| Collection Name: |
Doris Duke South Dakota Oral History Project |
| Repository Name: |
University of South Dakota. Institute of American Indian Studies. South Dakota Oral History Center [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Vermillion, South Dakota, United States |
| Local Identifier: |
SDOHP |
| Dates Spanned: |
1970-1977 |
| Description: |
In 1970, the South Dakota State Legislature allocated funds to establish the South Dakota Oral History Project (SDOHP). For the SDOHP, interviews were recorded in every county in South Dakota, specifically with South Dakotans who recalled events before and around 1900. Interviewers in the field amassed a collection of over 2,450 taped interviews between 1970 and 1977. Currently this collection contains 3,025 interviews. |
| Estimated Total of Interviews: |
3025 |
| Broad Subjects: |
Domestic life; Life Styles; Communities |
| ASP Subjects: |
American Indian; Emigration and immigration; Frontier and pioneer life; Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota; History; Indian reservations; Legislative bodies--United States; Local history; North Dakota. State Legislature; Oral history; South Dakota; South Dakota. State Legislature; United States |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0000107 |
