Carnegie Resource Center

119 West Third Avenue
PO Box 263
Mitchell, SD 57301
(605) 996-3209

Hours: 1pm-5pm Mon-Sat
After hours by appointment

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Crazy Days at the Carnegie Resource Center

The Carnegie Resource Center will hold a book sale of many local, South Dakota history and regional history books on Saturday, July 30 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m at the Carnegie, 119 W 3rd, Mitchell, SD

Mitchell Genealogical Meeting, July 26, 2011

The Mitchell Area Genealogical Society will meet at the Carnegie Resource Center at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26.  Becky Handaran, Sexton of the Mitchell Cemetery, will present a program on “Researching Cemetery Records.”  The public is welcome to attend.

Book Sale Fundraiser

May 21 – 9 am to 2 pm

Books for the sale  may be donated before the book sale at the Carnegie Resource Center. Monday through Saturday 1 – 5 pm All proceeds from the book sale help to maintain the Carnegie building.

MAGS April Meeting

April 26 at 7 pm at the Carnegie Resource Center. Anna Marie Bosma will give a presentation on the “Anabaptist tour to Germany, France and Switzerland” she took last August.

MAHS April Program

April 18 at 7pm at the Carnegie Resource Center. Jim Wilson, engineer involved withe designation of the Carnegie Library on the National Register of Historic Places.

February Genealogy Meeting

Mitchell Area Genealogical Society will meet Tuesday, February 22 at 6pm at the Carnegie Resource Center.  Anna Marie Bosma will a program on the Anabaptist Genealogical Tour of Germany, France and Switzerland she took in August of 2010.  The presentation will be a slide show with personal narrative. The monthly meeting will follow the presentation. The public is welcome.

February Program Set

The Mitchell Area Historical monthly program meeting will be Monday, February 21 at 7 p.m. at the Carnegie Resource Center.  Mike Kuchera, Mitchell hunting guide and environmentalist, will speak on “Hunting Wild Pheasants in South Dakota.”  The public is welcome to attend and admission is free.

January Genealogy Meeting Set

The Mitchell Area Genealogical Society will hold their monthly meeting on January 25 at 6pm at the Carnegie Resource Center. Virginia Hanson from the State Archives will present a program “Unique Sources at the Archives.” Guests are welcome. Please note the time change to 6pm.

MAHS Annual Meeting

On Monday, January 17, 2011,at 6 pm the Mitchell Area Historical Society annual meeting will be held at Wesley Acres, 1115 West Havens.  Rod Evans, author of his recently published book Palaces on the Prairie will present a video featuring the many grain palaces, including Mitchell’s three Corn Palaces.

A reservation form is available at the Carnegie Resource Center or request one by email rangep@mitchellcarnegie.org or call 605.996.3209

Memberships -new and renewal – are due in January and can be paid when you attend the annual meeting or you may include membership form and payment with your dinner reservation form and check.

Delicious menu choices are offered by Heath Dummer, manager of Whiskey Creek.  As former manager of Ruby Tuesday, Mr. Dummer has catered the MAHS annual meeting for several years and is againdoing it for a very reasonable price.

Liz Soliday, violist with the South Dakota Syphony Orchestra and conductor of the Huron Symphony strings, will present appealing music selections played by a strings ensemble which includes Beth Neizert, concertmaster of the Huron Orchestra.  Many Mitchell area residents participate in the Huron Symphony Strings.