Camp Depression Documents, 1933-1943

Camp Depression Documents

Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Box 1

Camp Depression Video

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Collection Overview

Title: Camp Depression Documents, 1933-1943

ID: UA007

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Subjects: University of North Dakota, University of North Dakota - Buildings

Languages: English

Abstract

Camp Depression was a concept for student housing at the University of North Dakota during the Great Depression.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Camp Depression Documents provide details about the operation of the camp from 1933 to 1944. These documents include work duties, camp rules/regulations, brochures, an advertisement from the Alumni Review, and correspondence from Camp Depression students in response to this ad.

Collection Historical Note

Camp Depression opened October 21, 1933, at the University of North Dakota. It was designed to create low-cost housing for needy, but determined male students who wanted to obtain an education during the Great Depression. The camp consisted of six cabooses that were joined together and remodeled. Four cars were used for sleeping, a fifth was a combination kitchen/washroom, and a sixth was used as a study hall. Camp Depression residents paid their room and board by working four hours per week on campus. The residents shared cooking expenses, rotated mess duties in the kitchen and elsewhere, and enforced "quiet hours" for studying. Approximately 200 men lived in Camp Depression over its ten year existence. It closed after the 1942-1943 school year.

Subject/Index Terms

University of North Dakota
University of North Dakota - Buildings

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Method: The original acquisition information is unknown. The addition of folders 9 -12 and the videotape were deposited by Elmer Lian from Grand Forks, ND on July 26, 1994.

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Camp Depression Documents. UA 7, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Processing Information: Processed by Tyler Todd, Special Collections student, in August 2014.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Videotape V486: Camp Depression Video],
[All]

Box 1

Folder 1: Camp Depression History, 1933

Folder 2: Camp Depression Residents, 1934-1935 and 1942-1943

Folder 3: Camp Depression Constitution

Folder 4: Camp Depression Work Assignments

Folder 5: Camp Depression Correspondence, 1933-1935

Folder 6: Camp Depression Student Averages

Folder 7: Camp Depression Rules and Regulations, 1934

Folder 8: Camp Depression Newspaper Articles

Folder 9: Selected Memories selections on Camp Depression

Folder 10: Camp Depression

Folder 11: Alumni Review

Folder 12: Correspondence from Camp Depression Students in Response to Alumni Review Ad

Folder 13: Leslie Johnson, 1993-1998

Includes a typescript of Johnson's reminiscences of Camp Depression and UND, along with biographical materials about Johnson.

Also includes a photograph from Alumni Days (May 1998) of individuals who lived at Camp Depression.

Videotape V486: Camp Depression Video

V486 is located with the other videos in the vault.

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