Inaugural address given by Coe I. Crawford to the 10th legislative assembly in 1907. Topics include: educational, charitable and penal institutions; state finances; state officer salaries and appropriations; campaign finance reform; regulation of...
Peter Norbeck's inaugural address given to the fifteenth legislative assembly. Topics include: prohibition of alcohol; educational, charitable and penal institutions; the State Game and Fish Department; the State Tax Commission and tax reforms;...
Governor Frank M. Byrne's address to the thirteenth legislative assembly. Topics include: the state's educational, charitable and penal institutions; regulation of railroad freight and passenger rates; taxation; campaign finance reporting; the...
Carl Gunderson's inaugural address given to the nineteenth legislative assembly in 1925. Topics include: farming and the economy; government reorganization and consolidation to improve efficiency; taxation reforms; sinking fund shortages and the...
Inaugural address given by Charles N. Herreid to the seventh legislative assembly. Topics include: "hasty and ill-considered legislation," election laws, the educational system and institutions, the Commissioner of Immigration, State Farmers'...
Flood of 1972 (Rapid City, S.D.); Flood Damage--South Dakota--Rapid City; Reminiscence--Manuscript; Mayor Don Barnett
The collection consists of a nineteen page reminiscence of the Rapid City Flood of June 1972 written by Don Barnett, mayor of Rapid City during the flood. The reminiscence details Mr. Barnett’s recollection of the flood, his actions, various...
Inaugural address given by South Dakota's only populist governor, Andrew E. Lee, to the fifth legislative assembly. Topics include: the Populist party, railroad legislation, liquor regulations, educational institutions, state school books, voter...
William H. Master's inaugural address given to the seventeenth legislative assembly. Topics include: marketing agricultural products; transportation of livestock; farmer's cooperative associations; increasing credit to western stockmen; flooding...
Governor Samuel H. Elrod's inaugural address to the ninth legislative assembly. Topics include: taxation, telegraph and telephone tolls, conducting the 1905 state census, loaning school funds, managing "cattle mange," adding a twine plant and a...
Inaugural address given by Charles H. Sheldon to the third legislative assembly. Topics include: settlement and development, the World's Fair, management of public lands, oil inspection, steam boiler explosions, railroad freight rates, the Board...
William J. Bulow's inaugural address given to the twentieth legislative assembly. Topics include: prices for agricultural goods; rural credit system; funding educational and charitable institutions; highway maintenance; State Game Fund; promoting...
Inaugural address given by Bill Janklow upon taking office on January 6th, 1979. Topics include: education, transportation systems, water development, agriculture, economic development and trade, racial discrimination, limited government, and...
Governor Robert S. Vessey's inaugural address to the eleventh legislative assembly. Topics include: penal, charitable, and educational institutions; banks and banking reforms; changes to the primary election law; advertising to attract immigrants...