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THE FOLLOWING SOURCES ARE INTENDED TO GIVE READERS AN OVERVIEW OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, GRAND FORKS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA. ALL ARE AVAILABLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
Ever Westward to the Far East: The Story of Chester
Fritz
CHESTER FRITZ AND DAN RYLANCE
Grand Forks: University of North Dakota, 1982.
Call Number: HG1552. F74 A34 1982
Fritz's
autobiography recounts his association with the University and the story of his
life centering around his financial entrepreneurship.
University of the Northern Plains
LOUIS G. GEIGER
Grand Forks: University
of North Dakota Press, 1958.
Call Number: LD3983 .G4
The recognized reference work and history of
the University of North Dakota.
North Dakota: A Pictorial History
DAVID P. GRAY AND GERALD G. NEWBORG
Norfolk,
VA: Donning Company, 1988
Call Number: F637 .G72 1988
A lavish pictorial history of the State of North
Dakota. Over one hundred photos, mostly historical, depict the passage of time.
A Long Way to See: Images and Voices of North
Dakota
WAYNE GUDMUNDSON AND MICHAEL MOOS
Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1987.
Call Number: F637 .G82 1987
A
photographic essay of North Dakota which depicts primarily the rural areas with
stark and beautiful black and white photos. The photographs are accompanied
by poems, which serve to describe and elaborate the visual images.
Getting To Know Dakota: An Insiders Guide to North
Dakota
NANCY HANSON; SHELDON GREEN; AND RUSS
HANSON
Fargo: Dakota Graphic Society, 1988.
Call Number: F634.3 .H36 1988
The
fifth book in the North Dakota Centennial Series, it offers six driving tours of
the state. Other books in the series include: The Missouri River and Lake
Sakakawea, The Red River Valley, The Heart of the Prairie, and The Badlands,
all richly illustrated.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
HERMANN HAGEDORN
Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1921
Call Number: E757 .H14
A flattering history by a contemporary that records
Roosevelt's life and times in western North Dakota.
The Quartzite Border: surveying and Marking the
North Dakota-South Dakota Boundary, 1891-1892
GORDON
L. ISEMINGER
Sioux Falls, SD: Center for Western
Studies, 1988.
Call Number: TA545 .I83 1988
The unique border of
quartzite markers quarried near Sioux
Falls from Sioux Quartzite form and integral chapter in the history of North
Dakota.
Wildflowers of North Dakota
PAUL B. KANNOWSKI
Grand Forks: University
of North Dakota Press, 1989.
Call Number: QK179 .K36 1989
A fine
botanical treatment of the many wild
flowers of the state. Both genus and species epithet are given. The color
photos are superb and the geographical maps are most helpful.
The North Dakota Wildlife Viewing Guide
JOSEPH KNUE
Bismarck: North Dakota Game and Fish Department,
1982.
Call Number: QL197 .K58 1992
Complete with color photographs
and destination maps, viewing sites
range from national wildlife refuges and national and state parks to small
out-of-the-way spots.
Land in Her Own Name: Women as Homesteaders in
North Dakota
ELAINE H. LINDGREN
Fargo:
Institute for Regional Studies, 1991.
Call Number: F636 .L56
1991
Over 300 case study files of federal
land records, personal interviews, and correspondence with relatives and friends
form the basis of this study which looks at the contributions of women
homesteaders to the agricultural development and growth of North Dakota
Dakota: A Spiritual Geography
KATHLEEN NORRIS
New York: Ticknor and Fields,
1993.
Call Number: F656.2 .N66 1993
The
effect of the prairie on people's attitudes, beliefs, and myths in small-town
North and South Dakota is revealed and analyzed.
The Clifford Years: The University of North Dakota,
1971-1992
DANIEL R. RICE
Grand Forks:
University of North Dakota Press, 1992.
Call Number: LD3982.7 .R5
1992
The biography recounts Cliffords's
twenty-one year tenure as President of UND and the individuals, events, and
decisions which shaped the University during that period.
History of North Dakota
ELWYN B. ROBINSON
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,
1966.
Call Number: F636 .R6
This
is the definitive history and reference work about North Dakota.
North Dakota Indians: An Introduction
MARY JANE SCHNEIDER
Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.,
1986.
Call Number: E78.N75 S36 1986
Intended as a textbook, it
imparts an understanding of the cultures of
North Dakota Native Americans, both past and present.
Plains Folk: North Dakota's Ethnic History
WILLIAM C. SHERMAN AND PLAYFORD V. THORSON, EDITORS
Fargo: North
Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1988.
Call Number: F645.A1
P58 1988
Six major contributors discuss
the various ethnic groups who settled the state, It does not include the Native
American.
Main Street in Crisis
CATHERINE M. STOCK
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina
Press, 1992.
Call Number: HN79.S83 S76 1992
The effect of the Great
Depression on North and South Dakota's
old middle class, independent shopkeepers, artisans, professionals, and
farmers, is examined in terms of social and cultural change.
Dakota: The Literary Heritage of the Northern
Prairie State
KATHIE R. ANDERSON
Grand
Forks: University of North Dakota Press, 1990.
Call Number: PS283.N9
A52 1990
A commentary that examines
the state's literary past and present.
Day In, Day Out: Women's Lives in North Dakota
EDITED BY BJORN BENSON, ELIZABETH HAMPSTEN, AND KATHRYN SWENEY
Grand
Forks: University of North Dakota Press, 1988.
Call Number: F635 .D39
1988
A compilation of nearly sixty
essays that describe the role of women in the shaping of North Dakota.
The Face of North Dakota: The Geologic Story
JOHN BLUEMELE
Grand Forks: North Dakota
Geological Survey, 1977.
Call Number: QE47.N93 N6 no.11
A popular
treatment of the geology of the state by
a prolific writer of North Dakota geology.
That Damned Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and the
American West, 1883-1898
MICHAEL L. COLLINS
New
York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1989.
Call Number: E757 .C655
1989
A history which documents how
Roosevelt's experience in western North Dakota enabled him to become a
champion of western values, ideals, and culture.
Grand Forks: A Pictorial History
JEROME D. TWETON
Norfolk, VA: Donning Co., 1986.
Call
Number: F644.G8 T84 1986
More than
three hundred photographs, supplemented with text, visualize the history of
Grand Forks.
The Romance of My Life: Theodore Roosevelt's
Speeches in Dakota
JAMES VIVIAN
Fargo:
Prairie House, 1989.
Call Number: E660 .R75 1989
Speeches given
during Roosevelt's visits to North
Dakota during and after his presidency are examined, as well as the
circumstances surrounding those visits.
North Dakota Place Names: How North Dakota's Cities
and Counties, From Ghost Towns to Boom Towns, Got Their Names
DOUGLAS A. WICK
Bismarck: Hedemarken Collectibles,
1988.
Call Number: F634 .W52 1988
Few
North Dakota names, if any, are omitted from this delightful book.
A Century on the Northern Plains
ROBERT P. WILKINS, EDITOR
Grand Forks: University of North Dakota
Press, 1983.
Call Number: LD3983 .C46 1983
Six essays selectively
detail the history of the University of
North Dakota accompanied by illustrative photographs.
The Wedding Dress: Stories from the Dakota Plains
CARRIE YOUNG
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press,
1992.
Call Number: PS3575.O69 W44 1992
In
keeping with a storytelling tradition, seven tales convey the life experiences
of Norwegian immigrants who homesteaded North Dakota in the first half of the
twentieth century.
Compiled by:
Sandy Slater
Department Head
Elwyn
B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Chester Fritz Library
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