SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
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COLLECTION SUMMARY Title: The Dakota Farmer collection Dates: 1906-1946 (bulk 1911-1918, 1924-1935, 1946) Creator: The Dakota Farmer Physical Description: 4.79 linear feet—4 containers, 8 photographs, oversize printing plates Collection number: MA 38 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 plates, publications, reports, correspondence, and photographs used for publication of the Dakota Farmer. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Provenance: The Dakota Farmer Collection was found in the archives stacks in January of 1998. A label on the box indicated that the collection was a gift of Vern Lausten. No other information on the donation was found in the library’s files. Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research without restrictions. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only. Copyright Status: Copyright 2008 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]. The Dakota Farmer collection, MA 38, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D. Processing Information: This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on 11 June 2003 with revisions on July 9, 2008 (cjg). 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:
BACKGROUND NOTE The Dakota Farmer first began as a newspaper in 1881, eight years before North Dakota and South Dakota were granted statehood. It was first published in Alexandria in what is now Hanson County, S.D. The first owner, James Baynes, sold it within the first year of existence to Augustine Davis, and the publication moved to Huron, S.D. Davis sold a half-interest in Dakota Farmer to William Bushnell in 1883. Bushnell became sole owner of Dakota Farmer in 1885. As editor and manager, Bushnell lead Dakota Farmer into its early prominence. The publication, moved to Aberdeen, S.D. in 1893, supported all sorts of agricultural organizations and promoted the development of quality livestock and crops for the Dakotas. Bushnell himself was active in politics and eventually became state statistician for South Dakota. Over the next century, Dakota Farmer survived and thrived with farmers through good times and bad, and became a well respected source of information. Webb Publishing, which published The Farmer, saw Dakota Farmer as a natural fit and purchased the magazine in 1979. Today, Dakota Farmer is part of Farm Progress Companies. Farm Progress publishes 18 state farm magazines similar to Dakota Farmer. It owns and operates eight farm shows across the nation, including the largest in the nation, The Farm Progress Show. Related Material: The Dakota farmer, Aberdeen, South Dakota [Dakota-North Plains Corp.], 1881-1979—[Periodical/Lower Level: 630.5 D149; also in microfilm 1884-1979.]
The Dakota farmer, St. Paul Minn: Webb Company, 1980-1992—[Periodicals/Lower Level: 630.5 F2291, also in microfilm 1980-1989.] Hutton, Jennie Senrud, Dear friends--: from the pages of The Dakota Farmer, Jennie’s letters from the plains, Aberdeen, S.D., Dakota Farmer, c.1965. [SD Collection: S521.H87 1965] SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE This collection is composed mainly of plates, publications, reports, a small amount of correspondence, and photographs. The plates consist of frames, cover mast-heads, article mast-heads, frames for photographs, and other artwork used for the publication. A more detailed description of these plates is found in the container list. The publications are mainly specialty publications aimed at advertisers and marketers. The reports are surveys conducted on farmers, bankers, merchants. An item of note is the contracting for a new cover file. This material contains several examples of other publication covers with critiques of what works and what does not. Also included in this material is three sample covers for the Dakota Farmer and correspondence between the contractor and the Dakota Farmer staff. ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS Box 1.
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Box 4. Photographs
Box 4. Plates—Article mastheads
Box 4. Plates—Frames
Box 4. Plates—Artwork
Box 4. Plates—Masthead
Box 4. Plates—North Dakota and South Dakota maps
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Updated 10 July 2008 by cjg Email questions or comments to: arcrefs@sdstate.edu Copyright 2008 by South
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