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NA 1 The George & Evelyn Norby Collection: Artifacts & Ephemera

Composed mainly of Brookings, S.D. area newspapers, photographs. Also databases related to the city of Brookings with a small amount of information covering Brookings County and South Dakota.

NA 1.6 Norby Collection : Artifacts and Ephemera

Collection Number   NA 1.6
Date(s)   1910-1998
Physical Description       4.37 Linear Feet ; 3 Boxes
Processing Information   Arranged and Described by: Ashley Van Maanen, June 7, 2007
Key Words  

Subjects

  • Brookings (S.D.)
  • Brookings (S.D.)—Business.
  • Brookings County (S.D.)
Contents Note  

Composed of Brookings city and county related business cards, business envelopes, signs, ribbons, and other related items, most of which relate to Brookings City or County.

Folders contain items such as bumper stickers, business cards, calendars, envelopes, framed images, matchbooks, postcards, ribbons and badges, and signs.

Access Note   This collection is housed at an off-site facility. Requests to view this material must be made at least 24 hours in advance.

Box 1 : NA 1.6 Norby Collection : Artifacts and Ephemera

  1. Appointment Book with Excerpts from The Brookings Register 1998
  2. Box of Miscellaneous Notes [n.d.]
  3. Bumper Stickers 1979-1986, [n.d.]
  4. Business Cards 1930, 1994, 1998, [n.d.]
  5. Envelopes A-B 1912, 1987-1991, [n.d.]
  6. Envelopes C-E 1947, 1987-1991, [n.d.]
  7. Envelopes F-I 1947, 1951, 1987-1993, [n.d.]
  8. Envelopes H-Z and Miscellaneous 1947, 1971, 1987-1993, [n.d.]
  9. Matchbooks [n.d.]
  10. Postcards 1911-1932, 1987-1988, [n.d.]
  11. Ribbons and Badges 1910-1915, 1923, [n.d.]
  12. Steno Books [n.d.]
  13. Tokens 1989, [n.d.]

Box 2 : NA 1.6 Norby Collection : Artifacts and Ephemera

  1. Calendar—Published by Reynolds Printing (copy 1) 1989
  2. Calendar—Published by Reynolds Printing (copy 2) 1989
  3. Calendar—Published by Reynolds Printing (copy 3) 1989
  4. Calendar—Published by Reynolds Printing 1990
  5. Sign—"D-12-SD—A. E. Bunday, Agent" [n.d.]
  6. Sign—Binford [n.d.]
  7. Sign—Cole's Shoe Store Advertisement [n.d.]
  8. Sign—Public Sale, G. A. Reeve, Prop. (copy 1) 1918
  9. Sign—Public Sale, G. A. Reeve, Prop. (copy 2) 1918

Box 3 : NA 1.6 Norby Collection : Artifacts and Ephemera

  1. Framed Ink Drawing—Area Towns [n.d.]
  2. Framed Ink Drawing—Brookings and SDSU [n.d.]
  3. Framed Ink Drawing—Farm and County [n.d.]
  4. Framed Photograph—Sylvan Theatre (SDSU) [n.d.]
  5. Framed Poem—"Out Where the West Begins" 1923
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