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Archives and Special Collections recently processed a collection of South Dakota Academy of Science papers.
This collection is mainly correspondence about the Academy’s 1928-1930 annual meetings. The letters and programs make a stack of papers about an inch thick. This is one of the most fun collections I have processed. Members are so excited to tell each other what is new in science. At their 1928 banquet, they saw a […]
Doris Peterson
May 12, 20231 min read
Look at the size of those books (and the cute baby)! #ArchivesBabies
Several items from the 1893 Columbian World’s Fair South Dakota Building are at the University of South Dakota, but not the very large visitor’s register. The photograph is from South Dakota at the World’s Fair. The Commission, 1894. The book with this photograph and other books about world fairs and expositions are in the Archives […]
Doris Peterson
May 5, 20231 min read
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