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10 typescript and manuscript letters, signed, from John W. Dwight, President of the Dwight Farm and Land Company of North Dakota, to John C. Gauntlett concerning the sale of multiple lots in Jersey City, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, 1895 January 23-1900 February 5. Dwight notes the transferring of deeds and subsequent payment of taxes. Accompanied by manuscript letter, signed, from Jared T. Newman of the South Dakota Land Company to Gauntlett noting prices of available lands, 1901 July 5. There are also 2 typescript letters, signed, from George A. Poe, manager of the South Dakota Land Company, to Newman concerning Newman's commission on Gauntlett's property and Poe's desire to purchase Gauntlett's land in South Dakota, 1901 April 15 and October 30

This collection consists of farm accounting records, material related to Hofer's 1996 campaign for the South Dakota State Senate, biographical material, calendars, and acreage measurements for Milford Township in Beadle County, South Dakota. The accounting records contain detailed information on farm operations for each year recorded on South Dakota State College Extension Farm and Ranch Record Books (1947-1949), National Farmers' Income Tax Record Books, Mitchell (South Dakota) Publishing Company (1950-1956, 1959), South Dakota State College Agricultural Extension Service Farm and Ranch Business Record Books (1957-1958, 1962-1966, 1968-1980), Doane Agricultural Digest Income and Expenditure Record Book (1960), Blackbourn's farm and Ranch Bookkeeping Record Books (1961, 1967), South Dakota State University Cooperative Extension Service Account Books (1997-1999), and a Farm Credit Services Farm and Ranch Record Book (2000). Information includes an inventory of land, improvements, ...

The collection consists of 43 business letters written by Charles L. Hyde, 39 of which are addressed to O.D. Chester of Camden, Michigan. All of the correspondence deals with the real estate business in Pierre, South Dakota and Chester's investments in the city, with the recommendations of Hyde. Many of the letters are short notes stating that Hyde received payment from Chester, but others go into detail about the property available in Pierre. There is also some discussion of property taxes. Several of the letters have copies of Chester's reply to Hyde on verso of the letters. There is one letter by Omar Hollingsworth to O.D. Chester as well as two letters by Hyde to B.R. Alward, Camden, Michigan, and one letter by Hyde to William J. Sizemore, Charleston, Illinois

This record group contains records created and/or maintained by the South Dakota Department of Finance and includes legislative blue book research, correspondence files, and information about the South Dakota ore tax

William H. Master's inaugural address given to the seventeenth legislative assembly. Topics include: marketing agricultural products; transportation of livestock; farmer's cooperative associations; increasing credit to western stockmen; flooding and drainage; using automobile taxes to fund road building and maintenance projects; revising the Bank Guaranty Act; taxing foreign corporations that operate in South Dakota; increasing government efficiency; interest rates; education; recreational programs for youth; Citizenship Day; vocational rehabilitation; increasing workman's compensation benefits; sanitation at the penitentiary; separating the boys' and girls' training schools; increasing mother's pension benefits; memorializing Dr. Meade (superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane); home building; legal assistance for small claims; hydroelectric power; the State Cement Plant and State Coal Mine; reforming court procedures; and the soldiers' bonus

This record group contains records created and maintained by county government agencies and officials in Brule County, South Dakota and includes tax assessment books, tax records, road records, artesian well records, chattel mortgage calendars, petitions, naturalization records, and school board minutes

This record group contains records created and maintained by the municipal government agencies and officials in the city of Brookings, South Dakota. Records include utility meter records, property assessments, applications for licenses and permits, bonds and oaths of office, ordinances, petitions, correspondence, power plant inspection reports, claims for damages, and tax disputes

Path to Expansion: 2005-2014 In the decade from 2005 to 2015, the State Historical Society experienced a whirlwind of activity in all divisions. Immediately after the completion of the archives expansion, plans began for the expansion of the museum. With funding for planning authorized by the 2005 and 2007 Legislative Assemblies, Paaverud, foundation staff, former governors, and supporters for the expansion once again set out to locate funding sources. Shortly after this, with the discovery of a new system to extract a tremendous volume of oil from the Bakken Formation, North Dakota's economy recovered significantly. Oil taxes and increased revenue from other venues provided a healthier economic climate to raise the necessary funding for the expansion of the Heritage Center. With this increase in oil production and its related infrastructure, the State Historical Society saw a tremendous increase in the number of archaeological and environmental sites requiring impact statements.The ...

Path to Expansion: 2005-2014 In the decade from 2005 to 2015, the State Historical Society experienced a whirlwind of activity in all divisions. Immediately after the completion of the archives expansion, plans began for the expansion of the museum. With funding for planning authorized by the 2005 and 2007 Legislative Assemblies, Paaverud, foundation staff, former governors, and supporters for the expansion once again set out to locate funding sources. Shortly after this, with the discovery of a new system to extract a tremendous volume of oil from the Bakken Formation, North Dakota's economy recovered significantly. Oil taxes and increased revenue from other venues provided a healthier economic climate to raise the necessary funding for the expansion of the Heritage Center. With this increase in oil production and its related infrastructure, the State Historical Society saw a tremendous increase in the number of archaeological and environmental sites requiring impact statements. The ...

This record group contains records created and maintained by the Bureau of Finance and Management. Records include: departmental files, outgoing correspondence, budget information and fiscal policy files