SDSU-Archives UA 008.01
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Records
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1900, 1949, 1970-1971, 1973, 1992-1994, 2001
This collection primarily consists of instructional material related to the Solid Waste Engineering and Management course at South Dakota State University. The materials include correspondence, course syllabi, lab schedules, lecture notes, exams, and documentation on topics such as landfill design and operation, leachate management, municipal solid waste systems, decomposition processes, and relevant environmental regulations. These materials were likely created by Professors Dwayne Rollag and Vernon Schaefer, who coordinated the course during the early 1990s.
Additional items in the collection pertain to departmental activities and general engineering topics. These include brochures, fact sheets, conference materials, seminar announcements, and departmental records. Notable items include a certificate awarded to the Civil Engineering Department for a 1949 Hobo Day parade float and a campus survey field notebook likely dating to around 1900, based on references to early campus structures.
This collection offers insight into civil and environmental engineering education at SDSU, particularly in the area of solid waste management. It reflects evolving academic approaches to environmental infrastructure and regulation during the 1990s. The inclusion of early surveying records and historical department memorabilia contributes to the broader institutional history of engineering at South Dakota State University.
