ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION,
NORTH DAKOTA WRITERS’ PROJECT: ETHNIC GROUP FILES

COLLECTION: OGL #1380

DATES: 1935-1942

SIZE: 3 rolls microfilm

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The microfilmed Ethnic Group Files, WPA ND Writers’ Project were purchased from the North Dakota State Historical Society, holder of the originals, in February 1999 (Acc #99-2268).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED COLLECTIONS: Works Progress Administration, Historical Data Project Pioneer Biography Files, (OGL#1119)

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The North Dakota Writers’ Project began in 1935 for the purpose of gathering information on a variety of topics of interest to the state; the Ethnic Group Files are one of sixteen series of records produced. The Project was set up and sponsored by the Division of Women’s and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. In 1942 the Writers’ Project completed their survey work and disbanded.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Ethnic Group Files organizes information alphabetically according to ethnic group. The files contain biographical sketches and immigrants’ reminiscences, histories of ethnic settlements, bibliographies, and newspaper clippings. Survey instructions and correspondence concerning the collection of data are also included.

* The information for the Historical Sketch and Scope and Content Note was provided by the Inventories to the Records of the WPA, an unpublished compilation of inventories to collections housed in the State Historical Society of North Dakota. David Gray compiled the inventories in 1982.

Related Collections: Works Progress Administration Historical Data Projet Pioneer Biography Files, (OGL #1119)

WPA North Dakota Writers’ Project Ethnic Group Files

Microfilm Contents-Roll One

Microfilm Contents- Roll Two

Microfilm Contents- Roll Three

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