Adopt a Collection
Adopt a Collection: Support South Dakota’s Documentary Heritage
Protect a piece of South Dakota history through the Adopt a Collection initiative at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Archives and Special Collections.
The collections housed in the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Archives chronicle the scholarly and cultural landscape of the university and the region. At the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Archives, we work diligently to preserve the physical materials entrusted to us and to expand access to the university’s body of research through digitization efforts.
The Adopt a Collection program invites friends and supporters to meaningfully contribute to conservation efforts. Each project featured below offers a targeted opportunity to:
- Uphold collections for future generations through archival processing and preservation.
- Increase the number of digital research resources available to a global audience.
- Support student assistant positions that will aid in this important work.
Donors will be acknowledged with an adoption certificate, an informational sheet about the item and a digital bookplate in our online catalog and on our website.
To adopt a collection, click the Adopt This Collection link at the end of your selected collection’s description. If you would like to adopt in honor or memory of someone, please include this in the comments box of the online donation form.
For additional information, please email the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Archives or call 605-688-5094.
Help us safeguard and share South Dakota’s unique history by adopting a collection. We truly value your generosity and support of the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Archives and Special Collections!
Adoptable Collections
The South Dakota Community Cookbook Collection captures the culinary traditions and community life of South Dakotans. Funding will support acquiring and cataloging additional cookbooks from West River communities, filling regional gaps in our holdings and better representing the state’s heritage.
Goal: $1,000 for acquisitions, cataloging and outreach
The Collegian student newspaper is a vital record of campus life and student voices. While earlier decades are already available online, the majority of issues from the 1980s through the 2000s remain undigitized. Funding will support student assistants to scan, describe and upload these papers.
Goal: $400 per decade; $1,200 total for three decades
The Prairie Striders Running Club Library specializes in items related to running. Bob Bartling, a founding member of the Prairie Striders Running Club, meticulously indexed race results, athlete profiles and running news. Funding will support a student assistant to complete the transcription of his index cards into a searchable database, continuing Bartling’s legacy of recordkeeping.
Goal: $750 for one semester of student work
The Jim Koch Amateur Wrestling Collection documents the history of amateur wrestling in South Dakota, with special emphasis on ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ. Funding will support a student worker to update the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ wrestling data and index past issues of Amateur Wrestling News, building on Bob Bartling’s foundational work.
Goal: $1,000 for one semester of student work
The contains a wealth of photographs documenting life in Brookings, dating back to 1886. Funding will support a student assistant to digitize, describe and upload these photographs to our digital collections site, preserving Brookings’ history for future generations.
Goal: $1,000 for one semester of student work
Printed in the 17th century, "" is a significant travel narrative documenting the author’s journey through the Middle East and India. This three-volume set is part of the Vera Way Marghab Rare Book Collection and is the only complete set of this edition known to exist in the United States. Funding will provide custom-made preservation boxes for the long-term care of these fragile volumes.
Goal: $750 ($250 per volume)
The Sen. Thomas A. Daschle Career Papers include thousands of items from his distinguished 26-year public service career in the U.S. House and Senate. Funding for film digitization allows for 16mm films to be sent to a vendor for high-resolution scanning.
Goal: $5,000
The Sen. Thomas A. Daschle Career Papers include thousands of items from his distinguished 26-year public service career in the U.S. House and Senate. Funding will support a student assistant to scan and describe documents related to the 1980s Farm Crisis and Farm Bills.
Goal: $1,000
The Sen. Thomas A. Daschle Career Papers include thousands of items from his distinguished 26-year public service career in the U.S. House and Senate. Funding for videotape digitization will support a student assistant to digitize VHS tapes, create access copies and generate metadata.
Goal: $1,000
