Black-and-White Photographs

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This series contains four large matted photographs of South Dakota Dams and the Becker-Hansen Building. The dams depicted are Ft. Randall Dam, Gavins Point Dam, and Big Bend Dam. The Dam photographs are in color and appear to be aerial photographs. The fourth picture is a black and white photograph of the Becker-Hansen building, taken presumably from a sidewalk on the side of the building facing the water. The building appears to read South Dakota Commission of Highways.

Scope and Contents This series contains Deadwood Funding Applications dated 2002-2003 which include attached photographs and postcards as well as miscellaneous photo contest entries undated and dated 2007. These materials document various historically significant landmarks in South Dakota, and some photographs include complete descriptions. This series also includes a substantial amount of information pertaining to the Dean of Agriculture’s house at South Dakota State University including correspondence,...

Scope and Contents This accession consists of files created and maintained by the State Supervisor of the South Dakota Association of Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA Inc.) between 1951 and 1979. Formally established in 1946, Distributive Education Clubs of America is an association of secondary and post-secondary students and teachers dedicated to preparing leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, management, and other business areas. State departments of...

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Contains files pertaining to Future Farmers of America (FFA) degrees and awards granted between 1971 and 1979. Records include correspondence; applications for the American Farmer Degree, State Farmer Degree, Building Our South Dakota Communities awards, National Chapter awards, and agricultural proficiency awards; lists of degree and award recipients; photographs of degree and award candidates and their projects; and records pertaining to National FFA judging contests.

Scope and Contents Contains files maintained by the Department of Education and Cultural Affairs, Division of Vocational and Technical Education, pertaining to Future Farmers of America (FFA) Foundation awards received by South Dakota FFA members between 1932 and 1971. Awards include National Chapter, agricultural proficiency, agricultural leadership, speech contest, National Farm Safety, Star Dairy Farmer, and Star State Farmer awards. Records include award applications, lists of award winners, photographs...

Scope and Contents In 1985, the Office of Tourism sponsored a “Governor’s Photography Contest,” which awarded prizes in six categories: South Dakota Landscape; South Dakota Wildlife; South Dakota People; South Dakota Action, Sports, Recreation and Entertainment; South Dakota Western, Religious, Ethnic and Cultural Heritage; and Anything Goes. Entries were accepted in two mediums: black-and-white prints and color slides. Two winners were selected in each category, one for each medium. This series contains...

Scope and Contents Contains approximately 734 black and white photographs (7 x 4.5 in., 6 x 3.5 in., and 8 x 10 in.) from the Department of Highways depicting various phases of highway construction projects throughout the state between 1934 and 1953 and includes images of construction equipment, railroad crossings, flood damage, snow removal, and bridges. The photographs are accompanied by typed captions that include an identification number, date the photograph was taken, county, project number, and a brief...

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This series contains 258 slides, 95 photographic prints, negatives, layouts, labels and plans for tourist information panels at visitor information centers in South Dakota.

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This series contains black & white photos of the James River, pumping stations in the Lower James Conservancy Subdistrict board meetings taken between 1965 and 1977

Scope and Contents Consists of records pertaining to employment training projects implemented by the State of South Dakota through area vocational and technical schools between 1963 and 1975 under the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) and as part of the South Dakota Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System (CAMPS). Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on March 15, 1962, the Manpower Development and Training Act provided federal funding for the training and retraining of thousands of...

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This series contains 34 billfold-sized (2.5” x 3”) black and white photographs of the members of Governor Richard Kneip’s first cabinet.

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This series consists of black and white prints and negatives (none are larger than 8 x 10) of Social Services staff, governor Kneip and foster families for press releases; copies of departmental press releases; copies of publications Contact and Public Welfare News; and a set of mounted transparencies which apparently were used to make a retrospective presentation on departmental programs and budget, ca. 1979. Publications are not complete runs for time period shown.

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Consists of scrapbooks containing clippings of South Dakota travel advertisements printed in various newspapers and magazines between circa 1957 and 1971. Most of the clippings also include typed labels indicating the name of the publication the advertisement was printed in, the date it was printed, the size of the advertisement, and the total cost to the Department of Highways. Also included is one volume of black and white photographs of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

Scope and Contents Consists of correspondence, maps, diagrams, blueprints, photographs, orders, reports, and agreements between the Public Utilities Commission (previously the Board of Railroad Commissioners) and railroad companies relating to grade crossings, crossing signals, structure clearance regulations, and the standardization of crossing systems on South Dakota railroads between 1915 and 1974. Also included is general correspondence pertaining to matters such as railroad property valuations, right of...

Scope and Contents Consists of files maintained by the Department of Highways pertaining to the Rapid City Flood of 1972. The flood occurred on June 9-10, 1972 when more than ten inches of rain fell in six hours, producing flooding on Rapid Creek and other Black Hills streams and leaving 238 dead and over 3,000 injured. The 1973 U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Relief estimated the cost of physical destruction in excess of $100 million and approximately 3,100 acres of land were affected by the flood water...

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Consists of files created by the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks staff between 1972 and 1974 pertaining to the Rapid City Flood of June 1972. Records include memoranda and correspondence, reports, inventories, surveys, and photographs documenting the department’s role in assessing damages to, and losses of, department property caused by the flood, implementing procedures for obtaining state and federal disaster assistance, and reestablishing the Cleghorn Springs Fish Hatchery.

Scope and Contents Contains records documenting the acquisition of right of way property by the Department of Transportation (previously the Department of Highways) for highway construction purposes between 1965 and 1976. All of the records pertain to properties in Lawrence County acquired for Federal Aid Project No. I 90-1 (14) 19. Records include property photographs and plans, correspondence with state and federal government agencies, project descriptions, cost estimates, agents’ records of calls,...

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Contains aerial photographs (1,141 9 x 9 inch and 99 8 x 10 inch black and white prints) of highway right of ways and surrounding areas for highway construction projects throughout South Dakota. Most of the photographs are dated and include a project number.

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Contains memoranda and correspondence from the State Highway Engineer’s Office pertaining to the construction and maintenance of highways in South Dakota between 1955 and 1982. Supplementary attachments include photographs, blueprints, and brochures and reports from other state and federal agencies.

Scope and Contents Contains four structure inspection reports for bridge inspections conducted between 1955 and 1984. Bridges discussed in the reports include 49-173-170 in Miner County; 56-171-230 in Sanborn County; 24-373-070 in Fall River County; and 59-398-295 in Stanley County. Each inspection report describes the bridge’s location and condition, and may also include repair and posting recommendations, drawings, and photographs of the structure. Also included is a cover letter from the Department of...

Scope and Contents Consists of technical reconnaissance reports (TRRs) for parcels of land that were considered for purchase by the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks between 1956 and 1980. These comprehensive land reports were used for reference by the department in land acquisition and use programs. Information in the reports may include the date of the report, name of the preparer, name of the land area, size of the parcel (in acres), legal description of location, prioritized land use classification, size...

Scope and Contents Consists of eleven photographs (seven 5 x 7 in; three 8 x10 in; one 7.5 x 16 in) from Department of Transportation Urban Systems Engineer’s reports and correspondence files taken between 1935 and 1968 and includes two photos of Mount Rushmore (1966); one aerial photo of the intersection of South Dakota Highway 44 and the Cheyenne River northwest of Scenic, SD (undated); four photos of long box culvert construction in Deadwood, SD (1960); one photo of a visiting Montana delegation (1968); and...

Scope and Contents Contains maps and photographs discarded from the South Dakota State Library’s vertical files in 1986. Items were collected by the State Library from various state agency sources and include three 8 x 10 photographs of sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski with his statues of Crazy Horse and actress Yvonne DeCarlo, four South Dakota state maps (one indicating state-maintained highways, one map of the Missouri River Plan, one that includes dates and locations of historical events, one showing altitude...