Eldredge, Lucile Papers (H85-80, H88-71,
H95-24) 1 cubic foot
Photographs of Mrs. Henry Ash, Crook City, Dakota
Territory, 1876 and her daughter, Annie Ash Eldredge, ca. 1880, and two autograph books
belonging to Annie Ash Eldridge. Ben Ash was a member of the first group of White men to
illegally enter the Black Hills in 1876. Also includes letters, photographs, postcards,
and newspaper clippings relating to the early history of the Black Hills area, especially
Crook City. The letters, written in 1941, were to Annie Eldredge, who was writing a
history of the Crook City area, and collected recollections of life in the area during the
1800s.
Faulkton Tuesday Club Records (H90-91) 3/4
cubic foot
Organized in January 1896, the club was instituted
to stimulate intellectual and social culture among its members. This collection contains
yearly agenda booklets, 1941-1944, and a 75th anniversary booklet, 1971-1972, which
describe the club's activities during its existence.
Fletcher, Hazel Papers (H90-103) 1 cubic
foot
Approximately 1100 photographs and a limited amount
of papers, including address books, correspondence, and marriage, military, and death
records. Fletcher operated the Green Door brothel in Deadwood from the 1950s through 1980.
Images include various women who worked for Fletcher as well as a large set of photographs
taken at a World War II Army-Air Force facility in Alaska during the 1940s.
Foster, Mrs. S. C. Letters (H74-132) 3 items
In three short letters to a friend (Ellen Grindull)
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Serena Foster discusses life on the family farm near Highmore,
1905-1906.
Frantz, Rosebud Yellow Robe Papers (H75-11,
H95-4) 23 items
Miscellaneous papers concerning the Yellow Robe and
Franz families, 1910-75. Rosebud was the daughter of Chauncey Yellow Robe, a well-known
chief of the Sicangu Lakota. Includes photographs of Rosebud Yellow Robe and her family
including her sisters Chauncina and Evelyn, ca. 1935-1985.
French, Mrs. Letter (H75-346) 1 item
In a personal letter to her daughter, Mrs. French
discusses, among other matters, the soil and the agricultural potential of the Blunt,
South Dakota area.
French, Mrs. Kathryn M. Manuscripts
(H75-252) 6 items
Manuscripts in which French expresses her views on
education, ca. 1906-1909. French was a Union County school teacher, county superintendent
of schools, and a deputy county auditor.
Furrey, Louisa Whiting Papers (H92-129 and
130) 2/3 cubic foot
This collection provides insight into the lives of
a mixed-descent Lakota family living on the Rosebud Reservation at Hidden Timber. Consists
of correspondence, land records, family documents (1864-1991, largely 1865-1925) and
photographs (1880-1991, largely 1900-1930). Louisa was the daughter of Edward Lemoyne and
Mary Herman Whiting. She taught in rural schools in Nebraska and Todd County prior to her
marriage to Harry Furrey in 1929.