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Harold Edwin Brookman: A Beloved Engineering Professor
Harold Edwin Brookman was born on November 5, 1886, in Vermillion, Dakota Territory. He was the oldest of four sons born to Edwin and Anna Brookman. St. Claire Edwin (S.E.) Brookman and his twin brother Edgar were born in 1855 in New York and arrived in Vermillion in the early 1880s. The Brookman twins were […]
Kyle Gruhn
Dec 28, 20223 min read
South Dakota Governor Richard Kneip laying a wreath on December 29, 1971, in observance of the anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee.
Archives and Special Collections recently received 4 photographs of this observance.
Doris Peterson
Dec 21, 20221 min read
The 1950s to mid-1960s: University of South Dakota’s Building Boom and the Chesterfield Cigarette Salesman
As part of my work in Archives and Special Collections, I reviewed negatives and photographs from the mid-1950’s to mid-1960’s. Many images illustrated athletic events predominately football and basketball, although there were a few images of Dolphins, the women’s synchronized swimming team. Several images were associated with Dakota Day (D-Day) events including parades down Main […]
Kyle Gruhn
Dec 7, 20224 min read
Here’s a glittery book for #ArchivesSparkle.
Our book must have been striking when it was new in 1892 with its bright red velvet covers and shiny metal filigree corner embellishments. Title is Perlen aus der Instrumenten-Sammlung von Paul de Wit, Leipzig, published in 1892 and is in our Mahoney Music Collection. The English title is Pearls from the instrument collection of […]
Doris Peterson
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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