George and Evelyn Norby Collection: Directories

5.0 linear feet (5 record boxes)

The Directories series of the Norby Collection consists primarily of telephone directories documenting Brookings, South Dakota, and surrounding rural service areas. The series includes a Brookings city directory from 1901 and an early listing of business places from 1908, followed by an extensive run of Brookings telephone directories covering city and rural subscribers from 1909 through 2003, with some years absent. Additional directory types include farm directories for Brookings County, regional telephone directories serving broader geographic areas such as Northeast Lake, Deuel, Brookings Lake, and East Central Dakota, and official telephone directories issued by Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. The series also includes city directories published by Johnson’s and the Directory Service Company, business locator directories, and a Yellow Book directory covering Sioux Falls, Brookings, Vermillion, and Yankton. Campus directories for South Dakota State University are present for multiple academic years from 1968 to 2003. Materials are arranged chronologically by directory type and year across five boxes.

The Directories series provides a reference record for identifying residents, businesses, and institutions in Brookings and the surrounding region across the twentieth century and into the early twenty first century. The combined coverage of city, rural, farm, regional, and campus directories supports research in local history, genealogy, business history, and community development, and documents changes in service areas and telecommunications providers over time.

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