General Elliot Thorpe Collection (Mss. Gr. 154)
University of Rhode Island, University Archives and Special Collections
15 Lippitt RoadKingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632
email: archives@etal.uri.edu
Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION | |
| Acquisition: | This collection contains materials drawn from items given to or collected by Dr. Richard Vangermeersch, Professor of Accounting, University of Rhode Island in his research conducted over the summer of 2001 on General Thorpe's career. In addition, William Thorpe, General Thorpe's grandson, provided Special Collections with facsimiles of photographs featuring his late father with General MacArthur. In 2005 materials initially donated in the 1980s by Thorpe to the American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming were transferred by the Center to the University of Rhode Island and added to the Thorpe Collection. |
| ABOUT THE FINDING AID | |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Sarina R. Wyant, Leslie Tobias Olsen, and Robert D. Farwell. |
| Encoding: | Finding aid encoded by Hailie D. Posey 2009 July 14, updated by Erin Mullen on 2014 August 29, updated by Mark Dionne on 2020 April 9 |
| Descriptive rules: | Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
