Compton, Ida L., 1917-1985

"Ida Kay Compton was born on June 14, 1917 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. While a graduate student at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1947, she met Sinclair Lewis. Lewis had recently moved to Williamstown from Duluth, Minnesota. Compton, who was known as Ida Kay, wrote a book review on Lewis' 1947 novel, Kingsblood Royal, and was summoned by Lewis to his farm, Thorvale. Here began a friendship that lasted until Lewis' death in 1951. Ida married Williams College chemistry faulty member Charles Compton in 1953. Her career included stints at the University of Chicago Press and Time, Inc. Ida passed away on September 22, 1985 in Bradenton, Florida."--Finding aid.