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Thomas Winthrop Streeter Sr. (July 20, 1883 – June 12, 1965) was a book collector whose collection of Americana was considered one of the most important of its kind.[1]
Thomas W. Streeter Sr. | |
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Born | Thomas Winthrop Streeter July 20, 1883 Concord, New Hampshire |
Died | June 12, 1965 81) Morristown, New Jersey | (aged
Occupation(s) | businessman, collector |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Parent | Lillian Carpenter Streeter |
He was the son of Frank Sherwin and Lilian Carpenter, and he was born in Concord, New Hampshire on July 20, 1883.[2][3] He was married to Ruth Cheney on July 23, 1917, and they had the following children: Frank S. Streeter (1918–2006), Henry S Streeter(1920-2001), Thomas W Streeter (1922-2022) and Lillian Streeter Chance (1927-2013).[3][1]
Streeter was President of the Bibliographical Society of America in 1942-1943. He was also Chairman, Friends of the Dartmouth College Library; Associate, John Carter Brown Library; Council of Fellows, Pierpont Morgan Library; director, Friends Huntington Library; visiting committees of libraries at Yale, Princeton, Harvard, and the McGregor Library; fellow. California Historical Society; council, Grolier Club, trustee and treasurer of the New York Historical Society, and president, American Antiquarian Society. [4]
He died in Morristown, New Jersey, on June 12, 1965, and was buried in Peterborough, New Hampshire.[2]
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