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Department of Sociology and Rural Studies Records

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Collection Summary

Identifier

UA 5.9

Title

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Department of Sociology and Rural Studies Records

Creator

Department of Sociology and Rural Studies, College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences

Dates

1938-2012

Extent

3.0 linear feet (3 records center boxes)

Language

English

Repository

South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Access note

This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Preferred Citation

Name of item . College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Department of Sociology and Rural Studies Records. UA 5.9. South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Abstract

The Department of Sociology and Rural Studies' mission is to strengthen and deliver high quality programs in teaching, research, service, and extension, contributing to the quality of life and sustainable development locally, the state, region, nation, and world. The collection is composed of publications generated by the Rural Sociology Department, including reports, pamphlets, and surveys.

Historical Note

Sociology was established as a formal department at South Dakota State University in 1925. Courses were taught in sociology before that time in the history and political science departments. The first course with a particular rural focus was taught in 1913-14.

The development of rural sociology as a department occurred primarily because of the Purnell Act of 1925. This act provided funding for research in sociology and economics, and South Dakota State University responded by forming department in those areas. By the 1930's, the department was established enough to be in charge of sociological research with the WPA. From 1933-1942, cooperative between government agencies and the department was common, and this assisted in carving the place rural sociology now holds at South Dakota State University.

The curriculum of South Dakota State University has grown enormously since the one class initially taught. Students may now receive a BA or a BS in sociology in one of six options: general sociology, teaching, social work, human services, criminal justice, or personnel service. Since 1932, the department has offered an MS in rural sociology. In 1961, a social science Ph.D. program began. In this unique program, students could select from a combination of courses in history, political science, psychology, economics and sociology and receive a Ph.D. After three years, the joint program was dropped and the Ph.D. became available only in sociology.

The Department of Sociology and Rural Studies continues to hold its own in the College of Agriculture and Biological Science. The courses offered by the department have been organized with three definite objectives in mind: 1) a sequence for those who may wish to earn an undergraduate major or minor in sociology; 2) basic service courses that will be of interest and practical help to students in any college; and 3) courses to fulfill requirements of a Master's degree or Doctor of Philosophy degree in Sociology.

Contents Note

This collection is composed of records generated by the department, including enrollment records, correspondence, course schedules, exit exams, graduate records, publications, reports, pamphlets, and surveys.

Key Words

Rural Life Census Data Center

South Dakota State University. Department of Rural Sociology.

South Dakota State University Department of Sociology and Rural Studies.

Container List

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Department of Sociology and Rural Studies Records Container List. UA 5.9

Box Folder Description Date(s)
3 9 Academic Dishonest Policy undated
2 42 Academic Materials 1995
1 47 Achieving National Distinction While Strengthening Local Relevance 2008-2012
2 48 Advisor Assignment 1995-2003
3 10 American Indians in South Dakota: A Profile 1987
3 28 American Indians in South Dakota: A Profile 1987
3 37 American Indians in South Dakota: A Profile 1987
3 32 Articles 2006
1 48 Assistantship and Study Materials 2008
2 49 Attitudes of South Dakota Operators toward Wetlands and Waterfowl production 1972
2 50 Attitudes of South Dakota Residents Toward Dove Hunting undated
2 2 Attitudes of South Dakotans Toward Water Resources Development in South Dakota (Report 2) 1975
2 1 Attitudes of South Dakotans Toward Water Resources Development in South Dakota (Report 4) 1976
1 42 Audio-Video Checkout Sheets undated
1 40 Audiovisual Instructional Equipment Requests 1974-1977
1 39 Audiovisual Tape Requests 1976-1980
1 38 Audiovisual Teaching Aides 1978
2 39 AV: Cassette Tapes - Minnesota Public Radio undated
2 40 AV: Cassette Tapes - Pacific Tape - Library and Correction Service Minnesota undated
2 17 AV: Film Request Forms Film /information undated
2 18 AV: Guides, Information undated
2 19 AV: Typing Guide for Slides undated
1 36 Campus Teaching Center Support Tele-lecture Project 1985
2 37 Census Data Center undated
1 1 Census Data Center Report No. 1 1983
3 13 Changes in South Dakota Farms 1985
2 14 Changing Dakota Indian Culture undated
2 15 Changing Farm Numbers undated
1 20 Class I Curriculum Request Rural Sociology (Minor) 1993-1996
1 53 Class Schedule and Communications 2010
1 16 Classes 1997-2005
2 17 Committees, A Key to Group Leadership 1980
1 50 Communications 2009
1 51 Communications 2009
2 41 Correspondence Fall 1994
1 26 Correspondence: Instructional Media 1991
1 41 Course Enrollment Records 1954-1965
3 3 Course Enrollment Records 1968-1986
2 8 Course Flyers undated
3 2 Course Requirements 1990s
1 32 Course Schedule Fall Semester 1988 1988
1 25 Course Schedule Fall Semester 1991 1991
1 24 Course Schedule Fall Semester 1992 1992
1 18 Course Schedule Spring Semester 1993
1 30 Course Schedule Spring Semester 1989 1989
1 28 Course Schedule Spring Semester 1990 1990
1 22 Course Schedule Spring Semester 1992 1992
1 29 Course Schedule Summer Session 1989 1989
1 27 Course Schedule Summer Session 1990 1990
1 21 Course Schedule Summer Session 1992 1992
1 17 Criminal Justice Program Issues 1996
1 37 Criminal Justice SDSU/USD Agreement 1978
2 43 Cumulative Trauma Disorder Information 1995
3 40 Curricular Requests undated
3 41 Curricular Requests undated
3 42 Curricular Requests undated
3 43 Curricular Requests undated
1 14 Curriculum Modifications 1998
2 15 Dakota Indian Community undated
3 38 Dakota Indian Religion 1959
2 39 Department Audio - Visual List undated
1 2 Dependent Children in South Dakota 1938-1940
2 55 Enrollment Worksheets: Breakdown by Major 1999
1 43 Enrollment: Blank forms undated
1 3 Evaluation Report: Visions for Change Communities Working Together to Strengthen Our Food and Fiber System 2000
2 62 Exit Exam 1990
2 44 Exit Exam 1995
2 50 Exit Exam 1996
2 54 Exit Exam 1998
2 61 Exit Exam :Spring 1990
3 25 Exit Exam: Assessment Grant Information 1987
2 38 Exit Exam: Fall 1993
2 60 Exit Exam: Fall 1990
2 58 Exit Exam: Fall 1991
2 56 Exit Exam: Fall 1992
2 59 Exit Exam: Spring 1991
2 57 Exit Exam: Spring 1992
2 37 Exit Exam: Spring 1993
2 39 Exit Exam: Spring 1994
2 53 Exit Exams 1998
2 63 Exit Exams: Fall 1989
1 52 Faculty Hiring 2009
3 33 Faculty Trip Regulations Forms 2002
1 19 Family Studies Program 1993
3 19 Farm Facts 1982
1 33 Film Rentals 1987-1993
2 48 Final Exam Policy 1995
3 4 General Enrollment Data 1968-1980
2 46 General Enrollment Data: University and College 1995
2 45 General Petition Form Process 1995
3 27 General Student Recommendations 1988-1990
1 31 Gerontology Minor 1989
1 15 Graduate Course Offerings 1997-2005
3 34 Graduate Enrollment: General undated
1 34 Graduate Faculty Release Time 1986
2 40 Graduate Guide 1993
1 12 Graduate Meeting Handout 1999
1 13 Graduate Preliminary Instruction 1998
1 54 Graduate Program Ph.D. and Masters Program undated
2 51 Graduate: Areas of Concentration 1997
1 35 Graduate: Familiar Works in Sociology 1986-1993
2 47 Graduation Application Requirements 1995
3 31 Horizons Program 2008
2 32 Human Needs Assessment of Age Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Planning Districts 1974
2 33 Human Needs Assessment of the First Planning and Development District 1973
2 34 Human Relations Resources, A Guide to Extension-oriented Publications undated
1 58 Institutional Program Review 2002
1 23 Intent to Plan for Bachelor of Social Work 1992
3 24 International Student 1986
3 12 Is the Exodus Over? 1985
3 36 Is the Exodus Over? 1985
1 56 Leaping the Hurdles and Navigating the Maze 2005
3 7 Local Government 1989
2 8 Mailers Guide 1974
3 23 Mailing Information 1986
2 24 Mailing List undated
2 25 Meaning of Rural, A Third of Our Nation  
1 57 Model for Online Collaborative Inter-Institutional Degree 2004
2 58 Native American Youth: What are Their Career Interests, Career Educational Needs? 1979
2 59 Native American Youth: What are Their Career Interests, Career Educational Needs? undated
2 60 Nomination to Graduate Faculty undated
2 61 Non- Traditional Students  
1 44 Northern Plains Demographic Changes 1980-1990
3 21 Order forms: Census Material 1986
1 4 Pamphlet, Sociology undated
2 5 Permission to Teach Graduate Courses undated
3 17 Population and Housing Information 1980
3 1 Population Change of Counties and Incorporated Places in South Dakota 1950-1980
3 44 Population Research Infrastructure 2006
3 45 Population Research Infrastructure 2006
3 6 Population Update 1970-1980
1 5 Population Update South Dakota (Reports) 1950-1984
3 15 Project 212: Census Data Center Publications 1982-1987
2 16 Question on NIH R21 Infrastructure Program undated
1 6 Report to the SDSU Faculty Results of the Evaluation 2004
2 7 Request to Make-up Final Exam undated
3 22 Requests for Bulletins 1985-1991
1 45 Research Funding 2006
1 7 Rural Life Census Data Center (Web Site Information) 2005
2 8 Rural Poverty in Three Eastern South Dakota Counties 1972
1 60 Schedule for 7-year Program Review: Rural Sociology Department (1/2) 2002
1 59 Schedule for 7-year Program Review: Rural Sociology Department (2/2) 2002
1 49 SDSU Faculty Professional Activity Policy Study 2008
2 52 Sociology BA's MS Justification 1997
3 39 Sociology Endowment Funds- Scholarships 1979-1990
1 55 Sociology Minors undated
2 7 Sociology Organizations  
3 18 South Dakota Data 1980
3 11 South Dakota Municipalities 1986
3 30 South Dakota Periodicals Index 1982-1986
3 20 South Dakota Population Age and Sex Structure 1970-1980
3 5 South Dakota Poverty Trends 1970-1980
3 14 South Dakota Statistics in Brief 1984
2 15 South Dakota Vital Statistics and Health Status 1998
2 16 South Dakota Vital Statistics and Health Status 2000
3 35 South Dakota Youth: Delinquency-prone Behavior undated
3 8 South Dakotans at Work 1988
3 16 South Dakotans on the Move 1970-1980
3 26 Student Teachers Education 1987
2 49 Student Trip (Permits and regulations) 1995
1 46 Summary of Assessments 2007-2008
1 11 Summer Workshop undated
1 8 Survey of Consumers' Attitudes and Values about Genetically Modified Organisms 2004
1 9 Survey of Producers' Attitudes and Values about Genetically Modified Organisms 2002
2 3 Three Week Language Arts Unit - Anthropology 421 1981
1 10 User Account Active Directory 2004
3 29 Wages Required for Self-sufficiency in South Dakota 2009
2 30 What Do the Self-concepts, Aspirations, Plans of Small Town and Rural Youths Have to Do With Delinquency Proneness? undated

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Researchers conducting extensive research are asked to make an advance appointment to access archival material. Please call or e-mail prior to visiting the collection and indicate as much detail as possible about a particular topic and intended use.

South Dakota State University supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be restricted as a result of their fragile condition or by contractual agreements with donors.

Copyright note

Copyright restrictions apply in different ways to different materials. Many of the documents and other historical materials in the Archives are in the public domain and may be reproduced and used in any way. There are other materials in the Archive carrying a copyright interest and must be used according to the provisions of Title 17 of the U.S. Code. The Archive issues a warning concerning copyright restrictions to every researcher who requests copies of documents. Although the copyright law is under constant redefinition in the courts, it is ultimately the responsibility of the researcher to properly use copyrighted material.

Arranged and Described by

Crystal J. Gamradt, 1999 March 11, additions made 2008 August 6.