City of Grand Forks Records, 1878-1981

City of Grand Forks Records

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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

Official records of the City of Grand Forks

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

City of Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks

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 4: Fire Department, 1904-1973

Sub-Series 1: Daily Journal

Box 15

Ledger 1: May 6, 1904 - February 28, 1909
Ledger 2: March 1, 1909 - February 27, 1916
Ledger 3: March 1, 1916 - November 26, 1925
Ledger 4: November 29, 1925 - March 18, 1927
Ledger 5: March 1, 1931 - September 27, 1933
Ledger 6: October 15, 1933 - September 7, 1936
Ledger 7: September 8, 1936 - October 30, 1938
Ledger 8: October 30, 1938 - December 31, 1940
Ledger 9: January 1, 1941 - May 3, 1943

Box 16

Ledger 10: May 3, 1943 - February 28, 1945
Ledger 11: March 1, 1945 - November 18, 1946
Ledger 12: November 18, 1946 - November 15, 1948
Ledger 13: November 15, 1948 - August 12, 1950
Ledger 14: August 13, 1950 - July 18, 1951
Ledger 15: July 19, 1951 - July 19, 1952
Ledger 16: July 20, 1952 - February 15, 1954
Ledger 17: February 16, 1954 - December 31, 1954
Ledger 18: January 1, 1955 - July 30, 1956
Ledger 19: August 1, 1956 - January 4, 1958
Ledger 20: January 4, 1958 - July 21, 1960
Ledger 21: July 22, 1960 - May 31, 1964

Box 17

Ledger 22: June 1, 1964 - September 30, 1967
Ledger 23: September 30, 1967 - December 9, 1971

Sub-Series 2: Daily Journal, Southside Fire Hall

Box 17

Ledger 1: December 6, 1926 - October 17, 1929
Ledger 2: March 1, 1931 - October 22, 1939
Ledger 3: October 22, 1939 - February 28, 1945
Ledger 4: March 1, 1945 - July 1, 1946
Ledger 5: July 1, 1946 - October 15, 1947
Ledger 6: October 15, 1947 - July 27, 1949
Ledger 7: January 27, 1949 - August 31, 1949
Ledger 8: September 1, 1949 - May 20, 1950
Ledger 9: May 20, 1950 - March 9, 1951
Ledger 10: March 10, 1951 - December 22, 1951

Box 18

Ledger 11: December 22, 1951 - May 14, 1953
Ledger 12: May 15, 1953 - October 28, 1954
Ledger 13: October 29, 1954 - April 16, 1956
Ledger 14: April 6, 1956 - August 6, 1957
Ledger 15: August 6, 1957 - July 1, 1959
Ledger 16: July 1, 1959 - May 18, 1962
Ledger 17: May 18, 1962 - April 19, 1965
Ledger 18: April 19, 1965 - January 14, 1968
Ledger 19: January 14, 1968 - October 29, 1970
Ledger 20: October 30, 1970 - November 30, 1973

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