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

EDWARD AND ELMER T. LIAN PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #208 (addition)

DATES: 1973

SIZE: .75 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Edward and Elmer T. Lian Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Elmer T. Lian in February 1983 (Acc.#83-1057).

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

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition consists of a four volume manuscript written by Elmer Lian, entitled Mentally Retarded: Outcasts of Society. The manuscripts date from 1973 and deal with many issues surrounding the mentally retarded, including: general problems they face, issues surrounding vocational and academic training, what society must do to improve their quality of life, and what the future may hold. Questionnaires and surveys used in preparation of the manuscript are included in its contents. The mentally retarded, their friends, families and neighbors were interviewed and/or answered surveys, as did doctors, nurses and other caregivers.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. Elmer T. Lian. Mentally Retarded: Outcasts of Society Volume I (1973)
  2. Mentally Retarded: Outcasts of Society Volume II
  3. Mentally Retarded: Outcasts of Society Volume III
  4. Mentally Retarded: Outcasts of Society Volume IV

 Original Donation  First Addition: 1885-1975
 Second Addition: 1973  Third Addition: 1867-1945
 Fourth Addition: 1929-1989  Fifth Addition: 1944-1945
 Sixth Addition: 1944-45, 1995  

Kriegieland: Conversations with ex-POWs
Videotaped interviews with ex-POWS from World War II and the Korean War, hosted by Elmer Lian

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