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A Guide to Brookings Collections in the Hilton M. Briggs Library

The Hilton M. Briggs Library contains a variety of materials relating to Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀 and the surrounding area. The following lists include books, maps, directories, and archival collections. Some of these materials are available online.

Bell, Fayne D. "The Last Full Measure ..." : A Study of Obituaries in the Brookings Register, 1890-1940. 2000. Print.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .B41254
Brookings, Centennial Book Committee. Brookings' Centennial, 1879-1979 : Commemorative Book. Brookings, S.D.: Centennial Book Committee?, 1979. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B73 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B73
Brookings County History Book Committee. . Brookings, S.D.: Brookings County History Book Committee, 1989.: https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/Regional/id/1025/rec/3; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F657.B75 B75 1989; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F657.B75 B75 1989
. St. Paul: Buckbee-Mears, 1920.: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/archives_rare-books/4/ ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL D570.85.S71 B7 1920
Cecil, Chuck. Becoming Someplace Special : Gleanings from the past : The Brookings Story. Brookings, S.D.]: C. Cecil, 2001.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL D769.85.S71 B76 2012; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL D769.85.S71 B76 2012
Cecil, Chuck. Here & Far Away : Brookings County and World War II. Brookings, S.D.: Chuck Cecil, 2012. : BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C42 2001; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C42 2001
Centennial Activity Book : Brookings. Brookings, S.D.: Reynold's Printing, 1988.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F651 .C44 1988
Cecil, Chuck. A Brookings Album, 1879-2004 : Celebrating 125 Years. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 2003.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C43 2003; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C43 2003
Parker, Donald Dean. 75th Anniversary Souvenir Program : A Collection of Pictures, Anecdotes, and Historical Reports of the Early Life and times of Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀. Brookings, S.D.: Pioneers, Incorporated?], 1954.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 S49 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 S49
Poindexter, Colleen Zwieg., and Brookings Historic Preservation Commission. Brookings. Images of America. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2010.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 P64 2010; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 P64 2010

Geo. A Ogle Co. , 1909: https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/Regional/id/1159/rec/6
Map of Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀 : Compiled and Drawn from a Special Survey and Official Records. Brookings, S.D.: Burgess Map, 1916.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL G4183.B5 1916 .M36
Thomas O. Nelson Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀 : Containing Plats of Each Township, a County Road Map, a Rural Directory of Farmers, a New World Atlas and Other Features. Fergus Falls, Minn.: Company, 1953. : ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 N4 1953
Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Milbank, 1971.: Midland Atlas Company, Milbank, S.D. Atlas of Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1978.: Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1978
Merchant Maps. Maps of Brookings & Codington Counties with Brookings and Watertown, South 啵啵直播秀 : Happy to Help You Find Your Way Around! Cincinnati, OH: Mass Marketing, Merchant Maps Division, 1985. : SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL G4183.B5 1985 .M4
Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1989. : SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1989
Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1993. : SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1993
Atlas of Brookings County. Watertown, S.D.: Company, 1997.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 A74 1997

Brookings City and Telephone Directories:

1901: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B7
1909: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE8841 .B69 1909
1914-2020: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE8841 .B7

Barari, Assad., and South 啵啵直播秀 Geological Survey. Ground-water Investigation for the City of Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀. Special Report (South 啵啵直播秀 Geological Survey) ; 45. Vermillion: Science Center, University of South 啵啵直播秀, 1968. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL TD224.S8 A3 no. 45; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TD224.S8 A3 no. 45
Brookings. Annual Report of the City of Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS626.B78 A3
Brookings Economic Development Corporation. Annual Report, 2000.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HC108.B7 B76
Brookings . , City of Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀.: Non-current: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS626.B78 A5
Brookings, S.D. City Council, and Brookings Commercial Club. Publicity Committee. Brookings, the Educational Center of South 啵啵直播秀. Brookings, S.D.]: Club, 1919.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B76 B76
Brookings . Non-current: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HJ9316.B76 B76
Brookings Chamber of Commerce, and Brookings Convention Bureau. Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀 : Someplace Special. Brookings, S.D.: Chamber of Commerce, Convention/Visitors' Bureau, 1991.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B746 1991 ; Hilton M. Briggs Library SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B746 1991
Brookings County Press. The City of Brookings. 1896.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize F659.B71 B72
Hogan, Edward Patrick. Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀 : The Growth Center of Eastern South 啵啵直播秀. Rev. April 1984. ed. Brookings, S.D.: Author], 1984.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HB3527.B7 H63 1984
League of Women Voters. This Is Your Town. Brookings, S.D.]: League, 1950: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 L4t ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 L4t
Municipal Directory, Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀., 1980.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S83 B7
Northwest Associated Consultants Inc, and Brookings County Planning Commission. Comprehensive Joint Jurisdiction Plan : Brookings County and the City of Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀. Minneapolis, Mn.: Northwest Associated Consultants, 1982.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HC107.B7 C61
South 啵啵直播秀. Dept. of Transportation, Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers, and Felsburg Holt & Ullevig. South 啵啵直播秀 Interstate Corridor Study : Phase II Report. Technical Appendix, East River : Mitchell, North Sioux City, Brookings, Watertown. Omaha, Neb.]: Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers, 2001.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER

Bennett, Frank., United States. Bureau of Soils, and South 啵啵直播秀 Agricultural Experiment Station. Soil Survey of the Brookings Area, South 啵啵直播秀. Washington, D.C.: G. P. O., 1904.: GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL A 26.5/a:B 791; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL A 26.5/a:B 791
Brannan, Lisa M. Emergency and Disaster Services in Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. 1986.: ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .B7352; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .B7352
Campbell, Thomas W. Brookings County Handbook. Brookings, S.D.: Project, 1973.:BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S89 B76; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S89 B76
Carlson, Lawrence A. , South 啵啵直播秀. 1962.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .C1967
Elgethun, Stuart V., Larry F. Fredrickson, South 啵啵直播秀. Division of Wildlife, and Pittman-Robertson Project. Wetlands Inventory : Brookings County. Pierre, S. D.: Dept. of Wildlife, Parks and Forestry, Division of Wildlife, 1978. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL QH541.5.M3 E53 1978 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL QH541.5.M3 E53 1978
Hamilton, Louis J., Geological Survey, Brookings County, and South 啵啵直播秀. East 啵啵直播秀 Water Development District. Major Aquifers in Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Information Pamphlet (South 啵啵直播秀 Geological Survey) ; No. 40. Vermillion, S.D.: Science Center, University of South 啵啵直播秀, 1988.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL GB1199.3.S8 H2 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL GB1199.3.S8 H2
Henningson, Durham & Richardson, South 啵啵直播秀. Dept. of Transportation, and United States. Federal Highway Administration. Brookings Area Master Transportation Plan. Sioux Falls, S.D.: HDR Sioux Falls Office, 2011.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL HE356.5 .B76 B76 2011; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE356.5 .B76 B76 2011
Hillestad, Linda K. The Changing Impact of Natural Disasters in Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. 1982.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 H5568
Lee, K. Y. Geology and Shallow Ground Water Resources of Brookings Area : Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Report of Investigations (South 啵啵直播秀 Geological Survey) ; No. 84. Vermillion: University of South 啵啵直播秀, 1958.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL TN24 .S8 S6r no. 84; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TN24 .S8 S6r no. 84
Larson, Adlowe Lyle. Trends of Property Taxes in Brookings County and in South 啵啵直播秀 from 1915 to 1932. 1934.: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/1936/; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .L324
Nelson, Terry A. The Rural Nonfarm Population of Three South 啵啵直播秀 Townships : A Geographic Analysis. 1993.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .N3368
Salonen, Debra Robson. Taking Hold : A Study of Land Acquisition, Land Ownership, and Community Development in Northeast Brookings County (1870-1916). 1977.; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .Sa36
Schaefer, Walter T., South 啵啵直播秀 Agricultural Experiment Station, and United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Soil Survey of Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Washington, D.C.]: Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2005. GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL A 57.38/41:B 79; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Doc. A 57.38/41:B 79
South 啵啵直播秀. , SDDOT, Brookings County. 2013.
Summary of the Master Plan of School District Reorganization for Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Brookings, S.D.: [Brookings County Board of Education], 1961.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2801.S6 B69s; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL LB2801.S6 B69s
Tomhave, Dennis W., East 啵啵直播秀 Water Development District, Geological Survey, and South 啵啵直播秀. Dept. of Transportation. Sand and Gravel Resources in Brookings County, South 啵啵直播秀. Information Pamphlet (South 啵啵直播秀 Geological Survey) ; No. 38. Vermillion, S.D.: Science Center, University of South 啵啵直播秀, 1988.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TN939 .T65 1988
Westin, Frederick C, Westin, F C, and South 啵啵直播秀 Agricultural Experiment Station. Soil Conservation Service. Soil Survey, Ser. 1955, No. 3. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1959.; PERIODICALS/LOWER LEVEL 630.7 So87.12, no. 468; ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL 630.7 So87.12, no. 468

The Brookings register: 1892-2019: MICROFILM-PERIODICALS/LOWER LEV. 071 B792
The Individual, 1893-1904. MICROFILM-PERIODICALS/LOWER LEV. 071 B963

Brookings City & County Government Center

Brookings City & County Government Center. Brookings, S.D.]: Brookings Register, 2012.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S89 B75 2012

Brookings Public Library

Brookings Public Library. Program of Dedication, Brookings Public Library, November 21, 1976, 2:30 P.m. S.l.: S.n.], 1976.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Z733.B76 B7

Dimmette, Celia Puhr

Dimmette, Celia Puhr. Take Me Home : Life on the Family Farm. Francestown, N.H.: Marshall Jones, 1979.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL PS3507.I617 T34

Kiwanis Club of Brookings

Kiwanis Club of Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀. Brookings, S.D.: Kiwanis Club, 1972.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 K5; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 K5

Fischback, Horace

Horace Fishback, 1857-1929 : A Tribute. Brookings, S.D.: S.n., 1929.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F651.5.F5 H6; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F651.5.F5 H6

First Lutheran Church A.L.C.

Seventy-seventh Anniversary, 1880-1957, First Lutheran Church, Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀. 1957.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8076.B76 F58 1957

First Lutheran Church A.L.C. Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀. 1972.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8076.B76 F585 1972

First Methodist Episcopal Church

Fifty Years of Service : First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1879-1880 [to] 1929-1930. Brookings, S.D.: Burris Printery, 1930.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8481.B7 B7

First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church. Centennial History, 1879-1979, First United Methodist Church, Brookings, S.D. Brookings, S.D.: Church, 1979.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL BX8481.B7 F57; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8481.B7 F57

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. Dedication Services of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Brookings South 啵啵直播秀, Sunday, January 20, 1952. Brookings, S.D.: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1952.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8076.B76 M68 1952; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C43 2003

Nick's Hamburger Shop

Cecil, Chuck. Nick's Hamburger Shop. Sioux Falls, SD: Pine Hill Press, 2007. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL TX945.5.N52 C42 2007; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TX945.5.N52 C42 2007

Pioneer Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argo Township

Parker, Donald Dean. History of the Pioneer Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argo Township, Brookings County, 1884-1959. Brookings]: South 啵啵直播秀 State College, 1960.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX8054 .P3h

Ross, Phyllis Dokken

Ross, Phyllis Dokken. A Daughter's Story : Growing up in a Family of Eight in South 啵啵直播秀 during the Depression. Medford, Or.: Blue Moorea Press, 1999.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F656 .R69 1999 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F656 .R69 1999

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Young, Gertrude Stickney. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀, 1893-1947. Brookings, S.D.?: S.n., 1947.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX5980.B76 S3

Dunn, Douglas Robert, and Gertrude Stickney. Young. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀, 1947-1978. Brookings, S.D.: D. R. Dunn, 1978.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX5980.B76 S32

St. Thomas More Catholic Parish

Kelzenberg, Elly. 100 Years of Faith : St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀, 1904 to 2004. Brookings, S.D.: St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 2004.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL BX4603.B795 K44 2004

George and Evelyn Norby Collection

Housed with in the SDSU Archives and Special Collections, the George & Evelyn Norby Collection contains a wealth of information and images about Brookings. The Norby's collected newspapers, photographs, and ephemera. They also researched various aspects of Brookings history and compiled lists of information regarding businesses, churches, schools, cemeteries, and people.

Below are links to the collection inventory, the digitized photographs, and business listings by year and street address.

Kendall's Rexall Drug Store in Brookings, South 啵啵直播秀

George and Evelyn Norby Collection Finding Aid

Other Archival Collections

The SDSU Archives and Special Collections maintains several archival collections with information specifically about Brookings and the surrounding area. Below are links to the inventories for these collections.

Link to Senator Thomas A. Daschle Career Papers digital archive

John E. Miller Papers Finding Aid

Elmer and Cecile Sexauer Papers Finding Aid

Brookings Rotary Club Records

Link to the online South 啵啵直播秀 State Poetry Society Collection archive

Bicentennial Oral History Project Listing

Link to the online Gertrude Stickney Young Papers archive

Ruth Ann Alexander Papers

Link to the online Government Documents at SDSU archive

Edward P. Hogan Papers

If you know of a resource that should be added, please contact Michele Christian.