South Dakota -- Brown County

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This series consists of audit reports for state agencies, counties, municipalities, and school districts. Audit reports contain financial statements concerning receipts and expenditures; commentary on recordkeeping practices; and suggestions for improving those procedures.

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This record group contains records created and maintained by county government agencies and officials in Brown County, South Dakota and includes property assessments, probate records, photographs, and school district records.

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...

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This series contains the case files of individuals who received assistance from the Works Progress Administration program in Brown County. Records are arranged numerically by case number. Microfilm copies of these records can be found in the vault. Please see box list for more information.

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This series contains a 3½” x 5” card file index for Brown County Works Progress Administration case files.

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Contains name of applicant, legal description and date the land was relinquished or canceled for the counties of Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson and Walworth.

Scope and Contents This series consists of eight volumes of original appraisal records for lands adjacent to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in Brown, Day, Edmunds, Grant, Roberts, and Walworth Counties, South Dakota; the city of Aberdeen, SD; and McIntosh County, North Dakota. Records for each valuation section include plats of lands adjacent to the railroad right-of-way and the assessed valuations of those properties; geographical and topographical descriptions of the surrounding environment;...

Scope and Contents This accession consists of seventy volumes of original appraisal records (circa 1918-1920) for lands adjacent to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in various counties throughout South Dakota. Records within each valuation section volume include plat maps of lands adjacent to the railroad right-of-way and the assessed valuations of those properties; geographical and topographical descriptions of the surrounding environment; appraisal questionnaires completed by local residents...

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This series consists of correspondence and copies of records, as well as digital photographs (TIFF, JPG) taken in 2012 which document a bridge in Brown County. These records were submitted by the Brown County Highway Department as part of a memorandum of agreement to mitigate adverse effects on the bridge. The bridge was removed in 2012.

Scope and Contents This series contains 4” x 6” cards used to record the names of teachers employed in Brown County. Each card lists the name of a teacher and the years they taught. Cards are grouped by school district or school, then arranged alphabetically by the teacher’s last name. The series also includes a list of Brown County Superintendents from 1891 to 1949. Misc. School Districts School...

Scope and Contents Contains files pertaining to the establishment of a Uniform Cost Accounting system for county highway departments between 1958 and 1970 and includes survey and audit reports for existing highway systems in specific counties, annual reports of county highway projects, manuals, Department of Highways newsletters, approved contractor equipment rental rate schedules, correspondence, questionnaires, and copies of speeches delivered by Department of Highways officials concerning the proposed...

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While the WPA program was federal, it was public assistance administered through the Department of Social Services. All records are restricted from public access by SDCL 28-1-29.

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This series contains a 3½” x 5” card file index for Brown County Works Progress Administration case files.