We are focused on ensuring South Dakota digital collections are not just lost and are accessible to the public

Approximately 65,000 images are available on the South Dakota Digital Archives, and the goal is to add a minimum of 6,000 images annually.

Two professionally trained Archives’ staff inventory, catalog and scan the collection of photographs and negatives. They are then posted on the South Dakota Digital Archives.  The photographs range from statewide historic buildings and structures to photographs of the Black Hills collections, including scenery, towns, railroads and people.  These collections date from the late 1800s to the early 1980s. 

The collections will be readily available to the public via the internet for use in research, publishing projects, student history assignments, genealogy and personal use.  You can help us to preserve these images and thousands like them for generations to come.

Photo Digitization multi-year project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . goal $75,000

Yes! I want to help make possible the preservation of these images!