Posted in #ArchivesHashtagParty, Special Books on June 4, 2021| Leave a Comment »
This advertisement is from the Official Automobile Blue Book, 1920. Vol. 10. This book is in our Special Collections Books collection and it is just full of maps, advertisements, and advice. I love this book for all that it tells us about traveling by car in 1920.
Library of Congress sponsors #ArchivesHashtagParty once a month, and June’s topic is #ArchivesOnWheels.
Posted in #ArchivesHashtagParty, Maps, Special Books on March 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The atlases contained information on routes, hotels, gas stations, car repair shops, road conditions (including which roads to avoid when it is muddy and which roads had sharp turns). The ads in the book are beautiful and informative about car culture.
Volume Ten is in the Archives and Special Collections.
Library of Congress sponsors #ArchivesHashtagParty once a month, and March’s topic is #ArchivesYouAreHere. LOC invites groups to share their maps, astrolabes, star charts, tidal maps, compasses, globes, visitor guides, treasure maps, city plans, or even architectural drawings.
Posted in Recently Received, Special Books on October 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Archives and Special Collections recently received:
The water cure: archaeological investigations at the sanitarium and bath house, Cascade Springs, South Dakota.
Abstract: “The Water Cure is an overview of the growth of health tourism in the southern Black Hill of South Dakota during the 1890s. During this era, medical doctors believed in the curative powers of drinking and bathing in mineral waters. They encouraged people to restore their health in therapeutic settings around natural warm springs. Bath houses, founded on the age-old Turkish bath experience, offered dry, steam and shower rooms as well as individual or group plunge baths to cure maladies such as hemorrhoids or rheumatism.”
I love archaeological reports, particularly those written for the public. In addition to a meticulous description of the archaeological project, the methodology, and the results, they include all this marvelous background history, architectural description, and material culture images. This report contains everything needed to set the context for the sanitorium and bath house. The wide range of topics covered is best illustrated by its table of context:
Part One: Settling the Southern Black Hills
Chapter 1. Homesteaders: Alabough Canyon
Chapter 2. Early Transportation: Railroads, Stagecoaches, and Electric Motor Lines
Chapter 3. Hot Springs Town-Site Company: Friendly Competition
Part Two: Carlsbad Spring Company
Chapter 4. The Water Cure: Health Tourism
Chapter 5. The Sales Pitch: Gather Your Loose Change!
Chapter 6. Feverish Growth, Blocks, Lots, Streets, and Alleys
Chapter 7. Surrendering Possession: The Panic of 1893
Chapter 8. Final Disposition: 1894-1908
Part Three: Archaeological Excavations
Chapter 9. Exposing the Ruins: Survey and Testing
Chapter 10. Sanitarium and Bath House Footprint: The Crown Jewel
Chapter 11. Internal Plumbing: Steam Boilers and Pipes
Chapter 12. Day to Day Life: Domestic Artifacts
Chapter 13. The Turkish Bath Experience: A Day at the Spa
Chapter 14. Four Objectives: Assessing the Results
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Here are more images from the book:
Boen, Byrne, Mayer, Shierts, Vogt, and Williams. The water cure: archaeological investigations at the sanitarium and bath house, Cascade Springs, South Dakota. Rapid City and Pierre, SD: Archaeological Research Center and South Dakota State Historical Society, 2020.
Posted in Recently Received, Special Books, University Libraries, Veterans on November 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The Archives Special Collections has recently received a book about residents of our county who did not return from war. It contains 10 biographies written by USD students and their professor concerning military service personnel from Clay County, South Dakota, who were killed in action. The biographies are based on information gathered from local archives, libraries, historical society, veterans services office, online resources, and family members.
The library has received two copies. One is in the book collection in Special Collections, and one is in the main collection of the library.
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