Background
Thompson, Harry Floyd was born on March 3, 1953 in Albany, New York, United States.
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Harry Floyd Thompson
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Bachelor in English cum laude, Houghton College, 1975; Master of Arts, Baylor University, 1977; M of Arts Tchg., Colgate University, 1979; Master of Arts in English, U. Rochester, 1981; certified in archives administration, Modern Archives Institute, 1989; Doctor of Philosophy, M.S.D., U. South Dakot, 1995.
Career
Teacher English grades 10 and 12, Greenwich (Connecticut) H.S., 1977;
teacher English grade 12, Ticonderoga (New York) H.S., 1977-1978;
from assistant lecturer to instructor, U. Rochester, New York, 1979-1981;
special collections library, U. Rochester, New York, 1979-1980;
lecturer department English, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1981-1982;
public relations writer office of the dean, University of Southern California, Lancaster, 1983;
instructor department English, archivist, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1984-1987;
interim director, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1989;
curator research collections, managing editor book publications, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, since 1987. Humanities consultant South Dakot Humanities Council, 1985-1986, 87. Chair History ofthe Arts in South Dakot Project Task Force, 1986-1989.
Co-director Annual Dakota History Conference, 1990-1994, director, 1995-1997. Chair personalities I session 24th Annual Dakota History Conference, 1992. Grant reviewer division preservation and access National Endowment for Humanities, Washington, 1995.
Chair farmers and ranchers I session 27th Annual Dakota History Conference, 1995. Chair exploration and settlement I session 28th Annual Dakota History Conference, 1996. Director Annual Dakota Conference on History, Literature, Art, and Archaeology, since 1997.
Presenter in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board education Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1991, consultant in archives, 1991. Board directors Nordland Heritage Foundation, since 1992. Member development and advisory county Minnesota Public Radio/Station KRSD/KUSD, 1994-1995.
Member Western Literature Association, Western History Association, South Dakot State History Society(board of trustees since 1989, vice president since 1998), Frontier Heritage Alliance (board directors since 1998), European Landscape Contractors Association Archives Advisory Council, Society American Archivists, New England History Genealogical Society, Midwest Archives Conference.
