This collection was donated by the Roesch family, whose ancestors came to the United States from Russia in 1898 and settled near Roscoe, S.D. The collection includes many letters from family back in Russia, as well as German books, photographs...
Learn MoreThis collection contains postcards written to Beata Bauer of Fredonia, North Dakota.
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Bernice Lambert of Rapid City, South Dakota was interviewed in 2016.
Learn MoreEureka and McPherson County, South Dakota has long been home to a thriving Germans from Russia population. The Germans from Russia Cultural Center teamed up with the McPherson County Pioneer Museum to scan an archive a vast collection of photos...
Learn MoreGerman Mutual Farmers Insurance Company of Bon Homme County was originally founded in 1883 in Dakota Territory, in what is now Scotland, South Dakota. The company’s existence predates the birth of South Dakota by six years. The company is also...
Learn MoreWe've scanned and archived over 3,000 obituaries from communities in South Dakota with strong German from Russia ties. You can visit the archive site to view and search.
Learn MoreThis collection contains church records from Hutchinson County. Records include baptism registries, confirmation registries, wedding and funeral registries, and meeting minutes between the years 1879 and 1989. These records are in German and English, and were provided by the First...
Learn MoreThis collection contains photos, documents, and ephemera related to Jacob Schnaidt. In 1873, he and his family left the village of Kassel in Russia and immigrated to America. His family was one of the earliest German-Russian families to arrive in...
Learn MoreJoan Froh of Richfield, Minnesota tells of the rise and fall of the Eureka Rundschau newspaper, as well as the impact World War I and attitudes towards Germans had on the paper.
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This collection contains photographs taken by Julius Stangl from 1950 to 1967 in Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, and Walworth counties. Subjects include German-Russian families, anniversaries, weddings, events and celebrations, church and confirmation, and more.
Learn MoreJakob (Jacob) Petrovich Ochsner and his wife Klara (Clara nee Irmschler) and their grown children, Arnold, Frederick, Victor, Lucia, and Eugene, were forced to leave Ukraine in 1920 to escape arrest and persecution during the upheaval of the Communist Revolution...
Learn MorePrairies Magazine was a periodical published in Ashley, ND by The Ashley Tribune which focused on life in German-Russian communities throughout North and South Dakota. It has been digitized as a collaborative project between NSU and the Germans from Russia...
Learn MoreThis collection contains funeral records and registries from 1886 to 1951 that include information about the deceased such as name, address, date and place of funeral, casket and burial information, funeral charges, and more. These records were provided by the...
Learn MoreDel Beck of Rapid City, SD describes his grandather's journey from Yankton to McPherson County and the settlement of that area.
Learn MoreShirley Bloemendaal of Rapid City, South Dakota was interviewed in October of 2015.
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This collection was donated by the Roesch family, whose ancestors came to the United States from Russia in 1898 and settled near Roscoe, S.D. The collection includes many letters from family back in Russia, as well as German books, photographs...
Learn MoreThis collection contains postcards written to Beata Bauer of Fredonia, North Dakota.
Learn More
Bernice Lambert of Rapid City, South Dakota was interviewed in 2016.
Learn MoreEureka and McPherson County, South Dakota has long been home to a thriving Germans from Russia population. The Germans from Russia Cultural Center teamed up with the McPherson County Pioneer Museum to scan an archive a vast collection of photos...
Learn MoreGerman Mutual Farmers Insurance Company of Bon Homme County was originally founded in 1883 in Dakota Territory, in what is now Scotland, South Dakota. The company’s existence predates the birth of South Dakota by six years. The company is also...
Learn MoreWe've scanned and archived over 3,000 obituaries from communities in South Dakota with strong German from Russia ties. You can visit the archive site to view and search.
Learn MoreThis collection contains church records from Hutchinson County. Records include baptism registries, confirmation registries, wedding and funeral registries, and meeting minutes between the years 1879 and 1989. These records are in German and English, and were provided by the First...
Learn MoreThis collection contains photos, documents, and ephemera related to Jacob Schnaidt. In 1873, he and his family left the village of Kassel in Russia and immigrated to America. His family was one of the earliest German-Russian families to arrive in...
Learn MoreJoan Froh of Richfield, Minnesota tells of the rise and fall of the Eureka Rundschau newspaper, as well as the impact World War I and attitudes towards Germans had on the paper.
Learn More
This collection contains photographs taken by Julius Stangl from 1950 to 1967 in Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, and Walworth counties. Subjects include German-Russian families, anniversaries, weddings, events and celebrations, church and confirmation, and more.
Learn MoreJakob (Jacob) Petrovich Ochsner and his wife Klara (Clara nee Irmschler) and their grown children, Arnold, Frederick, Victor, Lucia, and Eugene, were forced to leave Ukraine in 1920 to escape arrest and persecution during the upheaval of the Communist Revolution...
Learn MorePrairies Magazine was a periodical published in Ashley, ND by The Ashley Tribune which focused on life in German-Russian communities throughout North and South Dakota. It has been digitized as a collaborative project between NSU and the Germans from Russia...
Learn MoreThis collection contains funeral records and registries from 1886 to 1951 that include information about the deceased such as name, address, date and place of funeral, casket and burial information, funeral charges, and more. These records were provided by the...
Learn MoreDel Beck of Rapid City, SD describes his grandather's journey from Yankton to McPherson County and the settlement of that area.
Learn More
Shirley Bloemendaal of Rapid City, South Dakota was interviewed in October of 2015.
Learn More
The South Dakota Germans from Russia Cultural Center is managed and maintained by the Beulah Williams Library.
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Northern State University Campus
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Library Director
605-626-7770
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Library Archivist
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