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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:

• Young, Gertrude Stickney, 1883-1965.

 Subjects:

• American Association of University Women. Brookings Branch.

• South Dakota—History.

• Faculty Women's Club—South Dakota State University.

• History—South Dakota State University.

• 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. [SD Collection: ND237.C19 A3]

And there were these, Brookings, S.D., Privately printed, 1958. [SD Collection: F651.Y63]

Dakota again, Brookings, S.D., G.S. Young, 1950. [SD Collection: F651.Y61]

Dr. Frederick A. Stafford in Dakota, 1884-1922, Brookings, S.D., G. S. Young, 1954.  [SD Collection: F651.Y62]

Glimpses of South Dakota State College, 1957. [Archives: S537.S6 Y68 1957]

The journal of a missionary to the Yankton Sioux : 1875-1902, Pierre, S.D. : South Dakota State Historical Society, 1958. [SD Collection: 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--?]. [SD Collection: F651.5.Y68]

South Dakota, an appreciation, Brookings, S.D. : [Young] 1944. [SD Collection: F651.Y6]

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Brookings, South Dakota, 1893-1947, [Brookings, S.D.? “ s.n., 1947] [SD Collection: BX5980.B76 S3]

William Joshua Cleveland, 1845-1910, S.l. : s.n., [1961?] [SD Collection: BX5995.C55 Y6]

SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE

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.

ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS

Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.

Box 1.

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