School of English and Interdisciplinary Studies Records

0.84 linear feet (2 document cases, long) photographs, 9 VHS videocassettes

This collection documents the activities of the English Department and its engagement with literature, writing, and regional studies at South Dakota State University. It includes departmental publications such as newsletters, pamphlets, posters, and promotional material for events including the Great Plains Writers’ Conference and the Jerome Norgren Poetry Contest. Also present are proceedings and departmental policies, providing insight into the department’s academic and outreach initiatives.

A significant component of the collection is the Pioneer Women Papers, a series of student research projects produced for the course Women Writers of the Great Plains taught in 1978–1979 by Dr. Ruth Alexander. Supported by a grant from the Modern Language Association’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the course emphasized the study of regional women writers. These papers offer original biographical and literary research, complemented by photographs, press material, and instructor notes. The collection reflects both the department’s commitment to regional literary scholarship and its efforts to promote student engagement with women's literature from a local perspective.

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Oakwood, South Dakota State University
Brookings, S.D.: South Dakota State University, 1975-
Call number: PS571.S9 O2

Online Content

Oakwood is an annual literature and arts magazine published at South Dakota State University since 1975. SDSU students edit the journal, led by faculty advisors. Accepting diverse forms of literature and art, Oakwood is published during the spring of each year. It is distributes printed hard copies to contributors, the campus community, and other interested parties, and shortly thereafter make this digital version available worldwide via SDSU’s Open PRAIRIE Repository.

https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/oakwood/

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In Copyright This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).

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