Leland D. Case Library

In 1974 Leland D. Case, a noted historian, journalist, Black Hills native and co-founder of the Westerners International, donated his private library, of approximately 5,000 volumes, to Black Hills State University.

University Archives

The BHSU Archives contain the academic and administrative records of BHSU as well as materials relating to the activities of its students, faculty and alumni.

Digital Library of South Dakota

The Digital Library of South Dakota (DLSD) is a collaboration of the libraries of the six Board of Regents colleges and universities as well as partners in the state of South Dakota.

E. Y. Berry Collection

E. Y. Berry served as South Dakota's western district congressman from 1951 - 1971. The E. Y. Berry Collection is organized by subject and comprises more than 500 boxes of manuscript materials and can be searched online.

A. D. Humbert Collection of Clay Tablets

Before 3000 B.C., the Sumerians had invented a script which was impressed into their clay writing material with the sharp edge of a wooden stylus. Thus the symbol had a three-dimensional, wedge-shaped look, and was called “cuneiform.”

First Ladies Doll Collection

Mrs. Rachetts spent “the major portion of the year” completing the china reproductions of the First Ladies dressed in the gowns which they wore at the Inaugural Balls of the respective United States Presidents.