Cultural Heritage Center (Pierre, S.D.)

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Contains proposals submitted by architectural and engineering firms for the design and construction of the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in 1986. Includes proposals from the following firms: Holman Beck Associates, Inc. (Sioux Falls); Meese-Peterson and Foss/ Dunham Associates (Huron); Dana Larson Roubal and Associates/ E.Verner Johnson and Associates, Inc. (Pierre); and Rysavy Hartman Associates (Sioux Falls).

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This series consists of two audiocassettes containing advertisements for the Cultural Heritage Center fundraising campaign. The advertisements use the same text, but one is read by NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw and the other by Dave Dedrick, a Sioux Falls radio and TV personality best known for his role as Captain 11.

Scope and Contents This accession consists of capital campaign records for the Cultural Heritage Center. The records cover two campaigns led by the South Dakota Heritage Fund.This accession consists of capital campaign records for the Cultural Heritage Center. The records cover two campaigns led by the South Dakota Heritage Fund. Campaign running from 1989-1991 which funded the installation of all...

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Contains 302 photographic negatives featuring buildings and features around the Capitol Complex in Pierre, SD. Includes images of the construction of the third floor of the Kneip Building, Capitol Complex maintenance, Hilger's Gulch, Health Lab, Cultural Heritage Center, State Library, Becker-Hansen Building, and the construction and dedication of the World War II Memorial. Also includes images of the Tobin House (125 Washington Ave.).

Scope and Contents This accession consists of the Cultural Heritage Center Building Committee's records, including correspondence between the Office of the State Engineer and architectural engineers from Blake Holman Associates, Inc. regarding the selection of a site for the building; 30 color photographs of the Cultural Heritage Center model, the State Library, and the Kneip Building; and a schematic site plan showing contour lines and the proposed outline of the structure. Correspondence is arranged...

Scope and Contents These files contain mostly correspondence through the State Engineer’s Office, Bureau of Administration, concerning the construction and plans of the Cultural Heritage Center for the years 1987 thru 1988. Other records in this series contain maps and blueprints of the building and grounds.These files contain mostly correspondence through the State Engineer’s Office, Bureau of Administration, concerning the construction and plans of the Cultural Heritage Center for the years 1987...

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This series contains correspondence and records of the Bureau of Administration covering the Cultural Heritage Center from 1987-1989. The records include plans, specifications and contracts for the building and utilization of the Cultural Heritage Center building.

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This series includes black & white and color negatives of the Cultural Heritage Center in various phases of construction, Office of History staff members, and images from the 1988 Annual Meeting. Some of these negatives were used to create color slides, which can be found in box 5682A. The negatives were originally stored in photo box P33, but were separated for preservation purposes and scanned by the Preserve America photo digitization project.

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This series contains plans and drawings for the “Oyate Tawicoh’an” (“The Ways of the People”) exhibit in the Cultural Heritage Center. It also includes mockup drawings of the “Changing Times” gallery.

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Includes the index cover sheet and copies of original floor plans for the Cultural Heritage Center on file in the State Engineer's Office. The plans were drawn by Holman Beck Associates, Inc. from Sioux Falls under contract with the Office of the State Engineer. The building was completed in 1989.

Scope and Contents Consists of files maintained by the South Dakota State Historical Society Board of Trustees concerning the planning of a new Cultural Heritage Center between 1984 and 1987. Records include memoranda and correspondence; news clippings; architectural and planning studies; reports on conditions of existing office, storage, and display facilities; minutes of meetings of the Memorial Building Study Commission; copies of legislation pertaining to the construction of the Cultural Heritage Center;...

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This accession contains a slide show of images relating to the construction of the Cultural Heritage Center, as well as images of State Historical Society staff members. The slide show was compiled by Martyn Beeny (SDSHS Research & Publishing) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the Cultural Heritage Center.

The slide show is a .wmv file, and is saved both to CD (see box 3998B) and to the N drive. It is approximately 00:04:06 long.

Scope and Contents This series contains records collected by Nancy Tystad Koupal as part of her duties as director of the State Historical Society’s Research and Publishing program. The records consist of files on the State Historical Society’s Board of Trustees, including meeting minutes and agendas, lists of board members, program reports, correspondence, strategic planning documents, and handwritten notes; information about the Cultural Heritage Center and other fundraising efforts by staff and non-profit...

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This series contains photographs taken by State Historical Society staff for use in promotional materials, and to document events held at the Cultural Heritage Center or sponsored by the Society. Annual events include the Legislative Reception, the History Conference, and the Holiday Open House. Images often feature Historical Society staff members and volunteers.

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This series contains 203 digital photographs taken at State Historical Society events by staff members in 2016. Events include the annual history conference, legislative reception, and holiday open house, as well as recognition ceremonies for Marcella LeBeau and WWII code talker Noah Whitebird Sr. Also included are images of Arthur Amiotte with the Sioux horse effigy display in the Cultural Heritage Center Museum.

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This series contains photographs taken by State Historical Society staff for use in promotional materials, and to document events held at the Cultural Heritage Center or sponsored by the Society. Annual events include the Legislative Reception, the History Conference, and the Holiday Open House. Images often feature Historical Society staff members and volunteers.

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Contains files pertaining to folk arts exhibitions and demonstrations held at the Cultural Heritage Center between 1992 and 1993. Records include memoranda and correspondence, artifact lists, artwork loan receipts, invitations, and pamphlets. Also included are records related to efforts by the Wounded Knee Survivors Association to repatriate 1,000 artifacts held by the Woods Memorial Library in Barre, Massachusetts that were taken from the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.

Scope and Contents This series consists of files pertaining to South Dakota Arts Council’s folk arts program, including exhibitions held at the Cultural Heritage Center between 1991 and 1993, other conferences and other in-house projects. Files include invoices, brochures, photographs, reports, press releases, loan kit forms, catalog lists, inquiries, pamphlets and committee minutes. The file also includes floppy disks that contain monthly reports, artist lists and other information regarding the Folk Arts...

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs and includes meeting minutes, photographs, publications, correspondence, audio recordings of speeches and presentations, videotape recordings, grant files, school building specifications, budgets and other financial reports, architectural drawings of historic buildings, administrative subject files, posters, and annual reports.

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Contains clippings from several different South Dakota newspapers concerning the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center. Also includes newspaper clippings about a monetary donation to the W.H. Over State Museum and the fate of the Poker Alice Tubbs house in Sturgis, S.D.

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This series contains copies of photographs used in the South Dakota Heritage Fund’s Campaign Bulletin newsletters to promote the Oyate Wicokan exhibit, photos of Gov. George S. Mickelson gathered for the Mickelson Memorial in April 1994, and images of Sioux Falls representatives receiving an award on Philanthropy Day in Nov. 1993.

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This series consists primarily of photographs of SDSHS activities at the Cultural Heritage Center and SDSHS staff. All images were taken in 1993.

This series consists primarily of photographs of SDSHS activities at the Cultural Heritage Center and SDSHS staff. All images were taken in 1993.

Scope and Contents This series contains 10 photographs taken by State Historical Society staff around 1999. Photos show staff members and volunteers working in the museum galleries, at their desks, or in the archives research room. There are also two images from an event in the museum galleries featuring members of the Board of Trustees, State Representative Dick Brown, and Ray Christensen (Secretary of the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs). ...

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This series contains one program for the Centennial Year Annual Meeting of the South Dakota State Historical Society held from May 4-6, 1989. Also included is an invitation to the dedication of the Cultural Heritage Center, held November 3, 1989.

Scope and Contents This collection contains all the research files compiled by Mary Troutman Gates for her article on the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, SD. Gates was contracted by Research and Publishing to do the research for the article. Files are arranged alphabetically.This collection contains all the research files compiled by Mary Troutman Gates for her article on the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre, SD. Gates was contracted by Research and Publishing to do the research for the...