Family Papers, 1848-1892, bulk 1889-1892.

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Family Papers, 1848-1892, bulk 1889-1892.

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The papers consist largely of correspondence. Most of the letters are written to Free and concern either school affairs or Free's activities as a book agent for several school book publishers. Among the major correspondents are Charles N. Herreid, A.L. Riggs, J.A. Pickler, Daniel F. Bradley, Howard B. Grose, and various officials of the State Board of Regents. A folder in Mrs. Free's correspondence consists of letters written by Mrs. Free to her husband during various separations throughout their marriage. Items in the miscellaneous series include expense accounts, clippings, writings, financial investments, and school information. Part of the school information consists of questionnaires from several of the book publishers Free worked with that contain lists of teachers and pupil statistics for North and South Dakota schools. The education series contains assorted items on various colleges and related educational topics including the South Dakota Department of Public Instruction, teachers' bureaus, and teachers associations.

5 cubic ft.

South Dakota State Archives

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Grose, Howard B. (Howard Benjamin), 1851-1939

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American College and Education Society

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American Society for Educating Pious Youth for the Gospel Ministry established in 1815; in 1820 name changed to American Education Society; in 1874 it united with the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education (founded in 1843 as Society for the Promotion of College and Theological Education in the West) to form American College and Education Society; in 1894 this absorbed the New West Education Commission and changed its name to Congregational Education Society; Congregat...

Riggs, Alfred L. (Alfred Longley), 1837-1916

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Presbyterian missionary. From the description of Notes on Ponca and Dakota languages, 1872 January. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461034 From the guide to the Notes on Ponca and Dakota languages, 1872, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Free, Albert Tallman, 1856-1910.

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Educator. Free arrived in Dakota in the early 1880s. In 1889 he was appointed to the Dakota Territory Board of Education and was hired by Yankton College as Professor of Mineralogy and Geology. He later served on the South Dakota Board of Regents, the Board of Trustees of the University of South Dakota, as secretary of the American College and Education Society of the Congregational Church in Boston, and president of Yankton College. From the description of F...

Yankton College

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University of South Dakota

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South Dakota Board of Regents

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Herreid, Charles N. (Charles Nelson), 1857-1928

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Bradley, Dan F. (Dan Freeman), 1857-1939

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Dan Freeman Bradley was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1857 to Congregational medical missionaries Dan Beach Bradley and his second wife, Sarah Blachly Bradley. In 1877, the younger Bradley came to the United States and enrolled at Oberlin College, his mother's alma mater, graduating with the A.B. in 1882 and the B.D. from Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1885. From 1885 to 1902, he held pastorates at Steubenville, Ohio; Yankton, South Dakota (where he was also Acting President of Yankton College);...

South Dakota. Dept. of Public Instruction.

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Pickler, J. A. (John Alfred), 1844-1910

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J. A. Pickler (b. Jan. 24, 1844, Salem, IN-d. June 13, 1910, Faulkton, SD) enlisted in the 3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War. A lawyer and politician he served in the Iowa House of Representatives. Pickler moved to the Dakota Territory and played a key role in introducing the territory's first bill to give women the right to vote. After South Dakota became a state he was elected as a Republican to one of South Dakota's at-large seats in the United States House of Representa...