South Dakota State Historical Society--Annual Reports; South Dakota State Historical Society--Membership; Acquisitions (Libraries); Acquisitions--Archives; Acquisitions--Museums
Report written by Historical Society president (George H. Hand) to the rest of the society's members. Hand reports on the activities of the Society throughout the year, problems encountered, and recommendations for the future. He particularly...
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 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'...
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...
Museums--Acquisitions; Archives--Acquisitions; South Dakota State Historical Society
The very first circular distributed by the South Dakota State Historical Society in 1891. The circular advertises historical society membership and asks for donations of books, newspapers, portraits, "Indian relics," geological specimens, and...
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...
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;...
George McGovern, Political Campaigns--South Dakota, Political Memorabilia, South Dakota--Politics and Government--History, Booklet
The collection consists of one political campaign booklet titled, “George McGovern, The Kind Of Man He Is.” The booklet was printed during McGovern’s 1968 Senate campaign. The booklet includes a number of photographs of Senator McGovern, his...
Verendrye Plate--Discovery, Elmer W. Anderson, Reminiscence--Manuscript
The collection consists of a transcript of a speech given by Elmer W. Anderson and his role in the discovery of the Verendrye Plate on February 16, 1913. He gave this address during the annual meeting of the South Dakota State Historical Society on...
World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--United States; Booklet
The collection consists of a World War I era booklet entitled “Where Do We Go From Here?” The booklet was published for discharged soldiers returning home after the First World War. The booklet gives advice on insurance, disability...
Verendrye Plate (Fort Pierre, S.D.); La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de, 1685-1749 ; South Dakota State Historical Society; Brochure
The collection consists of an eight-page leaflet published by the South Dakota State Historical Society titled, “The Verendrye Plate.” The leaflet offers information on the Verendrye expedition, Verendrye Plate, and the plate’s discovery....
Verendrye Plate (Fort Pierre, S.D.); La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de, 1685-1749 ; South Dakota State Historical Society; Booklet
The collection consists of a six-page booklet, published by the South Dakota State Historical Society in July 1955, concerning the Verendrye Plate. The booklet features translations of the plates, the journey of Verendrye Party (including a map),...
Verendrye Plate (Fort Pierre, S.D.); La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de, 1685-1749 ; Booklet
The collection consists of a twenty-three page booklet created by the South Dakota State Historical Society, ca. 1930s. The booklet includes a calendar concerning major Verendrye events, the finding of the Verendrye plate, a description of the...
Verendrye Plate (Fort Pierre, S.D.); La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de, 1685-1749 ; Ethel (Parish) Hepner Roberts; Reminiscence
The collection consists of a six-page reminiscence created by Ethel (Parish) Hepner Roberts titled, “The Finding of the Verendrye Plate As I Remember It.” The State Historical Society received the reminiscence in 1983. Provided is the account...
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...
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...
The collection consists of sheet music and a pageant program for the Diamond Jubilee of Sioux Falls in 1931. The collection for the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration includes sheet music of the “Official Souvenir Song” of the jubilee with...
Square Dancing--South Dakota; Pierre Circle 8 Square Dance Club (Pierre, S.D.)
The collection consists of a booklet titled, "The Illustrated Basic Movements of Square Dancing." The booklet gives instructions for fifty basic square dance movements including photos and illustrations. The booklet is dated to 1979.
Cultural Heritage Center (Pierre, S.D.); Governor George S. Mickelson, Pamphlet; Photographs
The collection consists of a pamphlet from the groundbreaking ceremonies held for the Cultural Heritage Center (Pierre, S.D.) held on Tuesday, May 1, 1987. Also included are a photograph of the dignitaries at the ceremony and an artist’s...
Oahe Dam (S.D.); President John F. Kennedy, Dedication Ceremony
The collection consists of excerpts of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks made at the Oahe Project and Missouri River Basin Power Transmission System, Pierre, South Dakota on August 17, 1962.
