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Do you know where the time capsule is in the library walls?
Information about this time capsule was discovered in the Volante (student newspaper). The April 27, 1994, issue has a photograph of two women standing before a wall under construction and holding a 3 feet x 1 foot plywood box. The picture caption tells us that the capsule was sponsored by the USD Student Association and […]
Doris Peterson
Aug 23, 20241 min read
President Dwight Eisenhower’s Letter to Dean Lewis Akeley
President Dwight D. Eisenhower wrote a letter to University of South Dakota (USD) Dean Lewis E. Akeley dated May 26, 1958. At that time Dean Akeley was 97 years old. He arrived at the University of Dakota in 1887 (South Dakota became as state in 1889) and was a faculty member for 74 years. Akeley […]
Kyle Gruhn
Aug 20, 20242 min read
The 1967 move of the W. H. Over Museum to the Carnegie Building: Arne Larson and Bobby Penn
In 1967 the University of South Dakota (USD) library moved out of the Carnegie Building it occupied since 1911. An addition to the building doubled its capacity in 1940, but 25 years later it was too small to accommodate the increased needs of the students and faculty. The building became home to a museum. That […]
Kyle Gruhn
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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