Harry F. Thompson, Ph.D.
Director of Research Collections and Publications
Director of the Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains
Contact Information:
Phone: (605) 274-4006
Fax: (605) 274-4999
E-mail: harry.thompson@augie.edu
Degrees and Certificates
Ph.D., English, University of South Dakota
Certificate in Archives Administration, National Archives and Records Administration
M.A., English, University of Rochester
M.A.T., English, Colgate University
Teaching Certificate, New York State Department of Education
M.A., American Studies, Baylor University
B.A., English, Houghton College
Board Directorships
City of Sioux Falls Board of Preservation, 2000-2006
Board of Trustees, South Dakota State Historical Society, 1989-2004
Vice President, South Dakota State Historical Society, 1998-2004
Archives Advisory Committee, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1998- 2001
Frontier Heritage Alliance Board of Directors, 1998-2002
National Historical Publications and Records Commission, State Historical Records Advisory Board, 1989-present
Publications
Editorial Consultant and Contributor, Impressions of Tribal Life. Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Co., 2007.
General Editor, A New South Dakota History. Sioux Falls: Center for Western Studies, 2005.
“History, Historicity, and the Western American Novel: Frederick Manfred’s Scarlet Plume and the Dakota War of 1862,” Western American Literature (2002): 50-82.
“Meriwether Lewis and His Son: The Claim of Joseph DeSomet Lewis and the Problem of History,” North Dakota History: Journal of the Northern Plains 60 (2000): 24-37
“Women’s History Sources at the Center for Western Studies, Augustana College.” Women Historians of the Midwest Newsletter 27 (Fall 1998): 5-6.
Resources for the Study of the Big Sioux River: A Bibliography. Sioux Falls: Center for Western Studies, 1994.
“The Riggs Family Papers at the Center for Western Studies,” South Dakota History 22 (Spring 1992): 64-74.
“Best Novels of the American West,” South Dakota Review 29 (Autumn 1991): 90-91.
Guide to Collections Relating to South Dakota Norwegian-Americans. Sioux Falls: Center for Western Studies, 1991.
“Stephen Return Riggs and the Sibley-Sully Campaign of 1863.” Papers of the Nineteenth Annual Dakota History Conference. Ed. Herbert W. Blakely. Madison: Karl E. Mundt Historical and Educational Foundation, 1988. XVIII.B1-8.
A Common Land, A Diverse People: Ethnic Identity on the Prairie Plains. Sioux Falls: Nordland Heritage Foundation, 1987.
“Duell, Sloan and Pearce.” American Literary Publishing Houses, 1900-1980: Trade and Paperback. Vol. 46 of Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark/Gale Research, 1986. 127-30.
“Mitchell Kennerley.” American Literary Publishing Houses, 1900-1980: Trade and Paperback. Vol. 46 of Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark/Gale Research, 1986. 200-02.
“Historical Collections at the Center for Western Studies,” South Dakota History 15 (Fall 1985): 234-42.
Presentations
Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science, 2007
Augustana Senior Academy, 2007
Downtown Kiwanis, 2006
South Dakota Archaeological Society, 2005
South Dakota Festival of Books, 2004
Minnehaha County Historical Society, 2004, 2001, 1994
Association of South Dakota Museums Annual Meeting, 2002, 1991
Dakotah Corral of Westerners International, 2002, 1994
Western Literature Association Annual Conference, 2001, 1996, 1987
Annual Meeting of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, 2001
Northern Great Plains History Conference, 1998, 1987
West River History Conference, 1998
Dakota Conference on History, Literature, Art, and Archaeology, 1998
Conference on Church Archives and Anniversaries, 1997
Peace Prize Forum, Norwegian Nobel Institute, 1997
National Third World Studies Conference, 1996
South Dakota State Historical Society Annual Meeting, 1996
Dakota History Conference, 1991, 1987
St. Cloud State University, 1990
Nordland Heritage Foundation Annual Meeting, 1990
South Dakota State University, 1989
Augustana College/Bush Foundation Luncheon, 1987
Book Reviews
South Dakota History, 2001, 1997, 1996, 1995
Montana: The Magazine of Western History, 2000
Western Historical Quarterly, 1993
Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas, 1990
Great Plains Newsletter, 1990
Grant Directorships
Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
South Dakota Humanities Council, 1985-present
Mellon Fund Committee, 1995-present
Mary Chilton Chapter, DAR Foundation, 2003, 1999, 1989
Sheldon Reese Foundation, 2003, 1995, 1991
3M Corporation, 1988
South Dakota Arts Council, 1989, 1987, 1986
Project Directorships
A New South Dakota History, 2001-2005
Internship Program in Archives Management, 1991-present
Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains, 1990-present
History of the Arts in South Dakota, 1986-89
Awards and Biographical Listings
Who’s Who in America, Marquis
Contemporary Authors, Thomson Gale
Merit Award for A New South Dakota History, American Association for State and Local History
Granskou Award in Professional Development, Augustana College
Dixon Wecter Fellowship in American Studies, Baylor University
Other
Teaching, editorial supervision, curated exhibits, fundraising, promotion, community service.