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The Center forWestern StudiesAugustana College2001 S. SummitAvenueSioux Falls, SD 57197

Four New MembersAdded to theCWS Board;2008 Officers Elected

CWS added four new members toits Board of Directors in Januaryand three current members were

elected to second terms.New members are:

Dr. Mary Brendtro of Crooks. Dr.Brendtro is a professor emeritus ofnursing at Augustana.

Dr. Gary Earl of Sioux Falls. A familiarname to the CWS Board, Dr. Earl returnsto the Board after being off for a shorttime. He is past chair of the CWSBoard of Directors and is a professor ofchemistry at Augustana.

Dr. Jeffrey Johnson of Sioux Falls. Dr.Johnson is an assistant professor ofhistory at Augustana.

Rev. Dr. Bruce Williams of Sioux Falls.A retired ELCA pastor, Rev. Dr. Williams

was founding pastor of Gloria DeiLutheran Church and most recently hasserved as interim pastor at churches inMinnesota and Illinois.

Re-elected to a second three-year termwere Tom Garry of Sioux Falls, TonyHaga of Edgerton, MN, and GerryBerger Law of Clear Lake.

Recognized for their service on theBoard were outgoing members Dr. MikeMullin, Dr. Lynwood Oyos, and RuthParry. All completed six years on theBoard.

Officers elected for a one-year termwere Chair, Lynn Aspaas; Vice Chair,John McIntyre; Recording Secretary,Rosemary Draeger, and DeputyRecording Secretary, Tony Haga.

NEW CWS BOOKS

Impressions ofTribal Life:

The ReverendAmbroseMattingly

PhotographicCollection

(Eastman Kodak Co.)

Joseph Nicollet and His Map:Exploring the Upper

Mississippi River (3rd edition)By Martha Coleman Bray

$45.00 (cloth w/large fold-out map)

CWS Gift & Book Shopor online at www.augie.edu/cws

*CWS Exclusive Distributor*

Edited by Harry F. Thompson,with essays by Thompson andHerbert T. Hoover $19.95

NEWSLETTERTHE CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES

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NEWSLETTERVOL. 28, NO. 1 SPRING 2008

RiverTransportation IsThisYear’s Dakota ConferenceTheme

E ighty-seven presenters and author-presenters from 15 states and twoforeign countries are scheduled to

participate in the 40th Annual DakotaConference, April 25-26, 2008. Morethan 20 of the papers and panels to bedelivered will address some aspect ofriver transportation, the focus of thisyear’s conference. This is the second ina series on transportation, following the2007 conference on railroads.Dedicated to examining

contemporary issues in their historicaland cultural contexts, the conference isa signature event of the Center forWestern Studies, which providesprogramming in Northern Plains Studiesfor Augustana College and othercolleges and universities.The Dakota Conference is the

largest annual gathering of humanitiesscholars in South Dakota, representing20 colleges and universities, fromBrandon University in Canada, to theUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City, andfrom Sogn og Fjordane UniversityCollege in Norway to Cal Poly San LuisObispo, California. Its hallmark, though,is the inclusion of non-affiliated scholarsand other experts in their field.The three plenary sessions (with

meals) will feature talks on rivertransportation and culture: author

Robert Goodman, speaking onpaddlewheels on the Upper Mississippi(Friday lunch); poet Allison Hedge Cokeon the ancient village of Blood Run onthe Big Sioux (Friday dinner); and USD

anthropologists L.E.Bradley and BrianMolyneaux onsteamboats on theMissouri (Saturdaylunch).In addition to

the individualpresentations, therewill be three panelson various topics:the debate overownership of thequartzite markersalong the sharedDakota border, withGordon Isemingeras moderator; the story of the FoolSoldiers during the Minnesota DakotaConflict of 1862, with filmmaker BarbaraBritain as moderator; and areas of SouthDakota scholarship that need moreattention, with Michael Mullin asmoderator.Several students will present papers

at the conference, including Augustanasenior and CWS intern Kelly Goertzen.Students from Kansas State University,University of South Dakota, and ValleyCity State University will also givepapers.The 2008 Award for Distinguished

Contribution to the Preservation of theCulturalHeritage ofSouth Dakotaand theNorthernPlains will be

presented to Elaine Nelson McIntosh.The award is presented by the Board ofDirectors of the Center for WesternStudies to individuals who have madeexceptional contributions to our

Contact CWS if you would like a copy of the 20-page DakotaConference program, or go online to www.augie.edu/cws/and click on the Dakota Conference icon.

June Event to FeatureGreat Moments in130Years ofSioux FallsTheater

On June 17, 2008, on the stageof the Great Hall in the WashingtonPavilion, the Center will present our19th annual dinner-theater. The300 guests that we expect toattend will enjoy a smorgasbord ofdramatic treats from the earliestdays of theater in Sioux Falls rightup to the present and productionsin the Pavilion. And there is agourmet meal to boot. The eventis a fund raiser for the Center’sannual and endowment funds.Directing the evening’s

entertainment, titled Footlights toSpotlights, will be CWS internAndrew Erickson, a junior theatermajor at Augustana and the

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understanding of the region throughtheir participation in the DakotaConference. McIntosh has presentedpapers at 11 consecutive conferencesand is the author of The Lewis and ClarkExpedition: Food, Nutrition, and Health,based on papers she delivered at theconference. Cash awards for the bestpapers given at the 2007 conferencewill also be presented at the Saturdayluncheon. This, the fortieth anniversaryof the Dakota Conference, will recognizeDr. Ernest M. Teagarden, foundingdirector of the Dakota HistoryConference, who passed away in 2007.Major donors to the conference are

the South Dakota Humanities Council,an affiliate of the National Endowmentfor the Humanities, Loren and MavisAmundson, Tom and Elaine McIntosh,Richard and Michelle Van Demark,Mellon Fund Committee of AugustanaCollege, Deadwood HistoricPreservation Commission, Jamie andPenny Volin, and Rex Myers and SusanRichards.

Continued from page 1 Northern PlainsAutograph Party–Free and Open to the Public

T he Northern Plains Autograph Party will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2008,11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., in the Fantle Building. Registration for the DakotaConference is not required if attending only the autograph party. Copies of

the books listed here will be available throughout the conference as well as at theautograph party.

Becoming Human: A Servant of the Map (iUniverse), Michael E. RandallThe Black Hills and the Indians: A Haven of Our Hopes (Niobrara), Martin LuscheiBlood Run (Salt) and Off-Season City Pipe (Coffee House), Allison Hedge CokeBound in Twine: The History and Ecology of the Henequen-Wheat Complex for Mexico and the American

and Canadian Plains, 1880-1950 (Texas A&M U), Sterling EvansThe Bull Rider’s Advice (Center for Western Studies), David Allan EvansCamera and Sketchbook: Witnesses to the Sioux Uprising of 1862 (Park Genealogical), Alan R.

Woolworth, editorCowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip (SD State Historical Society), Cathie Draine, editor, and

Mick B. Harrison, illustratorThe Dakota Way of Life (Mariah), by Ella Cara Deloria, Joyzelle Gingway Godfrey, editorDaschle vs. Thune: Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race (U of Oklahoma), Jon K. LauckDon’t Let the Blue Star Turn Gold (Tarnaby), Jerry W. WhitingDraftee: A High School Teacher Goes to War (Book Surge), David VolkDraglines (Lone Willow), The Kiss that Saved My Life (Red Dragonfly), Traveling Through History

(Moon Pie), Patrick HicksHutterites of South Dakota: The Schmiedeleut (Llumina), Joanita KantI’m Off to War, Mother, But I’ll Be Back (Tarnaby), Jerry W. WhitingImages of Place: Paintings and Poems (SD State U), David Allan Evans, Gary SteinleyImpressions of Tribal Life (Eastman Kodak Co.), Harry F. Thompson, editor and co-author, and

Herbert T. Hoover, co-authorAn Indulgence of Space: Dakota Poems 1983-2007 (Hens Teeth), Janice MikesellJoseph Nicollet and His Map: Exploring the Upper Mississippi River (Center for Western Studies),

Martha Coleman BrayLana’s Lakota Moons (Bison), Virginia Driving Hawk SneveLetters from Lydia (Five Star), Del DvoracekMt. Rushmore and Keystone (Arcadia), Robert HayesThe Mystery of the Round Rocks (SD State Historical Society), Mark Meierhenry and David VolkMythology of the North American Indian and Inuit Nations (Southwater), Brian L. Molyneaux900 Miles from Nowhere (Minnesota Historical Society), Steven R. KinsellaNorwegians, Swedes, and More, 6 vols. (Virtualbookworm), Loren H. AmundsonOld Days on the Prairie (Pine Hill), Tom KilianOn the Homefront: Essays on South Dakota (SD Humanities Foundation), Charles L. Woodard, editor.Paddlewheels on the Upper Mississippi, 1823-1854: How Steamboats Promoted Commerce and

Settlement in the West (Washington Co. Historical Society), Nancy and Robert GoodmanPeril and Promise: Essays on Community in South Dakota and Beyond. (SD Agricultural Heritage

Museum), Charles L. Woodard, editorPoems for the Common Man, vol. 2 (Pine Hill), M. J. McMillanThe Poetry of Colorado Pete (Clearwater Co. Historical Society), Lawrence Moe, editorThe Quartzite Border: Surveying and Marking the North Dakota-South Dakota Boundary, 1891-1892

(Center for Western Studies), Gordon L. IsemingerRemedies and Rituals: Folk Medicine in Norway and the New Land (Minnesota Historical Society),

Kathleen StokkerReturn to Shetek: The Courage of the Fool Soldiers (DVD), Barbara Britain, editorSoft Fur and Iron Men: A History of the Fur Trade in South Dakota and the Upper Missouri (E-Book

Time), Aaron Robert WoodardSouth Dakota Curiosities (Glove Pequot), Bernie HunhoffSouth Dakota Spirit: People, Places, & Prairie (PeopleScapes), Greg LatzaSunshine Always: The Courtship Letters of Alice Bower and Joseph Gossage of Dakota Territory (SD State

Historical Society), Paula M. Nelson, editorTatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story (SD State Historical Society), Donald F. Montileaux,

illustratorUpstream Metropolis: An Urban Biography of Omaha and Council Bluffs (U of Nebraska), Lawrence

H. Larsen, Barbara J. Cottrell, Harl A. Dalstrom, and Kay Calamé DalstromWallace Stegner’s Salt Lake City (U of Utah), Robert C. SteensmaWashaka–The Bear Dreamer (Many Kites), Patricia “Jamie” Lee

A New SouthDakota History

Edited byHarry F. Thompson,with chapters byHerbert T. Hoover,John R. Miller, et al.

$39.95 (paper w/sewn binding)or $59.95 (cloth edition)

Papers of the Thirty-ninthAnnual Dakota Conference:

A National Conferenceon the Northern Plains

Compiled by Laura Plowman, et al.$30.00

Stop into the CWS Gift & Book Shopor shop online at www.augie.edu/cws

The Quartzite Border:Surveying and Marking theNorth Dakota-South Dakota

Boundary, 1891-1892By Gordon L. Iseminger

$29.95 (paper w/sewn binding)

SUPPORT THE 2008 MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGNHave you renewed your membership for the 2007-2008 year yet? Or, have you thought about being a paid member, but have never joined? Now isyour chance! The fiscal year runs from August 1, 2007, to July 31, 2008. Help us meet our goal of 800 members and $150,000 by joining today!To date, we have 688 members and $114,205. Thank you for your support!

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTSSPRING-FALL 2008

APRILThrough May 31st

“Transition of an Artist”–Donald F. Montileaux Show & Sale, CWS Galleries

10-11 Library Associates book sale: “Books and More”

23 Board of Directors meeting25-26 Annual Dakota Conference –

“Rivers & Plains”

MAY2-3 South Dakota State Historical

Society Conference, Rapid City10 Board and Council Retreat25 Augustana College Baccalaureate

and Commencement31 Donald F. Montileaux Show &

Sale Ends

JUNE5 “The American Spirit”

Exhibition Opens, and runs through August, CWS Galleries

17 “From Footlights to Spotlights,” the 2008 June Event

25 Board of Directors meeting

JULYNo Board meeting

AUGUST27 Board of Directors meeting30 “The American Spirit”

Exhibition Ends

SEPTEMBER“South Dakota The Beautiful”Paul Schiller and Jerry & Julie Punt Exhibit Opens and runsthrough December, CWS Galleries

24 Board of Directors meeting

OCTOBER16-18 West River History conference,

Rapid City22 Board of Directors meeting

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“Empires on the Plains: the FurTrade,” the South Dakota StateHistorical Society conference for 2008,will be held May 2-3 in Rapid City. Forinformation call 605-394-1938.

CWS National Advisory Councilmember Jeff Hayzlett appeared on theJanuary 17 and March 27 episodes of“The Celebrity Apprentice” on NBC.Hayzlett, the chief businessdevelopment officer at Eastman KodakCompany, represented the company foran episode creating a Kodak PrintingExperience. The show’s host is DonaldTrump.

The November/December 2007 issueof South Dakota Magazine carries a storyby Roger Holzman about the USSSouth Dakota, the most decoratedbattleship in World War II. The Centerfor Western Studies, we recall,contributed more than a little topreserving the amazing story of theship, with an oral history project in thesummer of 2001. Many readers of theNewsletter will recall that fourinterviewers from the Center attendedthe July 2001 reunion of the crew of theUSS SoDak, who at any one time duringthe war numbered 2500 sailors.Professors Herbert Hoover, ArthurHuseboe, Deb Lyon, and HarryThompson interviewed almost 50crewmen that summer. Surprisingly,many told us that we were the first tohear their stories. And what stories!Bomb blast on Turret #1, a ragingtyphoon that nearly scuttled the ship,the rescue of a crewman after a powderexplosion on board, and hundreds ofdetails of life aboard ship, in battle andout. These tapes are on file in the CWSarchives, with copies available at theUSS South Dakota Memorial in SiouxFalls, at the Naval History Foundation,and in the Library of Congress AmericanFolklore Center. The project was madepossible by a $5,000 gift from DarylFerguson and a $2,000 grant from theSDHC.

CWS Board member Rev. DaveJohnson spoke to the MinnehahaCounty Historical Society on February21. His topic was Theodore Roosevelt

and South Dakota, specifically on TR'svisit to Sioux Falls on Sept. 3, 1910, aday designated "Roosevelt Day" in thecity.

CWS Development Director PaulKrueger spoke to the Sioux FallsCosmopolitan Club on March 17. Heshowed the new CWS video andupdated the group on the Center’scurrent projects.

Council member Cornell Norby hasrecently acquired a fine piece of art witha South Dakota association. It is JesSchlaikjer’s “South Dakota Evening,” awoman and little child feeding thechickens, a small cabin in thebackground. Schlaikjer was a student ofHarvey Dunn. The piece, 40” x 50,”won the first ever $1,000 AltmanAward in the 1920s and was describedby Time Magazine as “a smoldering, vividcolor scheme. A boldly massedcomposition.” Norby would like to see itback in South Dakota, at the Centerpreferably, and is offering a subventionof $20,000 to reduce the price of thepiece to $65,000. Any takers amongour Newsletter readers?

Returning to CWS on a temporary,part-time basis is former CWS internLaura Plowman, who taughtgovernment during the fall at RooseveltHigh School and is substitute teachingthis spring for the Sioux Falls SchoolDistrict. She is working principally withthe archives and also assists in otherways, such as with installing galleryexhibits. Funding for interns is providedby gifts from Terry Yeager and AnsonYeager, Jr., Tom and Elaine McIntosh,and Betty and Charley Gutch.

Of special note at this year’s DakotaConference autograph party is the newbook by CWS National AdvisoryCouncil member Dr. Robert C.Steensma, Wallace Stegner’s Salt LakeCity, published by the University of UtahPress. An article by Steensma, also onWallace Stegner, appears in the Winter2007 issue of Montana: The Magazine ofWestern History. Congratulations, Bob!

The 16th Annual West River HistoryConference will be held at the AlexJohnson Hotel in Rapid City October16-18, 2008. This year’s theme is

“Dakota Territory and Early Statehood.”Topics should be submitted by August16—write to P. O. Box 9276, Rapid City,South Dakota, 57709.

Several CWS members have passedaway in recent months:

Bonnie Gregerson, of Sioux Falls, diedMarch 11, 2008. She was 76. Weextend our sympathy to her husband,Dick, and their family.

Juel Johnson, of Parker, died February28, 2008. He was 84. Juel served as aState Representative for the 9th Districtfrom 1983 to 1992. We extend oursympathy to his wife, Dorothy, his sonand three daughters and their families.

Muriel Nuffer, age 90, died December17, 2007, in Sioux Falls. She receivedboth her bachelor and master degreesfrom Augustana College. She was ateacher in Spencer, St. James, MN, andSioux Falls, where she taught atWashington High School for 28 years.We extend our sympathy to her familyand friends.

Dr. Ernest Teagarden, age 81, diedNovember 27, 2007, in Madison. Dr.Teagarden was a Fulbright Scholar andtaught at Kent State University beforemoving to Madison in 1963 where hetaught business administration atDakota State University for more than30 years. Dr. Teagarden founded theDakota Conference at DSU and hasbeen actively involved over the years.We extend our sympathy to his son andgrandchildren.

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Center’s programs,including the latest exhibits,

events, collections,and an on-line

book and gift shop.

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Friends of the Center Recognized

S everal of the Center’s mostsupportive members wererecognized at the annual Members

and Friends Luncheon in earlyDecember. Over one hundred guestsheard Dr. Arlen Viste praised for hismultiple services to the Center: longyears of service on the Board and

chairmanship of the Board, his work asthe “webmaster” for the Center’shomepage, his chairmanship of theBuilding Committee that directed theconstruction of the Fantle building, hisfinancial support, and his ongoingmembership in the Center’s volunteercorps, helping in the friendly task ofmaking the Center accessible to visitorson weekends. For several years Arlenhas been singled out as volunteering themost hours over a year’s time in thateffort.Besides Dr. Viste, the entire Yeager

family was awarded the Friend of theCenter Award for their long associationwith the Center and their generousfinancial support.The many contributions that have

come to the Center from the family allbegan with Anson Yeager, Sr., theexecutive editor for over twenty years orthe Sioux Falls Argus Leader and ajournalist all his life. Anson honored theCenter by selecting us to publish hismagnificent book Anson Yeager’s Stories.In addition to the two-volume set, in theyear before he died Anson and Ada Maybrought a new book to the Center forpublication, an autobiographicalreminiscence that he titled Dust BowlDays and Two Wars. Subsequently, Ada

May and the children—Drs. Terry andAnson, and Karen, Harry, and Ellen--determined that the very extensiveYeager family papers should be placedin the Archives of the Center for thefuture use of students and scholars.A number of previous Award winners

were in the audience on that Decemberday—Bob and Rita Elmen (2004),Howard and Eunice Hovland (2003),Gerry and Robert Law (2006), V. R. andJoyce Nelson (2003), Cornell Norby(1995), Joyce Olson (1991), Gary andRosaaen Olson (1995), and Jerry andGail Simmons (1989).Highlights of the Award Luncheon

included a talk by Council memberGerald Czulewicz (Isanti, MN), aboutthe art of Yang Yang—alumnus andformer faculty member, whose workgraced the Center’s galleries for threemonths—and selections from RonRobinson’s June 2007 musical review,Rainbow Café, sung by Ron and LisaGrevlos.Recognized as coming from the

greatest distance for the AwardsLuncheon was Cornell Norby, Councilmember from Paso Robles, California,and consultant in art for the Center.Cornell was also recognized for hislongevity on the Council, having beenbrought on board by CWS founderHerbert Krause in the 1970s.

ED Art Huseboe and Dr. Terry Yeager,representing Ada May Yeager and her family.

Director of Research Collections andPublications Dr. Harry Thompson withDr. Arlen Viste.

Biography ofFrench ExplorerNicollet Published

A gift fromLee Tallakson,of Minneapolis,and theadvancepurchase of200 copies bythe HeritageMuseums ofthe Coteau de Prairies, of Sisseton,have made possible the publicationof Joseph Nicollet and His Map:Exploring the Upper Mississippi River.Reading about the Center’s

intention to publish the book,pending funding, in the Fall 2007CWS Newsletter, Tallakson offeredto fund the majority of the printingcosts in honor of his father, Roy V.Tallakson, and of his father’s friend,Harold Torness, both of Sisseton.The book is dedicated to theirmemory and the memory of theauthor’s husband.The author, Martha Coleman

Bray, now deceased, was a librarianand head of the Minnesota HistoryCollection at the MinneapolisPublic Library. She was the authorof The Journal of Joseph N. Nicollet,and, with her husband, EdmundBray, of Joseph N. Nicollet on thePlains and the Prairies.The new hardcover edition

includes the large fold-out “Map ofthe Hydrographical Basin of theUpper Mississippi River,” courtesyof Prairie Smoke Press, St. Paul,MN, as provided through Alan R.Woolworth, a member of the CWSNational Advisory Council.Nicollet’s 1843 map, Woolworthwrites, “is known as the ‘mothermap’ of Minnesota and also hasvaluable data on Wisconsin, Iowa,and eastern North and SouthDakota.”

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T wenty four artists from the regionwere featured at this year’s Artistsof the Plains Art Show & Sale,

which was held February 15-17 at theHoliday Inn City Centre, downtownSioux Falls.The artists were greeted by steady

traffic all weekend and collectively sold$58,000 worth of art. This is a newrecord for the show, now in its 28thyear.“This show has a wonderful

following, and one goal this year was toreach new people and to allow them to

experience the quality and variety ofartwork,” Paul Krueger, Director ofDevelopment said. “Based on theattendance and sales, we feel weaccomplished this goal.” At the opening reception Friday

evening, Nancyjane Huehl of Vivian andEdward Thomas of Decatur, NE, werepresented with Best of Show awards.Joshua Spies of Watertown and RogerWermers of Estelline received People’sChoice Awards. Judges for the Best ofShow awards were John Day of theUniversity of South Dakota, Tom Shields

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Artists of the Plains Show & Sale Showcases the Region’s Finest Artists

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Judges for the Best of Show Awards were L to R:Tom Shields, Augustana; John Day, USD, andL.D. Andrews, Sioux Falls.

THROUGH MAY 31Donald F. MontileauxTransition of an Artist–Show & SaleDonald F. Montileaux, of Oglala Lakota

ancestry, is a master ledger artist.

Following in the footsteps of hisforefathers, he has rekindled ledger artwith his collection of striking images thatcapture the unique Lakota way of life.Montileaux interned under noted artistOscar Howe and also credits his personalfriend and mentor the late Herman Red Elkas his primary muse. Montileaux’s art isrepresented in many private and publiccollections. He has illustrated covers fornumerous books, with his most recentcover Hundred in Hand by Joseph M.Marshall III. In 2006 he won the Best ofDivision and First Place at the SWAIAIndian Art Market, Santa Fe, NM, and Bestof Show at the 2007 Artists of the PlainsShow & Sale sponsored by the Center forWestern Studies. He is also the illustratorof the award-winning children’s bookTatanka and the Lakota People: A CreationStory.

JUNE 5-AUGUST 30, 2008The American Spirit–An Exhibition ofUncle Sam and Other PatrioticAmerican Images and Icons”From the Collection of Gerald E.Czulewicz Sr.There will be an opening reception onJune 5 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. with agallery talk at 5:00 p.m.Since the early 19th Century, the

image of Uncle Sam has remained themost widely recognized personificationof America, both here and abroad. "TheAmerican Spirit" exhibition presents apictorial history of how Americans haveviewed themselves and their countryover the past two centuries. The exhibition is drawn from

Czulewicz's collection of more than4,000 Uncle Sam objects and otherpatriotic American images and icons, thelargest collection of its kind in the world.Included in the exhibit are works bydozens of American artists, includingboth Thomas Nast, who first defined thebasic image of Uncle Sam, and JamesMontgomery Flagg, who created themost familiar image of Uncle Sam, thefamous "I Want You!" recruiting poster.The exhibition will include the only

known original photograph of SamuelWilson from Troy, NY, the officialprogenitor of Uncle Sam by virtue of anact of Congress in 1960. Wilson was apurveyor of goods to the AmericanArmy Troops during the war of 1812. Allof his crates and barrels were stamped"U.S.", which led to him being referredto as Uncle Sam.Also featured are authentic costumes

worn by the models used by Flagg andNast in the creation of their Uncle Samillustrations, magazine and bookillustrations, and original art work,posters, toys and banks, etc. Otherfamous images such as Columbia, MissLiberty, and their British counterparts,Britannia and John Bull, are alsorepresented.Czulewicz began collecting and

researching art as a teenager in Erie, PA,his hometown. His interest in rareAmerican books and documents led towhat would become a lifelongfascination with Americana, particularlythe image of Uncle Sam. Czulewicz, whoserves ontheCenter'sNationalAdvisoryCouncil,and hiswifeBarbaraJeanreside inIsanti,MN.

SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 2008Paul Schiller and Jerry & Julie PuntSouth Dakota the BeautifulEnjoy the beauty of our great state as

we feature South Dakota photographerPaul Schiller and potters Gerry and JuliePunt.

In the CWSGalleries…

“Alert” by James MontgomeryFlagg, October 1941.

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W orld-renowned clinicalpsychologist Dr. Helmer R.Myklebust passed away on

February 26, 2008. The author

and/or editor of more than 175articles in professional journals and ofthirteen books, “Dr. Myke,” as he wasknown by his students and patients,was a leading authority in the area oflearning disorders among children.

He was Professor Emeritus ofPsychology, Neurology, andPsychiatry at Northwestern University,and Diplomate in Clinical Psychology,American Board of ProfessionalPsychology. A graduate of Augustana College,

Myklebust relocated from Evanston,IL, to Sioux Falls, where he becameinvolved in the programs of theAugustana Library Associates. Duringthis period, he approached theCenter for Western Studies aboutpublishing his current research onconscience development. Later, heproposed reprinting his popular bookon emotional maturity. Both werepublished under the AugustanaCollege Monograph Series imprint,administered by the Center forWestern Studies. Copies are availablethrough the Center for WesternStudies, either in the gift shop in theFantle Building or through the onlinegift shop, or through Amazon.com.

Helmer R. Myklebust

Conscience: Knowing Right from WrongOf special interest to parents, teachers, counselors,social workers, psychologists, and pastors. Dr.Myklebust explains that the ability to distinguishbetween right and wrong is not innate—it must betaught. Conscience development is an educationalprocess. “Moral values and conscience developmentare essential. To be indifferent is to invite catastrophe,”writes Myklebust. Society cries out for moralcommunities, but moral communities require moralindividuals. This book shows how we can all help todevelop a moral society. 152 pages, $5.00

Understanding Ourselves as Adults: TheMeaning of Emotional MaturityInsights by Dr. Myklebust into why so many people feelas though they are leading unrewarding lives. This bookdemonstrates that the underlying cause is our neglectof self-awareness and its consequences, emotionalimmaturity. Specific topics addressed include anger,love, work and success, health, and the power of choice.190 pages, $5.00

Maudlin, founder of the American IndianCulture Research Center, and a passageby Vine Deloria, Jr., from the Center’snew state history. Thompson alsocontributed an essay on thephotographer, Fr. Ambrose Mattingly,and asked USD professor emeritus Dr.Herbert T. Hoover to write an essay onCatholic boarding schools for the book.Examples of quill- and beadwork fromJeff Hayzlett’s private collection are alsoreproduced as the book’s endpapers.Copies of the elaborately designed

and printed book may be purchased for$19.95 in the CWS gift shop or throughits online gift shop. Additionalinformation about the book and projectmay be found in the Fall 2007 issue ofthe CWS Newsletter.

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Originally published by theAmerican Philosophical Society in1980, Martha Coleman Bray’sbook is considered the standardbiography of the French explorerand cartographer of the UpperMississippi River. HistorianRaymond J. De Mallie calls thebook “a major contribution to ourunderstanding of the scientificbackground of western expansion.”CWS obtained the rights from

the Society to publish any and allfuture editions of the book underits own imprint. The AmericanPhilosophical Society is thecountry’s oldest learned society,founded by Benjamin Franklin inPhiladelphia in 1745.Copies of the book (with map)

will be available at the DakotaConference autograph party at a10% discount off the publicationprice of $45. CWS membersreceive an additional 10%discount.

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T he Center for Western Studiescontinues its leadership role inproviding Northern Plains

Studies programming to AugustanaCollege and to other institutionsthroughout the region. CWS provides programming in

several key areas, including the CWSinternship program. Kelly Goertzen, asenior history major, is completingeight hours of academic credit thisyear under the direction of Dr. HarryThompson, CWS director of researchcollections and publications. As aMildred White Scholarship recipient,she is studying, among other things,the use of original documents inwriting history. She will present herwork on the letters of missionary LillieHays at the Dakota Conference. The conference, of course, is a

major program of Northern PlainsStudies at Augustana. It is, in fact, thelargest gathering in the state ofscholars focused specifically on issuesrelating to the Northern Plains. Ofthe nearly 90 presenters at the

conference each year, 50 or more arecollege and university scholarsengaged in research about the region,many of them participating in theconference autograph party. Inaddition, CWS offers bothundergraduate and graduate academiccredit, of special interest to studentsand schoolteachers.CWS also makes a major

contribution to the study of theNorthern Plains through its bookpublishing program. In the past year,CWS has brought out twopublications of regional significance:The Quartzite Border: Surveying andMarking the North Dakota-SouthDakota Boundary, 1891-1892, by Dr.Gordon L. Iseminger, University ofNorth Dakota, and Joseph Nicollet andHis Map: Exploring the UpperMississippi River, by Martha ColemanBray. The Quartzite Border is a secondprinting of the original edition,published by CWS in observance ofthe Centennial of Statehood of theDakotas. Joseph Nicollet is the third

edition of the popular biography ofFrench explorer Joseph Nicollet.Originally published by the AmericanPhilosophical Society, the bookfeatures a fold-out version of Nicollet’smap of the Upper Mississippi River.The Center’s research collections

are a third and unique contribution toNorthern Plains Studies. Thepublication by Eastman Kodak Co. ofphotos from the CWS archives, asreported elsewhere in this issue, andthe continuing use by scholars and thegeneral public are examples of the useof the CWS archives.Last fall Augustana faculty

approved the establishment of a minorin Northern Plains Studies atAugustana, as originally proposed byCWS in 2003. CWS is working withthe Augustana Admission Office andInternational Studies Program tomarket the minor. Additionalinformation about the minor may befound on the CWS Website atwww.augie.edu/cws/northernplains.html

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A Leader in Northern Plains Studies

I t is perhaps the most sustained andfar-reaching exposure ever enjoyedby the CWS research collections.

Articles in South Dakota’s largestnewspaper, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader,and feature articles in the Argus Leader’sentertainment section LINK (and itsonline version), and in South DakotaMagazine (“The Monk’s Photos,”Nov/Dec 2007), and an interview onSouth Dakota Public Radio—allpromoted the CWS archives by focusingon the photos taken by Fr. AmbroseMattingly, now on deposit at CWS aspart of the American Indian CultureResearch Center, Blue Cloud Abbey.The book Impressions of Tribal Life,

published by Eastman Kodak Co., andthe accompanying exhibit of the samename, gave the CWS archives nationaland even global exposure throughKodak’s distribution of copies at theinternational GraphExpo 2007 inChicago. Kodak also sent copies to

potential clients around the world. Printed on Kodak’s NexPress S3000

Digital Production Color Press, the bookdemonstrates Kodak’s leadership indigital press technology. The story also

found its way onto many printingtechnology information Websites,including ImagingInfo, a CygnusBusiness Media company, BERTL, adigital imaging product-analysiscompany, and PrintingImpressions/piWorld.com, a printingindustry news company.Publication was initiated by Jeffrey W.

Hayzlett, chief business developmentofficer and vice president, chairman’soffice, Eastman Kodak Co., and a CWSNational Advisory Council member. Atits December retreat, the CWS Board ofDirectors passed a unanimous resolutionrecognizing Hayzlett’s contribution tothe Center through this project.Working in conjunction with Kodak’s

Graphics Communications Group, inRochester, NY, CWS director of researchcollections and publications Dr. HarryThompson served as editorialconsultant, selecting materials for thebook, including an essay by Fr. Stan

CWS Archives Go Global

Dr. Herbert Hoover, Professor Emeritus ofHistory at USD, and Dr. Harry Thompson,Director of Research Collections andPublications, spoke at the opening of theexhibit on January 10. Pictured with them areMike Austad, Digital Data Specialist at theUSGS EROS Data Center, and Colleen CordellDirector of the American Indian CultureResearch Center at Blue Cloud Abbey.

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Jacobsen Intern at the Center for2007-2008. Since last fall Andrewhas beencompiling amaster list ofall of the livetheatricalproductionsin Sioux Falls,beginningwith theearliest in1881 and forevery yearsince. From these he has selectedscenes from each decade in orderto create a review of the mostpopular plays from the 19thcentury to the 21st. The eveningpromises to be the most unusual inthe history of Sioux Falls theater.As a drama major, Erickson is

aiming for a career in theater,intending in fact to make Sioux Fallshis home and to dedicate himselfto creating a new theatrical venuein our city. His internship this yearwill give him valuable insights intothe history of theater here. For information about tickets to

the June 17 dinner-theater, to beheld in the Washington Pavilion, callthe Center at 605.274.4007, ore-mail cws@augie.edu.

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Andrew Erickson

The Jacobsen Memorialinternship that AndrewErickson holds is awarded bythe Sioux Falls AreaCommunity Foundation to onlya select group of students. Itwas Mrs. Dorothy Jacobsen’swish that only graduates ofWest-Central, Tri-Valley andMontrose high schools beconsidered for the $5,000grant, and applicants musthave excellent academiccredentials and be aiming for acareer of service in this regionof America. Andrew qualifieson both counts!

of Augustana College, and L.D. Andrewsof Sioux Falls. The awards, which weresponsored by Great Western Bank, werepresented by CWS Board Chair LynnAspaas, Augustana Vice President forFinance and Administration Tom Meyer,and Rick Knobe, representing ResultsRadio/Cumulus Media.The Center is grateful to Results

Radio/Cumulus Media for being theoverall sponsor for the 11th year, as wellas the businesses that sponsored theopening night reception and placed adsin the program.Participating artists were: Mark

Anderson, Sioux Falls; Bryan Bortnem,Rutland; Bonnie Brahms, Humboldt;

Roger Broer, Hill City; Virginia Coudron,Brookings; Pati Deuter, Ree Heights;Russ Duerksen, Sioux Falls; Pamela Harr,Glendive, MT; Marian Henjum, SiouxFalls; Diana Hensley, Luverne, MN; DavidHuebner, Bushnell; Nancyjane Huehl,Vivian; Donald Montileaux, Rapid City;Harvey Rattey, Glendive, MT; GiseleRobinson, Evanston, WY; Jim Schoon,Vivian; Joshua Spies, Watertown; GarySteinley, Lead; Linda Szabo, Mission;Paul Szabo, Mission; Edward Thomas,Decatur, NE; Sharon Welch, Pierre;Karlys Wells, Clear Lake, and RogerWermers, Estelline.The 29th annual event is scheduled

for February 20-22, 2009, at theHoliday Inn City Centre.

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L to R: Lynn Aspaas, CWS Board & Art Committee Chair; Rick Knobe, Results Radio; EdwardThomas, Best of Show Winner; Tom Meyer, Augustana Vice President for Finance & Administration;Nancyjane Huehl, Best of Show Winner; Dr. Arthur Huseboe, CWS Executive Director; RogerWermers, People’s Choice Award; Joshua Spies, People’s Choice Award Winner, and Sam Spies.

Herbert T. Hoover Digital Archive at CWS

U niversity of South Dakota emeritusprofessor of history Dr. Herbert T.Hoover has placed approximately

1,500 images from his digital archive atCWS. The photos represent Dr.Hoover’s years of research on variousreservations in South Dakota and acrossthe Northern Plains. A noted scholar ofSioux history and culture, Dr. Hoover isthe author of or contributor to severalbooks, including The Sioux and OtherNative American Cultures of the Dakotas,South Dakota Leaders, The Yankton Sioux,and A New South Dakota History.Hoover is also a member of the CWSNational Advisory Council.The images are grouped into eleven

categories: Churches, Schools, andOther Reservation Architecture;

Historical Markers and GeographicFeatures; Housing and Related Scenes;Native American (Peyote) Church ofNorth America; People; Social andCultural; The Sacred Pipe; Tribal Art;Tribal Conservation Projects; TribalIndustries; Tribal Leaders; and TribalService Facilities.In addition, Hoover has placed

copies at CWS of his multi-volume SiouxCountry Encyclopedia, which is organizedinto the following sections: The DakotaTribes, The Lakota Tribes, The NakotaYankton Tribe, The Nakota Yantontaiand Assiniboine Tribes with LakotaLower Brule Tribe. The encyclopediadistills Hoover’s many years of studyand analysis of the Sioux people.

W hat legacy do you want to leave? Have youconsidered a deferred gift to the Center forWestern Studies?

To date, more than 75 individuals have joined theCenter’s Heritage Club. These generous supporters haveincluded the Center in their estate plans, thereby helpingto ensure a strong CWS into the future – well beyond theirlifetimes. Gifts of insurance policies, by means of wills, andspecial trust and annuity programs are available options. One of the goals of the Center’s current endowment

campaign is to add 30 new members and $1 million in giftexpectancies in the next five years. Since 2007 we haveadded seven new members and more than $275,000 ingift expectancies.Please contact Paul Krueger, director of development, at

605.274.4005 for more information.

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P rogress continues on the Center’s five-year EndowmentCampaign, which officially began in December of 2006. To date,we have $339,299 in gifts and pledges. This is 28 percent of

our overall goal of $1.2 million. The campaign will provide endowment support for the archives

and library, art program and educational exhibits, Dakota Conference,the publications program, and the Fantle Building Fund. A largerendowment will allow the Center to rely less on annual support forthese programs and allow us to pursue new opportunities.In addition, we are reapplying for a $300,000 challenge grant

from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). If the grantis approved, the NEH would provide a 4:1 match, including a matchfor all gifts that we have received to date.One capital component of the campaign is to raise $150,000 for

compact shelving for the archives. To date, we have $36,618 in giftsand pledges.We are grateful to the many donors who have supported the

campaign so far and look forward to making more progress over thenext several months. Pledges can be paid over the next five years. If you have questions or need more information, please contact

Paul Krueger, director of development, at 605.274.4005.

Archives & Liberty Program $ 250,000 $ 191,379Art Exhibits & Programs $ 250,000 $ 54,750Dakota Conference $ 250,000 $ 35,500Publications Program $ 250,000 $ 1,100Fantle Building Fund $ 150,000 $ 10,000Other Endowment Support $ 50,000 $ 46,500Total $1,200,000 $ 339,229

Goal Gifts & Pledges

L to R: Lynn & Barbara Aspaas, Dr. Lynwood Oyos, Mavis & Dr. LorenAmundson, and Dennis & Sandra Krause (not pictured) were inducted intothe CWS Heritage Club at the Christmas Luncheon December 8.

Progress Continues on the $1.2 Million Endowment Campaign

Leave a Legacy–Join the Heritage Club

“The Center for Western Studies isa hidden jewel in South Dakota.Its collections allow scholars tocomplete original research in avariety of disciplines, it providesopportunities to our students, andit reaches out to the community. Agift to the Center for WesternStudies ensures the continuation ofSouth Dakota’s hidden jewel.”

Michael C. Mullin, Ph.D., Professor ofHistory, NEH Chair of Regional

Heritage, and past CWS Board Member

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H ere in South Dakota we are livingin a region of the United Statesthat is characterized by many

values. One study after another inrecent years has shown that the peopleof our Northern Plains, when comparedwith all other regions, are more freefrom violent crime, are better educatedin terms of general education, with moretwo-parent families caring for children,and—when surveyed as to their attitudetoward their work—prove to be morecontent than citizens elsewhere. Even insuch matters as providing healthinsurance for adults and children, theseNorthern Plains people rank—as aregion—above allothers.According to

the constitution ofthe Center we arededicated to thebusiness of findingthe best in ourregion and thendoing all we can tomake it prevail.Our commitmentis to direct all ofour energiestoward “seekingways to improvethe quality of life for those we serve,through educating others about thevalues that characterize life on theNorthern plains.” We do this educatingin many ways-through our publications,our conferencesand art shows,through gallerytalks,dramatizations ofhistory and bymaking theCenter’s archivesand libraryaccessible andconvenient forstudents, scholars,and the generalpublic.In this work,

the staff and the Board have unusualand valuable allies—they are called theNational advisory Council and there are30 of them, all told, scattered across theUnited States. They are what they are

called, advisors, and with theirassistance our work is made easier andalways more exciting. Those memberswho are the most distant have been inmy thoughts these last 3 weeks.With Gerald Czulewicz (Isanti, MN)

we have been discussing the impendingshow he is organizing of his extensiveUncle Sam Collection—to be featuredin the Center’s galleries in the nearfuture—a tribute to Americanpatriotism reminiscent of MountRushmore. A second Council member,Cornell Norby, noticed elsewhere in thisnewsletter, has just finished makingarrangements to have the award-winning

Jes Schlaikjerpainting “SouthDakota Evening” ondisplay in the FantleBuilding for the nextmonth, a piece ofgrass rootsAmericana (farmscene, child, motherfeeding chickens)that will charm somany of us with ruralroots. My thirdcontact with adistant Councilmember was

particularly pleasant, a two-day visit inthe home of James Krause and wifeRoselyn in Pauma Valley, California. Jimis a cousin of the Center’s founder,Herbert Krause, and thus is a steady

reminder of theforesight anddedication that gavethis agency its startin life more than 38years ago. Jim ismatched by anothercousin, Bob Sellin(Rockford, IL) andby Dr. Bill Krause(Columbia, MO) inkeeping these familyties strong.My trip to

sunny—and rainy—California last month was also anopportunity to visit two dear friendsand CWS supporters, retired actor PhilBruns (and wife Laurie) of Hollywood,and Mrs. Hazel Farrell (of Santa

Barbara), who recently established anendowment at the Center and who—with her family—named the staircase inthe Center’s main gallery in honor of herlate husband, Dr. Bill Farrell, donor ofour Oscar Howe collection. Hazel’sdaughter Carol-Anne Lonson raisesalpacas, and a visit to their ranch was adelight. I was also able to drop in onMrs. Dorothy Stavig, in Sacramento,

whose loving care of the Stavig familyletters from Norway is worthy ofapplause, and to attend the weddingcelebration of my brother Ken’s sonAaron and wife Aimee in Bakersfield. Aspecial stop on this California trip wasat the home of Mary Harum Hart andhusband Burt and son AJ. Mary was astudent of mine and a close friend of mylate wife Doris. It was joy to see heragain.I thank all of these friends for their

hospitality during my recent visit. All ofthem have deep roots in the NorthernPlains, and the fine thing is that theyvalue this region, as we do.

Dr. Arthur R. Huseboe

From the Executive Director

Council member Jim Krause and wife Roselyn,Pauma Valley, CA.

ED Huseboe and former student Mary Hart, inBeverly Hills.

CWS member Phil Bruns and wife Laurie, EDArt Huseboe and niece Danni and nephew Tom,Hollywood Blvd, CA.

Mrs. Hazel Farrell with friendly alpacas on herdaughter’s Santa Barbara ranch.Hazel recently established an endowment atCWS in the late Dr. Bill Farrell’s name.