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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Gertrude
Stickney Young papers
Dates:
1929-1965
(bulk 1943-1962)
Creator:
Gertrude
Stickney Young
Physical
Description:
0.21 linear feet—1 container
Collection number:
MA 8
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 manuscripts, correspondence and other personal material
related to Gertrude Stickney Young.
ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION
Provenance:
This material was compiled over the years by a number of different
sources, including Ruth Alexander, Will McCarty and Mrs. Harry Hoy.
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to research without restriction.
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]. Gertrude Stickney Young papers, MA 8,
South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University,
Brookings, S. D.
Processing
Information:
This collection was processed by Elizabeth B. Scott on 27 March 1998
with revisions on June (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.
Names:
Subjects:
-
American
Association of University Women. Brookings Branch.
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South
Dakota—History.
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Faculty Women's
Club—South Dakota State University.
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History—South
Dakota State University.
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History
Department—South Dakota State University.
BACKGROUND NOTE
Gertrude Stickney
Young was born in Sioux Falls, Dakota Territory, September 14, 1883 to
Emma and Sutton Young. Sutton Young was the first speaker of the house
in South Dakota legislature. After attending numerous schools, she
received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin in
1960. She later attended Cornell University, University of Chicago, and
the University of California. Young was on the faculty of South Dakota
State University from 1907-1942, where she was reportedly a very popular
instructor. Following her promotion to Professor Emeritus in 1942, she
spent much of her time writing historical sketches of South Dakota, some
titles including: South Dakota; An appreciation, and Dakota
Again. Many of these were published privately and are now available
in many libraries across South Dakota.
Among her civic
contributions, Gertrude was the first president of the Brookings Branch
of the American Association of University Women, a leader in the Faculty
Women’s Club, the Woman’s Club of Brookings and various other
organizations in the Brookings area and in South Dakota.
Gertrude Stickney
Young died in January, 1965.
Bibliography:
Ada B. Caldwell ; a
tribute,
Brookings, S.D., Privately published, 1940.
ND237.C19 A3
And there were these,
Brookings, S.D., Privately printed, 1958.
F651.Y63
Dakota again,
Brookings, S.D., G.S. Young, 1950. F651.Y61
Dr. Frederick A.
Spafford in Dakota, 1884-1922,
Brookings, S.D., G. S. Young, 1954. F651.Y62
Glimpses of South
Dakota State College,
1957. S537.S6 Y68 1957
The journal of a
missionary to the Yankton Sioux : 1875-1902,
Pierre, S.D. : South Dakota State Historical Society, 1958.
F646.S6 v.29 1958
The Mennonites in
South Dakota,
Pierre, S.D., South Dakota Historical Society, 1921.
F646.S6 v. 10 1920
The sea and the land
and the sky,
[s.l. : s.n., 19--?]. F651.5.Y68
South Dakota, an
appreciation,
Brookings, S.D. : [Young] 1944. F651.Y6
St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, Brookings, South Dakota, 1893-1947,
[Brookings, S.D.? “ s.n., 1947] BX5980.B76 S3
William Joshua
Cleveland, 1845-1910,
S.l. : s.n., [1961?] BX5995.C55 Y6
SCOPE and CONTENTS
NOTE
This collection is
composed of manuscripts, correspondence and other personal material
related to Gertrude Stickney Young.
ARRANGEMENT of the
RECORDS
This collection is
composed of some manuscripts of Gertrude Young, including material
relating to the history of the history department at South Dakota State
University. Also included are some Christmas cards featuring artwork of
Ada Caldwell, a close association of Young. Newspaper clippings,
miscellaneous certificates, and some correspondence round out the
collection.
Folders are arranged
in alphabetical order.
Box 1.
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Clippings, 1960-1965
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Correspondence, 1929-1962
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Department of History and Political Science,
1943-1957
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Glimpses of SDSU, 1957
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Greeting Cards, [n.d.]
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A History: the Abbots, the Allyn's, the Stickney's,
the Young's, [n.d.]
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Miscellaneous, 1956-1957
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Study in History, [n.d.]
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