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A Guide to Brookings Collections in the Hilton M. Briggs Library

The Hilton M. Briggs Library contains a variety of materials relating to Brookings and the surrounding area. The following lists include books, maps, directories and archival collections. Some of these materials are available online.

Histories
  • Bell, Fayne D. "The Last Full Measure ...": A Study of Obituaries in the Brookings Register, 1890-1940. 2000. Print.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385.B41254
  • Brookings, Centennial Book Committee. Brookings' Centennial, 1879-1979: Commemorative Book. Brookings, S.D.: Centennial Book Committee?, 1979. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B73; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B73
  • Brookings County History Book Committee. . Brookings, S.D.: Brookings County History Book Committee, 1989: https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/Regional/id/1025/rec/3; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F657.B75 B75 1989; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F657.B75 B75 1989
  • . St. Paul: Buckbee-Mears, 1920: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/archives_rare-books/4/; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL D570.85.S71 B7 1920
  • Cecil, Chuck. Becoming Someplace Special: Gleanings from the past: The Brookings Story. Brookings, S.D.: C. Cecil, 2001: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL D769.85.S71 B76 2012; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL D769.85.S71 B76 2012
  • Cecil, Chuck. Here and Far Away: Brookings County and World War II. Brookings, S.D.: Chuck Cecil, 2012: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C42 2001; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C42 2001
  • Centennial Activity Book: Brookings. Brookings, S.D.: Reynold's Printing, 1988: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F651.C44 1988
  • Cecil, Chuck. A Brookings Album, 1879-2004: Celebrating 125 Years. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 2003: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C43 2003; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C43 2003
  • Parker, Donald Dean. 75th Anniversary Souvenir Program: A Collection of Pictures, Anecdotes and Historical Reports of the Early Life and times of Brookings, South Dakota. Brookings, S.D.: Pioneers, Incorporated?, 1954: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 S49 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 S49
  • Poindexter, Colleen Zwieg and Brookings Historic Preservation Commission. Brookings. Images of America. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2010: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 P64 2010; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 P64 2010
Maps, Atlases and Plats
  • E. Frank, Peterson, and E.P. Noll Amp Co. 1897
  • Geo. A Ogle Co. , 1909: https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/Regional/id/1159/rec/6
  • Map of Brookings County, South Dakota: Compiled and Drawn from a Special Survey and Official Records. Brookings, S.D.: Burgess Map, 1916: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL G4183.B5 1916 .M36
  • Thomas O. Nelson Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota: Containing Plats of Each Township, a County Road Map, a Rural Directory of Farmers, a New World Atlas and Other Features. Fergus Falls, Minnesota: Company, 1953: ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 N4 1953
  • Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota. Milbank, 1971: Midland Atlas Company, Milbank, S.D. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1978.: Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1978
  • Merchant Maps. Maps of Brookings and Codington Counties with Brookings and Watertown, South Dakota: Happy to Help You Find Your Way Around! Cincinnati, OH: Mass Marketing, Merchant Maps Division, 1985: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL G4183.B5 1985 M4
  • Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1989: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1989
  • Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1993: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1993
  • Atlas of Brookings County. Watertown, S.D.: Company, 1997: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 A74 1997
Directories

Brookings City and Telephone Directories:

  • 1901: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B7
  • 1909: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE8841.B69 1909
  • 1914-2020: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE8841.B7
City of Brookings
  • Barari, Assad. and South Dakota Geological Survey. Ground-water Investigation for the City of Brookings, South Dakota. Special Report (South Dakota Geological Survey) ; 45. Vermillion: Science Center, University of South Dakota, 1968. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL TD224.S8 A3 no. 45; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TD224.S8 A3 no. 45
  • Brookings. Annual Report of the City of Brookings, South Dakota: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS626.B78 A3
  • Brookings Economic Development Corporation. Annual Report, 2000: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HC108.B7 B76
  • Brookings. , City of Brookings, South Dakota.: Noncurrent: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS626.B78 A5
  • Brookings, S.D. City Council and Brookings Commercial Club. Publicity Committee. Brookings, the Educational Center of South Dakota. Brookings, S.D.: Club, 1919: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B76 B76
  • Brookings, S.D.  Noncurrent: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HJ9316.B76 B76
  • Brookings Chamber of Commerce and Brookings Convention Bureau. Brookings, South Dakota: Someplace Special. Brookings, S.D.: Chamber of Commerce, Convention/Visitors' Bureau, 1991: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B746 1991; Hilton M. Briggs Library SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B746 1991
  • Brookings County Press. The City of Brookings. 1896: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize F659.B71 B72
  • Hogan, Edward Patrick. Brookings, South Dakota: The Growth Center of Eastern South Dakota. Rev. April 1984. ed. Brookings, S.D.: Author, 1984: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HB3527.B7 H63 1984
  • League of Women Voters. This Is Your Town. Brookings, S.D.: League, 1950: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 L4t ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 L4t
  • Municipal Directory, Brookings, South Dakota, 1980: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S83 B7
  • Northwest Associated Consultants Inc and Brookings County Planning Commission. Comprehensive Joint Jurisdiction Plan: Brookings County and the City of Brookings, South Dakota. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Northwest Associated Consultants, 1982: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HC107.B7 C61
  • South Dakota Department of Transportation, Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers, and Felsburg Holt & Ullevig. South Dakota Interstate Corridor Study: Phase II Report. Technical Appendix, East River: Mitchell, North Sioux City, Brookings, Watertown. Omaha, Nebraska: Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers, 2001: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER
Brookings County
  • Bennett, Frank, United States. Bureau of Soils, and South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Soil Survey of the Brookings Area, South Dakota. Washington, D.C.: G. P. O., 1904: GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL A 26.5/a:B 791; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL A 26.5/a:B 791
  • Brannan, Lisa M. Emergency and Disaster Services in Brookings County, South Dakota. 1986: ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .B7352; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .B7352
  • Campbell, Thomas W. Brookings County Handbook. Brookings, S.D.: Project, 1973: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S89 B76; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S89 B76
  • Carlson, Lawrence A. , South Dakota. 1962: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .C1967
  • Elgethun, Stuart V., Larry F. Fredrickson, South Dakota. Division of Wildlife, and Pittman-Robertson Project. Wetlands Inventory: Brookings County. Pierre, S.D.: Department of Wildlife, Parks and Forestry, Division of Wildlife, 1978. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL QH541.5.M3 E53 1978; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL QH541.5.M3 E53 1978
  • Hamilton, Louis J., Geological Survey, Brookings County, and South Dakota. East Dakota Water Development District. Major Aquifers in Brookings County, South Dakota. Information Pamphlet (South Dakota Geological Survey) ; No. 40. Vermillion, S.D.: Science Center, University of South Dakota, 1988: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL GB1199.3.S8 H2 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL GB1199.3.S8 H2
  • Henningson, Durham and Richardson, South Dakota Department of Transportation, and United States. Federal Highway Administration. Brookings Area Master Transportation Plan. Sioux Falls, S.D.: HDR Sioux Falls Office, 2011: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL HE356.5.B76 B76 2011; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE356.5.B76 B76 2011
  • Hillestad, Linda K. The Changing Impact of Natural Disasters in Brookings County, South Dakota. 1982: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 H5568
  • Lee, K.Y. Geology and Shallow Ground Water Resources of Brookings Area: Brookings County, South Dakota. Report of Investigations (South Dakota Geological Survey); No. 84. Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 1958: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL TN24 .S8 S6r no. 84; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TN24 .S8 S6r no. 84
  • Larson, Adlowe Lyle. Trends of Property Taxes in Brookings County and in South Dakota from 1915 to 1932. 1934: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/1936/; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .L324
  • Nelson, Terry A. The Rural Nonfarm Population of Three South Dakota Townships : A Geographic Analysis. 1993: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .N3368
  • Salonen, Debra Robson. Taking Hold: A Study of Land Acquisition, Land Ownership and Community Development in Northeast Brookings County (1870-1916). 1977; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .Sa36
  • Schaefer, Walter T., South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, and United States Natural Resources Conservation Service. Soil Survey of Brookings County, South Dakota. Washington, D.C.: Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2005. GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL A 57.38/41:B 79; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Doc. A 57.38/41:B 79
  • South Dakota Department of Transportation and United States Federal Highway Administration. , SDDOT, Brookings County. 2013
  • Summary of the Master Plan of School District Reorganization for Brookings County, South Dakota. Brookings, S.D.: [Brookings County Board of Education], 1961: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2801.S6 B69s; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL LB2801.S6 B69s
  • Tomhave, Dennis W., East Dakota Water Development District, Geological Survey and South Dakota Department of Transportation. Sand and Gravel Resources in Brookings County, South Dakota. Information Pamphlet (South Dakota Geological Survey); No. 38. Vermillion, S.D.: Science Center, University of South Dakota, 1988. SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TN939 .T65 1988
  • Westin, Frederick C, Westin, F.C. and South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Soil Conservation Service. Soil Survey, Ser. 1955, No. 3. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1959.; PERIODICALS/LOWER LEVEL 630.7 So87.12, no. 468; ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL 630.7 So87.12, no. 468
Newspapers
  • The Brookings Register: 1892-2019: MICROFILM-PERIODICALS/LOWER LEV. 071 B792
  • The Individual, 1893-1904. MICROFILM-PERIODICALS/LOWER LEV. 071 B963
People, Organizations and Places

Brookings City and County Government Center

  • Brookings City and County Government Center. Brookings, S.D.: Brookings Register, 2012: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S89 B75 2012

Brookings Public Library

  • Brookings Public Library. Program of Dedication, Brookings Public Library, November 21, 1976, 2:30 p.m. S.l.: S.n., 1976: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Z733.B76 B7

Dimmette, Celia Puhr

  • Dimmette, Celia Puhr. Take Me Home: Life on the Family Farm. Francestown, N.H.: Marshall Jones, 1979: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL PS3507.I617 T34

Kiwanis Club of Brookings

  • Kiwanis Club of Brookings, South Dakota. Brookings, S.D.: Kiwanis Club, 1972: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 K5; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 K5

Fischback, Horace

  • Horace Fishback, 1857-1929 : A Tribute. Brookings, S.D.: S.n., 1929: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F651.5.F5 H6; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F651.5.F5 H6

First Lutheran Church A.L.C.

  • Seventy-seventh Anniversary, 1880-1957, First Lutheran Church, Brookings, South Dakota. 1957: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8076.B76 F58 1957
  • First Lutheran Church A.L.C. Brookings, South Dakota. 1972: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8076.B76 F585 1972

First Methodist Episcopal Church

  • Fifty Years of Service: First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1879-1880 [to] 1929-1930. Brookings, S.D.: Burris Printery, 1930: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8481.B7 B7

First United Methodist Church

  • First United Methodist Church. Centennial History, 1879-1979, First United Methodist Church, Brookings, S.D. Brookings, S.D.: Church, 1979: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL BX8481.B7 F57; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8481.B7 F57

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

  • Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. Dedication Services of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Brookings South Dakota, Sunday, January 20, 1952. Brookings, S.D.: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1952: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8076.B76 M68 1952; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C43 2003

Nick's Hamburger Shop

  • Cecil, Chuck. Nick's Hamburger Shop. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 2007. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL TX945.5.N52 C42 2007; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TX945.5.N52 C42 2007

Pioneer Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argo Township

  • Parker, Donald Dean. History of the Pioneer Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argo Township, Brookings County, 1884-1959. Brookings]: South Dakota State College, 1960: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8054 .P3h

Ross, Phyllis Dokken

  • Ross, Phyllis Dokken. A Daughter's Story: Growing up in a Family of Eight in South Dakota during the Depression. Medford, Oregon: Blue Moorea Press, 1999: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F656 .R69 1999; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F656 .R69 1999

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

  • Young, Gertrude Stickney. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookings, South Dakota, 1893-1947. Brookings, S.D.?: S.n., 1947: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX5980.B76 S3
  • Dunn, Douglas Robert, and Gertrude Stickney. Young. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookings, South Dakota, 1947-1978. Brookings, S.D.: D.R. Dunn, 1978: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX5980.B76 S32

St. Thomas More Catholic Parish

  • Kelzenberg, Elly. 100 Years of Faith: St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, Brookings, South Dakota, 1904 to 2004. Brookings, S.D.: St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 2004: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX4603.B795 K44 2004
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