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: 1929-1989

SIZE: .25 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 on March 30, 1989 (Acc.#89-1646).

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

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This addition to the Edward and Elmer T. Lian Papers consists of manuscripts by Elmer T. Lian and Charles E. Stabo. Stabo's manuscript, The Saga of the Great Depression, concerns his family's struggle through the Depression. It tells the story of how one family faced and dealt with the economic and social changes brought on by the Depression, and is set in Cavalier County, North Dakota.

The Lian portion of the addition consists of five manuscripts. Two concern World War II: American Air Force Pilot, Prisoner-of-War and The True Stories of Selected North Dakota War Veterans: A True Story of One Man, One Crew, and One Plane, in one of the Great Air Battles Over “Fortress Europe.” The first is a photo manuscript about Stalag Luft I, Barth-Vogelsang, Germany and the American Air Force POWs held there. The second concerns a bombing mission for which Lian was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The last three manuscripts examine North Dakota history through photocopied photographs, and are entitled North Dakota 100 Years: Years of Hope, Years of Progress, Years of Pain.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 2
Folder

16. Charles E. Stabo. The Saga of the Great Depression
17. Elmer T. Lian. American Air Force Pilot, Prisoner-of-War
18. Elmer Lian. The True Stories of Selected North Dakota War Veterans: A True Story of One Man, One Crew, and One Plane, in One of the Great Air Battles Over “Fortress Europe”
19. Elmer T. Lian. North Dakota 100 Years: years of hope, years of progress, years of pain. Volume I
20. North Dakota 100 Years: years of hope, years of progress, years of pain. Volume II
21. North Dakota 100 Years: years of hope, years of progress, years of pain. Volume III.

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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