Theodore Saloutos (August 3, 1910 – November 15, 1980) was an American historian. His areas of research included agrarian politics and reform movements, immigration studies, and Greek immigration to the United States Theodore Saloutos Papers, MS 396, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Early life

Saloutos was born in Milwaukie, Wisconsin on August 3, 1910. His parents were immigrants from Greece.bio connected to University of Minnesota collection of Saloutos' papers
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Education

Saloutos was awarded a BA in 1933 from Milwaukee State Teacher’s College. He took a Ph.D. in history from the

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Employment

Early in his career Saloutos taught at

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. In 1945 he gained a post as lecturer in the Department of History at the

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, becoming a full professor in 1955. He stayed there until his retirement. Between 1965 and 1966 he was president of the

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. In 1973 he was elected president of the Immigration History Society.

Selected publications

* (1951) ''Agricultural Discontent in the Middle West, 1900-1939'' * (1964) ''The Greeks of the United States'' * (1968) ''Populism: Reaction or Reform?'' * (1982) ''The American Farmer and the New Deal''

References

External links

Theodore Saloutos papers
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Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries
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