~ South Dakota State Archives ~

Updated 11 September 2006

Address: South Dakota State Archives, Cultural Heritage Center, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2217

Directions: Located north of state capitol complex. Free parking.

Hours: 9-4:30 Mon.-Fri. and first Sat. of each month. Call (605) 773-3804.

World Wide Web: www.sdhistory.org/arc/archives.htm

Phone: (605) 773-3804

Fax: (605) 773-6041

E-Mail: archref@state.sd.us

Collection Scope: Materials about the history of South Dakota and the surrounding northern plains region. Also many published resources for New England genealogy.

Special Collections: Family histories, memoirs, city and county histories, church histories, county atlases, city directories, Bureau of Indian Affairs records for each reservation, maps and cemetery indexes.

Library Catalog: Included in the South Dakota Library Network (SDLN): www.sdln.net

Reference Services: The staff will respond to specific research questions submitted by phone, mail, fax or e-mail. A search for one name in one newspaper, book, state census or naturalization record costs $10.60. A search of multiple records costs $21.20 per hour and includes up to ten photocopies or two microfilm copies.

Guides: See http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/arc_guides.htm

Copies: See www.sdhistory.org/arc/arc_fee.htm

Circulation: Library materials must be used on site.

Interlibrary Loan: Newspapers, Bureau of Indian Affairs records, WPA cemetery records, state and federal census records, and county atlases on microfilm may be borrowed through interlibrary loan. Call the Archives, (605) 773-3804, to obtain correct titles, dates and reel numbers and give this information to your local librarian, along with prepayment of $8.48 per reel. You may borrow up to four reels at a time and keep them for 30 days.

Thanks to LaVera M. Rose, Librarian, South Dakota State Archives, and Ken Stewart, Research Room Administrator, for help in preparing this library profile.

© 2006 Rick Crume