Sociological survey of Colfax Township, Richland County, North Dakota
Collection
Identifier: SC 879
Scope and Contents
Consists of a sociological survey of this Richland County rural community; survey was done by Donald G. Hay as a senior student project. It includes historical data and information on social institutions and activities.
Dates
- 1927.
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the Institute.
Biography
Donald G. Hay (Oct. 8, 1901-Aug. 1987) graduated from the North Dakota Agricultural College (Now known as North Dakota State University) in 1926 with a degree in rural sociology, and he is assumed to have obtained his doctorate at the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago. Dr. Hay was a Rural Sociologist at the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at Fargo from 1927 until his departure in late 1939 - early 1940. Dr. Hay was also associated with the Little Country Theater prior to 1935. During his tenure at the Fargo Experiment Station, he studied the activities and interests of rural youth. He spent some time researching the effects of the Great Depression and the concurrent drought on the area’s youth. In his studies he noted how the Depression and drought had cut off the normal avenues for educational advancement and opportunities for work for the youth at the time. Before the completion of this survey Dr. Hay resigned his position at the Fargo Agricultural Experiment Station to become Leader of Area 1, Division of Farm Population and Rural Welfare, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture and, along with his wife Lillian, he moved to Lincoln, Nebraska. He died in 1987 at New Haven, Connecticut.
Extent
1 Items (1 item.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Consists of a sociological survey of this Richland County rural community; survey was done by Donald G. Hay as a senior student project. It includes historical data and information on social institutions and activities.
Provenance
Donated by Donald Hay, July 1927 (Acc. 879).
Property rights
The Institute for Regional Studies owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Sociological Survey of Colfax Township, Richland County, North Dakota
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
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3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
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West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu