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!["The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture" Vol. 3](http://www.augie.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/PlainsPolTrad3Teaser.jpg?itok=QUhMR1Vu ""The Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture" Vol. 3")
CWS Hosts Plains Politics Symposium and Book Launch: Hear from the contributors to volume three of "The Plains Political Tradition" on Saturday, September 8.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Newspaper Editor Art Cullen to Speak in Sioux Falls: Join us Thursday, September 13, at 7 p.m. for Cullen's presentation, "A River Runs Toxic: A Warning from Iowa."
![Detail from "The Sweetheart Tree" (1982) by Eugene Christopherson.](http://www.augie.edu/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/ChristophersonLTHOPTeaser.jpg?itok=faFANWoe "Detail from "The Sweetheart Tree" (1982) by Eugene Christopherson.")
'On The Prairie' Features Works by Eugene Christopherson: Works inspired by the "Little House on the Prairie" television series are on display through October 12.
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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