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Repository Index
Organization Name Page Organization Name Page
Aberdeen Area Genealogical Society 1 Faith Public Library 7 Adams Museum & House 5 Faulk County Historical Society 7 Agricultural Heritage Museum 3 First Baptist Church Archives 20 American Indian Culture Research Center 13 Ft. Meade Museum 8 America’s Shrine to Music Museum 23 Fort Sisseton State Historic Park 12 Arthur Nelson Historical Museum 9 Aurora County Historical Society 17 Geddes Historic District 8 George B. German Music Archives 20 Badlands National Park 10 Gregory County Historical Society 5 Belle Fourche Public Library 2 Black Hills Institute of Geological Research 9 Hearst Library 12 Black Hills Reptile Gardens 18 Heritage Hall Archives 8 Black Hills State University 22 Heritage Museum of Roberts County 21 Brookings County Historical Society 25 Heritage Park 16 Brookings Public Library 3 High Plains Western Heritage Center 22 Brule County Historical Society 11 Historic Prairie Village 12 Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum 19 Huron Public Library 10 Buffalo Museum and One Room School 4 Huron University 10 Butte County Historical Society 15 Hyde County Historical and Genealogical 9 Society Center for Western Studies 20 Centerville Community Library 4 I.D. Weeks Library, USD 24 City of Deadwood Archives 5 Clay County Historical Society 24 Jerauld County Pioneer Museum 25 Clear Lake Historical Society and Museum 4 Jewel Cave National Monument 5 Codington County Historical Society 25 Cold Springs Historical Society, Inc. 18 Karl E. Mundt Historical & Educational 12 Corps of Engineers 8 Foundation Custer County Library 4 Keystone Area Historical Society 11 Custer State Park 5 Klein Museum 15 Czech Heritage Preservation Society 23 Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society 6 Dacotah Prairie Museum 1 Legislative Research Council 16 Dakota State University 12 Lennox Area Historical Society 12 Dakota Sunset Museum 8 Lewis and Clark Visitor Center 25 Dakota Wesleyan University 14 Lyman County Pioneer Museum 18 Dakotaland Museum 10 Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist 14 Madison Public Library 13 Church Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center 13 Dalesburg Lutheran Church 24 Marcus P. Beebe Memorial Library 11 Deadwood Public Library 6 Marshall County Historical Society 2 DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery 22 McCook County Historical Society and 19 Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation 6 Museum Douglas County Museum 2 McCrory Gardens, SDSU 3 Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art 14 Elkton Community Museum and Historical 6 Center Society Midland Pioneer Museum 13 Emil M. Larson Library 4 Miner County Historical Society 9 Mitchell Area Genealogical Society 15 Faith Area Historical Society 7 Mitchell Area Historical Society 15
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Organization Name Page Organization Name Page
Mitchell Public Library 15 Union County Historical Society 6 Moody County Genealogical Association 7 United States Geological Survey 21 Moody County Historical Society 7 University of Sioux Falls 21 Mount Marty College 26 Mount Rushmore 11 Vermillion Public Library 24
Newell Museum 15 W.H. Over Museum 24 North American Baptist Heritage Commission 20 White Area Historical Society 25 Northern Galleries 1 Wind Cave National Park 9 Northern State University 1 Yankton Community Library 26 Oahe Chapel Preservation Society 16 Yankton County Historical Society 26 Oglala Lakota College 11
Pierre-Ft. Pierre Genealogical Society 16 Platte Heritage Club 17 Presentation College 1 Pyle House Museum 10
Rapid City Arts Council 18 Rapid City Historic Preservation Commission 18 Rapid City Public Library 18 Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research 19 Rawlins Library 16 Red Cloud Indian School 17
Scotland Historical Society 20 Sinte Gleska University 13 Siouxland Heritage Museums 21 Siouxland Libraries 21 Sisseton Historic Preservation Commission 22 Sisseton Wahpeton Community College 22 Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin 1 South Dakota Air and Space Museum 2 South Dakota Art Museum 3 South Dakota Hall of Fame 4 South Dakota School of Mines and 19 Technology, Devereaux Library South Dakota School of Mines and 19 Technology, Museum of Geology South Dakota Society of Mayflower 17 Descendants South Dakota State Historical Society, State 16 Archives South Dakota State Historical Society, State 17 Museum South Dakota State University, Archives and 3 Special Collections Sturgis Public Library 23
Tea Area Historical Society 23 Timber Lake and Area Historical Society 23 Tripp County Historical Society 25 Tri-State Memorial Museum 2
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County Index County Organization Name Page
Aurora Aurora County Historical Society 17
Beadle Dakotaland Museum 10 Huron Public Library 10 Huron University 10 Pyle House Museum 10
Bennett none listed
Bon Homme Czech Heritage Preservation Society 23 Scotland Historical Society 20
Brookings Agricultural Heritage Museum 3 Brookings County Historical Society 25 Brookings Public Library 3 Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society 6 McCrory Gardens, SDSU 3 South Dakota Art Museum 3 South Dakota State University, Archives and Special 3 Collections White Area Historical Society 25
Brown Aberdeen Area Genealogical Society 1 Dacotah Prairie Museum 1 Northern Galleries 1 Northern State University 1 Presentation College 1 Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin 1
Brule Brule County Historical Society 11 South Dakota Hall of Fame 4
Buffalo Corps of Engineers 8
Butte Belle Fourche Public Library 2 Butte County Historical Society 15 Newell Museum 15 Tri-State Memorial Museum 2
Campbell none listed
Charles Mix Geddes Historic District 8 Platte Heritage Club 17 South Dakota Society of Mayflower Descendants 17
Clark Emil M. Larson Library 4
Clay America’s Shrine to Music Museum 23 Clay County Historical Society, Inc. 24 Dalesburg Lutheran Church 24 I.D. Weeks Library, USD 24 Vermillion Public Library 24
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County Organization Name Page
Clay (cont.) W.H. Over Museum 24
Codington Codington County Historical Society 25
Corson Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center 13
Custer Cold Springs Historical Society, Inc. 18 Custer County Library 4 Jewel Cave National Monument 5
Davison Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church 14 Dakota Wesleyan University 14 Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center 14 Mitchell Area Genealogical Society 15 Mitchell Area Historical Society 15 Mitchell Public Library 15
Day none listed
Deuel Clear Lake Historical Society and Museum 4
Dewey Timber Lake and Area Historical Society 23
Douglas Douglas County Museum 2
Edmunds Marcus P. Beebe Memorial Library 11
Fall River Wind Cave National Park 9
Faulk Faulk County Historical Society, Inc. 7
Grant American Indian Culture Research Center 13
Gregory Gregory County Historical Society 5
Haakon Midland Pioneer Museum 13
Hamlin none listed
Hand none listed
Hanson none listed
Harding Buffalo Museum and One Room School 4
Hughes Legislative Research Council 16 Oahe Chapel Preservation Society 16 Pierre-Ft. Pierre Genealogical Society 16 Rawlins Library 16 South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives 16 South Dakota State Historical Society, State Museum 17
Hutchinson Heritage Hall Archives 9
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County Organization Page
Hyde Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society 8
Jackson Badlands National Park 10
Jerauld Jerauld County Pioneer Museum 25
Jones none listed
Kingsbury Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society 6
Lake Dakota State University 12 Historic Prairie Village 12 Karl E. Mundt Historical and Educational Foundation 12 Madison Public Library 13
Lawrence Adams Museum & House 5 Black Hills State University 22 City of Deadwood Archives 5 DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery 22 Deadwood Public Library 6 Hearst Library 12 High Plains Western Heritage Center 22 Sturgis Public Library 23
Lincoln Lennox Area Historical Society 12 Tea Area Historical Society 23
Lyman Lyman County Pioneer Museum 18
Marshall Fort Sisseton State Historic Park 12 Marshall County Historical Society 2
McCook McCook County Historical Society and Museum 19
McPherson none listed
Meade Faith Area Historical Society 7 Faith Public Library 7 Ft. Meade Museum 8
Mellette none listed
Miner Miner County Historical Society 9
Minnehaha Center for Western Studies 20 Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation 6 First Baptist Church Archives 20 George B. German Music Archives 20 North American Baptist Heritage Commission 20 Siouxland Heritage Museums 21 Siouxland Libraries 21 United States Geological Survey 21 University of Sioux Falls 21
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County Organization Page
Moody Moody County Genealogical Association 7 Moody County Historical Society 7
Pennington Black Hills Institute of Geological Research 9 Black Hills Reptile Gardens 18 Keystone Area Historical Society 11 Mount Rushmore 11 Rapid City Arts Council, Dahl Fine Arts Center 18 Rapid City Historic Preservation Commission 18 Rapid City Public Library 18 Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research 19 South Dakota Air and Space Museum 2 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 19 Devereaux Library South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 19 Museum of Geology
Perkins none listed
Potter Dakota Sunset Museum 8
Roberts Heritage Museum of Roberts County 21 Sisseton Historic Preservation Commission 22 Sisseton Wahpeton Community College 22
Sanborn none listed
Shannon Red Cloud Indian School 17 Oglala Lakota College 11
Spink none listed
Stanley none listed
Sully none listed
Todd Sinte Gleska University 13 Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum 19
Tripp Tripp County Historical Society 25
Turner Heritage Park 16 Arthur Nelson Historical Museum 9 Centerville Community Library 4
Union Union County Historical Society 6
Walworth Klein Museum 15
Yankton Lewis and Clark Visitor Center 25 Mount Marty College 26 Yankton Community Library 26 Yankton County Historical Society 26
Ziebach none listed
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Subject Index
AGRICULTURE
General Newell Museum—irrigation history, building of Aurora County Historical Society Orman Dam Brookings County Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Faulk County Historical Society Archives High Plains Western Heritage Center Historic Prairie Village Coops Lennox Area Historical Society Agricultural Heritage Museum Lyman County Pioneer Museum Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center South Dakota Hall of Fame White Area Historical Society Timber Lake and Area Historical Society South Dakota State University, Archives and Special Collections Account Books Agricultural Heritage Museum Crops DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Agricultural Heritage Museum—bee keeping Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society Newell Museum--wheat Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center South Dakota State Historical Society, State Midland Pioneer Museum Archives Moody County Historical Society Tri-State Memorial Museum—sugar beets, South Dakota State Historical Society, State cucumbers Archives Tri-State Memorial Museum County Agents and County Extension White Area Historical Society Agricultural Heritage Museum McCook County Historical Society and Museum Agricultural Equipment South Dakota State Historical Society, State Agricultural Heritage Museum Archives Dacotah Prairie Museum South Dakota State University, Archives and Dakotaland Museum Special Collections Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society Dust Bowl Huron Public Library Agricultural Heritage Museum Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Dakotaland Museum Midland Pioneer Museum Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society Moody County Historical Society Huron Public Library Newell Museum Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center South Dakota State Historical Society, State McCook County Historical Society and Museum Archives Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center Tri-State Memorial Museum Midland Pioneer Museum White Area Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Agricultural Industry Tri-State Memorial Museum Agricultural Heritage Museum—tractors, implements Experiment Station Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation Agricultural Heritage Museum Huron Public Library—careers, farming equipment Huron Public Library Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center—Photos Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society of harvesting crops and other farm and ranch Newell Museum activities South Dakota State Historical Society, State McCook County Historical Society and Museum Archives Moody County Historical Society—Flandreau South Dakota State University, Archives and creamery Special Collections
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Fairs, County and State Irrigation Agricultural Heritage Museum Tri-State Memorial Museum—Orman Dam Dacotah Prairie Museum Dakotaland Museum Livestock Huron Public Library Agricultural Heritage Museum—poultry Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Dakotaland Museum—horses McCook County Historical Society and Museum DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery—fish Moody County Historical Society Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation— Newell Museum cattle, general South Dakota State Historical Society, State Huron Public Library—animal science, vet and Archives animal care, cattle, hogs, goats, sheep, horses Tri-State Memorial Museum Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center—sheep, cattle, equipment used for milking, implements Farm Crisis (1980s) for working cattle Huron Public Library Moody County Historical Society—Pettigrew Moody County Historical Society Hereford Herd and round barn South Dakota State Historical Society, State Newell Museum—sheep, cattle Archives South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Farm Journalism Tri-State Memorial Museum—sheep, cattle, horses Dakotaland Museum Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Organizations Newell Museum South Dakota State University, Archives and 4-H Special Collections Agricultural Heritage Museum Dakotaland Museum Farm Policy Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation Huron Public Library Huron Public Library McCook County Historical Society and Museum Hyde County Historical and Genealogical South Dakota State Historical Society, State Society Archives Moody County Historical Society South Dakota State University, Archives and Newell Museum Special Collections South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Farmers Institutes South Dakota State University, Archives and Huron Public Library Special Collections Tri-State Memorial Museum Homesteading Agricultural Heritage Museum Farmers Alliance Butte County Historical Society Dakotaland Museum Dacotah Prairie Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Dakotaland Museum Archives Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society South Dakota State University, Archives and Huron Public Library Special Collections Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center McCook County Historical Society and Museum Future Farmers of America Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center Dakotaland Museum Midland Pioneer Museum Moody County Historical Society Moody County Historical Society Newell Museum Newell Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Archives Tri-State Memorial Museum Grange White Area Historical Society Dakotaland Museum
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AGRICULTURE, cont. South Dakota State University, Archives and Special Collections Organizations, cont. Other Organizations National Farmers Organization DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery— Dakotaland Museum American Fisheries Society, aquaculture Huron Public Library groups McCook County Historical Society and South Dakota State Historical Society, State Museum Archives—American Agriculture Movement, South Dakota Flying Farmers, United Family Prairie Fire Farmers, South Dakota Stockgrowers Huron Public Library Association South Dakota State University, Archives and Ranching Special Collections—South Dakota Dairy Agricultural Heritage Museum Association, South Dakota Crop High Plains Western Heritage Center Improvement Association, South Dakota Newell Museum Resources Coalition
South Dakota Farm Bureau Radio Agricultural Heritage Museum Dakotaland Museum Huron Public Library Huron Public Library South Dakota State University, Archives and South Dakota State University, Archives and Special Collections Special Collections
South Dakota Farmers Union Rural Electrification Dakotaland Museum Agricultural Heritage Museum Huron Public Library Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society Karl E. Mundt Historical & Educational Huron Public Library Foundation Karl E. Mundt Historical and Educational Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Foundation McCook County Historical Society and Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Tri-State Memorial Museum
ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE
America’s Shrine to Music Museum Northern Galleries City of Deadwood Archives Pyle House Museum Dacotah Prairie Museum Rapid City Arts Council Fort Sisseton State Historic Park Rapid City Historic Preservation Commission George B. German Music Archives Red Cloud Indian School Hearst Library Siouxland Heritage Museums Heritage Museum of Roberts County Sisseton Historic Preservation Commission High Plains Heritage Museum South Dakota Art Museum Historic Prairie Village South Dakota Hall of Fame Lennox Area Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Lewis and Clark Visitor Center Archives Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center Tri-State Memorial Museum Mitchell Public Library Union County Historical Society
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BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
Adams Museum & House Pyle House Museum Arthur Nelson Historical Museum Scotland Historical Society Brookings County Historical Society Siouxland Heritage Museums City of Deadwood Archives Siouxland Libraries Dacotah Prairie Museum South Dakota Hall of Fame Dakotaland Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation Archives Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State High Plains Western Heritage Center Museum Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society Tea Area Historical Society Moody County Genealogical Association Tripp County Historical Society Moody County Historical Society Tri-State Memorial Museum Newell Museum White Area Historical Society Oglala Lakota College
EDUCATION
General Brookings County Historical Society Jerauld County Pioneer Museum Brule County Historical Society Lyman County Pioneer Museum Center for Western Studies Pyle House Museum Clay County Historical Society Sisseton Historic Preservation Commission Cold Springs Historical Society South Dakota Hall of Fame Dacotah Prairie Museum Tea Area Historical Society Dakota Sunset Museum Tri-State Memorial Museum Dakotaland Museum Douglas County Museum K-12 Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society Arthur Nelson Historical Museum High Plains Western Heritage Center Brookings County Historical Society Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society Dacotah Prairie Museum Keystone Area Historical Society Dakota Sunset Museum McCook County Historical Society Dakotaland Museum Moody County Genealogical Association Faith Public Library Moody County Historical Society Hearst Library Newell Museum High Plains Western Heritage Center Scotland Historical Society Huron Public Library Union County Historical Society McCook County Historical Society White Area Historical Society Moody County Genealogical Association Moody County Historical Society Colleges and Universities Newell Museum Black Hills State University Red Cloud Indian School Brookings County Historical Society Scotland Historical Society Center for Western Studies Siouxland Heritage Museums Dacotah Prairie Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Dakota State University Archives Dakota Wesleyan University White Area Historical Society High Plains Western Heritage Center Huron Public Library Country Schools Huron University Arthur Nelson Historical Museum I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota Aurora County Historical Society Continued on next page
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EDUCATION, cont. South Dakota State University, Archives and Special Collections Colleges and Universities, cont. University of Sioux Falls Mount Marty College Northern State University Mission Schools Oglala Lakota College Center for Western Studies Presentation College Sinte Gleska University Reservation Schools Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Sinte Gleska University Devereaux Library South Dakota State Historical Society, State Seminaries Archives North American Baptist Heritage Commission
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Badlands National Park Northern State University Corps of Engineers Oglala Lakota College Custer State Park South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Devereaux Library High Plains Western Heritage Center South Dakota State Historical Society, State Jewel Cave National Monument Archives Karl E. Mundt Historical and Educational South Dakota State University, Archives and Foundation Special Collections McCrory Gardens, SDSU United States Geological Survey Moody County Historical Society Wind Cave National Park
GENEALOGY
Aberdeen Area Genealogical Society Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society Aurora County Historical Society Jerauld County Pioneer Museum Belle Fourche Public Library Keystone Area Historical Society Brookings Public Library Klein Museum Brule County Historical Society Lyman County Pioneer Museum Buffalo Museum and One Room Country School Marcus P. Beebe Memorial Library Center for Western Studies Marshall County Historical Society Centerville Community Library McCook County Historical Society and Museum Clay County Historical Society Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center Custer County Library Mitchell Area Genealogical Society Czech Heritage Preservation Society Moody County Genealogical Association Dacotah Prairie Museum Moody County Historical Society Dakota Sunset Museum Newell Museum Dakotaland Museum North American Baptist Heritage Commission Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Northern State University Church Oglala Lakota College Dalesburg Lutheran Church Pierre-Ft. Pierre Genealogical Society Douglas County Museum Platte Heritage Club Faith County Historical Society Pyle House Museum Fort Sisseton State Historic Park Rapid City Society for Genealogical Research Heritage Hall Archives Rawlins Library High Plains Western Heritage Center Scotland Historical Society Huron Public Library Sinte Gleska University
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Siouxland Libraries Tea Area Historical Society Sisseton Historic Preservation Commission Timber Lake and Area Historical Society South Dakota Society of Mayflower Descendants Tri-State Memorial Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Union County Historical Society Archives Vermillion Public Library Sturgis Public Library Yankton Community Library
GEOLOGY AND MINING
Adams Museum & House Lennox Area Historical Society Black Hills Institute of Geological Research South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation Devereaux Library Hearst Library South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, High Plains Western Heritage Center Museum of Geology Keystone Area Historical Society Tri-State Memorial Museum
IMMIGRANTS
Czech Czech Heritage Preservation Society Scandinavian Heritage Museum of Roberts County Germans from Russia Sisseton Historic Preservation Commission Heritage Hall Archives
LABOR
Arthur Nelson Historical Museum Moody County Historical Society Custer State Park South Dakota State Historical Society, State High Plains Western Heritage Center Archives Jewel Cave National Monument
MEDICINE
Heritage Park Presentation College Lennox Area Historical Society Scotland Historical Society McCook County Historical Society and Museum Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center South Dakota Hall of Fame Moody County Historical Society Tri-State Memorial Museum Oglala Lakota College
MILITARY
General Northern State University Adams Museum & House Oglala Lakota College Badlands National Park Ft. Meade Museum Faulk County Historical Society Pierre-Ft. Pierre Genealogical Society Fort Sisseton State Historic Park South Dakota Hall of Fame Jerauld County Pioneer Museum Tea Area Historical Society Lyman County Pioneer Museum Continued on next page
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MILITARY, cont. Eureka Pioneer Museum Ft. Meade Museum General, cont. High Plains Western Heritage Center Tri-State Memorial Museum Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society Yankton County Historical Society Keystone Area Historical Society Lennox Area Historical Society Civil War McCook Area Historical Society Arthur Nelson Historical Museum Midland Pioneer Museum Brookings County Historical Society Miner County Historical Society Dakota Sunset Museum Moody County Historical Society High Plains Western Heritage Center Newell Museum Lennox Area Historical Society Northern State University McCook County Historical Society Scotland Historical Society Miner County Historical Society Siouxland Heritage Museum Moody County Historical Society South Dakota Air and Space Museum Siouxland Heritage Museums South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives White Area Historical Society
Spanish-American War Korean War Brookings County Historical Society Dakota Sunset Museum Miner County Historical Society Eureka Pioneer Museum Moody County Historical Society Moody County Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Newell Museum Scotland Historical Society World War I South Dakota Air and Space Museum Arthur Nelson Historical Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Aurora County Historical Society Brookings County Historical Society Vietnam War Eureka Pioneer Museum Aurora County Historical Society Ft. Meade Museum Eureka Pioneer Museum High Plains Western Heritage Center Moody County Historical Society Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society Newell Museum Lennox Area Historical Society Scotland Historical Society McCook County Historical Society South Dakota Air and Space Museum Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Miner County Historical Society Moody County Historical Society Persian Gulf War Newell Museum Eureka Pioneer Museum Siouxland Heritage Museums Moody County Historical Society South Dakota Air and Space Museum South Dakota Air and Space Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives White Area Historical Society American Legion Eureka Pioneer Museum World War II South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Arthur Nelson Historical Museum Aurora County Historical Society Veterans of Foreign Wars Brookings County Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Dakota Sunset Museum
NATIVE AMERICANS
General High Plains Western Heritage Center Center for Western Studies Huron University Corps of Engineers Jerauld County Pioneer Museum Custer County Library Jewel Cave National Monument
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Keystone Area Historical Society Sisseton Wahpeton Community College Lyman County Pioneer Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Midland Pioneer Museum Archives Moody County Genealogical Association South Dakota State Historical Society, State Northern State University Museum Siouxland Libraries Yankton County Historical Society South Dakota Hall of Fame Timber Lake and Area Historical Society Language W.H. Over Museum American Indian Culture Research Center Yankton Community Library Black Hills State University Huron Public Library American Indian Movement I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota Dakota Wesleyan University Moody County Historical Society Sinte Gleska University Bureau of Indian Affairs South Dakota State Historical Society, State American Indian Culture Research Center Archives Dakota Wesleyan University South Dakota State Historical Society, State Huron Public Library Museum I.D. Weeks Library, USD Yankton County Historical Society Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Moody County Historical Society Military Conflicts Sinte Gleska University Fort Sisseton State Historic Park South Dakota State Historical Society, State Huron Public Library Archives I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota Tri-State Memorial Museum Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Moody County Historical Society Boarding Schools Newell Museum American Indian Culture Research Center Sinte Gleska University Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Dakota Wesleyan University Archives Klein Museum Moody County Historical Society Missionaries Sinte Gleska University American Indian Culture Research Center South Dakota State Historical Society, State Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum Archives Fort Sisseton State Historic Park Huron Public Library Canton Asylum for Insane Indians (“Hiawatha I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota Asylum”) Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Moody County Historical Society Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center South Dakota State Historical Society, State Continued on next page Archives Moody County Historical Society Newell Museum Culture Oahe Chapel Preservation Society American Indian Culture Research Center Sinte Gleska University Black Hills State University South Dakota State Historical Society, State Dakota Wesleyan University Archives Douglas County Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Geddes Historic District Museum Huron Public Library I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota Klein Museum Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art Center Newell Museum Oglala Lakota College Sinte Gleska University
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NATIVE AMERICANS, cont. Red Cloud Indian School—Pine Ridge Sinte Gleska University—Rosebud Reservation Life Sisseton Wahpeton Community College— American Indian Culture Research Center Sisseton/Wahpeton Dakota Wesleyan University South Dakota Art Museum—Pine Ridge Ft. Meade Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Huron Public Library Archives—all South Dakota reservations I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota Tri-State Memorial Museum—Pine Ridge, Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Rosebud, Cheyenne Moody County Historical Society Newell Museum Sioux Sanatorium in Rapid City Oglala Lakota College South Dakota State Historical Society, State Sinte Gleska University Archives Sisseton Wahpeton Community College South Dakota Art Museum Treaties/Land Claims South Dakota State Historical Society, State Fort Sisseton State Historic Park Archives Dakota Wesleyan University Tri-State Memorial Museum Huron Public Library Yankton County Historical Society I.D. Weeks Library, USD Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center Reservations and Agencies Moody County Historical Society American Indian Culture Research Center Newell Museum Dakota Wesleyan University—Pine Ridge, Oglala Lakota College Rosebud, Brule, Cheyenne, Standing Rock, Sinte Gleska University Yankton, Santee South Dakota State Historical Society, State Fort Sisseton State Historic Park— Archives Sisseton/Wahpeton Ft. Meade Museum—Northern Cheyenne, Pine Wounded Knee Ridge, Rosebud American Indian Culture Research Center Huron Public Library—Oglala, Osage, Sioux, Badlands National Park Cherokee, Rosebud, Standing Rock, Pine Ridge Dakota Wesleyan University I.D. Weeks Library, USD—Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Ft. Meade Museum Standing Rock, Lower Brule, Yankton Huron Public Library Major James McLaughlin Heritage Center— I.D. Weeks Library, USD Standing Rock Oglala Lakota College Moody County Historical Society—NE Santee and South Dakota State Historical Society, State Flandreau Santee Dakota Archives Oglala Lakota College—Pine Ridge
POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
General Lewis and Clark Visitor Center Center for Western Studies McCook County Historical Society and Museum Lyman County Pioneer Museum Moody County Historical Society Northern State University Pyle House Museum Oglala Lakota College South Dakota State Historical Society, State Scotland Historical Society Archives Siouxland Libraries Tri-State Memorial Museum Sisseton Wahpeton Community College White Area Historical Society South Dakota Hall of Fame Yankton County Historical Society Tea Area Historical Society County Government City Government I.D. Weeks Library, USD Black Hills State University Lewis and Clark Visitor Center I.D. Weeks Library, USD McCook County Historical Society and Museum
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Moody County Historical Society Custer State Park—President Calvin Coolidge, Pyle House Museum President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Peter South Dakota State Historical Society, State Norbeck Archives Dakota Wesleyan University— Francis H. Case, Tri-State Memorial Museum George McGovern Yankton County Historical Society Geddes Historic District—Peter Norbeck I.D. Weeks Library, USD— James Abourezk, Federal Government Horace J. Austin, Paul Bellamy, Charles A. DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Christopherson, Mary Edelen, Alfred S. Frost, Karl E. Mundt Historical and Educational Archie Gubbrud, Charles N. Herreid, Ralph Foundation—Department of Agriculture Herseth, Richard Kneip, Andrew Lee, William H. McMaster, Arthur C. Mellette, George T. Political Issues Mickelson, Peter Norbeck, Larry Pressler, Custer State Park—various resource issues: timber Gladys Pyle, M.Q. Sharpe, David L. Wickens harvesting, hunting, exempt taxes, prescription Karl E. Mundt Historical & Educational fires (controlled burns) Foundation—Karl E. Mundt Dakota Wesleyan University—agricultural issues, Legislative Research Council—state legislators armed services/WWII, interstate highway McCook County Historical Society and Museum— system, Joseph McCarthy/Communism, Richard Kneip water/Missouri River, selling surplus farm Middle Border Museum & Oscar Howe Art produce for foreign currency, Vietnam War Center—Francis H. Case and Leland D. Case DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery— Moody County Historical Society—Richard federal programs Pettigrew, William Ramsdell, George A. Rice I.D. Weeks Library, USD—Missouri River Basin Pyle House Museum—Gladys Pyle Project, women’s suffrage, Wounded Knee Siouxland Heritage Museums—Richard F. Occupation, 1973, Wounded Knee Trial Pettigrew Transcripts South Dakota State Historical Society, State Legislative Research Council Archives—South Dakota governors, South Moody County Historical Society—building Indian Dakota legislators, James Abdnor boarding school South Dakota State Historical Society, State Pyle House Museum—women’s suffrage Museum—South Dakota governors South Dakota State Historical Society, State South Dakota State University, Archives and Archives—women’s suffrage Special Collections—Ben Reifel Tri-State Memorial Museum—Ku Klux Klan in Tri-State Memorial Museum—George and Sam South Dakota, Dr. Francis Townsend and the Mortimer Townsend Plan Yankton County Historical Society—Chandler Gurney Political Organizations Geddes Historic District—Republican State Government I.D. Weeks Library, USD—Oglala Sioux Tribal Custer State Park Council, Works Projects Administration, I.D. Weeks Library, USD Federal Writer’s Project, Historical Records Legislative Research Council Survey McCook County Historical Society and Museum Moody County Historical Society—Grand Army of Moody County Historical Society the Republic Pyle House Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives—League of Women Voters, Archives Republican Party South Dakota State Historical Society, State Museum Politicians Tri-State Memorial Museum Black Hills State University—E.Y. Berry Yankton County Historical Society
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RELIGION
General Hutterite Arthur Nelson Historical Museum Heritage Hall Archives Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum Huron Public Library Lyman County Pioneer Museum Oglala Lakota College Lutheran South Dakota Hall of Fame Center for Western Studies Tea Area Historical Society Dalesburg Lutheran Church Tri-State Memorial Museum Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society Heritage Park Baptist Huron Public Library Elkton Community Museum Keystone Area Historical Society First Baptist Church Archives McCook County Historical Society McCook County Historical Society Moody County Genealogical Association Moody County Historical Society Scotland Historical Society North American Baptist Heritage Commission South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Timber Lake and Area Historical Society University of Sioux Falls Mennonite Catholic Heritage Hall Archives American Indian Culture Research Center Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum Methodist Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society Dakota Sunset Museum High Plains Western Heritage Center Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church Hyde County Historical Society Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society McCook County Historical Society Huron Public Library Moody County Historical Society Hyde County Historical Society Presentation College McCook County Historical Society Scotland Historical Society Moody County Historical Society Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Scotland Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Timber Lake and Area Historical Society Congregational McCook County Historical Society Peace United Scotland Historical Society Elkton Community Museum and Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Timber Lake and Area Historical Society Presbyterian McCook County Historical Society Episcopal Moody County Genealogical Association Center for Western Studies Scotland Historical Society Scotland Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Sinte Gleska University South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives United Church of Christ Timber Lake and Area Historical Society Center for Western Studies
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Black Hills Institute of Geological Research High Plains Western Heritage Center DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Lewis and Clark Visitors Center Fort Sisseton State Historic Park Moody County Historical Society
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SOCIAL SERVICE
Moody County Historical Society Siouxland Libraries Oglala Lakota College South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives South Dakota Hall of Fame
TRANSPORTATION
General South Dakota State Historical Society, State Adams Museum & House Archives Aurora County Historical Society Dakotaland Museum Highways Fort Sisseton State Historic Park DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Geddes Historic District Heritage Museum of Roberts County Jewel Cave National Monument High Plains Western Heritage Center Oglala Lakota College South Dakota Hall of Fame Tri-State Memorial Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Aviation South Dakota Air and Space Museum Railroads DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery Bridges Moody County Historical Society DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery South Dakota Hall of Fame Heritage Museum of Roberts County South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives
WOMEN
General South Dakota State Historical Society, State Adams Museum & House Archives High Plains Western Heritage Center Oglala Lakota College Organizations
Authors American Association of University Women Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation— Black Hills State University Lucille Fargo Dakotaland Museum Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society—Laura South Dakota State Historical Society, State Ingalls Wilder Archives Newell Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Daughters of the American Revolution Archives—South Dakota authors, Laura Ingalls Dakotaland Museum Wilder Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation Tri-State Memorial Museum—M. Withrow, Ena Pyle House Museum Lancaster, Lucy Peterson South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Educators Black Hills State University Extension Clubs Dakotaland Museum Black Hills State University Moody County Historical Society Dakotaland Museum Newell Museum Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation Pyle House Museum Continued on next page
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WOMEN, cont. Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society Organizations, cont. Moody County Historical Society Newell Museum Extension Clubs, cont. Pyle House Museum Hyde County Historical and Genealogical South Dakota State Historical Society, State Society Archives Newell Museum Tri-State Memorial Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Politicians Dakotaland Museum—Gladys Pyle General Federation of Women’s Clubs Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation Black Hills State University Pyle House Museum—Gladys Pyle Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation South Dakota State Historical Society, State South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives—Carol Young Anderson Archives Rural Women League of Women Voters Dakotaland Museum Dakotaland Museum Pyle House Museum Pyle House Museum South Dakota State Historical Society, State South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives Archives Suffrage Philanthropic Educational Organization Dakotaland Museum Dakotaland Museum Pyle House Museum Moody County Historical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Pyle House Museum Archives Tri-State Memorial Museum Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Dakotaland Museum Women Religious Pyle House Museum Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation South Dakota State Historical Society, State First Baptist Church Archives Archives Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society South Dakota State Historical Society, State Other Organizations Archives First Baptist Church Archives—American Baptist Women of First Baptist Church Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society—Women’s Relief Corps, European Club Jaycettes, Garden Clubs Moody County Historical Society— Athena Literary Club, Red Cross, Church groups, Woman’s Relief Corps (Auxiliary of GAR) Newell Museum—Local clubs: garden club, Sewing club, neighborhood club, Parent Teachers Association South Dakota State Historical Society, State Archives—Business & Professional Women, Capitol Club University of Sioux Falls—Center for Women
Pioneers Dakotaland Museum Dell Rapids Society of Historic Preservation First Baptist Church Archives
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