The Gilbert C. Fite Papers

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The Gilbert C. Fite Papers

April 5, 2011 by Dan Daily

Gilbert C. Fite, Ph.D., a noted historian and USD alumnus, passed away on July 13, 2010. Dr. Fite, in 2002, arranged for the donation of his professional papers to the Archives and Special Collections. His son, James Fite, completed the donation in early 2011. The papers of Dr. Fite are a trove of correspondence, research files, and writings from his distinguished career as a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Georgia. The collection also reflects his service to the profession of history as president of the Western Historical Association, the Agricultural Historical Association, and the Southern Historical Association. The Farmers’ Frontier, 1865-1900 and Peter Norbeck, Prairie Statesman stand among his scholarly works that earned him high regard in the field of history. The Archives and Special Collections is honored to serve as the home for his papers. In 1975, USD conferred an Honorary Doctor of Literature upon Fite. .

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on January 5, 2013 at 4:59 pm Rachel C. Larson Ph.D.

How wonderful that you have Dr. Fite’s papers! I met him in about 1963 or 1964 when I was a student at Concordia College in Moorhead where he came to speak upon his return from his Fulbright in India. He was a close friend of my professors Dr. Martin Lutter, a fellow South Dakotan, and Dr. Hiram Drache, also an agricultural historian. I later had the privilege of studying Americah Diplomatic History under Dr. Fite at the Univ. of Oklahoma. I taught high school for thirty years and finished a Ph.d. in American history during the process of teaching and now teach University. Dr. Fite was a positive encouragement. I use a couple of American Experience DVDs/videos he is on and always tell my students about him.

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