South Dakota State Library: Digital Collections

- $1.7 Millions State Library Contract Let Here Tuesday
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota State Library Commission; Building construction -- United States -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980
- The South Dakota Library Commission awarded $1.7 million in contracts for a new state library building.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Bill provides funds for new State Library
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota. Legislature. Appropriations.
- A bill filed in the House would appropriate $348,496 to start construction of a new State Library Building in Pierre.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Boe Urges More Library Services
- South Dakota Library Commission; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; South Dakota. Governor (1965-1969: Boe); Kittel, Dorothy; United States. Office of Education; United States. Library Services and Construction Act
- Governor Nils Boe urged librarians and library trustees to expand library services beyond formal education. Dorothy Kittel of the U.S. Office of Education reported on new legislation concerning state institutional libraries and services for the...
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Career aware: architecture & construction.
- Architecture -- South Dakota; Architecture -- Construction -- South Dakota; Youth -- Vocational guidance -- South Dakota; Vocational guidance -- South Dakota.
- Career Aware: Architecture and construction, is one in a series of 16 career cluster leaflets designed for students in grades three through five. In the Career Aware series, students learn about six careers in each cluster as they complete simple...
- SD State Agencies
- Contractors Move Hill As Work Gets Underway On Giant Oahe Dam
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.); Dams -- South Dakota; Fort Randall Dam (S.D.); United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.; Smithsonian Institution; Guy James Company, Oklahoma City (Okla.); Collins & Campbell, Fargo (N.D.)
- In the construction of the Oahe Dam, a hill encompassing six million cubic yards of dirt is being moved from the west side of the river to the river bottom. This dirt will be used as part of the base for the 242 foot high barrier that will span...
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Demo. Delegation for Oahe Project asks for 1973 Funding
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Abourezk, James G., 1931-; Oahe Irrigation Project; Irrigation projects -- South Dakota; Irrigation -- South Dakota; United States. Office of Management...
- South Dakota’s democratic congressional delegation asked President Nixon to include construction funds for the Oahe Irrigation project in the administration’s budget for 1973.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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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- Groundbreaking Ceremonies Held For New State Library
- South Dakota State Library; Kneip, Richard F. (Richard Francis), 1933-1987; Anderson, Herschel V. (Herschel Vincent); Kocourek, Mrs. Ardeth; Welfl Construction Co.; Building construction -- United States -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980
- Photo of the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new South Dakota State Library.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- High-performance green building projects.
- Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction; Sustainable architecture; Architecture and energy conservation -- South Dakota; Administrative law -- South Dakota; Administrative procedure -- Government policy -- South Dakota
- Summarizes state government efforts to acheive high performance green building standards in building construction and renovation projects. Report is required by SDCL 5-14-37.
- SD State Agencies
- Highways aid development of Badlands
- Badlands South Dakota; Tourism -- South Dakota; Roads -- Design and construction -- South Dakota; Millard, B.H.
- The value of the Badlands of S.D., in tourism, will be greatly enhanced with the development of highways in the proposed national monument.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- House Committee Okays First Stage Of Oahe Project
- Irrigation -- South Dakota; Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Berry, Ellis Yarnal, 1902-1999; Udall, Morris K.; Saylor, John P.; Reifel, Ben, 1906-1990
- A bill authorizing construction of the first stage of the Oahe Irrigation Project was approved after an amendment was adopted concerning the state’s ban on nonresident waterfowl hunters.
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- Initial Stage, Oahe Unit, Missouri River Basin Project
- Missouri River Basin Project (U.S.) Oahe Unit; Irrigation--South Dakota; Dams -- South Dakota; Flood control--Law and legislation--United States; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers; James River (N.D. and S.D.); Oahe Conservancy Sub-District...
- The Congressional Report submitted by Senator George McGovern concerning the Senate Bill 6 authorizing the construction of the initial state of the Oahe unit of the Missouri River Basin project.
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- Jumbo Gets Face-Lifting
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Missouri River Basin Project; Dams – South Dakota
- The mechanical mole used to dig tunnels in the construction of the Oahe Dam will be getting a complete renovation.
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- Library Expansion Planned for State of South Dakota
- South Dakota State Library; South Dakota Library Commission; MacKay, Mercedes B. (Mercedes Belle), 1904-1987; United States. Library Services and Construction Act; Libraries – South Dakota; Bookmobiles – South Dakota
- The article describes how the state hopes to establish the State Library as a central unit for classifying and cataloging books for South Dakota libraries. The State Library would also control a system of branch libraries which would use...
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Library site
- South Dakota State Library; Building construction -- United States -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980;
- Ground was broken and bladed to start work on the new state library building.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- 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.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- Mammoth Oahe Dam Now Over 77 Per Cent Complete
- Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1950-1960; Oahe Dam (S.D.); Siebert, John W., Jr.; Woodbury, Col. Harry G.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- Full page of photos of the service gate hoist, power intake towers, outlet works intake towers, outlet works control structure, aerial view of progress on the Oahe Dam, powerhouse and surge tanks, and stilling basin. Oahe project data and article...
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- New Era of S.D. Progress starts today at Oahe Event: Pick – Case speak on Program at newest damsite
- Oahe Dam (S.D.); Dam construction -- South Dakota -- 1940-1950; Case, Francis H. (Francis Higbee), 1896-1962.; Pick, General Lewis A.; Prentiss, Col. L.W.; Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program;
- Groundbreaking ceremonies held at Oahe damsite, the largest construction job ever undertaken in South Dakota .
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files
- New Library Started
- South Dakota State Library; Building construction -- United States -- South Dakota -- Pierre -- 1970-1980
- The new State Library is being built near Hilger's Gulch.
- South Dakota State Library Vertical Files