Digital Library of South Dakota

Black Hills State University Collections

• 1972 Flood Collection - Keystone
  Collection consists of 21 color snapshots of the aftermath of the 1972 flood in Keystone, SD. The deadly flood took place on June 9 & 10 of 1972; two hundred people lost their lives. The flood is most well known for drastically changing the landscape of Rapid City. This collection shows that the flood was significant in other areas as well.
• BHSU Archives
  The BHSU Archives contain the academic and administrative records of BHSU as well as materials relating to the activities of its students, faculty and alumni. The BHSU Archives strive to collect and preserve records pertaining to the origin and development of Black Hills State University. For more information on the history of Black Hills State University please visit "History of BHSU."
• Black Hills National Forest Historical Collection
  Collection contains photographs, slides, negatives, lantern slides, manuscript material, maps, artifacts and books on deposit at the Leland D. Case Library from the Black Hills National Forest Headquarters and Ranger Stations. The material documents the history of the Black Hills National Forest. Topics include: forest management, recreation, Civilian Conservation Corps, construction of roads, trails, and lakes, watershed management, forest fires and fire fighting. The collection covers approximately 75 years of Black Hills National Forest from the beginnings of the Forest Service around 1910 to the 1980´s.
• W.R. Cross Photograph Collection
  Contains 542 photographic images in stereoscope card and single print (various sizes) formats. The collection also contains several salesmen´s sample cards. The photographs were primarily published by W.R. Cross, but the collection also contains a few post civil war photographs taken by Cross´s brother Daniel H. Cross, and some family photos taken after Cross´s death. The bulk of the photographs are of scenes around the Black Hills and Niobrara Nebraska as well as many images of Native Americans. The collection also contains images of the Badlands of North and South Dakota; Yellowstone National Park; Wind Cave and various military groups in the Dakota Territory and South Dakota. Some of the Native Americans photographed are Sitting Bull and Spotted Tail.
  
  For more information on this collection, see http://iis.bhsu.edu/lis/findingaid/wrcross.cfm