Founded in 1879 by John L. Hinners, the Hinners Organ Company developed a number of stock models of small mechanical-action instruments that were advertised throughout the Midwest. Operating without outside salesmen, the company was one of the first to conduct all of its affairs by mail, including the financial arrangements, selection of the basic design, and custom alterations where required. Buyers first met a company representative when he arrived by train to set up the crated instrument that had been shipped ahead of him. Tracker organs with hand-operated bellows were easily repaired by local craftsmen, and were suited to an area that, for the most part, lacked electricity. In all, the company constructed nearly three thousand pipe organs during its sixty years of operation. Rapid decline of the firm began in the decade prior to 1936 during which the company sold fewer than one hundred instruments, and closed in that year when John's son Arthur found himself without sufficient financial resources to weather the lengthy depression. The studies of the original-condition Hinners organs in the Dakotas include extensive photographs and measurements, and provide an excellent cross section of the smaller instruments produced by the company. They are loud, excellently crafted, …

The purposes of this study were (1) to compare the achievement levels of students enrolled in a beginning college mathematics course when taught by (a) closed-circuit television followed by student-assisted study periods, (b) closed circuit television followed by access to videotape replay with no supervised study periods, (c) closed-circuit television followed by unsupervised study and discussion, and (d) regular lecture-recitation methods conducted by the television instructor, and (2) to ascertain the students' attitudes toward their instructor, course, and method of instruction.

Interview with Robert Edward Sieker, a pilot from Kerrville, Texas. Mr. Sieker discusses his grandfather's immigration from Germany. In addition to his stories from his extensive flying career, he also talks about his service in the military during World War II, his various occupations throughout the years, and his work against the screwworm infestation.

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Buffalo-Lignite detail area.

Documentation outlining characteristics of field data samples taken in the Buffalo-Lignite detail area.

Data gathered at stream sediment sites in the Buffalo-Lignite detail area, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity) and elemental analyses.

Data gathered at well water sites in the Buffalo-Lignite detail area, including applicable water chemistry measurements (e.g., pH, conductivity, alkalinity), physical measurements (e.g., temperature, well description, scintillometer readings), and elemental analyses.

The following report gives detailed results of the geochemical survey taken in Buffalo-Lignite, South Dakota. Field and laboratory data are presented for 163 groundwater and 660 stream sediment samples collected within the Custer and Slim Buttes project areas.

A letter written to Mr. Samuel D. Harris, Agent, South Dakota Department of Probation and Paroles (Rapid City, South Dakota), from T. N. Carswell, Chairman, Taylor County, Texas, Parole Board, dated August 6, 1957. Carswell advises Harris regarding the situation of Subject financially, legally, and domestically. He advises of Subject's Parole Violation and offers to do what he can if subject is transferred to Texas.

Postcard from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon informing her that he received her letter and about his travels. The front of the post card has an illustration of the National Bank of South Dakota in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Report documenting the suitability of North Dakota and South Dakota for plant locations to produce synthetic liquid fuels, based on raw materials, water sources, and local interest...add details/adjust

Patent for a steam coffee or tea pot that has "double walls forming an inner and outer chamber, an interiorly arranged spout connecting said chambers and a vent tube arranged in the spout communicating with the inner chamber" (lines 77-81).

From abstract: Results of a reconnaissance geochemical survey of the Alliance Quadrangle are reported. Field and laboratory data are presented for 543 groundwater and 523 stream sediment samples.

From introduction: This is one of a series of three reports on airborne radioactivity surveys in the United States. The reports contain the 185 airborne anomaly maps issued by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission as a result of the AEC's aerial surveying program conducted from March 1952 to June 1956; two ground reconnaissance maps of Utah also are included. Most of the reconnaissance was done in the western United States.

28th BW is global attack -- putting bombs on targets

Base Summary Sheet - Ellsworth Air Force base South Dakota

Document outlining state-specific goals for carbon dioxide emissions and energy efficiency through 2030 for the state of South Dakota.

Fact sheet describing state-specific impacts that global warming will have on the people, ecosystems, and wildlife in South Dakota.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an attorney for the American Indian movement which says that American Indians are demanding the right to try to make their own way and to fail if necessary.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about film furnished by companies, public relations firms and other organizations which are outside of the new gathering business.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a bench warrant which has been issued for American Indian movement president carter camp who's wanted for questioning in the shooting of another AIM leader.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of democratic senator who has gone on record in opposition to the American Indian Movement.

Community Correspondence – Letter dtd 08/16/2005 to Chairman Principi and all Commissioners from John Michael Loh, General, USAF (Ret) as a follow-up to sworn testimony of June 21 at Rapid City, the General writes to provide a succinct summary of his logic and set of arguments supporting the retention of Ellsworth AFB and its B- 1 bombers.