Featured in this lot are Vintage South Dakota Historical Collections Volumes 6, 15 and 17, circa 1912, 1930 and 1934. Published biennially between 1902 and 1982. This series serves as a vital archival record of the state's social, political, and economic history, compiled originally by the Department of History and later the South Dakota State Historical Society. The series was shaped by influential historians, including Doane Robinson, Will G. Robinson, and Dayton Canaday. The volumes include primary sources, rare accounts, eyewitness narratives, and scholarly studies covering topics such as frontier life, the Black Hills gold rush and Native American history including the Sioux Wars and Sitting Bull particularly. Specific topics covered in these volumes include the Battle of Slim Buttes, the Dakota Militia, Sioux culture, Horse, Sitting Bull and the Sioux Wars featuring the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The green cloth bound gold gilt titling hardcovers are in good overall condition, fading and scuffing noted to covers. Intact pages exhibit age tanning and foxing. Each measures 6.25"W x 9.25"L, collective weight is 7lb, 14oz.