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A Chance Interaction of Ole Anderson and Oscar Howe at the W. H. Over Museum
In the summer of 1959, the W. H. Over Museum, founded in 1883, was situated in the basement of Slagle Hall., Dr. Wesley Hurt, director of the museum was also an associate professor of anthropology at the University of South Dakota. In 1957, according to the newsletter: Museum News (Vol 18 #7, part of the Chilson […]
Kyle Gruhn
Oct 20, 20232 min read
For Archives Month, let’s do crowdsourcing.
If you have wondered what it is like to work in an archive, here is an opportunity to do one of our common tasks, which is researching for dates of undated material. Help us research when the attached maps were made. One way to assign dates to the maps would be to read an USD […]
Doris Peterson
Oct 11, 20231 min read
In honor of #ArchivesMonth, Archives and Special Collections staff at USD present their favorites, one at a time.
One of DP’s favorite items in the Archives and Special Collections is this oblique map of South Dakota. It is a favorite because geographical information expressed in this slanted or skewed method is less common than a vertical overhead view, especially before computer mapping software. The map title is Physical Features State of South Dakota. […]
Doris Peterson
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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