South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- Underpinnings For New SD Library Being Drilled.
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota. Office of the State Engineer; Sherer, Frank; Layne Minnesota Company (Minneapolis, Minn.); Welfl Construction Company; Building construction -- United States -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980
- 131 caissons ranging in depth from 15 to 47 feet will be drilled and filled with concrete for the underpinning of the new state library building.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- G-Men Arrive to Check Area for Kennedy Trip; Jet-Age White House Visits in Pierre as Reporter Tours President’s Craft
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Air Force One (Presidential aircraft); Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Secret Service (U.S.)
- 2 articles from the Pierre Capital Journal - Oahe1962-08-07#1 is about the preparations made for President John F. Kennedy to attend the Oahe Dam dedication ceremonies. In Oahe1962-08-07#2, a journalist tours Air Force One.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Plat of the Oahe Housing Unit that will rise in Northwest Pierre
- Housing -- South Dakota -- Maps; Oahe Reservoir (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- A plat map of the Oahe housing unit in Northwest Pierre, including layout of new streets.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Engineers Begin Oahe Tunnel
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Melsha, Joe
- A tunnel will be built to determine the condition of the shale beds as part of the preconstruction activities on the Oahe dam.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Big Job Precedes S.D. Irrigation
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; United States. Bureau of Reclamation
- An editorial encouraging South Dakotans interested in irrigation to organize irrigation districts.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Artist Mark Anderson
- South Dakota State Capitol (Pierre, S.D.) ; Capitols and communities; Centennial Celebrations
- Artist Mark Anderson with his Acrylic potral of "A Capital Tradition".
- Our Capitol Centennial- June 19, 2010
- Prices Offered For Oahe Housing Area Acceptable to General Services
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Housing -- South Dakota; Pierre (S.D.); General Services Administration
- Bids by all 50 bidders on houses and 44 vacant lots were accepted by GSA (General Services Administration) for the Oahe housing area in northwest Pierre.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Mercedes Mackay Honored in Retirement
- MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; South Dakota Library Association; Associated School Boards of South Dakota; South Dakota Association for the Blind
- Mercedes MacKay has received honors from the State Association of the Blind, the South Library Association, and the Associated School Boards of South Dakota.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Hostess
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987
- Mercedes MacKay is shown at the coffee service at the golden anniversary conference.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Fiscal year 2011 highlights
- South Dakota -- Officials and employees -- Pensions -- Finance; South Dakota Retirement System; Pensions -- South Dakota; Disability insurance -- South Dakota; Survivors' benefits -- South Dakota; Old age assistance -- South Dakota.
- Outstanding investment returns in 2010 and 2011 and prudent benefit corrective actions recommended by the SDRS Board of Trustees and approved by the Legislature in 2010 have fully re-established the long-term actuarial soundness of SDRS. The...
- SD State Agencies II
- Site Being Readied For Next State Building
- South Dakota State Library; Hilger’s Gulch (Pierre, S.D.); R.E. Rawlins Municipal Library (Pierre, S.D.); Building construction -- United State -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980
- Photograph and caption describing the beginning of the construction of the new State Library building.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Library Facility For Blind, Handicapped Dedicated Here
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; Braille & Talking Book Library (South Dakota State Library); People with visual disabilities--Services for--South Dakota; Library of Congress; South Dakota. Governor (1969-1971 :...
- South Dakota’s regional library of reading material for the blind and physically handicapped was dedicated on January 28, 1969. The library has received more than 2000 books in braille and on recorded discs and tape from the Library of Congress....
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- New Library Service Planned For Those Unable to Read Normally
- South Dakota State Library; Gallozzi, Charles; Hanson, Howard H.; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; Library of Congress. Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; People with visual disabilities--Services for--South Dakota;...
- State Library to establish a lending library of Braille and recorded books.
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- Continued Planning for a New State Library Building
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; South Dakota. Supreme Court; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; Kneip, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1933-1987; Hanson, Charles S.; Feldaus, Gordon; Crow, Kenneth
- The 47th session of the South Dakota legislature allocated $40,000 for the planning of a State Library – Supreme Court complex.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- New State Library Building Planned Here
- South Dakota State Library; Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent); Spitznagel and Associates, Sioux Falls (S.D.); Building construction -- United States -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980
- The article describes the new State Library building being built in 1975.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- State Library Plans Observance
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; South Dakota Library Association; South Dakota. Governor (1961-1965: Gubbrud); MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; United States. Office of Education; Stahl, Albin;...
- The South Dakota State Library Commission is hosting a conference to celebrate the golden anniversary of the State Library.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- State Library Adds Service For Blind
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; Braille & Talking Book Library (South Dakota State Library); People with visual disabilities--Services for--South Dakota; Library of Congress; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle),...
- The State Library received talking books, tapes, and braille volumes from the Library of Congress to start a lending collection for services for the blind. The materials will be housed at 701 E. Sioux Avenue.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Entries Needed for Capital Celebration Vehicle Shows
- South Dakota State Capitol (Pierre, S.D.) ; Capitols and communities; Centennial Celebrations
- This article is a special invitation to owners of two- and four-wheeled rides who want to show them off at the Capitol Centennial Celebration in Pierre.
- Our Capitol Centennial- June 19, 2010
- A Very Real Danger
- Missouri River; Irrigation--South Dakota; Irrigation--Nebraska; Irrigation--Texas; Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; Farrar, Frank L. (Frank Leroy), 1929-;
- This editorial discusses the problems that would arise if Missouri River water would be diverted to irrigate states Nebraska to Texas.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- South Dakota Lottery quarterly report, December 2012
- South Dakota Lottery Commission; Lotteries -- South Dakota; Lottery ticket vendors -- South Dakota; Lottery tickets -- South Dakota
- This is a quarterly report of the South Dakota Lottery Commission. The report includes information about lotteries, lottery ticket vendors and lottery tickets.
- SD State Agencies II