Erwin N. Thompson Research Collection, 1776-1995

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Erwin N. Thompson Research Collection, 1776-1995

1776-1995

https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/upload/35360fa-Erwin-Thompson-Research-Coll-2.pdf

This is the combined collection of research materials created and amassed by NPS historian Erwin N. “T” Thompson, used for multiple historic resource studies (HRS) on GGNRA properties from the 1970s through the 1990s. The bulk of the collection is Thompson’s handwritten and indexed notes, arranged by the specific topics of each study. The largest series, for his Presidio of San Francisco (PSF) HRS, includes copies of primary sources, maps, and post returns. His studies of Alcatraz and PSF are among the most thorough historic studies of those sites.

31.2 lf in record boxes, card boxes, and map files

eng, Latn

United States. National Park Service. Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Park Archives and Records Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11675268

United States. National Park Service. Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Park Archives and Records Center

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Thompson, Erwin N., 1926-1998

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Erwin N. “T” Thompson was born on August 18, 1926, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of a Canadian army veteran of World War I. He grew up in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and served in the Royal Canadian Navy for the duration of World War II. In 1947, drawn by an interest in military life he moved to Boston and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Early in 1949, following basic training, he was bound for Okinawa, Japan, as part of the postwar occupation forces. Erwin returned fro...