Archives staff can help locate pertinent sources, but usually cannot assist with personal research. Stack areas are closed to the public. Materials may be used in the reading room, but may not be checked out. There is no fee to use library and archives material on site, but there are reproduction fees. Free parking is available.
Items are searchable by author, title, keyword, or subject.
Due to staff limitations, we are not able to perform extensive research. For photocopy requests, staff will evaluate the condition of an item as well as copyright law before photocopying. Consult the current fee schedule for prices for staff research and photocopying. We depend heavily on donations to expand our library collection. If you have family histories, city or county histories, cemetery indexes, books by South Dakota authors, or other material which you feel might enhance our collection, please contact us.