Chilson Collection

Chilson Collection

The Chilson Collection includes books, journals, maps, pamphlets, and other print materials relating to local histories, South Dakota history, Native American cultures, and western expansion of the United States. https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/chilson

Horace J. Austin Papers

Horace J. Austin was a land surveyor in Dakota Territory and later a territorial and state legislator. Highlighted here are Austin’s dairies from 1868 and 1887 as well as correspondence of Horace’s and other members of the Austin family. https://archives.usd.edu/repositories/2/resources/2

Janklow (William J.) Gubernatorial Papers

Included here are selected documents pertaining to specific acts of Janklow’s gubernatorial administration. Work for this collection is OCR clean up.

Mahoney Music Collection

Mahoney Music Collection

The Mahoney Music Collection pertains to the violin and the violin family of instruments, as well as other musical topics, and is comprised of books, periodicals, pamphlets, and ephemera. https://libguides.usd.edu/mahoney https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/mahoney

Mamie Shields Pyle Papers

Mamie Shields Pyle Papers

Mamie Shields Pyle was a prominent suffragist and leader of the South Dakota Universal Franchise League which secured suffrage to South Dakota women in 1918. She is the mother of Gladys Pyle, the first female senator from South Dakota. Her papers, highlighted here, demonstrate the organizational...