Brookings History

• Bell, Fayne D. "The Last Full Measure ..." : A Study of Obituaries in the Brookings Register, 1890-1940. 2000. Print.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .B41254
• Brookings, Centennial Book Committee. Brookings' Centennial, 1879-1979 : Commemorative Book. Brookings, S.D.: Centennial Book Committee?, 1979. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B73 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B73
• Brookings County History Book Committee. Brookings County History Book. Brookings, S.D.: Brookings County History Book Committee, 1989.: https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/Regional/id/1025/rec/3; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F657.B75 B75 1989; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F657.B75 B75 1989
• Brookings County, South Dakota in the World War 1917-1918-1919. St. Paul: Buckbee-Mears, 1920.: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/archives_rare-books/4/ ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL D570.85.S71 B7 1920
• Cecil, Chuck. Becoming Someplace Special : Gleanings from the past : The Brookings Story. Brookings, S.D.]: C. Cecil, 2001.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL D769.85.S71 B76 2012; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL D769.85.S71 B76 2012
• Cecil, Chuck. Here & Far Away : Brookings County and World War II. Brookings, S.D.: Chuck Cecil, 2012. : BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C42 2001; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C42 2001
• Centennial Activity Book : Brookings. Brookings, S.D.: Reynold's Printing, 1988.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F651 .C44 1988
• Cecil, Chuck. A Brookings Album, 1879-2004 : Celebrating 125 Years. Sioux Falls, S.D.: Pine Hill Press, 2003.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C43 2003; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 C43 2003
• Parker, Donald Dean. 75th Anniversary Souvenir Program : A Collection of Pictures, Anecdotes, and Historical Reports of the Early Life and times of Brookings, South Dakota. Brookings, S.D.: Pioneers, Incorporated?], 1954.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 S49 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 S49
• Poindexter, Colleen Zwieg., and Brookings Historic Preservation Commission. Brookings. Images of America. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2010.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 P64 2010; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 P64 2010

• E. Frank, Peterson, and E.P. Noll Amp Co. Map of Brookings County, South Dakota, Compiled and Drawn from a Special Survey and from Official Records. 1897.
• Geo. A Ogle Co. Standard Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota, 1909: https://explore.digitalsd.org/digital/collection/Regional/id/1159/rec/6
• Map of Brookings County, South Dakota : Compiled and Drawn from a Special Survey and Official Records. Brookings, S.D.: Burgess Map, 1916.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL G4183.B5 1916 .M36
• Thomas O. Nelson Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota : Containing Plats of Each Township, a County Road Map, a Rural Directory of Farmers, a New World Atlas and Other Features. Fergus Falls, Minn.: Company, 1953. : ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 N4 1953
• Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota. Milbank, 1971.: Midland Atlas Company, Milbank, S.D. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1978.: Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1978
• Merchant Maps. Maps of Brookings & Codington Counties with Brookings and Watertown, South Dakota : Happy to Help You Find Your Way Around! Cincinnati, OH: Mass Marketing, Merchant Maps Division, 1985. : SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL G4183.B5 1985 .M4
• Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1989. : SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1989
• Midland Atlas Company. Atlas of Brookings County, South Dakota. Milbank, S.D.: Company, 1993. : SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 M5 1993
• Atlas of Brookings County. Watertown, S.D.: Company, 1997.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize G1448.B5 A74 1997

Brookings City and Telephone Directories:

• 1901: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B7
• 1909: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE8841 .B69 1909
• 1914-2020: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE8841 .B7

• Barari, Assad., and South Dakota Geological Survey. Ground-water Investigation for the City of Brookings, South Dakota. Special Report (South Dakota Geological Survey) ; 45. Vermillion: Science Center, University of South Dakota, 1968. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL TD224.S8 A3 no. 45; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TD224.S8 A3 no. 45
• Brookings. Annual Report of the City of Brookings, South Dakota.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS626.B78 A3
• Brookings Economic Development Corporation. Annual Report, 2000.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HC108.B7 B76
• Brookings . City Council. Code of Ordinances, City of Brookings, South Dakota.: Non-current: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS626.B78 A5
• Brookings, S.D. City Council, and Brookings Commercial Club. Publicity Committee. Brookings, the Educational Center of South Dakota. Brookings, S.D.]: Club, 1919.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B76 B76
• Brookings . City Finance Office. Budget. Non-current: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HJ9316.B76 B76
• Brookings Chamber of Commerce, and Brookings Convention Bureau. Brookings, South Dakota : Someplace Special. Brookings, S.D.: Chamber of Commerce, Convention/Visitors' Bureau, 1991.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B746 1991 ; Hilton M. Briggs Library SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 B746 1991
• Brookings County Press. The City of Brookings. 1896.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Oversize F659.B71 B72
• Hogan, Edward Patrick. Brookings, South Dakota : The Growth Center of Eastern South Dakota. Rev. April 1984. ed. Brookings, S.D.: Author], 1984.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HB3527.B7 H63 1984
• League of Women Voters. This Is Your Town. Brookings, S.D.]: League, 1950: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 L4t ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL F659.B71 L4t
• Municipal Directory, Brookings, South Dakota., 1980.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S83 B7
• Northwest Associated Consultants Inc, and Brookings County Planning Commission. Comprehensive Joint Jurisdiction Plan : Brookings County and the City of Brookings, South Dakota. Minneapolis, Mn.: Northwest Associated Consultants, 1982.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HC107.B7 C61
• South Dakota. Dept. of Transportation, Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers, and Felsburg Holt & Ullevig. South Dakota Interstate Corridor Study : Phase II Report. Technical Appendix, East River : Mitchell, North Sioux City, Brookings, Watertown. Omaha, Neb.]: Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers, 2001.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER

• Bennett, Frank., United States. Bureau of Soils, and South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Soil Survey of the Brookings Area, South Dakota. Washington, D.C.: G. P. O., 1904.: GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL A 26.5/a:B 791; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL A 26.5/a:B 791
• Brannan, Lisa M. Emergency and Disaster Services in Brookings County, South Dakota. 1986.: ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .B7352; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .B7352
• Campbell, Thomas W. Brookings County Handbook. Brookings, S.D.: Project, 1973.:BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S89 B76; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL JS451.S89 B76
• Carlson, Lawrence A. A School District Reorganization Plan for Brookings County, South Dakota. 1962.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .C1967
• Elgethun, Stuart V., Larry F. Fredrickson, South Dakota. Division of Wildlife, and Pittman-Robertson Project. Wetlands Inventory : Brookings County. Pierre, S. D.: Dept. of Wildlife, Parks and Forestry, Division of Wildlife, 1978. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL QH541.5.M3 E53 1978 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL QH541.5.M3 E53 1978
• Hamilton, Louis J., Geological Survey, Brookings County, and South Dakota. East Dakota Water Development District. Major Aquifers in Brookings County, South Dakota. Information Pamphlet (South Dakota Geological Survey) ; No. 40. Vermillion, S.D.: Science Center, University of South Dakota, 1988.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL GB1199.3.S8 H2 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL GB1199.3.S8 H2
• Henningson, Durham & Richardson, South Dakota. Dept. of Transportation, and United States. Federal Highway Administration. Brookings Area Master Transportation Plan. Sioux Falls, S.D.: HDR Sioux Falls Office, 2011.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL HE356.5 .B76 B76 2011; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL HE356.5 .B76 B76 2011
• Hillestad, Linda K. The Changing Impact of Natural Disasters in Brookings County, South Dakota. 1982.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 H5568
• Lee, K. Y. Geology and Shallow Ground Water Resources of Brookings Area : Brookings County, South Dakota. Report of Investigations (South Dakota Geological Survey) ; No. 84. Vermillion: University of South Dakota, 1958.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL TN24 .S8 S6r no. 84; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TN24 .S8 S6r no. 84
• Larson, Adlowe Lyle. Trends of Property Taxes in Brookings County and in South Dakota from 1915 to 1932. 1934.: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/1936/; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .L324
• Nelson, Terry A. The Rural Nonfarm Population of Three South Dakota Townships : A Geographic Analysis. 1993.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .N3368
• Salonen, Debra Robson. Taking Hold : A Study of Land Acquisition, Land Ownership, and Community Development in Northeast Brookings County (1870-1916). 1977.; BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2385 .Sa36
• Schaefer, Walter T., South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, and United States. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Soil Survey of Brookings County, South Dakota. Washington, D.C.]: Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2005. GOVT DOC/LOWER LEVEL A 57.38/41:B 79; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL Doc. A 57.38/41:B 79
• South Dakota. Department of Transportation, and United States. Federal Highway Administration. Brookings County Master Transportation Plan for FHWA, SDDOT, Brookings County. 2013.
• Summary of the Master Plan of School District Reorganization for Brookings County, South Dakota. Brookings, S.D.: [Brookings County Board of Education], 1961.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL LB2801.S6 B69s; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL LB2801.S6 B69s
• Tomhave, Dennis W., East Dakota Water Development District, Geological Survey, and South Dakota. Dept. of Transportation. Sand and Gravel Resources in Brookings County, South Dakota. Information Pamphlet (South Dakota Geological Survey) ; No. 38. Vermillion, S.D.: Science Center, University of South Dakota, 1988.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL TN939 .T65 1988
• Westin, Frederick C, Westin, F C, and South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station. Soil Survey, Brookings County, South Dakota. United States. Soil Conservation Service. Soil Survey, Ser. 1955, No. 3. Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1959.; PERIODICALS/LOWER LEVEL 630.7 So87.12, no. 468; ARCHIVES/UPPER LEVEL 630.7 So87.12, no. 468

• The Brookings register: 1892-2019: MICROFILM-PERIODICALS/LOWER LEV. 071 B792
• The Individual, 1893-1904. MICROFILM-PERIODICALS/LOWER LEV. 071 B963

Brookings City & County Government Center

• Brookings City & County Government Center. Brookings, S.D.]: Brookings Register, 2012.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL  JS451.S89 B75 2012  

Brookings Public Library

• Brookings Public Library. Program of Dedication, Brookings Public Library, November 21, 1976, 2:30 P.m. S.l.: S.n.], 1976.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   Z733.B76 B7

Dimmette, Celia Puhr

• Dimmette, Celia Puhr. Take Me Home : Life on the Family Farm. Francestown, N.H.: Marshall Jones, 1979.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL PS3507.I617 T34

Kiwanis Club of Brookings

• Kiwanis Club of Brookings, South Dakota. Brookings, S.D.: Kiwanis Club, 1972.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL   F659.B71 K5; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   F659.B71 K5   

Fischback, Horace

• Horace Fishback, 1857-1929 : A Tribute. Brookings, S.D.: S.n., 1929.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL   F651.5.F5 H6; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   F651.5.F5 H6 

First Lutheran Church A.L.C.

• Seventy-seventh Anniversary, 1880-1957, First Lutheran Church, Brookings, South Dakota. 1957.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX8076.B76 F58 1957 


• First Lutheran Church A.L.C. Brookings, South Dakota. 1972.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX8076.B76 F585 1972 

First Methodist Episcopal Church

• Fifty Years of Service : First Methodist Episcopal Church, 1879-1880 [to] 1929-1930. Brookings, S.D.: Burris Printery, 1930.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX8481.B7 B7 

First United Methodist Church

• First United Methodist Church. Centennial History, 1879-1979, First United Methodist Church, Brookings, S.D. Brookings, S.D.: Church, 1979.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL   BX8481.B7 F57; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX8481.B7 F57 

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

• Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. Dedication Services of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, Brookings South Dakota, Sunday, January 20, 1952. Brookings, S.D.: Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1952.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX8076.B76 M68 1952; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   F659.B71 C43 2003 

Nick's Hamburger Shop

• Cecil, Chuck. Nick's Hamburger Shop. Sioux Falls, SD: Pine Hill Press, 2007. BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL   TX945.5.N52 C42 2007; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   TX945.5.N52 C42 2007 

Pioneer Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argo Township

• Parker, Donald Dean. History of the Pioneer Evangelical Lutheran Church of Argo Township, Brookings County, 1884-1959. Brookings]: South Dakota State College, 1960.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX8054 .P3h 

Ross, Phyllis Dokken

• Ross, Phyllis Dokken. A Daughter's Story : Growing up in a Family of Eight in South Dakota during the Depression. Medford, Or.: Blue Moorea Press, 1999.: BOOKS/UPPER LEVEL   F656 .R69 1999 ; SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   F656 .R69 1999 

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

• Young, Gertrude Stickney. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookings, South Dakota, 1893-1947. Brookings, S.D.?: S.n., 1947.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX5980.B76 S3 


• Dunn, Douglas Robert, and Gertrude Stickney. Young. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brookings, South Dakota, 1947-1978. Brookings, S.D.: D. R. Dunn, 1978.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX5980.B76 S32 

St. Thomas More Catholic Parish

• Kelzenberg, Elly. 100 Years of Faith : St. Thomas More Catholic Parish, Brookings, South Dakota, 1904 to 2004. Brookings, S.D.: St. Thomas More Catholic Church, 2004.: SOUTH DAKOTA COLLECTION/UPPER LEVEL   BX4603.B795 K44 2004