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

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Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (b. 1933) is a Lakota writer, educator, and historian, recognized for her contributions to Native American literature and cultural preservation. An enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, she was raised on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota and pursued a career in education before transitioning to writing. Her literary career began in 1971 with the award-winning Jimmy Yellow Hawk, leading to a prolific body of work that includes fiction, non-fiction, historical studies, and children’s literature. Her impact on Indigenous representation in literature and education has been widely recognized, earning her numerous honors, including the …

Loucks, H. L. Correspondence With R. F. Pettigrew, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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Henry Langford Loucks (1846–1928) and Richard F. Pettigrew (1848–1926) were prominent figures in the agrarian, populist, and progressive movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Loucks, a farmer, organizer, publisher, and political reformer, played a central role in the Farmers’ Alliance and the Populist Party, advocating cooperative economics, direct democracy, and farmer-led reform in South Dakota and nationally. Pettigrew, a lawyer, territorial legislator, and U.S. Senator from South Dakota, was instrumental in securing statehood and later emerged as a leading critic of corporate power and political conservatism within the Republican Party. The collection documents correspondence between Loucks and …

American Association Of University Women, Brookings Branch Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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This collection documents the activities and governance of the American Association of University Women, Brookings Branch, from its founding in 1931. Materials include reports, meeting minutes, newsletters, programs, bylaws, correspondence, financial and fundraising records, membership lists, and photographs. The records illustrate the branch’s administrative functions, educational initiatives, scholarship programs, study groups, and involvement in community and legislative issues.

The collection also contains historical documentation on the branch’s development and key figures, including Gertrude Stickney Young and Vivian Volstorff. Together, these materials provide insight into the role of a local women’s organization in promoting education, women’s rights, and civic engagement in …

125th Anniversary Planning Committee Records, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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In 2006, South Dakota State University (SDSU) celebrated its 125th anniversary, marking a significant milestone in its history. To coordinate the commemoration, the university formed the 125th Anniversary Planning Committee, which oversaw all aspects of the celebration, including events, publications, and historical retrospectives. The committee, chaired by Carol J. Peterson, included university administrators, faculty, staff, students, and alumni, working together to highlight SDSU’s legacy and achievements. Their efforts culminated in a series of activities designed to honor the university’s past and engage the campus and broader community in its rich history.

The collection consists of materials documenting the anniversary …

Anderson Papers, Sigurd, Sdsu Archives And Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library

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This collection contains addresses, speeches, reports, and related materials documenting the public career of Sigurd Anderson, Governor of South Dakota from 1951 to 1955 and Federal Trade Commissioner from 1957 to 1964. The materials include gubernatorial speeches such as his inaugural address to the 33rd session of the South Dakota Legislature, addresses delivered before national organizations on federal regulatory and economic issues, and reports and proceedings related to mid-20th-century state and regional development, including Missouri River Basin planning and Corps of Engineers projects. Appropriations records from Anderson’s gubernatorial administration provide evidence of state budgeting and fiscal policy during the early …

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 …

Freedom Of Tribal Association, Andrea Nishi

South Dakota Law Review

In Morton v. Mancari, the Supreme Court upheld a statute granting hiring preference to Indian candidates on the grounds that it did so not on the basis of race but on the basis of affiliation with a tribe as a political entity. As the Court recognized, if such a law were struck down on equal protection grounds, the basis for all federal policy protecting Indian interests would be undermined. In Mancari, this reasoning was used to uphold a law that benefitted Indian candidates pursuant to the federal government’s recognized trust responsibility to Indian tribes. The logic of Mancari has since …

Artificial Intelligence, Tribal Sovereignty, And The Criminal Justice System, Kevin Angelo Brown

South Dakota Law Review

As artificial intelligence (“AI”) has become increasingly integrated into everyday life in Indian Country and into governmental functions, including policing, courts, and corrections, it is creating new circumstances that can undermine tribal sovereignty. The 575 federally recognized Tribal Nations are under significant pressure to maintain their sovereignty while adapting to new AI-based technologies. With the implementation of AI, tribes should retain control over how it is used to benefit their communities, without compromising their legal rights or well-being, particularly in light of past harms caused by inadequate legal protections that allowed technological developments to damage tribal health, environments, economies, and …

The Tribal Wills At Usd's Knudson School Of Law: A Study In Mutuality, Nimbleness, And Persistence, Thomas E. Simmons

South Dakota Law Review

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Osgoode Syllabus Of Courses And Seminars: 2026 - 2027, Office Of Student Services

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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, …

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 …