Berry, Ellis Yarnal, 1902-1999

Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, research files, government publications, photographs, and ephemera from Berry's 20 years as Congressman from South Dakota's 2nd District, 1951-1971. Materials cover a vast array of topics pertinent to life in South Dakota and the United States during the mid-twentieth century. Some of those topics are: Agriculture, Military, Atomic Energy, Uranium, Minute Man Missiles, Natural Resources, the Missouri River, Oahe Dam, Jewel Cave...