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These dancing witches and other supernatural beings are from The Celebrated Witches’ Dance, composed by Paganini, and transcribed for the piano forte by Wm. Vincent Wallace, 1852. Lithograph created by Sarony & Major, New York. This music score is located in the Mahoney Music Collection at the Archives and Special Collections, University of South Dakota. #Halloween, #DanceTillYouDrop

Did you feel like a penguin this last week? Penguins are in my favorite research project logo. USD zoology professor Raymond Dillon and two grad students participated in a United States Antarctica research program for 10 weeks in 1969, collecting fresh water and soil protozoa samples. For more information on the research project, please see The University of South Dakota Alumni Dakotan, volume 1, number 1, January 1969. This alumni publication is available in the Archives and Special Collections.

This list is from Knutson, Wayne S. “A story of faith and endurance: The University of South Dakota.” In From idea to institution: higher education in South Dakota, edited by Herbert T. Hoover et al, page 32. Vermillion, SD: University of South Dakota Press, 1989, call number LA364.5 .F76 1989. name date of initial appointment academic areas Lewis E. Akeley 1887 Dean, School of Engineering, Physics Marshall McKusick 1902 Dean, School of Law Arthur L. Haines 1906 Chemistry Mabel K. Richardson 1907 Librarian Winfred R. Colton 1908 Dean, College of Fine Arts, Music Grace E. Burgess 1909 English Carl Christol 1909 History Clarence E. Lyon 1911 Speech Ella Lokken 1912 Music William H. Over 1913 Geology, Director, Natural History Museum Alvin Wilson 1917 Music William H. Batson 1919 Dean, School of Education Edward P. Churchill 1920 Zoology Arthur M. Pardee 1920 Chemistry, Director, Graduate School, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences M. Genevieve Truran 1920 Music Harold E. Brookman 1921 Engineering, Applied Sciences Gladys E. Leonard 1921 Physical Education Edgar P. Rothrock 1921 State Geologist, Geology Claude J. Whitlow 1921 Business Vincent E. Montgomery 1923 Coach Earle S. Sparks 1924 Economics, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Dean of School of Business Charlotte Noteboom 1925 Education Herbert S. Schell 1925 Dean of Graduate School, History Elmer G. Trotzig 1925 Journalism Chester S. Ball 1926 Financial Officer Herman W. Frankenfeld 1926 Registrar J. Herndon Julian 1926 Vice-president, Administration Carl. B. Hoy 1927 Coach Thomas M. Risk 1927 Education Edwin H. Shaw 1927 Biochemistry Grace L. Beede 1928 Classics Claude Schutter 1928 Law Marjorie Dudley 1920 Music Harry Olson 1930 Business Marjorie Beaty 1931 Mathematics Edward Ehrensperger 1931 English Harry Gamage 1934 Coach Clark Y. Gunderson 1934 Law J. P. Jones 1936 Business William O. Farber 1937 Government, Founder of Bureau of Government Research Thomas Geary 1937 Government Warren M. Lee 1938 Theatre, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Found of the Black Hills Playhouse William E. Ekman 1939 Mathematics Alexander Hartman 1939 Modern Foreign Languages Wilber M. Stilwell 1941 Art R. F. Patterson 1942 Dean of School of Business, History

In January 1920, the University of South Dakota’s winter term began one week later than scheduled because of a coal shortage and the uncertainty of future coal supply. The shortage and uncertainty were due to a coal miners’ strike. Sources: Information from The Alumni Quarterly, January 1920, page 134. Image from the leather cover of USD’s 1921 commencement.

Look at the wonderful graphic that Tasha from our Technology Department created for us.

What bend of the Missouri River between Vermillion and Yankton, SD is named after a famed 19th century naturalist who stayed at Fort Vermillion in 1843? He was traveling on the Missouri River while researching his book on quadrupeds? Archives and Special Collections has his quadruped and bird books in the Chilson Collection. Image from quadruped book in the Chilson Collection. The answer and the source of this information can be found in Herbert Schell’s History of Clay County, 1976, page 13.

Salute to Oscar Micheaux, who homesteaded near Gregory (SD) before becoming a film maker and author. The Archives and Special Collections at USD has many books by and about him. Books by Micheaux in the Herman P. Chilson Collection of Americana: Micheaux, Oscar. The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer. Lincoln, Nebr.: Woodruff Press, 1913. E185.97.M62 M6. First edition? Micheaux, Oscar, and C. W. Heller. The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races. Lincoln, Neb.: Western Book Supply, 1915. PS3525.I1875 F67x. First edition? Micheaux, Oscar. The Wind from Nowhere. 1st Ed.]. ed. The Black Heritage Library Collection. New York: Book Supply, 1941. PS3525.I1875 W55x. Micheaux, Oscar. The Case of Mrs. Wingate. 3d ed. New York: Book Supply Co.: Book Supply, 1945. PS3525.I1875 C37x. Micheaux, Oscar. The Story of Dorothy Stanfield, Based on a Great Insurance Swindle, and a Woman! New York: Book Supply Company, 1946. PS3525.I1825 S76x. First edition? Micheaux, Oscar. The Masquerade: An Historical Novel. New York: Book Supply Company, Publishers, 1947. PS3525.I1875 M37x. First edition? Micheaux, Oscar. The Homesteader: A Novel. College Park, Md.: McGrath Pub., 1969. PS3525.I1875 H6x. Not the first edition, which is 1917. Books about Micheaux in the Herman P. Chilson Collection of Americana: Bowser, Pearl, and Louise. Spence. Writing Himself into History: Oscar Micheaux, His Silent Films, and His Audiences. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2000. PN1998.3.M494 B69 2000. Green, J. Ronald. Straight Lick: The Cinema of Oscar Micheaux. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. PN1998.3.M494 G74 2000. Green, J. Ronald. With a Crooked Stick: The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. PN1998.3.M494 G76 2004. VanEpps-Taylor, Betti Carol. Oscar Micheaux: A Biography: –Dakota Homesteader, Author, Pioneer Film Maker. Rapid City, S.D.: Dakota West Books, 1999. PN1998.3.M53 V36 1999.

From the Charles and Frances Dillon scrapbook. Mr. Dillon was a member of the US House of Representatives from South Dakota (1913-1919).

Lulu (Mrs. E.P.) Wanzer may have been the first. She was from Armour, SD and was active in public health and the State Board of Health. A state summer camp for children was named Camp Wanzer in her honor. She was appointed to the BOR in January 1931 and served until her death in August 1931. Sources (These are in the Archives and Special Collections except for the Argus Leader and Find a Grave): Argus Leader newspaper, Sioux Falls SD, January 09, 1931, page 1 Coyote, USD yearbook, 1932, page 30 (A photograph of Mrs. Wanzer) Find a Grave (accessed February 26, 2020) South Dakota Historical Collections, volume 33, page 405, F646 .S76. (A short biography of Mrs. Wanzer) USD Catalog, 1931-1932

The first day of spring in 2020 is March 19th. Image from: Randolph Caledcott, Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1882?, uncataloged book in Mahoney Music Collection in the Archives and Special Collections. Mahoney Music Collection is a diverse collection of books centered around the violin located in the Archives and Special Collections at USD.