South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- ‘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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- ‘Right Decision’ Will Influence Success Of Irrigation In S.D.
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; South Dakota State University; Acker, Duane; Lagerstrom, John E.
- South Dakota State University departments of civil engineering, agronomy, economics, horticulture-forestry and plant pathology and the Water Resources Institutes are involved in irrigation research and education.
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- $40,000 state library investment saves purchasers over $2.2 million
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; Libraries—South Dakota
- The 1971-1972 media circulation report shows that the State Library’s collection valued at $40,000 when circulated to libraries, institutions, and individuals would have cost more than $2.2 million if purchases by the borrowers. The worth of...
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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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- Ability to Pay Fees For State Library
- South Dakota State Library; Bibliographical Center for Research (Denver, Colo.)
- State Library will be able to pay fees for membership in the Bibliographical Center for Research in Denver.
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- 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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- Ask 190,000-Acre Irrigation Project In Oahe First Stage
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Oahe Conservancy Sub-District (S.D.); United States. Bureau of Reclamation; Mundt, Karl E. (Karl Earl), 1900-1974; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; South Dakota....
- The directors of the Oahe Conservancy Subdistrict requested the development of 190,000 acres in the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project.
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- Badlands Ranked as a “Natural Wonder”
- Badlands South Dakota; Badlands National Monument (S.D.); Tourism -- South Dakota
- An article describing the various sites and areas of the Badlands and along the highways leading into the Badlands.
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- Battle Lines are drawn at Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; Missouri River; Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960
- Photo and details of plan “pitting man against the Missouri River” from the river before the diversion to the concluding phase of the closure.
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- Be There
- Fort Meade VA Medical Center (Fort Meade, S.D.); Fort Meade (S.D.)
- This editorial concerns the dedication of the new Fort Meade Veterans’ Administration hospital.
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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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- Books Arrive in Pierre for Library for the 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 truck from Washington D.C. was four days late in arriving because of winter road...
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- Break Ground For New S.D. State Library
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; Kneip, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1933-1987; Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent); Kocourek, Mrs. Frank; Mikelson, Senator Grace; Colby, Jane; Peterson, Rachel; Paulson,...
- Ground breaking ceremonies were held in Pierre on August 19 for the new state library building.
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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.
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- Cutbacks to State Library may halt services in CSD
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota. Legislature, Expenditures, Public -- South Dakota
- Loss of federal funding due to President Nixon’s cutbacks threaten library services in Central South Dakota.
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- Early South Dakota Fort
- Fort Brule (S.D.); United States. Army. Dakota Territory Cavalry; Iowa Infantry Volunteers, 6th Regiment (1861-1865); South Dakota -- History
- A red granite monument one-half mile west of Richland marks the location of Fort Brule.
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- Earth is Rebounding at Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.), Missouri River., Stilling basins., Hayes, Col. Thomas H.
- An explanation of the geological phenomenon taking place in the stilling basin at the Oahe Dam
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- Elements Take Toll of Church Built by Soldiers of Indian War
- Fort Randall (S.D.); Randall, Daniel; Howard, Mickey; Manbeck, Jeff
- The article provides a short history of Fort Randall including the building of a church in 1872.
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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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- Everything About Pierre Oahe Dam is Big
- Oahe Dam (S.D.)
- Three (3) photographs of the construction of the Oahe Dam.
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