Showing 5 results

This collection contains photographs taken by Clav Snow during his time as a student at South Dakota State College in the early 1930s. The images document campus life and student activities, including Hobo Day celebrations, military Field Day Exercises, candid gatherings, and academic settings such as a psychology class. Also featured are photographs of the SDSC Boxing Club, campus buildings and landmarks, and fellow students. The collection offers a visual record of student experiences and campus culture during that period.

This collection documents the research, writing, and production of The College on the Hill: A Sense of South Dakota State University History, an anecdotal institutional history authored by Amy Dunkle with contributions by V. J. Smith. Materials reflect the authors’ efforts to chronicle South Dakota State University from its founding in 1881 through 2003, with particular attention to the people, events, and circumstances that shaped the institution’s development from Dakota Agricultural College into a comprehensive public university.

The collection includes research files, correspondence, interview transcripts, chapter drafts, topic files, photographs, publicity materials, and digital media used in the preparation of the book. Subjects documented include student life, campus traditions, athletics, Hobo Day, academic departments, campus buildings, notable faculty and alumni, social activities, and broader historical contexts such as wartime experiences, political visits, and student activism. Also present are draft materials and chapter concepts not included in the final publication. Together, these materials provide insight into the construction of institutional history through personal narratives, oral histories, and archival sources, and offer researchers a rich resource for studying university memory, campus culture, and the social history of South Dakota State University.

Painting by Evelyn T. Hubbard; Oil on Panel, of Old Central and Old North at South Dakota State University;

The painting is a ‘legacy’ in the archives. A handwritten note in the Greater Federation of Women’s Clubs collection from Chuck Cecil (Nov. 3, 1967) reads “Contact Mrs. Earl Washburn of Fulton, S.D. regarding painting by Mrs. Evelyn Hubbard of Old North & Old Central. They desire the painting go to the Art Center.

The Norby Collection documents the history, development, and daily life of Brookings, South Dakota, and Brookings County, with limited coverage of South Dakota more broadly, from the late nineteenth century through the early twenty first century. Assembled by George and Evelyn Norby, the collection is organized into multiple series reflecting their sustained efforts to collect, compile, and preserve local historical documentation.

The collection includes extensive runs of the Brookings Register newspaper, providing long term coverage of local news, community events, politics, agriculture, business, and social life. Complementing the newspapers are compiled data files created by the Norbys that aggregate information drawn from newspapers and other local sources. These compiled records document city and county officials, elections, businesses, streets and addresses, homes and housing, churches, public services, cemeteries, schools, South Dakota State University buildings, and other aspects of municipal and community history.

Topical subject files form a substantial portion of the collection and include materials related to Brookings city and county government, organizations, churches, businesses, historic districts, education, South Dakota State University, named individuals, military service, railroads, public safety, cemeteries, and statewide topics. These files consist of clippings, publications, ephemera, maps, directories, reports, and reference materials and reflect both official activity and community life. Researchers are advised to consult both city and county subject groupings, as related material may appear in either.

The collection also includes a large body of directories, primarily telephone directories serving Brookings and surrounding rural areas, along with city directories, farm directories, regional directories, and campus directories for South Dakota State University. These directories document residents, businesses, institutions, and service areas over time. Ephemera within the collection includes business cards, envelopes, signs, calendars, bumper stickers, postcards, ribbons and badges, matchbooks, tokens, framed images, and other transient printed materials associated with local commerce, events, and organizations.

Materials related to the Norbys themselves document the acquisition, housing, processing, and public presentation of the collection, including South Dakota State University Archives records, Images of the Past program materials, and limited personal correspondence, photographs, and household items. Together, the series span approximately 1871 to 2006, with some undated material, and are arranged by series and subject to reflect the structure of the Norbys’ collecting activities.

The Holmspun Medicine Show Collection contains audio recordings and related documentation from a weekly 30-minute call-in medical radio program hosted by Dr. Richard Holm and co-host Joan Hogan. Spanning from approximately 1994 to 2006, the collection includes both audiocassettes and compact discs of the show, which aired primarily on South Dakota Public Radio.

Programs cover a broad spectrum of health-related topics including chronic diseases, preventative care, aging, nutrition, exercise, mental health, and public health policy. Many episodes feature interviews with medical professionals, researchers, and public figures such as Senator Tom Daschle and Senator Larry Pressler, with discussions on health care reform and regional medical challenges. Notable segments include seasonal health tips, special programming on child welfare, flu prevention, diabetes, and heart health, and interviews from health reform conferences.

This material provides insight into rural and regional health concerns in South Dakota during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.