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The William H. Powers Papers consist primarily of handwritten and draft materials authored by Powers concerning the institutional history of South Dakota State College. The collection also includes general correspondence, correspondence with entomologist J.M. Aldrich, and documents specifically focused on the founding and development of the Brookings Public Library. Additional writings by Powers reflect his historical interests and biographical sketches, including materials related to figures such as Robert F. Kerr and Pamelia Phillips Banks-Warriner, and topics like the McLouth administration and the Upheaval of 1893. A small number of items pertain to unrelated activities, including World War I-era materials from the World Disarmament Committee and a 1917 anti-conscription petition signed by faculty. The collection also contains a certificate of membership in the South Dakota Academy of Science.

These papers document William H. Powers' historical research on South Dakota State College and his civic involvement in Brookings, South Dakota. His notes and correspondence offer insight into early 20th-century library development, academic perspectives on military conscription during World War I, and efforts to preserve institutional memory. The collection is particularly valuable for understanding early initiatives related to the Brookings Public Library and faculty engagement in national and local issues.

The collection documents research conducted by William Ray Gibbons on the development of renewable fuels and related products derived from agricultural biomass. Materials date primarily from the late 1970s through the 2010s and focus on ethanol production using feedstocks such as fodder beets, corn, sweet sorghum, and agricultural byproducts. The collection includes scholarly articles, technical reports, economic feasibility studies, energy analyses, draft manuscripts, correspondence, and supporting data related to small scale, farm scale, and commercial scale fuel alcohol production.

Also included are draft and final versions of Gibbons’ master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation addressing the technology and economics of ethanol production from fodder beets, along with supplementary research data, tables, and figures. Visual materials such as photographs, slides, transparencies, posters, and charts document experimental procedures, fermentation systems, distillation equipment, and pilot plant operations. Conference papers, seminar materials, and presentations illustrate the dissemination of research findings within academic, agricultural, and industry settings.

The collection further contains newspaper and magazine clippings reflecting public and policy discourse on ethanol and renewable energy over several decades, as well as draft legislative testimony, notes, and briefing materials related to ethanol tax incentives and renewable fuel policy. Additional subject areas include mushroom cultivation using agricultural waste products, energy balance studies, and economic impact analyses of ethanol production in regional and national contexts.

This collection is significant for documenting South Dakota State University’s long term research contributions to renewable energy, applied microbiology, and agricultural biotechnology. It provides detailed evidence of early and sustained investigations into ethanol production technologies, economic feasibility, and energy efficiency at small and community scales. The materials support research into the historical development of the ethanol industry, agricultural innovation in the Upper Midwest, and the role of land grant universities in advancing alternative energy research and informing public policy.

Amateur Wrestling News
1968 September 25, Page 4

Jim Koch Amateur Wrestling Collection
Hilton M. Briggs Library/Lower Level

• 796.8105 Am15

Amateur Wrestling News
2017 December 15, Page 20

Jim Koch Amateur Wrestling Collection
Hilton M. Briggs Library/Lower Level

• 796.8105 Am15

Amateur Wrestling News
1971 January 13, Page 1

Jim Koch Amateur Wrestling Collection
Hilton M. Briggs Library/Lower Level

• 796.8105 Am15

Amateur Wrestling News
1971 January 13, Page 1

Jim Koch Amateur Wrestling Collection
Hilton M. Briggs Library/Lower Level

• 796.8105 Am15

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado; unpaginated

newsletter

typed manuscript]

Includes 1990 correspondence with S.D. Senators Tom Daschle and Larry Pressler

fact sheet, brochures

S.D. Department of Game, Fish and Parks, Pierre, South Dakota [one folded sheet - 8 pages]

includes grasslands

Includes correspondence of Esther R. Edie with Robert Hodges, S.D. Department of Game, Fish and Parks

photograph of Carrie Ingalls school class

Signed

Field & Stream, February 1945
Page 10-11, 66-69

South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks