Archives and Special Collections

The University of South Dakota Archives and Special Collections is the rare books, manuscripts and archives department of the USD Libraries. It contains multiple research collections.

• The Chilson Collection includes materials relating to local histories, South Dakota history, Native American cultures, and western expansion of the United States.
• The Mahoney Music Collection is one of the most complete collections in the United States pertaining to the violin and violin family instruments.
• The Richardson Collection is made up of distinct manuscript collections focusing on South Dakota's cultural, political, and economic history. 
• The USD Archives holds the records of the academic and administrative departments of USD as well as materials relating to the activities of its students, faculty, and alumni.
• The USD Photograph Collection comprises the largest and most comprehensive surviving photographic history of USD.
  
  
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Images from the Mahoney Music Collection Reception
in the USD Libraries and the Brown Bag Reception at the National Music Museum.

Call, e-mail, or write the Archivist with your request.

USD Archives and Special Collections
I.D. Weeks and Lommen Health Sciences Libraries
Room 305
University of South Dakota
605-677-5450
speccoll@usd.edu