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{{Infobox person
| name=Gerald William Wolff
(Professor emeritus of history at the University of South Dakota)
| birth_date=May 16, 1939
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
Resident of [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]]
| spouse =Name of wife unavailable<br>
'''One son''': Brock A. Wolff<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/brock-wolff/brockwolff?valid=true&|title=Brock Wolff|publisher=Maylife.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref><br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[University of Iowa]]
| party =[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/gerald-wolff/e945637390626|Gerald Wolff|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref>}}
'''Gerald William Wolff''' (born May 16, 1939) is [[professor]] emeritus at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, [[South Dakota]], known for his specialization in the [[history]] of the American West, [[Indian]]s, and national politics.
==Background==
In 1969, Wolff received his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Iowa]] in Iowa City and thereafter joined the USD faculty, where he remained until his retirement. 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.usd.edu/content.php?catoid=3&navoid=31|title=Catalog: Faculty|publisher=catalog.usd.edu|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref>
Wolff's doctoral dissertation is a study of the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] of 1854, pushed to passage in the [[United States Senate]] by [[Stephen A. Douglas]] of [[Illinois]]. The act gave birth to the modern [[Republican Party]], formed to halt the spread of [[slavery]] in to the territories of the United States. In 1972, Wolf used his dissertation as the basis for his article, "Party and Section: The Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill," published in ''Civil War History.''<ref>Gerald W. Wolff, "Party and Section: The Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill," ''Civil War History 18 (December 1972), pp. 293-311.</ref> In 1977, he turned his dissertation into the book entitled ''The Kansas-Nebraska Bill: Party, Section, and the Coming of the Civil War.''<ref>Gerald W. Wolff, "The Kansas-Nebraska Bill: Party, Section, and the Coming of the Civil War,'' ([[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]: Revisionist Press, 1977), 385 pp.</ref>
==Scholarly pursuits==
In 1970, Wolff's "Mark Hanna's Goal: American Harmony," a glimpse of [[Mark Hanna]], the U.S. Senator and campaign manager for presidential candidate [[William McKinley]] of [[Ohio]], was published by ''Ohio History.''<ref>Gerald W. Wolff, "Mark Hanna's Goal: American Harmony," ''Ohio History,'' Vol. 79 (Summer-Autumn 1970), pp. 138-151.</ref>
In 1974, Wolff joined colleague Joseph H. Cash in the publication of an ethno-historical work entitled ''Three Affiliated Tribes,'' a study of the cultural relationships among the Arikaras, Hidatsas, and the Mandans. The book was the first ever published by the Institute of American Indian Studies at USD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usd.edu/institute-of-american-indian-studies/overview.cfm|title=Institute of American Indian Studies, Overview: Our Future|publisher=usd.edu|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> The two also collaborated on books published by the Indian Tribal Series of [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]], including a study of the Ponca, a tribe always at peace with the United States but forced against its wishes to inhabit [[Indian Territory]] when its lands were given to the [[Sioux]].<ref>Joseph Cash and Gerald W. Wolff, ''The Ponca People'' ([[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]]: Indian Tribal Series, 1975).</ref> The pair also completed a study of the Ottawa Indians of [[Oklahoma]]<ref>Joseph H. Cash and Gerald W. Wolff, ''The Ottawa People'' (Phoenix, Arizona: Indian Tribal Series), 1976.</ref> and the Comanche of [[Texas]], the southwest and the southern [[Great Plains]].<ref>Joseph H. Cash and Gerald W. Wolff, ''The Comanche People'' (Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1976).</ref>
In 1989, Wolff and Cash collaborated again on an article entitled "South Dakotans Remember the Great Depression."<ref>"South Dakotans Remember the Great Depression," ''South Dakota History'' (Vol 19, Summer 1989), pp. 30-36.</ref>
In February 1975, Wolff edited ''The Civil War Diary of Arthur Calvin Mellette'' for the South Dakota State Historical Society.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/Civil-War-Diary-Gerald-W-Wolff/book/9994081926/|title=The Civil War Diary of Arthur Calvin Mellette|publisher=South Dakota State Historical Society, ISBN 99940-819-2-6
|accessdate=December 11, 2010}}</ref> Mellette fought with Company H of the Ninth [[Indiana]] Volunteers from 1864-1865. He was elected in 1885 as the last territorial governor, when the capital was placed in Huron, South Dakota. He was elected as a Republican in 1889 as the first South Dakota governor at statehood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.sd.gov/archives/Data/military/civilwar.aspx|title=Civil War Collections|publisher=history.sd.gov|accessdate=December 11, 2010}}</ref>
Wolff also edited ''The Korean War Journal of Lloyd R. Moses.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usd.edu/library/upload/MosesLR.pdf |title=The Korean War Journal of Lloyd R. Moses |publisher=usd.edu |deadurl=no |accessdate=September 12, 2013}}</ref> Former educator Lloyd Roosevelt Moses (1904–2000), a native of Fairfax, South Dakota, served in both [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]] and attained the rank of major general in the [[United States Army]]. He was residing in Vermillion, South Dakota, when Wolff edited Moses's wartime diary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lrmoses.htm|title=Lloyd Roosevelt Moses|publisher=arlingtoncemetery.net|accessdate=November 15, 2010}}</ref>
In 1975, Wolff published the article entitled "Father Sylvester Eisenman and Marty Mission" in ''South Dakota History.'' Eisenman (1891–1948), a [[Jesuit]] priest originally from New Albany, Indiana, established in 1922 a boarding school among the Yankton Sioux tribe. This "Marty School" was located in Marty in Charles Mix County in southern South Dakota, and financed with assistance from the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Eisenman worked to expand and promote the school through publication of ''The Little Bronzed Angel,'' which informed donors of the progress of the institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usd.edu/library/upload/EisenmanS.pdf|title=Father Sylvester Eisenman Collection|publisher=[[Pierre]], [[South Dakota]]: ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 5, No. 4 (1975), pp. 360--389|accessdate=December 11, 2010}}</ref>
From 1981-2002, Wolff was the book review editor of ''South Dakota History'', the quarterly publication founded in 1970 by the South Dakota State Historical Society Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdshspress.com/index.php?view=1&publication_id=11&hxterala=hxterala&action=910|title=South Dakota History|publisher=sdshspress.com|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> In 2002, Wolff received the Robinson Award, the highest honor bestowed by the historical society for his effectivenss in assigning and editing the book reviews. The prize is named for two past directors of the society.<ref>"Announcements", ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 32, No. 2 (Summer 2002), p. 179</ref>
==Later years==
After Wolff retired from USD, he was from 1996 to 1999 an adjunct professor of history at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City in southwestern South Dakota.<ref>"Book Reviews," ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 1996), p. 46.</ref> For several years after 1999, he was a professor of history at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City, [[Iowa]].<ref>"Book Reviews," ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 1999), p. 174.</ref> He later moved to his current residence in [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]].<ref name=mylife/>
==References==
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[[Category:Iowa]]
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[[Category:Historians]]
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| name=Gerald William Wolff
(Professor emeritus of history at the University of South Dakota)
| birth_date=May 16, 1939
| birth_place=Place of birth missing
Resident of [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]]
| spouse =Name of wife unavailable<br>
'''One son''': Brock A. Wolff<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/brock-wolff/brockwolff?valid=true&|title=Brock Wolff|publisher=Maylife.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref><br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
[[University of Iowa]]
| party =[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/gerald-wolff/e945637390626|Gerald Wolff|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=May 16, 2020}}</ref>}}
'''Gerald William Wolff''' (born May 16, 1939) is [[professor]] emeritus at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, [[South Dakota]], known for his specialization in the [[history]] of the American West, [[Indian]]s, and national politics.
==Background==
In 1969, Wolff received his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Iowa]] in Iowa City and thereafter joined the USD faculty, where he remained until his retirement. 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.usd.edu/content.php?catoid=3&navoid=31|title=Catalog: Faculty|publisher=catalog.usd.edu|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref>
Wolff's doctoral dissertation is a study of the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] of 1854, pushed to passage in the [[United States Senate]] by [[Stephen A. Douglas]] of [[Illinois]]. The act gave birth to the modern [[Republican Party]], formed to halt the spread of [[slavery]] in to the territories of the United States. In 1972, Wolf used his dissertation as the basis for his article, "Party and Section: The Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill," published in ''Civil War History.''<ref>Gerald W. Wolff, "Party and Section: The Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill," ''Civil War History 18 (December 1972), pp. 293-311.</ref> In 1977, he turned his dissertation into the book entitled ''The Kansas-Nebraska Bill: Party, Section, and the Coming of the Civil War.''<ref>Gerald W. Wolff, "The Kansas-Nebraska Bill: Party, Section, and the Coming of the Civil War,'' ([[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]: Revisionist Press, 1977), 385 pp.</ref>
==Scholarly pursuits==
In 1970, Wolff's "Mark Hanna's Goal: American Harmony," a glimpse of [[Mark Hanna]], the U.S. Senator and campaign manager for presidential candidate [[William McKinley]] of [[Ohio]], was published by ''Ohio History.''<ref>Gerald W. Wolff, "Mark Hanna's Goal: American Harmony," ''Ohio History,'' Vol. 79 (Summer-Autumn 1970), pp. 138-151.</ref>
In 1974, Wolff joined colleague Joseph H. Cash in the publication of an ethno-historical work entitled ''Three Affiliated Tribes,'' a study of the cultural relationships among the Arikaras, Hidatsas, and the Mandans. The book was the first ever published by the Institute of American Indian Studies at USD.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usd.edu/institute-of-american-indian-studies/overview.cfm|title=Institute of American Indian Studies, Overview: Our Future|publisher=usd.edu|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> The two also collaborated on books published by the Indian Tribal Series of [[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]], including a study of the Ponca, a tribe always at peace with the United States but forced against its wishes to inhabit [[Indian Territory]] when its lands were given to the [[Sioux]].<ref>Joseph Cash and Gerald W. Wolff, ''The Ponca People'' ([[Phoenix]], [[Arizona]]: Indian Tribal Series, 1975).</ref> The pair also completed a study of the Ottawa Indians of [[Oklahoma]]<ref>Joseph H. Cash and Gerald W. Wolff, ''The Ottawa People'' (Phoenix, Arizona: Indian Tribal Series), 1976.</ref> and the Comanche of [[Texas]], the southwest and the southern [[Great Plains]].<ref>Joseph H. Cash and Gerald W. Wolff, ''The Comanche People'' (Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1976).</ref>
In 1989, Wolff and Cash collaborated again on an article entitled "South Dakotans Remember the Great Depression."<ref>"South Dakotans Remember the Great Depression," ''South Dakota History'' (Vol 19, Summer 1989), pp. 30-36.</ref>
In February 1975, Wolff edited ''The Civil War Diary of Arthur Calvin Mellette'' for the South Dakota State Historical Society.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/Civil-War-Diary-Gerald-W-Wolff/book/9994081926/|title=The Civil War Diary of Arthur Calvin Mellette|publisher=South Dakota State Historical Society, ISBN 99940-819-2-6
|accessdate=December 11, 2010}}</ref> Mellette fought with Company H of the Ninth [[Indiana]] Volunteers from 1864-1865. He was elected in 1885 as the last territorial governor, when the capital was placed in Huron, South Dakota. He was elected as a Republican in 1889 as the first South Dakota governor at statehood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.sd.gov/archives/Data/military/civilwar.aspx|title=Civil War Collections|publisher=history.sd.gov|accessdate=December 11, 2010}}</ref>
Wolff also edited ''The Korean War Journal of Lloyd R. Moses.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usd.edu/library/upload/MosesLR.pdf |title=The Korean War Journal of Lloyd R. Moses |publisher=usd.edu |deadurl=no |accessdate=September 12, 2013}}</ref> Former educator Lloyd Roosevelt Moses (1904–2000), a native of Fairfax, South Dakota, served in both [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]] and attained the rank of major general in the [[United States Army]]. He was residing in Vermillion, South Dakota, when Wolff edited Moses's wartime diary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lrmoses.htm|title=Lloyd Roosevelt Moses|publisher=arlingtoncemetery.net|accessdate=November 15, 2010}}</ref>
In 1975, Wolff published the article entitled "Father Sylvester Eisenman and Marty Mission" in ''South Dakota History.'' Eisenman (1891–1948), a [[Jesuit]] priest originally from New Albany, Indiana, established in 1922 a boarding school among the Yankton Sioux tribe. This "Marty School" was located in Marty in Charles Mix County in southern South Dakota, and financed with assistance from the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. Eisenman worked to expand and promote the school through publication of ''The Little Bronzed Angel,'' which informed donors of the progress of the institution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usd.edu/library/upload/EisenmanS.pdf|title=Father Sylvester Eisenman Collection|publisher=[[Pierre]], [[South Dakota]]: ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 5, No. 4 (1975), pp. 360--389|accessdate=December 11, 2010}}</ref>
From 1981-2002, Wolff was the book review editor of ''South Dakota History'', the quarterly publication founded in 1970 by the South Dakota State Historical Society Press.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdshspress.com/index.php?view=1&publication_id=11&hxterala=hxterala&action=910|title=South Dakota History|publisher=sdshspress.com|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> In 2002, Wolff received the Robinson Award, the highest honor bestowed by the historical society for his effectivenss in assigning and editing the book reviews. The prize is named for two past directors of the society.<ref>"Announcements", ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 32, No. 2 (Summer 2002), p. 179</ref>
==Later years==
After Wolff retired from USD, he was from 1996 to 1999 an adjunct professor of history at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City in southwestern South Dakota.<ref>"Book Reviews," ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 26, No. 1 (Spring 1996), p. 46.</ref> For several years after 1999, he was a professor of history at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City, [[Iowa]].<ref>"Book Reviews," ''South Dakota History,'' Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 1999), p. 174.</ref> He later moved to his current residence in [[Omaha]], [[Nebraska]].<ref name=mylife/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolff, Gerald}}
[[Category:South Dakota]]
[[Category:Iowa]]
[[Category:Nebraska]]
[[Category:Historians]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:American Authors]]
[[Category:Democrats]]