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1997 Red River Valley Flood Collection
1997 Red River Valley Flood Collection, 1997-
Collection Overview
Title: 1997 Red River Valley Flood Collection, 1997-
ID: OGLMC1351
Extent: 39.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1997
Subjects: Grand Forks - Floods, Grand Forks County, North Dakota - Floods, Red River Valley Flood of 1997, University of North Dakota - 1997 Red River Valley Flood
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The 1997 Red River Valley Flood Collection has been divided into ten series as follows:
Series 1: Personal Accounts
Series 2: Media Coverage
Series 3: Publications
Series 4: Governmental Organizations
Series 5: Photographs
Series 6: Audio-Visuals
Series 7: University of North Dakota
Series 8: Grand Forks Greenway
Series 9: Artifacts
Series 10: Miscellaneous
Collection Historical Note
Subject/Index Terms
Grand Forks - Floods
Grand Forks County, North Dakota - Floods
Red River Valley Flood of 1997
University of North Dakota - 1997 Red River Valley Flood
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 collection has received numerous donations from a variety of individual donors.
Related Publications: Please search the library catalog for a complete list
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). 1997 Red River Valley Flood Collection. OGLMC 1351, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in February 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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[Series 1: Personal Accounts],
[Series 2: Media Coverage],
[Series 3: Publications],
[Series 4: Governmental Organizations],
[Series 5: Photographs],
[Series 6: Audio-Visuals],
[Series 7: University of North Dakota],
[Series 8: Greater Grand Forks Greenway],
[Series 9: Artifacts],
[Series 10: Miscellaneous],
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- Series 1: Personal Accounts
- The first series consists of a number of personal accounts and remembrances of the flood. These take various forms, including correspondence, essays and poetry. The accounts were written by persons both young and old.
- Box 4
- Folder 2: Letter from Jim Carrigan to Sandy Slater, Pre-flood/Flood Descriptions, October 16, 1998
- Folder 3: Stories/Letters from Flood Survivors (Last Names A-B) from Julie Copeland, Grand Forks Herald, 1998
- Folder 4: Stories/Letters from Flood Survivors (Last Names C-F) from Julie Copeland, Grand Forks Herald, 1998
- Folder 5: Stories/Letters from Flood Survivors (Last Names G-K) from Julie Copeland, Grand Forks Herald, 1998
- Folder 6: Stories/Letters from Flood Survivors (Last Names L-O) from Julie Copeland, Grand Forks Herald, 1998
- Folder 7: Stories/Letters from Flood Survivors (Last Names P-Sm) from Julie Copeland, Grand Forks Herald, 1998
- Folder 8: Stories/Letters from Flood Survivors (Last Names Sp-Z) from Julie Copeland, Grand Forks Herald, 1998
- Folder 9: Glinda Crawford; "Moving to Higher Ground": July 31, 1997
- Folder 15: "54 Feet--Time to Go: The Flood of '97" by Parkview Terrace Residents, 1997
- Folder 19: Letter to family members by Jean and John Oberpriller
- Folder 21: Letter from Kerry Magnuson, Reynolds, North Dakota, to Grace Sondreal, Grand Forks, April 30, 1997
- Folder 25: "Thureen Reflections," Christmas Letter from the Faythe Thureen Family, 1997
- Folder 27: "Legends of the Flood/Fire: Told by the Employees of First National Bank North Dakota"
- Folder 28: "A Flood of Memories: Lincoln Elementary School," Grand Forks
- Folder 29: "Reflections on the Red," Valley Middle School, Grand Forks
- Folder 30: "Reflections on the Red," Valley Middle School, Grand Forks
- Box 7
- Folder 70: Alan Draves; Correspondence with Sandy Slater; 1997-1999
- Folder 71: "My Adventures with the Red River" by John Nordlie; April 7-27, 1997 (Update on December 18, 1997)
- Folder 72: Alan Draves; Cover Letter to Sandy Slater (June 30, 1997); Copy of Letter by Alfred Hagen (May 1997)
- Folder 78: Grand Forks Public Schools Student Flood Pages, May 1997
- Box 24
- Folder 21: Personalized poems, letters and stories:
- Item 1: "Thank you for all your help during the flood. I'm thanking FEMA. From: Katie" - hand-made paper card
- Item 2: "Moving to Higher Ground: Seeking Wisdom from Earth, River and Critters in the Wake of the 1997 Flood" - Home-made book by Glinda Crawford, July 31, 1997.
- Item 3: North Dakota Journal . . . Still Continued" by Frances, December 23, 1997
- Item 4: "Flood '97 . . . Dear Cory" - Journal from April 17 - 26, 1997. "
- Item 5: "The Real Heroes of the 1997 Flood" - Story by Janet Elaine Smith.
- Item 6: "A Flood of Memories" - poems from the Leopards' Letter, Lincoln Elementary School, April 1998.
- Item 7: "Abstract Expressionism Flood '97" - flyer for art exhibit by Linda Shaw-Elgin, Grand Forks Central art instructor.
- Item 8: "Red River Limerology 1997: The Town That Was Too Tough To Drown" - Jim Daglish.
- Item 9: "Snow Bridge" - Richard S. Tosh, February 14, 1998.
- Item 10: "April Nineteenth" - poem
- Item 11: "Together" - Lilia Wood
- Item 12: "The Disaster" - by Ashley Neil, age 14, daughter of Jody and Jeff Neil (Mayor of Shelly, Minnesota).
- Item 13: "A Tribute to the Alderson '97 Mucker Brigade" - August 12, 1997.
- Item 14: "Saved in the Last Second" - hand-written story, March 21, 1997.
- Item 15: "Northwestern Minnesota Disaster Response Network Child & Adolescent Team" - letters written by children for other children devastated by the flood
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[Series 1: Personal Accounts],
[Series 2: Media Coverage],
[Series 3: Publications],
[Series 4: Governmental Organizations],
[Series 5: Photographs],
[Series 6: Audio-Visuals],
[Series 7: University of North Dakota],
[Series 8: Greater Grand Forks Greenway],
[Series 9: Artifacts],
[Series 10: Miscellaneous],
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