Mount Rushmore
1952
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Gilbert C. Fite tells the fascinating story of the origin and development of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. It was first published in 1952 and is the official historical record of the carving.
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Author
Gilbert C. Fite
Author · 3 books
The son of educators and farmers, Gilbert Courtland Fite grew up in rural South Dakota. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of South Dakota, and completed his doctorate in history at the University of Missouri in 1945. From 1945 until 1971, Fite taught at the University of Oklahoma, where he established his reputation as an agricultural historian. After serving as president of Eastern Illinois University from 1971 until 1976, Fite went to the University of Georgia, where he became the inaugural first Richard B. Russell Professor of History. Over the course of his career Fite served as president of the Western History Association, the Southern Historical Association, the Agricultural History Society, and Phi Alpha Theta.
