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Continuing And Extended Education Office Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The Office of Continuing and Distance Education offers undergraduate and graduate courses using various distance education technologies. This collection is composed of general office material conference and workshop materials, University Week for Women records, and distance education records.

Academic Women's Equity Coalition Collection, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The Academic Women’s Equity Coalition at South Dakota State University was founded in 1983-84 following discussions among faculty about workplace fairness and professional opportunities for women. Open to all faculty members and others who supported its mission, the coalition focused on addressing concerns related to hiring, salaries, promotions, tenure, and leadership roles for women in academia. It also worked to encourage fair and consistent language use in professional settings and provided a forum for faculty to discuss shared concerns and advocate for improvements in university policies and practices.

This collection, spanning 1983 to 1992 with some undated materials, documents the …

Harding, A. S., Papers, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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A.S. Harding was professor and head of the history and political sciences department at SDSC. He taught courses in history, political science, sociology, and economics. This collection consists mostly of material compiled by Harding while researching the history of South Dakota State University. Includes correspondence, research notes and finished writings.

Admissions Office Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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This collection documents the history and activities of the Admissions Office at South Dakota State University (SDSU), covering student recruitment, enrollment processes, and institutional outreach from the late 19th century to the early 21st century. It includes admissions applications, recruitment brochures, event announcements, promotional posters, student orientation materials, and informational publications. Early documents outline enrollment procedures and academic offerings, while later materials reflect the modernization of admissions practices.

The collection highlights SDSU’s efforts to attract and inform prospective students through publications such as SDSC View Book (1935), You Can Go Anywhere from Here! (2002, 2005), and Junior Day (1999-2000). It …

Graber Poetry Collection, Edwin C. Graber, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Edwin C. Graber was a poet from Freeman, South Dakota, whose literary activity flourished primarily between the late 1930s and late 1940s. Through a series of limited-edition chapbooks, Graber developed a lyrical body of work grounded in the landscapes and contemplative spirit of the Great Plains. His poetry reflects recurring themes of nature, solitude, time, and spirituality, expressed through reflective and meditative language. Titles such as Stars Are My Parade, Nature the Peerless Colorist, and Zeniths as Yet But Dimly Seen illustrate his attentiveness to the natural world and metaphysical inquiry.

The Edwin C. Graber Poetry Collection consists …

South Dakota Farm Bureau Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The South Dakota Farm Bureau Records document the organization’s structure, programs, and advocacy efforts on behalf of the state’s agricultural communities. Materials include county extension reports from Brookings, Codington, and Hamlin Counties, illustrating local outreach and educational initiatives conducted in cooperation with the Farm Bureau. Federation records form a substantial portion of the collection and encompass documentation from the Executive, Women’s, Marketing, and Young Farmers and Ranchers Committees, reflecting leadership development, legislative engagement, and agricultural promotion activities.

Additional records, including bylaws, financial reports, meeting minutes, clippings, and historical narratives, provide context for the Bureau’s governance and institutional development. Materials from …

Corothers Papers, Lonita, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The Lonita Gustad Corothers Papers document the life and writings of a South Dakota pharmacist whose extensive personal record spans more than six decades. The collection is centered on diaries kept from 1945 to 2010, offering detailed accounts of daily life, family relationships, education, and religious reflection, including her experiences as a pharmacy student at South Dakota State College and observations in the immediate aftermath of World War II. Supplementary materials include indexed timeline notebooks, thematic excerpts, transcriptions with later commentary, and reorganized diary volumes.

Also included is correspondence with her husband, Thomas Corothers, primarily from their courtship and early …

College Of Arts And Sciences Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The College of Arts and Sciences at South Dakota State University traces its origins to the General Sciences Course, first offered in 1884. The program later developed into the General Science Division, established in 1924, and became the Division of Science and Applied Arts in 1953. Following the institution’s transition to university status, the division became the College of Arts and Sciences. The College provides instruction in the university’s general education core and offers disciplinary education in the arts and sciences.

The records consist of administrative files, publications, correspondence, reports, committee records, meeting minutes, statistical materials, curriculum records, accreditation files, …

South Dakota Crop Improvement Association Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The South Dakota Crop Improvement Association (SDCIA) emerged in 1906 from the South Dakota Corn Growers and Corn Breeders Association, an organization initially formed to strengthen corn production across the state. What began as a temporary effort quickly rooted itself in permanence after the success of its first crop show, with A. E. Chamberlain of Howard serving as its first president. By 1909, the association expanded beyond corn to include additional grains, and in 1924 it merged with the South Dakota Experimental Association, reflecting a growing emphasis on systematic crop testing and varietal development. The following year, the unified body …

Charles A. Lundquist Papers, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Charles A. Lundquist (1928–2017) was a physicist and space science administrator whose career included research and leadership roles with the U.S. Army, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Born in Webster, South Dakota, he graduated early from high school in 1945 and enrolled at South Dakota State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering physics. He later received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Kansas in 1953. Lundquist held positions at Pennsylvania State University’s Ordnance Research Laboratory, the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, where …

Driving Hawk Sneve Papers, Virginia, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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This collection documents the career and contributions of Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, a Lakota writer, educator, and historian from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Spanning the 1960s through the 2020s, the collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, research materials, published works, teaching resources, and audiovisual materials that illustrate her work in Native American literature, education, and cultural preservation. Materials trace the development of her fiction and nonfiction writings, including children’s literature and historical works, as well as her roles as a teacher, guidance counselor, editor, speaker, and advocate. The collection provides insight into Indigenous storytelling, representation, and education, and documents Sneve’s national recognition …

Physique Development And Management Shape Experiences Of Low Energy Availability Risk In Elite Professional Male Rugby Union Players, Gary Sweeney, Siobhain Mcardle, Nessan Costello, Kieran Collins

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This study aimed to explore elite male rugby union players’ perceptions and lived experiences of physique development and management in relation to low energy availability risk. Semi-structured interviews (29 ± 8 min) were conducted with 18 players (senior: n = 9; academy: n = 9; mean age: 23 ± 3) across four professional rugby union clubs in Ireland. Through reflexive thematic analysis, the following themes were constructed. Players had limited awareness of low energy availability, yet described experiences consistent with symptoms, including fatigue, low mood and reduced libido. A pervasive physique culture, characterised by body composition ‘ideals’ and weight or …

‘The Way We Do Our Translation’: A Case Study Of Translation Policy For Spanish Speakers In The Public Parks Of Sonoma County, California, Gabriel González Núñez, Ángel María Casas Grageab, Christina Guerrero Harmon

Writing and Language Studies Faculty Publications

Signs in public spaces can provide essential information. Especially at times of crises, and in places where there are large populations who speak a minoritized language, translation is often employed to create multilingual signage for the benefit of the community. After all, translated signs appear because some authority considers that a certain message is important enough to be visibly communicated to the public, including those who do not speak the State’s preferred language. The decision as to whether to translate or not certain signs may seem arbitrary, but one would hope that it is the result of a guided policy …

Enhanced Hydrophilicity And Self-Cleaning Properties Of Tio₂ Thin Films On Glass For Photovoltaic Applications: Influence Of Precursor Concentration And Light Irradiation, Fatma Refaat, Hany Hashem, Mohamed Mahmoud Gouda, Ibrahim Ahmed, Khaled Abdelwahed, Ahmed Bakr El Basaty

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This study investigates the modification of glass substrates with TiO₂ thin films to enhance surface hydrophilicity and self-cleaning behavior. The films were deposited on glass by spin coating using different precursor concentrations, followed by thermal treatment. Structural and optical properties were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and UV–Vis spectroscopy, while surface wettability was evaluated through water contact angle measurements. XRD confirmed the formation of pure anatase TiO₂, while FTIR spectra verified the presence of Ti–O and Ti–O–Ti bonds. Wettability analysis showed that films prepared with the lowest precursor concentration exhibited the …

College Of Nursing Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Nursing education at South Dakota State University began in 1935 with the establishment of a Department of Nursing under the Division of Pharmacy at the request of the South Dakota Nurses’ Association. Initially a five-year program with clinical experiences at Sioux Valley Hospital, it became a four-year program in 1952 and received National League for Nursing accreditation in 1960. The department became the Division of Nursing in 1956 and the College of Nursing in 1964. Subsequent developments included graduate programs, continuing education, off-campus opportunities for registered nurses, accelerated bachelor’s programs, and doctoral degrees.

The College of Nursing Records document administration, …

A Tale Of Two Microbialities: Stromatolites And Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures, Nora Noffke, Stanley M. Awramik

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Microbialites are biosedimentary structures built by microbial mats. Five microbialite groups are distinguished: stromatolites, thrombolites, dendrolites, leiloites and microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS). This contribution discusses the two most abundant microbialite groups in marine settings, stromatolites and MISS. Microbial interactions with clastic sediment are very similar in both stromatolite and MISS formation. However, in stromatolites, syngenetic carbonate production caused by photoautotrophic and heterotrophic metabolisms and by calcimicrobes also takes place. More so, carbonate may precipitate within the extracellular polymeric substances. Due to the various carbonate forming processes as well as recrystallisation, the microscopic mat fabrics within stromatolite laminae are rarely …

Aquatic Macrophytes As Nature-Based Solutions: Challenges And Opportunities Across Inland And Coastal Waters, Morgan Botrel, Roxane Maranger, Lindsay L. Trottier, Mathieu Cusson, Lars L. Iverson, Fanny Noisette, Christian Nozais, Katrine Turgeon, Andrea Bertolo, Thibaud André-Alphonse, Simon Bélanger, Arthur De Grandpré, Jean-Olivier Goyette, Sabine Hilt, Ladd Johnson, Valérie Langlois, Martin Laporte, Félix Lauzon, Brigitte Légaré, Anne Ola, Marie-Pomme Presne-Poissant, Matthieu Prugne, Caroline Susini, Richard Zimmerman

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Macrophytes are foundation species whose use as nature-based solution (NbS) in aquatic ecosystems can help reduce climate change impacts while mitigating biodiversity loss. The discrepancy in research and application of macrophytes as NbS across inland and marine coastal ecosystems is an opportunity to expand the concept and learn from different approaches. We report on an initiative uniting marine and freshwater scientists that compared knowledge on macrophytes as NbS across realms, identified advances and gaps in their use, and synthesized challenges and opportunities for application. We conducted a bibliometric analysis and an expert participatory exercise around recent review papers. We reveal …

Forum/Ethical Culture Club Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The Ethical Culture Club / Forum was organized in Brookings, South Dakota in January 1906. It was then called the Ethical Culture Club; according to one of its historians. It held its original meetings on Sunday and "was to be a substitute on a basis of liberal theology for church going". These early days notwithstanding, the Forum, as it became known after October 14, 1910, was essentially a meeting for the free discussion of any topic of interest. Topics included, child labor laws, the establishment of a public library, promotion of a league to enforce peace, and the use of …

Biggar Papers, George C., Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The George Biggar Papers document the career and activities of a broadcaster active in agricultural communication and radio production from the 1920s through the 1960s. The collection includes biographical materials, photographs, correspondence, clippings, scripts, writings, and an M.S. thesis that reflect Biggar’s work in rural and agricultural broadcasting, radio programming, and wartime agricultural reporting. A substantial portion of the collection relates to a World War II agricultural tour and includes diaries, interviews, maps, speeches, research notes, and related documentation. Additional materials address agriculture, economic studies, and professional recognition. Together, the papers provide insight into the development of agricultural radio, the …

Young Papers, Gertrude Stickney, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Gertrude Stickney Young was a longtime faculty member at South Dakota State University, educator, writer, and civic leader whose career spanned the early and mid twentieth century. The collection documents her academic work, historical writing, and involvement in university and community organizations through correspondence, clippings, departmental materials, manuscripts, and personal items dating from the late 1920s through the mid 1960s. Materials reflect Young’s contributions to the history of South Dakota State University, her family and regional historical research, and her broader role in South Dakota’s educational and cultural life.

South Dakota Farmer's Alliance Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The South Dakota Farmers Alliance Records reflect the early organization of farmers in Dakota Territory during the 1880s in response to declining wheat prices and opposition to railroad monopolies. The collection includes an 1887 address by Alliance president H. L. Loucks, proceedings from an annual convention, and an undated agricultural advertisement, illustrating the Alliance’s advocacy for economic reform and practical agricultural education. Together, these materials provide insight into the leadership, priorities, and strategies of the Farmers’ Alliance during a formative period of agrarian activism in South Dakota.

Popowski Papers, Bert, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Bert John Popowski (1904–1982) was a nationally recognized outdoor writer, photographer, and authority on hunting and wildlife whose career spanned more than fifty years. A graduate of South Dakota State College, he authored over 2,300 articles and numerous books that influenced mid-twentieth-century hunting practices, firearms knowledge, and conservation awareness. His writings appeared widely in leading American sporting publications and were also translated for international audiences. This collection reflects Popowski’s sustained impact on outdoor literature and hunting culture, documenting his role in popularizing varmint hunting, advancing hunting techniques and safety, and contributing to broader discussions of wildlife management and conservation during …

South Dakota Association Of Family And Consumer Sciences Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The South Dakota Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records document the history and development of home economics and family and consumer sciences in South Dakota from 1913 to 2008. The collection includes administrative records, correspondence, conference materials, publications, photographs, and scrapbooks that reflect organizational activities, professional standards, educational initiatives, and advocacy. Together, the records illustrate the evolution of the discipline and the role of professional associations in advancing family and consumer sciences at the state and national levels.

Reifel Papers, Ben, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The Ben Reifel Papers document the professional and public life of Ben Reifel, the first Lakota Sioux elected to the United States Congress, with particular emphasis on his service in federal Indian affairs, his congressional career, and his continued public service after leaving elected office. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, audiovisual recordings, memorabilia, scrapbooks, speeches, and writings that trace his work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, his legislative activities in the U.S. House of Representatives, and his involvement with national, state, and tribal organizations. Materials also reflect his military service, educational background, campaign activities, and long-standing engagement with civic …

Johnson Papers, Donald D., Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Donald Dale Johnson (1925– ) of Brookings, South Dakota, contributed family and local history materials to South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections. The Donald D. Johnson Papers include a translated narrative recounting the experiences of his grandfather, Johan Peter Johnson, a Swedish immigrant in South Dakota during the 1870s, and The Quill, a Marion High School publication issued in memory of Johnson’s parents. The collection highlights Swedish immigration to South Dakota and the preservation of family history through translation.

Grewing "In The Blizzard" Manuscript, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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This collection centers on Im Schneesturm (In the Blizzard), an undated manuscript originally written in 1882 by Louis Grewing (1843–1908) and later copied by his son, Frederick Grewing (1867–1937), whose editorial role shaped the document’s preservation and later dissemination. Although the original manuscript is now lost, Frederick’s copy survived and became the basis for multiple published translations beginning in 1949. The materials document the manuscript’s transmission, translation, and publication history, including efforts by South Dakota State University faculty to translate the handwritten German text into English with institutional research support. Supplementary newspaper accounts, photographs, and background materials illuminate …

Pyle, Gladys - The Inceredible Gladys Pyle Collection, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Gladys Pyle (1890–1989) was a pioneering South Dakota politician and the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without prior appointment. A graduate of Huron College, she taught high school before becoming the first woman elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives (1923–1927) and later serving as Secretary of State (1927–1931). She was also active in the women’s suffrage movement. In 1938, Pyle won a special election to the U.S. Senate, serving briefly from November 9, 1938, to January 3, 1939. Researchers Jeanette Kinyon and Jean Walz, known for their historical and biographical work, began compiling materials for a …

Schultz Papers, Theodore W., Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Theodore W. Schultz (1902–1998) was a Nobel Prize–winning economist whose work reshaped understanding of agricultural economics, economic development, and human capital. Raised on a South Dakota farm, Schultz’s early experiences with agricultural hardship influenced his lifelong focus on the economic conditions of farmers and the role of education and skills in productivity. After earning advanced degrees from the University of Wisconsin, he held influential academic positions at Iowa State University and the University of Chicago, where he helped establish the university as a leading center of economic thought. Awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Economics, Schultz authored numerous foundational works …

Women Artists In Collaboration Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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The Women Artists in Collaboration Records document the formation and activities of a dynamic group of women artists in Brookings, South Dakota. Established in 1985 following a presentation sponsored by the Brookings Women’s Center, the group fostered a collaborative artistic environment, with membership evolving annually based on participation. Financial support from Friends of the Arts and the Brookings Women’s Center helped sustain their projects and performances.

The collection, compiled by co-founder Marilyn Richardson, primarily consists of correspondence (1986-1990), financial records (1987-1990), and project materials (1985-1989), which provide insight into the group's creative process and organizational efforts. Notably, the project records …

Marghab Papers, Vera Way, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Vera Way Marghab (1900–1995) was a pioneering entrepreneur in the luxury textile industry. Born in South Dakota, she studied piano in New York before co-founding Marghab, Ltd. on the Portuguese island of Madeira in 1933 with her husband, Emile Marghab. Together, they built one of the most esteemed embroidery houses, producing linens celebrated for their craftsmanship, exclusivity, and innovative design. Following Emile’s death in 1947, Vera led the company for nearly four decades, navigating shifts in global markets and political changes in Portugal before closing the business in 1984. Today, Marghab linens remain a benchmark of excellence, with a complete …