South Dakota -- Commissioner of School and Public Lands

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This series contains the school census reports for numerous school districts within South Dakota for 1974. The series is not all inclusive and does not represent every county; some reports do not list which county a district exists in. Reports have been arranged numerically by school district number in two folders. See box list for more information.

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all counties within South Dakota for 1975. These census reports for the most part contain only student names and ages but some information such as addresses, mental health and physical conditions are noted in some cases and for this reason records are restricted. This series also contains a census report for Yankton independent schools which includes records from 1974. Reports have been arranged alphabetically by county with all districts...

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all counties within South Dakota for 1976. These census reports for the most part contain only student names and ages but some information such as addresses, mental health and physical conditions are noted in some cases and for this reason records are restricted. Reports have been arranged alphabetically by district name rather than by county. This series also contains the Brown County Family Census of 1976 which can be found in box 256....

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all counties within South Dakota for 1977. These census reports for the most part contain only student names and ages but information such as addresses, mental health and physical conditions are noted in some cases and for this reason records are restricted. Reports have been arranged alphabetically by district name rather than by county. This series also contains a census report for the entire state for the year 1977, this report is found...

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These series contains audit reports on constitutional officers and state agencies from 1944 to 1985. Audit reports contain financial statements on an office's receipts, expenditures, and administrative costs; commentary on recordkeeping practices; and suggestions for improving those procedures.

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Bennett County between 1913 and 1974. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public Lands many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there are a number of reports that include student rankings and as such are restricted and census reports from later years may contain student health information. Census reports for all districts are arranged chronologically and the...

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Brown County between 1892 and 1974. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public Lands many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there are a number of reports that include grades and student rankings and as such are restricted and census reports from later years may contain student health information. Census reports for public districts 1-27 are found in boxes 1-4...

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Butte County between 1908 and 1971. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but later reports may include grades or student rankings and as such are restricted. Census reports are arranged alphabetically by name of district and thereunder chronologically, undated items can be found in the last folder of box 2. See...

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This series contains the prospecting permits issued by the Department of School and Public Lands which were cancelled between 1974 and 1981. The permits found in this series are for land in the following counties only: Custer, Dewey, Fall River, Hanson, Harding, Hutchinson, Lawrence, McCook, Meade, Pennington, Perkins, Sanborn and Ziebach. Permits are arranged alphabetically by county and thereunder numerically by permit number.

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Douglas County between 1888 and 1975. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there a number of reports that includes notes on mental and physical handicaps in the later years and as such are restricted. Census reports are arranged chronologically but some years are absent from this series. See box list for more...

Scope and Contents This series contains records regarding forestry and timber lands under the authority of the Department of School and Public lands. The first box contains regarding the sale, bidding for and rights to timber plots around the state and is arranged alphabetically by plot name and thereunder chronologically as needed. Bidders and buyers of the plots included private individuals as well as larger logging companies. The second and third boxes contain scalers’ reports. The reports were recorded in...

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Gregory County between 1894 and 1977. The majority of the census reports are loose and have been filed together but there is also a binder of census reports ranging from 1974-1976 found in flat box 299. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports contain only the student’s name, age and parent’s name but some loose reports and all those contained in the binder contain...

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This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Hand County between 1898 and 1975. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there a number of reports that includes notes on mental and physical handicaps and as such are restricted. Census reports are arranged alphabetically by name of district.

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This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Hanson County between 1902 and 1969 As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but later reports may include grades or student rankings and as such are restricted. Census reports are arranged chronologically. See box list for more information

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This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Hughes County between 1883 and 1973 As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there a number of reports that include grades and student rankings and as such are restricted. Census reports are arranged chronologically.

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This series contains the school census reports for the districts within both Jackson and Washabaugh counties from 1916 to 1978 with the majority of the reports coming from Jackson County. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many contain only the student’s name, age and parent’s name but later reports (those after 1945) may contain information on student mental and physical disabilities.

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This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Jerauld County between 1910 and 1974. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there a number of reports that includes notes on mental and physical handicaps and as such are restricted. Census reports are arranged alphabetically by name of district. See box list for more information.

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This series contains books kept by the Department of School and Public Lands regarding lands to be leased in the counties of South Dakota in the years 1970-1982. These books include information on leases for surface land only, not oil or gas leases. Books are arranged chronologically and thereunder alphabetically by county. Not all counties are accounted for in each year and supplemental leasing books can be found following the original books. See box list for information.

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This series contains the school census reports for the districts of Lawrence County. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many contain only the student’s name, age and parent’s name but later reports may contain information on student mental and physical disabilities and numerous reports contain home addresses of the students. Census reports are arranged numerically by school district number. See box list for more information.

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This series contains the school census reports for all districts in McPherson County between 1916 and 1973. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for the districts of Meade County. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many contain only the student’s name, age and parent’s name but later reports may contain information on student mental and physical disabilities and numerous reports contain home addresses of the students. Census summaries are found in two flat boxes for Douglas School District and Rapid City Schools. Census reports are arranged...

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This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Mellette County between 1919 and 1970 As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there a number of reports that include grades and student rankings and as such are restricted. Census reports are arranged chronologically with all districts foldered together under the same year.

Scope and Contents This series contains the school census reports for the districts of Pennington County. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many contain only the student’s name, age and parent’s name but later reports may contain information on student mental and physical disabilities and numerous reports contain home addresses of the students. School districts found in this series include Douglas Independent #3, Hill City Independent #10, New Underwood Independent #23...

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This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Perkins County between 1913 and 1960. As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land the majority only contains the student’s name, age and parent’s name but some reports do include other personal information that is restricted from public access

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This series contains the school census reports for all districts in Potter County between 1885 and 1974 As these are the reports sent to the Department of School and Public land many of the reports only contain the student’s name, age and parent’s name but there a number of reports that include grades and student rankings and as such are restricted. Census reports are arranged chronologically with all districts foldered together under the same year.

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This series contains records filed with the Moody County Auditor, including mothers pension records, poor relief records, the County Superintendent of School's record of school visits, and reports submitted to the Commissioner of School and Public Lands.

Scope and Contents This series contains records pertaining to the sale of land for public school house sites. The majority of records are found within their original filing sleeves and arranged by county. Each sleeve contains of application for a school house, plat of location, appraised value of land, relevant correspondence letters and often a copy of the deed for the land. The sleeve itself has information such as dates and coordinates of the land. Some records do not have their original sleeves these...

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Report produced by the Commission on Salaries of Elective State Officials in 1977.

Scope and Contents This series contains the Rural Credit Sales Index and the corresponding Sale Records. The index is in the form of 5”x 8” cards and is arranged by county. Information found on these index cards includes the coordinates (Township, Range etc.) of the land, the lot number, owner’s (maker) name and title, original land value, information on foreclosures, reinstatements, cancelations and deed taken dates as well as the tax record history. The back of the card also include remarks and legal...

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This series contains records of Rural Land Loans from the Department of School and Public Lands between 1919 and 1945. Records from all counties including Armstrong County are contained within this series. The index for the loan records is arranged by county and thereunder alphabetically by surname. The counties index can be found in boxes 73-75. The loan records are arranged numerically by loan number. Please see box list for more information.