Center for Western Studies

About the Center for Western Studies

"Improving the quality of social and cultural life in the Northern Plains ... achieving a better understanding of the region, its heritage, and its resources ... and stimulating interest in the solution to regional problems through the application of knowledge areas of concern to the Center for Western Studies." – CWS Constitution

Center for Western Studies

Greek dance troup in the Washington, D.C., area, ca. 1920s

Founded by author and Augustana College (now Augustana University) English Professor Herbert Krause, the Center serves as a repository for over 500 substantive archival collections and maintains a library in excess of 36,000 volumes on the American West.

In addition, the Center holds an extensive art and artifact collection and sponsors annual events such as the Boe Forum, the Dakota Conference, and the Artists of the Plains Art Show and Sale.

With more than 75 publications to its credit, the Center is a major academic publisher in South Dakota.

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Sioux Falls in Color: Artwork by Rodger Ellingson: Rodger Ellingson's whimsical cityscapes are on exhibit through January 10, 2020. A reception will be held October 23.

52nd Annual Dakota Conference: Proposals for the 2020 Dakota Conference on "The Roaring Twenties... Again?" are due February 14, 2020.

Proposals Sought for New Book on Big Sioux River Valley: Chapter proposals for this new volume to be edited by Jon K. Lauck are due November 1, 2019.

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