Mission Statement
 

The mission of the South Dakota State University Archives and Hilton M. Briggs Library Special Collections is to:

• Identify, appraise, collect, organize, describe, preserve, make available, and promote the use of:

  • The history and development of South Dakota State University and those individuals and groups involved with it,

  • South Dakota history and life, including materials from South Dakota authors, South Dakotans and South Dakota organizations. 

  • The collection also may include materials related to South Dakota which document the Great Plains, the American Midwest, or North America, as resources allow.

• Provide facilities for the retention, preservation, servicing, and research use of such materials 

• Provide information services to both the University and the wider community.

• Promote the knowledge and understanding of the origins and subsequent development of the programs and goals of South Dakota State University through the use of the archives.

Updated 9 January 2008 by cjg

Email questions or comments to: arcrefs@sdstate.edu