In 1989, Professor Emeritus Cyrus W. Cox, M.S., P.E. wrote ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AT THE SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY—LOOKING BACK FROM 1989, THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA which he then revised in November 1998.

It is a wonderful history of how Electrical Engineering came to be at the South Dakota School of Mines, by someone who personally knew those making history.
 

It's 25 pages long - so you may want to download it.

Electrical Engineer History at South Dakota School of Mines