City of Grand Forks Records, 1878-1981
Collection Overview
Title: City of Grand Forks Records, 1878-1981
ID: OGLMC778
Primary Creator: City of Grand Forks
Extent: 68.5 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 09/00/1982. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: City of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Grand Forks
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The City of Grand Forks Records has been divided into seven series:
Series 1: City Council Proceedings
Series 2: Record of Ordinances
Series 3: Police Department
Sub-Series 1: Police Magistrate
Sub-Series 2: Police Arrests
Sub-Series 3: Records of the Justice's Court
Sub-Series 4: Correspondence of Chief of Police
Sub-Series 5: Miscellaneous
Series 4: Fire Department
Sub-Series 1: Daily Journal
Sub-Series 2: Daily Journal, Southside Fire Hall
Series 5: Board of Health
Series 6: Scrapbooks
Series 7: Photographs
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additional City Council Proceedings donated by Alice Fontaine, City Clerk, on 20 August 2012 (2012-3182).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the Rules and Regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Grand Forks City Council (via Don Tingum, Auditor)
Acquisition Method: Donation (82-1029)
Related Materials:
C.P. O'Neill Papers, OGLMC 970:
https://apps.library.und.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=137
Michael Polovitz Papers, OGLMC 1481
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). City of Grand Forks Records. OGLMC 778, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.
Processing Information: Addition processed by Amber Bouret, Special Collections student assistant, in September 2012.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in Fall 2012. Extensive reprocessing of the collection was also undertaken at that time resulting in approximately 70 linear feet of non-historical records being discarded according to the records retention guidelines for the state of North Dakota.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: City Council Proceedings, 1882-1981],
[Series 2: Record of Ordinances, 1881-1965],
[Series 3: Police Department, 1878-1965],
[Series 4: Fire Department, 1904-1973],
[Series 5: Board of Health, 1894-1972],
[Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1956-1976],
[Series 7: Photographs, 1963, 1966, 1969],
[All]
- Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1956-1976
- These scrapbooks were kept by the Mayor's Office and consist of newspaper clippings, primarily from the Grand Forks Herald. The clippings document official notices of city business, as well as city news and currrent events.
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: City Council Proceedings, 1882-1981],
[Series 2: Record of Ordinances, 1881-1965],
[Series 3: Police Department, 1878-1965],
[Series 4: Fire Department, 1904-1973],
[Series 5: Board of Health, 1894-1972],
[Series 6: Scrapbooks, 1956-1976],
[Series 7: Photographs, 1963, 1966, 1969],
[All]