boards and advisory committees of many institutions including the
He served on the Council of the
He was the 2008 recipient of the John Carter Brown Library Medal, in recognition of distinguished service to the Library. He died in Providence, Rhode Island on December 1, 2008.[1]
Published works
- American Independence: The Growth of an Idea (1965)
- The American Controversy: A Bibliographical Study of the British Pamphlets about the American Disputes, 1764-1783 (1980)
- English Maritime Books Before 1801, with D. W. Waters (1995).
- Defining Americana: The Evolution of The John Carter Brown Library (2008).
References
- ^ a b "Thomas Adam Obituary". Providence Journal. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- Obituary, Providence Journal 4 December 2008
- Obituary, University of Pennsylvania Almanac, Volume 55, No. 16 (16 December 2008)