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The agenda for the day was finding campus employment, and the building in mind was the library. I started on the first floor, went to the IT department and accessibility office asking whether they have job openings available or upcoming. Then to the second floor, where the quite zones begin. You can enjoy the parking lot view if you sit on the far-left side of the second floor. When I first walked into the South Dakota Oral History Center (SDOHC), I did not know that would be

Although the Oral History Project consists primarily of University of South Dakota interviewers’ tapes of South Dakotans, other institutions donated in their interview tapes to the University of South Dakota Oral History Center. This blog describes a 1968 interview by John Troth and Richard Cropp, Friends of the Middle Border Museum (now the Discovery Museum at Dakota Wesleyan University). They interviewed Yankton historian Joseph Vinateri and his daughter Mrs. Vanita Grimm a

This blog describes life of a young person as a rancher and teacher in Tripp and Gregory Counties in the first quarter of the twentieth century. These were changing times in South Dakota involving settlers and indigenous peoples.

This blog cites information about Carl Cornell who was interviewed as part of the South Dakota Oral History Project.

The South Dakota Oral History Project is transcribing thousands of digitized interviews to enhance accessibility and citation accuracy. The transcription process includes multiple listen-throughs for correcting grammar and understanding speech patterns, ensuring speakers’ voices are preserved. This meticulous approach culminates in a final review, promoting continuous growth in transcription skills.

One hundred years ago, South Dakota elected its first native-born governor; this governor, Peter Norbeck, proved to be one of the most progressive governors in South Dakota history. Norbeck was born in Vermillion, Clay County, on August 27, 1870. Though he did not receive an official degree, Norbeck attended the University of South Dakota in […]

The South Dakota Oral History Project’s first year was described in a 1970 South Dakota History article. “This past summer an oral history project was inaugurated in South Dakota. Five thousand dollars was funded by the state legislature at the request of Dayton Canaday, State Historian, and Professor Joseph Cash of the University of South Dakota. Professor Cash and Mr. Canaday suggested to the state legislature that a project be initiated among white settlers while reminis