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Cass County Welfare Board Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 124
Abstract The Welfare Board was formed in 1933 to recommend general policies for administering relief in Cass County. The records have been organized into five series: Regulations, Meeting minutes, Correspondence, Financial Records, and Subject Files.
Dates: 1933-1935

Casselton, N.D., Community Surveys

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 264
Scope and Contents Questionnaires (1924) and survey team reports compiled on Casselton, N.D., a Cass County community, in connection with the Institute of Social and Religious Research's series entitled American village studies; together with follow-up studies (1929, 1936) by Donald G. Hay of North Dakota Agricultural College. Includes detailed statistical and descriptive information relating to the population, social groups, agricultural conditions, banking, health, library, civic and social life, churches, and...
Dates: 1924-1936

Elizabeth Leroy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 281-Mss 1596.6
Abstract Elizabeth Leroy, long-time Fargo, N.D. resident, kept personal diaries beginning in 1925 to her death, documenting her daily life and experiences. There are also financial diaries for many years. The other significant series in this collection is the large number of short stories and essays that were written by Leroy throughout her life.
Dates: 1885-2003

Grafton, N.D. Community Surveys

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 266
Abstract Questionnaire reports (1924) compiled on Grafton, N.D., community in Walsh County, in connection with the Institute of Social and Religious Research's series entitled American village studies; together with follow-up studies (1930, 1936) by Lynn Smith and J.A. McCrae, of University of North Dakota. Includes detailed statistical and descriptive information relating to the population, social groups, agriculture, banking, health, library, civic and social life, churches, and schools.
Dates: 1924-1936

Madalyn Kuhn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 214
Abstract The Madalyn Kuhn Papers contains her diaries while living in the Lisbon and Fargo-West Fargo, N.D. area. She kept a daily diary from 1932, when the author was 14, through 2000. From a researcher’s point of view, the diaries offer invaluable information on life in North Dakota, growing up in the 1930s, teen issues, social life, entertainment (especially movies), fashion, finances, diet and nutrition, dating, working conditions for single women, widowhood, single mother issues, and weather. The...
Dates: 1932-2000.

Oakes, N.D., Community Surveys

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Identifier: Mss 265
Abstract Questionnaire reports (1924) compiled on Oakes, N.D., community in Dickey County, in connection with the Institute of Social and Religious Research's series entitled American village studies; together with follow-up studies (1930, 1936) by Lynn Smith and J.A. McCrae, University of North Dakota. Includes detailed statistical and descriptive information relating to the population, social groups, agriculture, banking, health, library, civic and social life, churches, and schools.
Dates: 1924-1936.