Youth Organization -- South Dakota

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 education...

Scope and Contents This series contains records from the Works Progress Association’s State Nursery School Project. The national project originally was established in 1933 to offer meals, health care and education to children and parents from households which were low-income or suffering from the economic downturn. With the outbreak of World War II, the program was extended into the 1940s to provide ongoing care for younger children. In 1934 LaVilla Hammer (Dowdell) was appointed as Director of the South Dakota...