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SDSU Archives and Special Collections

Archives & Special Collections

The South Dakota State University Archives & Special Collections contains the university archives and material related to South Dakota history and life. These two general collection areas include manuscript and archival materials, books, serials, audiovisual materials, and photographs. 

 


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Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections are closed. For inquiries please contact the Archives electronically via e-mail: arcrefs@sdstate.edu.

South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections contains the university archives, as well as material related to South Dakota history and life. These two general collection areas include manuscript and archival materials, books, serials, audiovisual materials and photographs. We also house the Senator Thomas A. Daschle Congressional Papers and the Senator Thomas A. Daschle Congressional Research Study. Collections are accessible on the upper level of Hilton M. Briggs Library on the campus of South Dakota State University.

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SDSU Archives, S.D. Ag Museum support budding historians through grant

Sioux Falls middle school students in the National History Day (NHD) program will be able to strengthen their research projects and become familiar with a university library and archives, thanks to an SDSU Connect Challenge Grant awarded to the SDSU Archives and Special Collections and the South...

Glass plate negatives show early 1900s Brookings life

The existence of the Frank Ross Glass Plate Negatives Collection is a case of right time, right place.

Bob Bartling inspires SDSU international students with life lessons and wit

When Briggs Library volunteer Bob Bartling visited a writing class at South Dakota State University recently, students learned that one of the most valuable resources in the library and Brookings is its people.