水煤浆档案 & 研究

The CWS archives and manuscript collections comprise 4,500 linear feet of institutional records and personal papers.

In 2015, the 西方研究中心 embarked on a new partnership with Augustana University’s 米凯尔森图书馆 to create Northern Plains Peoples and Places (np3), a continually growing online database of digital resources related to the Northern Plains and its inhabitants. The database includes primary source material from the CWS archives, university publications and scholarly research and creative endeavors by university students and faculty.

The database represents a small fraction of what is available in the CWS archives, and most projects would benefit from an additional visit to the Fantle Building.

The project is supported 在某种程度上 by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Expansion of the content on np3 is intended as funding and staffing conditions allow. If you would like to help fund this important endeavor, contact Executive Director Dr. 哈利F. 汤普森. For additional information about the digitization efforts at CWS, call 605.274.4007或电子邮件 cws@奥吉.edu.

The Krause图书馆 at the CWS houses more than 37,000 books and bound periodicals from the personal collections of Dr. Herbert Krause, Richard Cropp, Frederick Manfred, C. J. McDonald, Alan Woolworth and Miles Browne among other donors. These books and periodicals focus on the American West, 美国文学, 以及美洲印第安人民族学.

Records for the cCenter's research library and a portion of its manuscript collections 是 included in the online catalog of 米凯尔森图书馆. 研究ers can access the catalog through the 使用数据库.

As part of our educational programming, the center also preserves art and artifact collections reflecting the history and diverse cultures of the Northern Plains. The region is rich in both Scandinavian and Plains Indian cultures, and the center's collections and exhibits strongly reflect these connections. Highlights from these collections 是 regularly exhibited on the main floor of the Fantle Building.

The 西方研究中心 annually invites applications for a $4,000 research award made possible, 在某种程度上, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

奖金为3美元,250 for an Augustana faculty researcher and, 作为一种选择, 学生助理750美元. The proposed research must be based, 在某种程度上, on the use of primary-source documents in the archives of the CWS and address a topic related to the northern or upper Great Plains (defined as including, 但不限于, 南、北达科他州, 明尼苏达州, 爱荷华州, 内布拉斯加州和怀俄明州).

The 西方研究中心 sponsors four academic year internships and 1-3 summer internships annually. 

Working in a professional setting at the CWS, interns develop sensitivity to the history and cultural diversity of the plains region and learn about the practical aspects of managing a research 年龄ncy. The principal 是a of internship activity is the research collections, but students may also participate in book editing and publishing, conference and special event administration, 筹款和营销.

所有循环实习, including the Mildred White 实习, Julius and Dorothy Jacobsen 实习, and Anson and Ada May Ye年龄r 实习, 是 带薪职位 对奥古斯塔学生开放. The Jacobsen 实习 is restricted to graduates of West Central, Tri-Valley or Montrose High Schools. The center also offers paid internships to graduate students, contingent upon funding availability. The hiring process for all CWS internships takes place during the spring semester of the preceding year.