South Dakota State University Archives: George and Evelyn Norby collection, Directories

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
& Hilton M. Briggs Library Special Collections

George and Evelyn Norby collection
Directories

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.

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:

Brookings (S.D.)—City directory.
Brookings (S.D.)—Directories—Telephone.
Brookings (S.D.)—Telephone.
Brookings Telephone Company.
South Dakota State University—Directories—Telephone.
South Dakota—Directories—Rural.
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
1	1901	Brookings City Directory
2	1908	Phone book lists business places
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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