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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Alumni
Association, Office of the Director
Dates:
1892-2009 (bulk 2000-2007)
Creator:
Office
of the Director, Alumni Association, South Dakota State
University
Physical description: 1.47 linear feet—4
containers, 511 photographs
Collection number:
UA 17.0
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 publications and promotional material
produced by the Office of the Director of the Alumni Association,
including State magazine and other newsletters.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Provenance:
This is an on-going collection with material arriving through
departmental records transfers, the university campus mail, or random
donation by various individuals.
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]. Alumni Association, Office of the
Director, UA 17.0, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota
State University, Brookings, S.D.
Processing information:
This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on May 15, 1998
with revisions on April 7, 2009 (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:
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Alumni Association—South Dakota State University
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Alumni Association—Awards—South Dakota State
University.
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Alumni Association—News releases—South Dakota State
University.
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Alumni Association—Newsletters—South Dakota State
University.
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Alumni Association—Periodicals—South Dakota State
University.
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Alumni Association—Promotional material—South Dakota
State University.
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Alumni Association—Reunions—South Dakota State
University.
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Alumni—South Dakota State University.
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Distinguished alumni—South Dakota State University.
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Employees—South Dakota State University.
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Engineering controversy—South Dakota State
University.
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Faculty—South Dakota State University.
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History—South Dakota State University.
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Pride of the Dakotas (Marching band)—South Dakota
State University
BACKGROUND NOTE
In 1889, sixteen members of the graduating class met
following commencement exercises to form the Dakota Agricultural College
Alumni Association. Those early graduates came together “for the
purpose of preserving a feeling of unity and fellowship between the
several graduates and for the purpose of cementing more closely the
bonds existing between the alumni and their Alma Mater.”
Early in its history, only four-year graduates of the
college were eligible for members in the Association. In 1895, however,
two-year pharmacy graduates with Ph.G. degrees became eligible to be
non-voting, associate members. Sometime later, students who had
attended South Dakota State College for 18 months could become members
by paying annual dues.
In 1910 the Alumnus (publication) was started. With this
addition and increasing membership, the Alumni Association became more
effective. Members of the association involved themselves in efforts to
improve the college. In the 1920s, the association successfully pushed
for placing the proceeds from a cigarette tax into a building fund for
higher education. Lincoln Library was a direct result of these
efforts. The association also began to undertake its own fund-raising
activities.
In 1922-23, the association drafted and adopted its first
constitution. The document outlined the group’s purpose, membership
qualifications, officer duties, rules for meeting, guidelines for a
quorum, provision for a trust fund and the by-laws of the organization.
This document, although amended and rewritten over the years, has
remained largely the same.
The Alumni Association has undertaken many projects
throughout the years. The Coughlin Alumni Stadium, changing the name of
South Dakota State College to South Dakota State University and rallying
support to keep the College of Engineering at SDSU are among some of
these projects.
The idea of a permanent, separate headquarters for the
Alumni Association came about in the early 1970s. On June 12, 1976, the
Tompkins Alumni Center was dedicated during the Alumni Days summer
reunion. In 1982, a campaign was launched to construct a courtyard
complete with a clock-bell tower to house the Old North clock and Old
Central’s bell. A monetary gift was received from the estate of Minnie
Bylander in memory of her son. The John Ervine Bylander Courtyard was
completed in 1985 and dedicated in 1986.
Related Materials:
South Dakota State University, Alumni Association,
1986 SDSU reunion record, Brookings, S.D., Alumni Association, South
Dakota State University, 1986. [Archives: S537.S6 S653 1986]
South Dakota State University, Alumni Association,
Alumni directory, Brookings, S.D., South Dakota State University
Alumni Association, White Plains, N.Y., B.C. Harris Pub. Co. 1990, 1997,
2002. [Archives: S537.S6 S652]
South Dakota State University, Alumni Association,
Celebrate State, Brookings, S.D., Alumni Association, South Dakota
State University, 1990. [Archives: S537.S6 C44 1990]
South Dakota State University, Alumni Association,
Directory of alumni, South Dakota State University: compiled from
information in the Alumni Office files at South Dakota State University
as of Dec. 1, 1978, Brookings, S.D., Alumni Association of South
Dakota State University, 1979. [Archives: S537.S6 S65 1979]
South Dakota State University, Alumni Association,
Fabulous forties reunion II: the sequel: 1991 record, Brookings,
S.D., Alumni Association, South Dakota State University, 1991.
[Archives: S537.S6 S6532 1991]
South Dakota State University, Alumni Association,
SDSU reunion book, Brookings, S.D., Alumni Association, South Dakota
State University, 1987. [Archives: S537.S6 S654 1987]
South Dakota State University, Alumni Association,
South Dakota State University alumnus, Brookings, S.D., SDSU Alumni
Association, 1910-1997. [Archives: 378.783 So8.03]
South Dakota State University, Alumni Association,
State: a magazine for South Dakota State University alumni and friends,
Brookings, S.D., SDSU Alumni Association, 1997-. [Archives: 378.783
So8.032]
South
Dakota State University, Alumni Association, The thrifty thirties
reunion year book, Brookings, S.D., Alumni Association, South Dakota
State University, 1990. [Archives: S537.S6 S6528 1990]
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
NOTE
This series is composed mainly of publications and
promotional material produced by the Office of the Director of the
Alumni Association. Folders include newsletters, flyers, invitation to
gatherings, and State magazine. Also included in material dealing with
reunions, mainly invitations in the form of postcards.
ARRANGEMENT
of the RECORDS
Folders are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 1.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Alma
Mater Employee Day |
2006-2008 |
|
2 |
Alumni concert at the Mall of America - Pride of the Dakota's
drumlin and Hare Raisin' Brass |
2003
circa |
|
3 |
Alumni days |
1982 |
|
4 |
Alumni directory |
1979 |
|
5 |
Alumni gatherings (invitations, postcards) |
2000-2008 |
|
6 |
Alumni News |
1995
circa |
|
7 |
Alumnus (no. 1) |
1968 |
|
8 |
Alumnus (no. 2, 3, 5, 6) |
1969 |
|
9 |
Alumnus (no. 1) |
1970 |
|
10 |
Alumnus (no. 2-4) |
1975 |
|
11 |
Alumnus (no. 1-4) |
1976 |
|
12 |
Alumnus (no. 1-4) |
1977 |
|
13 |
Alumnus (no. 2-3) |
1982 |
|
14 |
Alumnus (no. 1) |
1983 |
|
15 |
Alumnus (no. 3) |
1984 |
|
16 |
Alumnus (no. 2) |
1993 |
|
17 |
Alumnus (no. 1) |
1994 |
|
18 |
Alumnus (no. 2) |
1996 |
Box 2.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Alumni banquet |
1892, 1899, 1908, 1910, 1915-1916 |
|
2 |
Annual business meeting |
1968, 1970 |
|
3 |
Bookmarks |
2001, [n.d.] |
|
4 |
Brochure "Traditions" |
1999, 2003 |
|
5 |
Brochure "Winds of Change" book sale |
2000 |
|
6 |
Campanile Climbers Award of Merit (certificate) |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
Distinguished alumni awards |
1968-2008 |
|
8 |
Family Day |
1989
December |
|
9 |
Holiday Greetings |
1963
pre |
|
10 |
Jackrabbit Insider (e-newsletter) |
2005 |
|
11 |
Jackrabbit Insider (e-newsletter) |
2006 |
|
12 |
Jackrabbit Insider (e-newsletter) |
2007 |
|
13 |
Jackrabbit Insider (e-newsletter) |
2008 |
|
14 |
Men
and Women of Distinction |
[n.d.] |
|
15 |
News
articles |
2006-2007 |
|
16 |
Possible removal of College of Engineering from SDSU |
1969-1970 circa |
|
17 |
The
price of higher education - or the price of no higher education
(brochure) |
1982 |
|
18 |
Promotional material |
2008 |
|
19 |
Rabbit Ears (newsletter) |
1957, 1959-1960 |
|
20 |
Reunions - 50 Year Club |
2001, 2004-2008 |
|
21 |
Reunions - All Class ROTC |
2005
September |
|
22 |
Reunions - All School |
2000
September |
|
23 |
Reunions - Alumni band |
2005
October |
|
24 |
Reunions - Class of 1926 |
1981
June |
|
25 |
Reunions - Class of 1964 and 1965 (40+1) |
2005
October |
|
26 |
Reunions - Golden Era Football |
2005
September |
|
27 |
State (magazine) |
2000-2002 |
|
28 |
State (magazine) |
2003 |
|
29 |
State (magazine) |
2004 |
Box 3.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
State (magazine) |
2005 |
|
2 |
State (magazine) |
2006 |
|
3 |
State (magazine) |
2007 |
|
4 |
State (magazine) |
2008 |
|
5 |
State (magazine) |
2009 |
|
6 |
State College Invites You (brochure) |
1955
circa |
|
7 |
TGIF:
Thank Goodness for Industrious Faculty |
1990, [n.d.] |
|
8 |
Treasurer letter |
1914 |
Box 4.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Ledger (minutes, class lists, cash accounts) |
1892-1917 (?) |
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