Archives and Special Collections - The Collections

Archives and Special Collections is located on the third floor of University Libraries the in I.D. Weeks Building.  Please contact us if you have questions about our collections. 

USD Archives and Special Collections houses the rare books, manuscript collections and institutional archives for the University of South Dakota.  Materials are gathered into several collections based on content and subject.

Archives and Special Collections contains historical materials with strengths in the study of the northern plains relating to:

• Native American history and culture
• South Dakota politics
• Settlement of the Northern Plains
• History of USD  
• Histories about Vermillion, Clay County, Dakota Territory, and South Dakota