Byrne/Sherwood Family Collection
Content Description
The collection consists of photographs, correspondence and family history of the families of Frank M. Byrne and Carl G. Sherwood. The collection includes family genealogy charts and family write-ups, some pieces of correspondence, photographs of the Byrne’s and Sherwood’s and a photograph of William McKinley at Redfield. Two booklets, one titled, “Message of Retiring-Governor Frank Byrne” from 1917 and South Dakota Governors by Charles Dalthorp. Other materials relate to Dorothy (Sherwood) Byrne, daughter of Carl Sherwood who married Frank Byrne’s son Malcolm. Including photographs, the collection features Dorothy’s diary from 1916 when she was 19 years old. The collection also has three encased tintypes. Frank M. Byrne (1858-1927) was the eighth governor of South Dakota serving from 1913 to 1917. Byrne came to Dakota Territory in 1879 and later moved to Faulk County in 1883. He served as a state Senator and Lieutenant Governor for South Dakota. Carl G. Sherwood (1885-1938) was a Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1922 to 1931. He gained admission to the bar in Dakota Territory in 1881, practicing law in Clark County. He was a delegate to the state constitutional conventions (1883 and 1889) and was elected to the South Dakota Senate. The collection also includes a number of early stereoviews of Dakota Territory, many from the Black Hills. There are two images by photographer W. R. Cross of Hot Springs featuring Minnekahta Avenue (Hot Springs, S.D.) and Wind Cave in the Black Hills. Two views by photographer Charles H. Newcombe include images of Lake Oakwood (Brookings County). There are nine additional stereoviews taken by photographers Pollock and Boyden (Deadwood, D.T.). Images include a military encampment near Bear Butte, white rocks near Deadwood, views of Deadwood (D.T.), Wild Bill Hickok’s grave near Sherman Street, a canyon on Spearfish River and Lead City (D.T.).
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- ca. 1880s-1960s
- 1916
- 1917
Creator
- Cross, W. R.--Photo Studio (Hot Springs, S.D.) (Organization)
- Newcombe, Charles H.--Photo Studio (Huron/Watertown, D.T.) (Organization)
- Pollock and Boyden--Photo Studio (Deadwood, D.T.) (Organization)
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet
- Bear Butte (Mountain) -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Hills -- South Dakota. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Byrne, Dorothy (Sherwood)
- Byrne, Frank M., Governor, 1858-1927
- Deadwood (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diary Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Governors -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hot Springs (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- James "Wild Bill" Hickok, 1837-1876 -- Grave. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lake Oakwood (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lead (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters (Correspondence) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McKinley, William, President
- Oakwood Lakes (S.D.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Spearfish Canyon -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stereographs/Stereoviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Supreme Court Justices -- South Dakota Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Tintype Subject Source: Local sources
- Wind Cave National Park -- South Dakota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Source
- Sherwood, Carl G. (Person)