Arlo and Della (Bystrom) Todd Family Collection
Content Description
The collection consists of photos, postcards, a scrapbook, and letters of Arlo and Della (Bystrom) Todd. Most of the photos include images of Arlo, Della, and their daughter Janet. Most of the images relate to the Todd’s family life in Centerville, SD. Arlo and Della were married in Harding County, SD on November 15, 1911. Arlo Todd attended Creighton University and became a dentist, graduating in 1916. There are also letters written by Arlo that were sent to Della from 1951 to 1954. A detailed genealogy of the Bystrom family is also included. A majority of the photos and postcards are unidentified, although most of the images of Arlo, Della, and Janet are identified.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- ca. 1910s-1950s
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Inventory
FB 595 – Photos: Creighton University Dentistry – Class of 1916 (Arlo Todd); Panoramic Images – Creighton University Dentistry – Class of 1916; Three Baby Photos – Janet Isabelle Todd; Portrait – Arlo Todd; Portrait – Della Todd; Scrapbook – Janet Todd Images; Certificate – Nebraska State Board of Health – Arlo R. Todd, June 1916; 29 - Miscellaneous portraits taken by SD photographers Includes Arlo, Della, and Janet Todd. 3535A: 1951 – 47 Letters; 1952 – 22 Letters; 1953 – 8 Letters; 1954 – 25 Letters; Unknown Date – 2 Letters; Bystrom Genealogy; Bystrom Family Portrait; Todd Family Collection – Miscellaneous. 8535D: Miscellaneous Family Photographs; Most are of Janet Todd; Miscellaneous and unidentified postcards. 8535C – Postcards: Carnegie Library – USD; USD Freshman – 1908; New Underwood – Main Street; High jump & pull vault; Centerville – Telephone Post; Centerville High School – Men’s Basketball, 1909; Centerville High School – Women’s Basketball, 1909; Brookings – High School Building; Vermillion – Market Street; Beresford – Third Street; Badlands – Resting on the Old Rocks; Underwood – Birds Eye View, 1909; Homestead – Beautifying the Homestead; Vermillion – Armory; Vermillion – Boat Landing on the Vermillion; Centerville – River Scene, 1911; USD – Young Ladies of East Hall; Slim Buttes, 1911; Reva, SD; Cheyenne Agency, SD – 1912; Medicine Rock; Forest City, Bridge, 1912; Salem – Man on Indian Motorcycle; Sleigh and Horses; Centerville – Gunderson Park, 1923; Chester, SD – Depot, 1908. MD 95: Arlo Todd Military Record – 1919/ 1st Lieutenant Dental Corps; North Dakota Department of Health – License of Arlo Todd; Officer Reserve Corp Certificate- 1917.
- Badlands -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Basketball -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Beresford (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Brookings (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Centerville (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Chester (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cheyenne River Indian Reservation (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creighton University (Omaha, NE) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family Scenes -- Photographs -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Forest City (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters (Correspondence) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Medicine Rock -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Military Records Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Motorcycles -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- New Underwood (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Panoramic Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postcards Subject Source: Local sources
- Reva (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Salem (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbook Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Slim Buttes -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Todd, Arlo
- Todd, Della (Bystrom)
- Track and Field -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Underwood (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- University of South Dakota (Vermillion, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Vermillion (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
