Statues -- South Dakota

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This series contains 24 digital photographs taken by Dan Brosz (Curator of Collections for the State Historical Society) in 2008 to document the condition of the “Woman and Deer” statue in Griffin Park in Pierre. The statue was created in 1939 by Fred Hill as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project.

Scope and Contents This series contains photographs, correspondence, and ephemera collected by Jim Larson while he was working for the Governor’s Office. He was the executive director of the Centennial Office in 1989 and was heavily involved with the Memorial Committee from 1993-1994. The Memorial Committee formed to coordinate memorial activities for the victims of the plane crash on April 19, 1993 that killed Governor Mickelson and seven others. Larson was also a regular attendee of the Governor’s...