South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- Although Monument for 20 Years, Badlands Never Been Dedicated
- Badlands South Dakota; Badlands National Monument (S.D.); Tourism -- South Dakota; Fossils -- South Dakota
- The first official dedication of the Badlands National Monument was held on September 16, 1959, 20 years after it was designated as a national monument by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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- Wandering dinosaur bones back home – Mines museum makes trade
- Edmontosaurus; Denver Museum of Natural History; Princeton University. Museum of Natural History.; Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Badlands South Dakota; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Museum of Geology; Bump, James; Horace Twito...
- After 28 years and a four-cornered museum trade, bones of a trachodon are being returned to the Museum at the School of Mines.
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- Historic Cavalry Buildings At Ft. Meade Disappearing
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, S.D.); United States. Army. Cavalry, 4th; Comanche (Horse); Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933; Norbeck, Peter, 1870-1936; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962; Pick, Lewis A. (Lewis...
- Fort Meade is being transformed into a Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital. The article also includes a history of Fort Meade.
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- ‘Deadwood Champagne’ Blamed For Fort Meade’s Selection
- Fort Meade (S.D.); Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; Sheridan, Michael V. (Michael Vincent), 1840-1918 Reno, Marcus A. (Marcus Albert) 1835-1889; United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th; South Dakota -- History
- This article concerns the efforts to establish a military garrison in the lower Rapid Valley and not near Bear Butte.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Texas Water Grab
- Missouri River; Irrigation--South Dakota; Irrigation--Nebraska; Irrigation--Kansas; Irrigation--Oklahoma; Irrigation--Texas; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; South Dakota. Governor (1965-1969: Boe); Black Hills Conservancy Subdistrict;...
- This editorial discusses meetings scheduled to discuss the proposal to divert Missouri River through a canal from western Nebraska into Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Magnitude, Value Of Oahe Dam Outlined by Engineer
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.). Oahe Unit; Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960; Siebert, John
- John Siebert, area engineer for the Oahe Dam construction speaks on the value and magnitude of the Oahe Dam being constructed on the Missouri River.
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- Oahe Dam shift rules ‘normal’ by review panel
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project: Dams – South Dakota; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; Casagrande, Arthur; Johnson, Wendell
- Data collected between 1952 and 1970 has revealed a small portion of the dam has settled more than other areas of the dam.
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- Irrigation is Feasible
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Oahe Reservoir (S.D.); Hughes County (S.D.); Irrigation -- South Dakota
- When the Oahe Dam is completed and the Oahe Reservoir is filled, irrigation will be feasible for South Dakota.
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- South Dakota public health bulletin, April 2013
- Public health -- South Dakota -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- South Dakota -- Periodicals
- The April 2013 issue of the South Dakota Public Health Bulletin includes articles on rabies surveillance, venomous bite hospitalizations, colorectal cancer; selected morbidity.
- SD State Agencies
- Award for Preservation Well-Deserved
- South Dakota State Capitol (Pierre, S.D.) ; Capitols and communities; Centennial Celebrations
- This was a letter sent to the editor of the Capital Journal with Congratulations to the City of Pierre and residents of Pierre for their recent designation as a Preserve America Community which was bestowed upon the community by First Lady Michelle...
- Our Capitol Centennial- June 19, 2010
- State Library Grows Despite Facilities
- South Dakota State Library
- The article gives a brief description of the history of the South Dakota State Library. The services provided by the Library are also discussed along with the request for a new building. Included are pictures of the library in 1966.
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- Library group takes issue with charges by Barnhart: Kneip mentions 9 areas of improving library services
- South Dakota State Library Commission; South Dakota Library Association; Barnhart, Donald; Kneip, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1933-1987
- The South Dakota Library Association took issue with Donald Barnhart’s statements regarding the State Library and asked the Governor to appoint an impartial consultant the examine the whole situation in the State Library.
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- State Librarian to Head Regional Library Group
- South Dakota State Library; Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent); Mountain Plains Library Association
- Herschel V. (“Vince”) Anderson elected vice president elect of the Mountain-Plains Library Association.
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