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The University Program Council Records document the cultural, educational, and social programming organized by the council at South Dakota State University. The collection includes posters, newsletters, clippings, programs, brochures, and calendars related to concerts, dances, theatrical productions, films, lectures, festivals, and campus traditions such as Hobo Day. Arranged in three boxes, the materials cover both recurring and single occurrence events and reflect the council’s role in coordinating campus programming.

These records provide documentation of student activities and campus events and illustrate the scope of programming supported through student leadership. The collection offers evidence of changing entertainment offerings and campus traditions and supports research on student life and organizational activity at the university.

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1964 South Dakota State University Hobo Day bumper sticker by his car in front of the United States Capitol building

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1962 South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker by the license plates on his car

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1961 South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker by the license plates on his car

Digital photos - scanned from slides - Computer had hard time reading the CDs

in bummobile

Horticulture cloat [1940], Beard contest [1941], bums, parade [1941], King and Queen [1945, 1946], parade [1947], Coubty doctor horse and carriage [1947], President and bummobile [1948]

Pharmacy float [1936], Hobo King and Queen [1938], Torchlight Parade [1939]

Mainly of parade