Home › Authors › Mary Lindsay Thornton Mary Lindsay Thornton b. 1891 – d. 1973 · 2 books Biography She was the first curator of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. First appointed in 1917, Thornton served as the curator until 1958. Books by Mary Lindsay Thornton A bibliography of North Carolina, 1589-1956 1958 Official publications of the Colony and State of North Carolina, 1749-1939 1954