Frost, John E. (John Eldridge), 1917-1992

Author, historian, and genealogist, of Maine.

From the description of York County, Maine, record book : addenda to record books of towns, 1975. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 166428776

Maine author and historian, of Eliot, Me., and New York, N.Y.

From the description of Shapleigh family materials, 1939-1988. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 703869706

American librarian and editor.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to M.A. De Wolfe Howe, 1952 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752826

John Eldridge Frost, clergyman, genealogist, and librarian at New York University, was born in Eliot, Maine, on January 13, 1917. He received a B.A. degree in Sacred Theology from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University in 1941; a B.S. degree in library science from Columbia University in 1948; an M.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1948; and a Ph.D. from New York University in 1953. In 1942, he was ordained in the Episcopalian Church and served at the Church of the Advent in ...

From the description of Records of the John Frost Library Collection 1936-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 742964681

Historian and genealogist, of Eliot, Me.

From the description of John E. Frost British genealogy collection, ca. 1960-1969. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 262615579

Author, bookseller, and dealer, of New York, N.Y.

From the description of John Frost correspondence to Oliver Sheean, 1954-1955. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 187897843

John Eldridge Frost, clergyman, genealogist, and librarian at New York University, was born in Eliot, Maine, on January 13, 1917. He received a B.A. degree in Sacred Theology from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University in 1941; a B.S. degree in library science from Columbia University in 1948; an M.A. degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1948; and a Ph.D. from New York University in 1953.

In 1942, he was ordained in the Episcopalian Church and served at the Church of the Advent in Westbury, New York; St. Mary’s Chapel in Carle Place, New York; and All Saints Church in Worcester, Massachusetts. Frost was a chaplain in the Navy during World War II in 1945 and 1946.

While completing his Ph.D. at NYU, Frost served as an assistant librarian for the Washington Square College of Arts and Sciences. From 1955 to 1972, Frost held the position of head librarian at Gould Memorial Library, which was the main library in the University Heights campus in the Bronx. From 1972 to 1982, Frost was a member of the NYU library faculty.

In addition to his work as a librarian, Frost was a prominent genealogist and the author of The Nicholas Frost Family, Colonial Village, Sarah Orne Jewett and Maine Genealogy . He also authored and edited Maine Probate Abstracts, 2nd volume, 1991.

Dr. Frost was a long time member of the American Library Association, the Newcomen Society of England, and the Maine Historical Society, and was trustee and founder of the Gundalow Club, which was devoted to New England maritime history.

John Eldridge Frost died at the age of 75 on July 23, 1992, in York, Maine.

From the guide to the Records of the John Frost Library Collection, 1936-1975, (New York University Archives)