Adams Museum (Deadwood, S.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Camille Yuill and Jessie Sundstrom family papers
Collection
Identifier: 5004
Abstract
The Yuill/Sundstrom Collection is a mixture of professional and personal records created by Camille Yuill and her daughter, Jessie Yuill Sundstrom. Both women were local historians and were involved in the newspaper industry; Camille as the editor of the Deadwood Pioneer-Times in Deadwood, South Dakota and Jessie as the publisher, author, and partial owner of the Custer County Chronicle in Custer, South Dakota. Camille...
Dates:
1870s-2000s
Days of '76 Celebration records
Collection
Identifier: 5006
Abstract
This collection contains administrative and organizational records pertaining to the annual Days of '76 celebration in Deadwood, South Dakota. Beginning in 1924, the celebration honors the unique history of the Deadwood mining camp from its establishment in 1876. Over the years, the celebration has grown to include pageants, parades, queen contests, community involvement, and a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association-recognized rodeo. The collection features correspondence, financial records,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1924-2012; 1904-2012
Kevin M. Britz Papers
Collection
Identifier: 5021
Abstract
The Kevin M. Britz Papers includes the lecture notes, essays, Masters thesis, and Ph.D. Disertation created by Professor Britz and the copious amounts of copied records he obtained while doing his research for a book focused on Western towns and tourism. Britz's writing revolved around three separate Western communities, Deadwood, South Dakota, Tombstone, Arizona, and Dodge City, Kansas, with a large portion of the materials focused on Deadwood's Days of '76 Celebration. While the bulk of...
Dates:
1995-2006