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Manuscript Archives

The Manuscript Archives contains Papers, records, and published materials of alumni and SDSU-individuals including the papers of Rep. Ben Reifel, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, and Bert Popowski. Some South Dakota organization also house records here, including the SD Resources Coalition, SD Farm Bureau, SD Nurses Association, SD Humanities Council and the SD Farmers Union.

Bert Popowski, Outdoor Sports Writer
Bert Popowski, Outdoor Sports Writer

Manuscript collections come from a variety of sources. Many of the collections relate to rural life in South Dakota but also include the papers of alumni. Most of the collections offer significant insight into South Dakota or the region, but the primary focus of this collection is twentieth century rural South Dakota. These materials may include:

  • Papers, records, and published materials of South Dakota and alumni authors.
  • Modern political papers, including grass roots politics and political figures associated with South Dakota and South Dakota State University.
  • South Dakota and regional materials—including, but not limited to, the papers of organizations, local businesses, community figures, families, and especially material related to farming and its development in South Dakota.

All material is be treated according to the guidelines set forth in individual gift agreements governing a particular collection and the policies and procedures of the Archives.

This collection of alumni and SDSU-individuals include the papers of Rep. Ben Reifel, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, and Bert Popowski. Some South Dakota organization also house records here, including the SD Resources Coalition, SD Farm Bureau, SD Nurses Association, SD Humanities Council and the SD Farmers Union.

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A

Aerial Photographs of Western South Dakota Collection (MA 60)

Altrusa International, Inc., District Seven Records (MA 16)

American Association of University Women, Brookings Branch Records (MA 15)

Anderson, Sigurd Papers (MA 13)

B

Bates, Ward B. Scrapbook (MA 55)

Bianchi, William C. (MA 57)

Biggar, George C. Papers (MA 1)

Bjorklund, Elvin Papers (MA 96)

Brookings Rotary Club Records (MA 31)

Brown, Dona Papers (MA 105)

C

Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company Collection (MA 33)

Climatology, South Dakota Office of Records (MA 37)

Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth Papers (MA 42)

Corothers, Lonita Gustad Papers (MA 48)

Cuneiform Tablet Collection (AR 3)

D

Dakota Farmer Collection (MA 38)

Daschle, Thomas A. Papers

Denholm, Frank E. Papers (MA 74)

Driving Hawk Sneve, Virginia Papers (MA 19)

Dwyer, David Papers (MA 47.1)

Dylla, Anthony S. (MA 95)

F

Faculty Housing Company, Inc. Records (MA 70)

Forum / Ethical Culture Club Records (MA 2)

G

Garnos, Gordon Papers (MA 82)

General Federation of Women's Clubs of South Dakota Records (MA 28)

Graber, Edwin C. Poetry Collection (MA 34)

Grewing In the Blizzard  Manuscript (MA 24)

H

Hart, Reed G., Jr. Scrapbooks (MA 80)

Hawley-Lothrop Families Collection (MA 65)

Hepper, Carol Collection (MA 43)

Hofer/Loewen Family Papers (MA 101)

Holmspun Medicine Show Collection (MA 66)

I

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Collection (MA 67)

J

Jacobsen, Emil, My Life from 1903 (MA 56)

Johnson, Dan W. Papers (MA 41)

Johnson, Donald D. Papers (MA 18)

Johnson, Henry and  Inez Journals (MA 32)

Johnston, Blanche Avery Class of 1916 Collection (MA 71)

Jones, Susan A. Diary Transcription (MA 44)

K

Karolevitz, Robert F. Papers (MA 39)

Kuehn, F. C.W. Papers (MA 4)

L

Law, David J. Papers (MA 122)

Loucks, H.L. Correspondence with R.F. Pettigrew (MA 23)

M

Marghab, Vera Way Papers (MA 25)

McAuliffe, Vincent Joseph (MA 119)

McFadden, E.S. (Edgar Sharp) Papers (MA 53)

N

National Association of Retired Federal Employees Records (MA 46)

National Federation of Music Clubs, Aeolian Club Records (MA 51)

Norris, Kathleen Papers (MA 47)

O

Oak Lake Writers' Society Records (MA 103)

Opdahl, W. Sigurd and Goldie Family Papers (MA 87)

P

Popowski, Bert Papers (MA 5)

Pyle, Gladys - Incredible Gladys Pyle Collection (MA 20)

R

Reifel, Benjamin Papers (MA 9)

Richards, David Collection on N.E. Hansen (MA 49)

S

Schultz, Theodore W. Collection (MA 22)

Sexauer, Elmer and Cecile Papers (MA 6)

Shunk, Harold W. Papers (MA 3)

Simonson Oscar and Alice Papers (MA 75)

Sioux Falls Summer Track Program Collection (MA 89)

Snow, Clav Photograph Collection (MA 123)

Sokota Hybrid Producers, Inc. Records (MA 50)

South Dakota Association for Family and Community Education Records (MA 35)

South Dakota Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records (MA 7)

South Dakota Crop Improvement Association Records (MA 29)

South Dakota Dairy Association Records (MA 10)

South Dakota Farm Bureau Records (MA 26)

South Dakota Farmers Alliance Records (MA 11)

South Dakota Farmers Union Records (MA 12)

South Dakota Humanities Council Records (MA 17)

South Dakota Nurses Association Records (MA 30)

South Dakota Paint Horse Club Records (MA 120)

South Dakota Resources Coalition Records (MA 27)

South Dakota Social Science Association Records (MA 45)

South Dakota State Poetry Society Records (MA 72)

Stewart, Beryl Papers (MA 14)

Student Ledger, South Dakota State College (MA 36)

T

Thomas, Clark S. Student Expense Notebook (MA 73)

Thomson, Verl Collection (MA 68)

Three Irons, Valerian American Indian Oral History Microfiche (MA 104)

TLN Productions Discover America, South Dakota Videos (MA 61)

V

The Vigil of South Dakota Records (MA 94)

Visser, Audrae Collection (MA 52)

W

Wangberg, Grace (MA 98)

Women Artists in Collaboration Records (MA 21)

Y

Young, Gertrude Stickney Papers (MA 8)

Z

Zuber, Marcus S. Collection (MA 40)