Background
Soapes, Thomas F. was born on November 11, 1945 in Independence, Missouri, United States. Son of Lloyd Munday and Cleo A. Soapes.
Soapes, Thomas F. was born on November 11, 1945 in Independence, Missouri, United States. Son of Lloyd Munday and Cleo A. Soapes.
Bachelor of Science in Education, University Missouri, Columbia, 1967. Master of Arts, University Missouri, Columbia, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, Columbia, 1973.
Archivist for planning and program Office of Presidential Libraries, National Archives, Washington, 1978—1989. Chair archives division National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, since 1990. Director Eleanor Roosevelt oral history project Franklin D. Roosevelt Library., Hyde Park, New York, 1977—1978.
Archivist, oral historian Dwight D. Eisenhower Library., Abilene, Kansas, 1973—1977. 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1971-1972, Vietnam.
Member of Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Organization of America Historians.
Married Emily Jane Williams, September 6, 1980.