Scope and Contents
The Lawrence E. Thompson papers contain correspondence, teaching and research materials, consulting records, and personal and biographical information. Correspondence includes both personal and professional letters related to his work as a professor at HBS, research interests, and other topics with peers, professors, friends, colleagues, business leaders, and government officials. Teaching and research records include preparation for HBS cases, teaching materials, notes, and collected printed materials. The consulting records include material related to his work as a director at Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates and bankruptcy cases he worked on as a tax consultant. Personal material includes photograph albums and loose photographs, newspaper clippings, and biographical information.
Dates
- Creation: 1948-1996
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection is open for research. Materials stored offsite; access requires advance notice. This collection requires a secondary registration form. Please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information on access procedures and reproduction services.
Extent
10 linear feet (16 boxes)Biographical / Historical
Lawrence E. Thompson was born in California in 1919. He received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Dartmouth College in 1941. Thompson enlisted in the Navy and served in World War II, 1942-1945, on submarines in the Pacific Ocean. After the war, Thompson enrolled at Harvard University, earning a Master of Public Admminitration (MPA) (1947) and a PhD (1952) in economics. He joined the Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty in 1949, became Assistant Professor in 1951, Associate Professor in 1957, and full Professor in 1961. Thompson taught finance and managerial economics. In addition to teaching at HBS, he took leaves of absence to teach finance at the Management Development Institute (IMEDE), in Laussane, Switzerland in 1958-1959 and 1966-1967. He retired from the HBS faculty in 1981.
Thompson served as a director at Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates and served as a tax consultant after his retirement from HBS. He died in March 2005.
Physical Location
ARCFA
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Lawrence E. Thompson papers (A-22-024) were received by Baker Library Special Collections as a donation from Christina Thompson in 2021.
- Author
- Baker Library
- Date
- January 2022
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- bak01526
Repository Details
Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.
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