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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
George
and Evelyn Norby Collection, Directories
Dates:
1901-2003
Creator:
George and Evelyn Norby
Physical description:
5 linear feet—5 containers
Collection number:
NA 1.5
Language:
Collection material in
English.
Repository:
South Dakota State
University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State
University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract: Collection
is composed of Brookings Telephone Directories from 1901-2003 as well as
farm directories, South Dakota State University directories, city
directories and other regional directories.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
The George and Evelyn Norby Collection was donated by David Norby and
Diana Norby-Munger in September 2003.
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to research without restriction.
Copyright Status:
Copyright 2007 by South Dakota State University and SDSU
Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce
material from this finding aid.
It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material
to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if
necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information
on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received
before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP
2003)
Preferred citation:
[Identification of item]. George & Evelyn Norby Collection, Directories,
NA 1.5, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State
University, Brookings, S. D.
Processing information:
The Directories subgroup was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on 8 March
2007.
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection
in the subject guide.
They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or
location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Subjects:
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Brookings (S.D.)—City directory.
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Brookings (S.D.)—Directories—Telephone.
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Brookings (S.D.)—Telephone.
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Brookings Telephone Company.
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South Dakota State University—Directories—Telephone.
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South Dakota—Directories—Rural.
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South Dakota—Directories—Telephone.
BACKGROUND NOTE
Joseph “George” Norby was born in Paulina, Iowa on
February 24, 1924 to Joe and Amy (Shook) Norby. His first job was as a
type - setter for ads at the Ireton Ledger in Iowa. George worked as
well for the Hawarden Independent in Iowa and then later for the Wishek
Star in North Dakota. Before moving to Brookings, SD in 1952 he worked
for a time at a commercial printing shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
While in Brookings; George worked at Harold’s Printing
and Advertiser and at Hauff Printing. George began working at the
Brookings Register in September 1970. Here he worked as a pressman,
camera man and news compositor until his retirement in February 1986.
He continued to work part time at the Register for another five years.
On May 29, 1953 George married Evelyn Marie Pederson in
Sinai, South Dakota. They have two children; Diana Norby–Munger and
David Norby.
Evelyn Norby was born on August 6, 1932 in Sinai, South
Dakota to John and Emma (Thompson) Pederson. Evelyn graduated from
Sinai High School in 1950. She worked for many years at the Brookings
Laundry and as a motel housekeeper from 1955 – 1982. Evelyn also worked
from 1982 – 1986 at the Brookings Register as a custodian.
Beginning around 1965 when the old Register building was
torn down George and Evelyn begin to collect photographs and newspapers,
some dating back to 1890. Their collection began to grow over the years
and soon many knew of the collection.
The Norby’s were active members in many Brookings area
organizations and clubs. George was a member of the Odd Fellows and on
the County Museum Board of Directors. Evelyn was greatly involved with
the First Lutheran Church in the First Lutheran Church Women, the Church
Library Committee and the quilting group. She was also a member of the
Brookings Genealogical Society. Evelyn also volunteered at the
Agricultural Heritage Museum at South Dakota State University.
Both were involved with the Rebekah Lodge, Brookings Area
CB Club, Brookings County Historical Society and members of the First
Lutheran Church.
Both were given the “South Dakota Preservationist of the
Year” award for 1998.
Evelyn Norby died in Sioux Falls, SD on May 8, 2002.
George Norby died on September 11, 2003 at the age of 79.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
NOTE
The Directories sub-group consists of directories that
the Norby’s collected over the years. These cover the years 1901-2003.
This collection consists mainly of Brookings Telephone Directories,
called Brookings Area Directory in later years. Also included are farm
directories, campus directories for South Dakota State University, city
directories published by Johnson’s and the Directory Service Company,
Northeast Lake Regional telephone directories, Deuel Telephone Regional
Directory, Brookings Lake Regional Telephone Directories, Official
Telephone Directory of Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc.,
East Central Dakota Directory, and Yellow Book (McLeod USA) for Sioux
Falls/Brookings/ Vermillion/Yankton.
The 1901-1959 Brookings Telephone Directories
consist mainly of photocopies. Beginning with 1961 the Brookings
Telephone Directories include listing for Brookings city and rural as
well as Arlington, Badger, Bruce, De Smet, Erwin, Hetland, Lake Preston,
Oldham, Sinai and Volga.
The Farm Directories contain: a classified
directory listing all advertisers in the directory; a county farm
directory listing, in alphabetical order, all resident farmed of the
county, giving name, land location, township, range and post office
address; and a county map with a key, giving the exact location of
farmers in the county.
The South Dakota State University Campus Directories
contain listing for faculty, staff and students. Also included is
listing for student organizations, an advertisers index and a campus
map.
The City Directories contain an alphabetical list
identifying area business and families, a complete list of area
businesses arranged according to offered products and services,
residential and business addresses arranged according to street and
number, a list of telephone numbers in chronological order, rural
information of the surrounding area, and miscellaneous information about
the city and county.
The Northeast Lake Regional telephone directories
contain listings for Bradley, Bryant, Castlewood, Clair City, Clark,
Corona, Crocker, Florence, Garden City, Grover, Hayti, Hazel, Henry,
Kranzburg, Labolt, Lake Norden, Marvin, Milbank, New Effington, Peever,
Raymond, Revillo, Rosholt, Sisseton, South Shore, Stockholm, Summit,
Twin Brooks, Veblen, Vienna, Wallace, Watertown, Waverly, Willow Lake
and Wilmot. Also included is a map of the city of Watertown.
The Deuel Telephone Regional Directory contains
listing for South Dakota, including: Altamont, Astoria, Bemis, Brandt,
Brookings city and rural, Castlewood, Clear Lake, Corona, Dempster,
Elkton, Estelline, Frandreau, Florence, Gary, Goodwin, Hayti, Kranzburg,
La Bolt, Milbank, Peever, Revillo, South Shore, Stockholm, Strandburg,
Toronto, Twin Brooks, Verdi, Volga, Ward, Watertown, Waverly, White, and
Wilmot; and, Minnesota, including: Bellingham, Cerro Gordo, Marietta,
Canby, St. Leo, Hendricks, Ivanhoe, Lake Benton, Marshall, Pipestone,
and Tyler.
The Brookings Lake Regional Telephone Directories
contain listings for South Dakota, including: Arlington, Aurora, Badger,
Brookings city and rural, Bruce, Bushnell, Chester, Colman, Dempster, De
Smet, Erwin, Estelline, Flandreau, Hetland, Lake Preston, Madison,
Nunda, Oldham, Ramona, Rutland, Sinai, Toronto, Volga, Ward, Wentworth
and White; and, Minnesota, including: Hendricks, Lake Benton, and Verdi.
The Official Telephone Directory of the Interstate
Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. contains listings for South
Dakota, including: Aberdeen business listings, Albee, Altamont,
Arlington, Astoria, Aurora, Badger, Bemis, Bradley, Bryant, Bristol,
Brookings city and rural, Bruce, Bryant, Bushnell, Castlewood, Chester,
Clark, Clear Lake, Colman, De Smet, Dempster, Egan, Elkton, Erwin,
Estelline, Flandreau, Florence, Gary, Goodwin, Hatfield, Hayti, Hetland,
Kranzburg, La Bolt, Lake Norden, Lake Preston, Lone Tree, Madison,
Nunda, Pierpont, Revillo, Roslyn, Rutland, Sinai, Stockholm, Strandburg,
Trent, Toronto, Volga, Ward, Watertown, Waubay, Waverly, Webster,
Wentworth, West Marietta, White and Willow Lake; and Minnesota,
including: Bellingham, Canby, Cerro Gordo, Hendricks, Ivanhoe, Lake
Benton, Marietta, Marshall business listings, Pipestone, Tyler, and
Verdi.
The East Central Dakota Directories (Swiftel)
contain listing for Arlington, Astoria, Aurora, Badger, Brookings,
Bruce, Bushnell, Chester, Colman, Dempster, De Smet, Elkton, Erwin,
Estelline, Flandreau, Hendricks, Hetland, Lake Benton, MN, Lake Preston,
Madison, Nunda, Oldham, Ramona, Rutland, Sinai Toronto, Verdi, MN,
Volga, Ward, Wentworth, and White. Also included is a business directory
including Sioux Falls and Watertown.
The Yellow Book (McLeod USA) for Sioux
Falls/Brookings/Vermillion/Yankton contains listings for all of
southeastern South Dakota and includes some northwestern Iowa listings.
ARRANGEMENT
of the RECORDS
Folders are arranged in chronological order.
Box 1.
|
Folder |
Dates |
Description |
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1 |
1901 |
Brookings City Directory |
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2 |
1908 |
Phone book lists business places |
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3 |
1909 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural
View
directory PDF |
|
4 |
1910 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
5 |
1911 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
6 |
1912 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
7 |
1913 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
8 |
1914 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
9 |
1915 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
10 |
1916 |
Brookings Telephone Directory |
|
11 |
1917 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
12 |
1918 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
13 |
1919 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
14 |
1920 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
15 |
1921 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
16 |
1922 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
17 |
1923 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
18 |
1924 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
19 |
1925 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
20 |
1926 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
21 |
1927 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
22 |
1928 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
23 |
1929 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
24 |
1930 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
25 |
1931 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
26 |
1932 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
27 |
1933 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
28 |
1934 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
29 |
1935 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
30 |
1937 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
31 |
1938 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
32 |
1939 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
33 |
1940 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
34 |
1941 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
35 |
1942 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
Box 2.
|
Folder |
Dates |
Description |
|
1 |
1943 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
2 |
1944 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
3 |
1945 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
4 |
1946 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
5 |
1947 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
6 |
1949 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural
View
directory PDF |
|
7 |
1950 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural
View
directory PDF |
|
8 |
1951 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
9 |
1953 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
10 |
1954 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
11 |
1955 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
12 |
1957 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
13 |
1958 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
14 |
1958 |
Farm
Directory, Brookings County |
|
15 |
1959 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city, rural, and Sinai Classified
Telephone Directory |
|
16 |
1960 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural |
|
17 |
1961 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural, … |
|
18 |
1962 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural, … |
|
19 |
1963 |
Brookings Telephone Directory: city and rural, … |
|
20 |
1964 |
Farm
Directory, Brookings County Telephone Directory serving
Brookings City & Rural |
|
21 |
1965 |
Farm
Directory, Brookings County Telephone Directory serving
Brookings City & Rural |
|
22 |
1966 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
23 |
1967 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
24 |
1968 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
25 |
1968-1969 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
26 |
1969 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
27 |
1969-1970 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
28 |
1970 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
29 |
1970-1971 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
30 |
1971 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
31 |
1971-1972 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
32 |
1972 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
33 |
1972-1973 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
Box 3.
|
Folder |
Dates |
Description |
|
1 |
1973 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
2 |
1973-1974 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
3 |
1974 |
Brookings Telephone & Business Locator (Johnson’s) |
|
4 |
1974 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
5 |
1974-1975 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
6 |
1975 |
Brookings City Directory (Johnson’s) |
|
7 |
1975 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
8 |
1975-1976 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
9 |
1976 |
Northeast Lake Regional Telephone Directory |
|
10 |
1976 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
11 |
1977 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
12 |
1977-1978 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
13 |
1978 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
14 |
1979 |
Brookings City Directory, supplement (Johnson’s) |
|
15 |
1979 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
16 |
1980 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
17 |
1980-1981 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
18 |
1981 |
Deuel Telephone Regional Directory |
|
19 |
1981 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
20 |
1982 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
21 |
1982-1983 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
22 |
1983 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
23 |
1983-1984 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
24 |
1984 |
Telephone Directory serving Brookings City & Rural, … |
|
25 |
1984-1985 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
26 |
1985 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
27 |
1985-1986 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
28 |
1986 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
29 |
1986 |
Deuel Telephone Regional Directory |
|
30 |
1986-1987 |
Brookings Lake Regional Telephone Directory |
|
31 |
1986-1987 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
Box 4.
|
Folder |
Dates |
Description |
|
1 |
1987 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
2 |
1987-1988 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
3 |
1988 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
4 |
1988-1989 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
5 |
1989 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
6 |
1989 |
Brookings City Directory (Directory Service Co.) |
|
7 |
1989-1990 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
8 |
1990 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
9 |
1990 |
Brookings City Directory (Directory Service Co.) |
|
10 |
1990-1991 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
11 |
1991 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
12 |
1991-1992 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
13 |
1992 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
14 |
1993 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
15 |
1993-1994 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
16 |
1994-1995 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
17 |
1994-1995 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
18 |
1995-1996 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
19 |
1995-1996 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
20 |
1996 |
Official Telephone Directory, Interstate Telecommunications
Cooperative, Inc. |
|
21 |
1996-1997 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
22 |
1997 |
Official Telephone Directory, Interstate Telecommunications
Cooperative, Inc. |
|
23 |
1997-1998 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
24 |
1998-1999 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
Box 5.
|
Folder |
Dates |
Description |
|
1 |
1999 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
2 |
2000 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
3 |
2000-2001 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
4 |
2001 |
Brookings Area Directory |
|
5 |
2001-2002 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
6 |
2002 |
East
Central Dakota Directory |
|
7 |
2002-2003 |
Campus Directory, South Dakota State University |
|
8 |
2002-2003 |
Yellow Book (McLeod USA) Sioux
Falls/Brookings/Vermillion/Yankton |
|
9 |
2003 |
Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. Phone Book |
|
10 |
2003 |
East
Central Dakota Directory |
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