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SDSU Buildings & Landmarks Collection/
Woodbine Cottage Collection

Background

Arrangement and Content

Restrictions

Subject Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

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Collection Summary 

Creator:

South Dakota State University
 

Title:

SDSU Buildings & Landmarks Collection/Woodbine Cottage Collection
 

Dates:

Inclusive:  1979-2005
 

Abstract:

Collection consists of ephemera and a brief history.
 

Physical Description:

.04 linear feet—.11 container (5 folders)
 

Collection Number:

UA 48.15

Background

President Lewis McLouth built Woodbine Cottage in 1887.  After McLouth left SDSU, the Cottage passed into private hands until money was raised to purchase it for the College.  It was used for a women’s dormitory and a music building until SDSU President James Chalmers moved in around 1903.  Except for a short stint as an infirmary during the flu epidemic of 1918, the house has been home to all the SDSU presidents since.

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Arrangement and Content 

The Woodbine Cottage sub-group consists of ephemera and a brief history.

Container List:  UA 48.15—Woodbine Cottage Collection
 

Box

Description

Dates

4

Ephemera

2000

 

History

1979

 

History of Woodbine Cottage by Ben Mohning

2003

 

Items found in walls during remodeling

n.d.

 

Repainting

2005

Restrictions

Use of Materials

This collection is open to research without restriction.

Subject Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the subject guide. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the subject guide using these headings.

  • Buildings (SDSU)

  • Woodbine Cottage (SDSU)

Related Material

Palliser, Palliser & Co., Palliser’s American cottage homes, Bridgeport, Conn.: The Firm, 1878. NA7207.P34 1878 oversize—Fragile, Restricted use

Photograph Archives/Buildings & Landmarks/Woodbine Cottage, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.  PA 1.54 Woodbine Cottage—Consult a staff member for assistance with this material.

Administrative Information

Preferred citation

SDSU Buildings & Landmarks Collection/Woodbine Cottage Collection, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.

Provenance

Some of these files were found in the archives stacks in the fall of 1997.  There is no indication of where they came from or how they came to be here. Other parts of the collection are made up of material that arrived in the archives through departmental records transfers, the university campus mail, or random donation by various individuals.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on 6 May 2003 with revisions on 14 December 2005 [rrw].

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