Thomas E. Jeffrey

Thomas Edward Jeffrey (born September 5, 1947) was an adjunct professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he taught American History from the time period of the French-Indian War up until the Civil War.[1] He is now retired from the National Park Service and the Edison Papers.[2]

Thomas Edward Jeffrey (Jan 2017)

Early life and education

Jeffrey graduated from the Catholic University of America.

Career

Jeffrey worked as a microfilm editor of the Benjamin Henry Latrobe Papers in Maryland from 1972 to 1977. He was then a visiting assistant professor of history at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, until 1979, at which time he became an associate director and microfilm editor of the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Jeffrey is the author of three books: From Phonographs to U-Boats: Edison and His “Insomnia Squad” in Peace and War, 1911-1919,[3] Thomas Lanier Clingman: Fire Eater from the Carolina Mountains,[4][5] and State Parties and National Politics: North Carolina, 1815-1861 . According to World Cat, this book is in 244 libraries.[6]

Jeffrey has written a number of papers about the history and politics of North Carolina.[7][8][9] He has also edited a guide to the Thomas Edison papers.[10][11]

Personal

Jeffrey has a wife and a son and lives in New Jersey. He roots for the Washington Redskins.

References
  1. John C. Inscoe (29 September 2010). Race, War, and Remembrance in the Appalachian South. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-0-8131-3896-1.
  2. "SUBTLE ANALOGIES FOUND AT THE CORE OF EDISON'S GENIUS". International New York Times, By WILLIAM J. BROAD March 12, 1985
  3. Sarah Miller Caldicott (28 November 2012). Midnight Lunch: The 4 Phases of Team Collaboration Success from Thomas Edison's Lab. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-1-118-41785-0.
  4. "Thomas Lanier Clingman: Fire Eater from the Carolina Mountains" Review by Harris, William C. in The Journal of Southern History , Vol. 66, No. 3 , August 2000
  5. Appalachian Journal. Appalachian State University. 1999. p. 93.
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  7. Daniel W. Crofts (1 August 1993). Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis. UNC Press Books. pp. 392–. ISBN 978-0-8078-4430-4.
  8. John C. Inscoe (1996). Mountain Masters: Slavery and the Sectional Crisis in Western North Carolina. Univ. of Tennessee Press. pp. 295–. ISBN 978-0-87049-933-3.
  9. Gordon B. McKinney (2004). Zeb Vance: North Carolina's Civil War Governor and Gilded Age Political Leader. Univ of North Carolina Press. pp. 49–. ISBN 978-0-8078-2865-6.
  10. "A Guide to Thomas Edison Papers". Reviewed by Thomas P. Hughes. Business History Review.
  11. Michael J. Birkner (2001). McCormick of Rutgers: Scholar, Teacher, Public Historian. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-0-313-30356-2.
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