Abbie F. Whitney Collection—Photo Albums—Black Hills
Content Description
The collection consists of two photo albums from the collections of Abbie F. Whitney. Miss Whitney was a secretary for the South Dakota Game and Fish Commission from the late 1920s to 1941. She started as a stenographer to the game warden and was deputy game warden from 1915-1927. She worked with the department for 29 years. The images in the two scrapbooks date to the late 1910s and early 1920s and are mostly images from the Black Hills area. Images include the Needles Highway, Custer State Park (S.D.) and the Game Lodge, Wind Cave National Park, Rapid Canyon (S.D.), the Summer White House, Squaw Creek, Harney Peak and Norbeck Cottages. Non-Black Hills images include the South Dakota State Capitol (Pierre, S.D.), Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.), fish hatcheries, road construction camps and the South Dakota State Fair (Huron, S.D.). Also include are animals such as American Bison/Buffalo, Elk and Antelope.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
- American Bison/Buffalo -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Antelope Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Hills -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coolidge, Calvin, President
- Custer State Park (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Custer State Park (S.D.) -- Game Lodge Subject Source: Local sources
- Elk -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fish Hatcheries -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Harney Peak -- Black Hills -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Needles Highway -- Black Hills -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Norbeck Cottages -- Black Hills -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Norbeck, Peter
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rapid Canyon (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roads -- Design and Construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South Dakota -- Dept. of Game, Fish & Parks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South Dakota State Capitol (Pierre, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- South Dakota State Fair (Huron, S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Squaw Creek -- Black Hills -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Summer White House -- South Dakota -- Calvin Coolidge Subject Source: Local sources
- Wind Cave National Park -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
