Charles Woodard Papers

17.50 linear feet [17 record boxes, 1 shoebox]

The collection is composed of materials accumulated by Dr. Charles Woodard during his career at South Dakota State University. The papers document his teaching and program development in the English Department, including course materials, syllabi, examinations, lecture notes, committee files, and administrative records for related initiatives. A substantial portion of the collection relates to American Indian studies and education, including files on American Indian cultural tutorials, conferences, advisory and council work, and program review and revision activities. Records also document public humanities and outreach work through organizations and programs such as the South Dakota Humanities Council, reading and lecture series, community discussion initiatives, and related grant activity.

Topical files reflect Woodard’s engagement with regional literature and culture in South Dakota and the Great Plains, including planning and correspondence for conferences and events such as Consider the Century, the Great Plains Writers’ Conference, and Oak Lake writers’ programming. Additional subject areas include reconciliation and peace and conflict programs, veterans and war related topics, cultural representation issues including sports team mascot and nickname controversies, and environmental and civic concerns represented through correspondence, clippings, newsletters, and organizational materials. Materials related to publications include manuscripts, clippings, and correspondence with co-authors and publishers. The collection also contains files on individuals and organizations with whom Woodard worked, and audiocassettes documenting conference sessions, readings, lectures, and presentations, including creative writing instruction and Native American themed programming.

This collection documents humanities teaching and outreach, with particular documentation of American Indian studies programming, regional literary culture, and public humanities initiatives in South Dakota and the northern Great Plains. The papers support research on the development of humanities conferences and community programs affiliated with SDSU and statewide partners, including the planning, funding, and implementation of programs such as Consider the Century, the Great Plains Writers’ Conference, and Oak Lake writers’ activities. The collection also documents late twentieth and early twenty-first century public conversations in South Dakota relating to reconciliation, cultural representation, environmental and civic issues, and debates over sports team mascots and nicknames, as reflected in Woodard’s program files, correspondence, and collected documentation.

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Ancestral voice: conversations with N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday, Charles Woodard
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, c1989
PS3563.O47Z464 1989

As far as I can see: contemporary writing of the Middle Plains
Charles Woodard
Lincoln, Neb.: Windflower Press, c1989, 1st ed.
PS563.A8 1989

Country congregations: South Dakota stories
Charles Woodard
Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota Humanities Foundation, c2002, 1st ed,
BV638.8.C68 2002

On the homefront: South Dakota stories
Charles Woodard
Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota Humanities Foundation, c2007, 1st ed.
U52.O48 2007

One-room country school: South Dakota stories
Norma Wilson, Charles Woodard
Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota Humanities Foundation, 1999, c1998, 1st ed.
LC5147.S8 O53 1999

Peril and promise: essays on community in South Dakota and beyond
Charles Woodard
Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum, c2007

HN90.C6 P47 2007
Regional directory of Native American resources
Velva-Lu Spencer; Charles Woodard, Jack W, Marken
Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota State University, 1994, 2nd ed.
E78.S63 R43 1994

Reminiscing: a centennial history of Sanborn County and Woonsocket
Charles Woodard
S.l.: Jostens Publications, 1983
F657.S3 R46 1983

Shaping survival: essays by four American Indian tribal women
Authors: Lanniko L. Lee, Florestine Kiyakanpi Renville, Karen LoneHill, Lydia Whirlwind Soldier,
Editors: Jack W. Marken, Charles Woodard
Lanham, Maryland; London: Scarecrow Press, 2001
E98.W8 S53 2002

Tall tales but true: South Dakota sports stories
Bill Jensen, George Kiner, Charles Woodard
Volga, S.D.: The Dave Prohl Funding the Future Scholarship Foundation, 2002
GV584.S8 T34 2002

White, S.D., 1884-1984
Fayriene Schafer, Wanda Tyler, Charles Woodard, Linda Carlson, White History Book Committee
White, S.D.: History Book Committee, 19847
F659.W57 W57 1984

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