Thomas Dreier (May 5, 1884 – September 4, 1976)[1] was an American editor, writer, advertising executive, and business theorist. The Thomas Dreier Reading Room at Peter H. Armacost Library, Eckerd College is named in his honor.
Thomas Dreier | |
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| Born | May 5, 1884 Durand, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | September 4, 1976 (aged 92) |
He was born in Durand, Wisconsin in 1884[2] and edited and published his own short-lived paper, The Menomonie Badger, in Menomonie in 1903 and 1904.[3] He subsequently moved to the Boston area. He built the Frank Chouteau Brown-designed "Snug Gables" in Winchester, Massachusetts, where he lived from 1920 to 1933, and later settled in New Hampshire on a 500-acre (200 ha) farm named "Sunny Meadows" in Melvin Village, Tuftonborough.
In 1935 he and his first wife, Blanche Nowell Dreier, moved to St. Petersburg, Florida.[4] In Florida Thomas served as chairman of the State Library Board and was a leader in rebuilding the St. Petersburg Public Library.[5] Blanche died in 1960 and in 1961 he married Mary Baker.[1]
He died on September 4, 1976 at his home in St. Petersburg.[1]
He was the first editor of the New Hampshire Troubadour magazine.[6]
Selected works
edit- Heroes of Insurgency (1910)
- The Story of Three Partners; United Shoe Machinery Company, Beverly, Mass. (1911)
- Silver Lining or Sunshine on the Business Trail (1922)
- Sunny Meadows (1933), concerning he and Blanche's life on their farm in New Hampshire[7]
- The Power of Print—and Men (1936), with William Addison Dwiggins
- Man Hunting, the Greatest Sport (1936)
- We Human Chemicals; or, The Knack of Getting Along With Everybody (1948)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Helped Found Friends of the Library, Thomas Dreier, 92". Evening Independent. Vol. 69, no. 264. St. Petersburg, Florida. September 6, 1976. p. 7-C. OCLC 2720408.
- ^ Who's Who in Advertising, Detroit: Business Service Corporation, 1916, p. 21
- ^ "About The Menomonie badger. (Menomonie, Wis.) 1903–1904". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
- ^ "Thomas Dreier, Man and Legend". Evening Independent. Vol. 65, no. 162. St. Petersburg, Florida. May 10, 1972. p. 1-B. OCLC 2720408.
- ^ Slocum, Grace P. (September 1960). Smith, Samray; Hoy, C. J.; Falvey, Mary (eds.). "1960 American Library Association awards, citations, and scholarships". ALA Bulletin. 54 (8). Chicago: American Library Association: 689. ISSN 2328-8310. JSTOR 25695947. OCLC 846836877.
Thomas Dreier has for many years found time to devote to the development of libraries in Florida, serving as chairman of the State Library Board and as a leader in the construction of the St. Petersburg Public Library. In citing these trustees, Mrs. May Valencik, chairman of the jury on selection, recognized their energy, devotion, and superior talents in promoting good reading and library service.
- ^ "Carlson Shows Oils, Water Colors; Whitman Pencil Paintings Also at Public Library Now". Nashua Telegraph. Vol. 64, no. 235. Nashua, New Hampshire. December 7, 1932. p. 5. OCLC 22532489.
- ^ Murdock, Kenneth B. (1934). "Sunny Meadows by Thomas Dreier; The White Hills: Mountain New Hampshire, Winnepesaukee to Washington by Cornelius Weygandt". The New England Quarterly. 7 (3). MIT Press: 583–585. doi:10.2307/359679. ISSN 0028-4866. JSTOR 359679.
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