Manuscript collections come from a variety of sources. Many of the collections relate to rural life in South Dakota but also include the papers of alumni. Most of the collections offer significant insight into South Dakota or the region, but the primary focus of this collection is twentieth century rural South Dakota. These materials may include:
- Papers, records, and published materials of South Dakota and alumni authors.
- Modern political papers, including grass roots politics and political figures associated with South Dakota and South Dakota State University.
- South Dakota and regional materials—including, but not limited to, the papers of organizations, local businesses, community figures, families, and especially material related to farming and its development in South Dakota.
All material is be treated according to the guidelines set forth in individual gift agreements governing a particular collection and the policies and procedures of the Archives.
This collection of alumni and SDSU-individuals include the papers of Rep. Ben Reifel, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, and Bert Popowski. Some South Dakota organization also house records here, including the SD Resources Coalition, SD Farm Bureau, SD Nurses Association, SD Humanities Council and the SD Farmers Union.
Finding Aids from 2024
Crozier Family Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
George C. Biggar Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
James Pollock Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Finding Aids from 2023
MA 123, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Finding Aids from 2022
David J. Law Papers, David J. Law Papers SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
David J. Law Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Grace Wangberg Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
National Association of Retired Federal Employees Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Sioux Falls Summer Track Program Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Paint Horse Club Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Vincent J. McAuliffe Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
William C. Bianchi Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Finding Aids from 2021
Oak Lake Writers' Society Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Anthony S. Dylla Papers, South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections
Finding Aids from 2020
Norby Collection Photograph List, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Finding Aids from 2019
Dona Brown Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Elvin Bjorklund Papers (MA 96), SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
E.S. (Edgar Sharp) McFadden Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Hofer/Loewen Family Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
The Vigil of South Dakota Records (MA 94), SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Valerian Three Irons American Indian Oral Histories Microfiche, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Finding Aids from 2018
Aerial Photographs of Western South Dakota, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Altrusa International, District Seven Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
American Association of University Women, Brookings Branch Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Audrae Visser Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Benjamin Reifel Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Bert Popowski Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Beryl Stewart Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Blanche Avery Johnston Class of 1916 Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Brookings Rotary Club Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Carol Hepper Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Clark S. Thomas Student Expense Notebook, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Dakota Farmer Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Dan W. Johnson Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
David Dwyer Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
David Richards Collection on N.E. Hansen, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Donald D. Johnson Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Edwin C. Graber Poetry Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Elmer and Cecile Sexauer Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Faculty Housing Company, Inc. Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
F.C.W. Kuehn Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Forum / Ethical Culture Club Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Frank E. Denholm Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
General Federation of Women's Clubs of South Dakota Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Gertrude Stickney Young Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Gordon Garnos Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Grewing In the Blizzard Manuscript, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Harold W. Shunk Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Hawley-Lothrop Families Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Henry and Inez Johnson Journals, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
H.L. Loucks Correspondence with R. F. Pettigrew, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Holmspun Medicine Show Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Incredible Gladys Pyle Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Kathleen Norris Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Lonita Gustad Corothers Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Marcus S. Zuber Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
My Life from 1903 by Emil Jacobsen, SDSU archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
National Federation of Music Clubs Aeolian Club Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Oscar and Alice Simonson Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Reed G. Hart, Jr. Scrapbooks, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Robert F. Karolevitz Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Sigurd Anderson Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Sokota Hybrid Producers, Inc. Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Association for Family and Community Education Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Climate Office Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Crop Improvement Association Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Dairy Association Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Farm Bureau Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Farmers Alliance Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Farmers Union Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Humanities Council Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Nurses Association Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Resources Coalition Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota Social Science Association Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
South Dakota State Poetry Society Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Student Ledger, South Dakota State College, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Susan A. Jones Diary Transcription, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Theodore W. Schultz Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
TLN Productions Discover America South Dakota Videos, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Vera Way Marghab Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Verl Thomson Collection, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Ward B. Bates Scrapbook, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
Women Artists in Collaboration Records, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library
W. Sigurd and Goldie Opdahl Family Papers, SDSU Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library