Content Description The Correspondence (Box 1) series contains letters in one file folder. Some relatives share genealogical information with Rosa, Will, and Grace Beede. This series has been arranged in chronological order (span dates 1899-1950). The Ephemera (Box 1) series contains epaulet and military medals from Nelson Miner’s military uniform and name tags from William Beede. The Manuscripts (Box 1) collection contains genealogical information on the Miner family and handmade plot maps of Vermillion. ...

Content Description The Clay County, South Dakota, School records primarily contains records from its rural school districts. The collection is comprised of seven series: Correspondence, Ledger Books, Manuscripts, Photographs, Printed Materials, Typescripts, and Ephemera. The Correspondence series contains letters to and from several Clay County superintendents such as E.E. Collins, Charles Kahl, Alice Cope, and Elvira Bliss. The letters concern school district business. The Ledger Books series contains a...

Content Description This collection contains five black and white aerial photographs, each 24 inches x 24 inches, showing Vermillion, South Dakota and surrounding area. Two of the photographs have handwritten information on the photograph.

Content Description The August Peterson papers were donated in 1975 by his daughter Mrs. Walter (Florence) Lingberg of Vermillion. The Collection consists of seven series: Correspondence, Diaries, Photographs, Printed Materials, Subject Files, Typescripts, and Ephemera. The majority of Correspondence consists of letters concerning the writing and publication of Peterson’s book History of the Swedes. There is also correspondence regarding the campaign of William Jennings Bryan. Peterson’s Diaries span from...