ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #208 (addition)
DATES: 1973
SIZE: .75 linear feet
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.
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 1
Folder
| 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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