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State Agency Records - North Dakota Historical Records Survey, Photographs - #30580

Title: State Historical Society. North Dakota Historical Records Survey. Photographs

Dates:
ca. 1936-1937

Record Series:
30580

Quantity:
1/2 foot

Abstract:
Series consists of photographs removed from two albums that document the condition of county courthouses before and after the Historical Records Survey, ca. 1936-1937. The photographs include images of: HRS staff, county courthouse staff, vaults and records storage areas before and after the survey, and several exterior views of courthouses.

Provenance:
The North Dakota State Archives acquired these records series through the auspices of the Professional and Service Division, Work Projects Administration, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota, ca.1942.

Copyright:
Public records are not subject to copyright restrictions, although record series may contain copyrighted material. Consideration of such copyrights is the responsibility of the author and publisher.

Access:
These records are available for public inspection under provision of the North Dakota Century Code, 55-02.1-08.

Citation:
Researchers are requested to cite the record group, series name and number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

The North Dakota Historical Records Survey began in 1936 and was sponsored by the Division of Women’s and Professional Projects, Works Progress Administration, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The purpose of the survey was to “discover, preserve, and make accessible the basic materials on the history” of North Dakota. Records inventories were conducted for North Dakota counties, cities, townships, churches, social and fraternal organizations, newspapers, and the State of North Dakota. In addition the survey identified historical manuscripts, prepared transcripts of significant local government records, and assembled a listing of pre-1889 books, periodicals, and other printed materials available in North Dakota. Publications of the North Dakota Historical Records Survey include:

Inventory of the County Archives of Williams County, 1938
Abstract and Check List of Statutory Requirements for County Records, 1939
Bibliography of Theses Prepared at the University of North Dakota, 1940
Inventory of the County Archives of Golden Valley County, 1941
Inventory of the County Archives of Mercer County, 1941
Guise to Church Vital Statistics Records in North Dakota, 1942
Inventory of Federal Archives in the States No. 33, North Dakota, 1943

The Survey work of the North Dakota Historical Record Survey ended in 1942.

Box / Folder Inventory

Box 153: Photographs 30580-001 - 30580-061 (from album) (see photograph inventory below)

Box154: Photographs 30580-062 - 30580-135 (from album that belonged to Blair A. Flegal, Bismarck [ND])

Photographs Inventory

30580-001            Edythe Weiner, Editorial Supervisor, Historical Records Survey, Washington, D.C., April 20, 1937
30580-002            Two unidentified men involved with the Historical Records Survey, ca. 1937
30580-003            Blair A. Flegal, State Director, working in state office, ca. 1937
30580-004            Sylvia S. Kopelman, Supervisor, ca. 1937
30580-005            Ethel E. Schlasinger, State Director of Federal Writers' Project, ca. 1937
30580-006            Ellsworth Gulleckson, Draftsman, outside State Office, ca. 1937
30580-007            Alma Thompson, Bernice Johnson, Barbara Siegel working in State Office, February 10, 1937
30580-008            Ethel E. Schlasinger, State Director of Federal Writers' Project, working at desk, ca. 1937
30580-009            Albert Martinson and Alma Thompson working in State Office, ca. 1937
30580-010            Neil Cameron, Lawyer, May 10, 1937
30580-011            Sylvia Kopelman working at Junior High School, ca. 1937
30580-012            Albert Martineson, August 10, 1937
30580-013            Flegal working at Junior High School, ca. 1937
30580-014            Bernice Johnson working at Junior High School, ca. 1937
30580-015            Bertha Schulz Scheldrup in office, December 10, 1937
30580-016            Bertha Schulz Scheldrup in office, December 10, 1937
30580-017            Sylvia Kopelman working, December 20, 1937
30580-018            Bernice Johnson and Alma Thompson working in office, December 10, 1937
30580-019            Staff working, ca. December 1937
30580-020            Staff working, ca. December 1937
30580-021            Staff working, ca. December 1937
30580-022            Staff working, ca. December 1937
30580-023            Staff working, ca. December 1937
30580-024            Exterior view of the Adams County Courthouse, Hettinger (ND), ca. 1930 (postcard)
30580-025            Storage vault (northeast corner), Adams County Courthouse, Hettinger (ND), April 9, 1937
30580-026            Storage vault (southwest corner), Adams County Courthouse, Hettinger (ND), April 9, 1937
30580-027            Storage vault, Adams County Courthouse, Hettinger (ND), April 9, 1937
30580-028            Chris Berg and Ernest Hummel working,  Adams County Courthouse, Hettinger (ND), April 9, 1937
30580-029            Two unidentified men standing in doorway,  Adams County Courthouse, Hettinger (ND), April 9, 1937
30580-030            Exterior view of the Barnes County Courthouse, Valley City (ND), ca. 1930 (postcard)
30580-031            Carl Holm and Ben Bingham outside the Bowman County Courthouse, Bowman (ND), ca. 1937  

30580-032            Carl Holm and Ben Bingham outside the Bowman County Courthouse, Bowman (ND), ca. 1937  
30580-033            Storage vault (southwest corner), Burleigh County Courthouse, Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-034            Storage vault (looking west at north end), Burleigh County Courthouse, Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-035            Storage vault (looking west at south end), Burleigh County Courthouse, Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-036            Chase Turner and Walter Johnson, Burleigh County Courthouse, Bismarck (ND), June 1937
30580-037            Exterior view of the Cass County Courthouse, Fargo (ND), ca. 1930 (postcard)
30580-038            William C. Brown, Cass County Courthouse, Fargo (ND), April 15, 1937
30580-039            William C. Brown, Cass County Courthouse, Fargo (ND), April 15, 1937
30580-040            Thelma Irons, Dunn County Courthouse, Manning (ND), April 8, 1937
30580-041            View of Manning (ND) from the south, April 8, 1937
30580-042            Morris Payne outside the Eddy County Courthouse, New Rockford (ND), ca. 1937
30580-043            Henry S. Grinde, Eddy County Courthouse, New Rockford (ND), ca. 1937
30580-044            Martin H. Aaberg, Eddy County Courthouse, New Rockford (ND), ca. 1937
30580-045            Exterior view of the original Emmons County Courthouse, Linton (ND), June 1937
30580-046            Exterior view of the new Emmons County Courthouse, Linton (ND), June 1937
30580-047            Storage vault (looking south) before the Historical Records Survey, Emmons County Courthouse, Linton (ND), June 1937
30580-048            Storage vault (west side) before the Historical Records Survey, Emmons County Courthouse, Linton (ND), June 1937
30580-049            William Wandhe and Joseph Middleton outside the Golden Valley Courthouse, Beach (ND), April 7, 1937
30580-050            Exterior view of the Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), ca. 1930 (postcard)
30580-051            Gladys G. Paymon outside the Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), May 5, 1937               
30580-052            Basement storage vault, Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), May 5, 1937
30580-053            Mrs. Franklin, Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), ca. 1937
30580-054            Mrs. Perl Frazier, Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), ca. 1937
30580-055            William Campbell, Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), ca. 1937
30580-056            Miss McDonald, Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), ca. 1937
30580-057            Claude Dzotell and unidentified man outside the Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), ca. 1937
30580-058            Meryl Bryson, Grand Forks County Courthouse, Grand Forks (ND), ca. 1937
30580-059            Grant County Courthouse, Carson (ND), ca. 1937
30580-060            Jay Nelson Juberg outside the LaMoure County Courthouse, LaMoure (ND), April 21, 1937
30580-061            Otto Sperling, Kulm (ND), ca. 1937
30580-062            Elizabeth M. Strand outside Hotel Young, probably Towner (ND), April 28, 1937
30580-063            Basement storage vault (east side), McHenry County Courthouse, Towner (ND), June 1937
30580-064            Exterior view of the McIntosh County Courthouse, Ashley (ND), ca. 1937
30580-065            Ernest Oberlander and Edward Bendewald inside vault, McIntosh County Courthouse, Ashley (ND), ca. 1937
30580-066            Auditor's vault, McIntosh County Courthouse, Ashley (ND), June 1937
30580-067            Vault, McIntosh County Courthouse, Ashley (ND), June 1937
30580-068            Leo Guisinger outside the Mercer County Courthouse, Stanton (ND), ca. 1937
30580-069            Exterior view of the Mercer County Courthouse, Stanton (ND), ca. 1937
30580-070            Donald Bartlett Carter, youngest to attend project, at dinner of Historical Records Survey and Federal Writers' Project, ca. 1937
30580-071            Portrait of Bart Carter, Morton County Courthouse, Mandan (ND), ca. 1937
30580-072            Exterior view of original Oliver County Courthouse, Center (ND), ca. 1937
30580-073            Unidentified man, Oliver County Courthouse, Center (ND), ca. 1937
30580-074            Exterior view of new Oliver County Courthouse, Center (ND), ca. 1937
30580-075            Walter Cunningham on church steps, probably in Center (ND), October 1937
30580-076            Walter Cunningham driving through snow to work at Oliver County Courthouse, Center (ND), ca. 1937
30580-077            Office of the Clerk of Court (vault), Oliver County Courthouse, Center (ND), ca. 1937
30580-078            Portrait of unidentified couple, Oliver County Courthouse, Center (ND), ca. 1937
30580-079            Storage vault (southwest), Memorial Building, Ramsey County Courthouse, Devils Lake (ND), April 30, 1937
30580-080            Orville C. Thompson, Ramsey County Courthouse, Devils Lake (ND), April 30, 1937
30580-081            Lorraine Gessner, Ramsey County Courthouse, Devils Lake (ND), April 30, 1937
30580-082            Exterior view of the Ransom County Courthouse, Lisbon (ND), April 20, 1937
30580-083            Lee R. May, Ransom County Courthouse, Lisbon (ND), April 20, 1937
30580-084            Storage vault (looking north), Ransom County Courthouse, Lisbon (ND), April 20, 1937
30580-085            Herbert W. Frame, Richland County Courthouse, Wahpeton (ND), May 6, 1937
30580-086            Edith Wood, Richland County Courthouse, Wahpeton (ND), November 15, 1937
30580-087            Exterior view of the Richland County Courthouse, Wahpeton (ND), ca. 1937 (postcard)
30580-088            Storage vault (northwest) before the Historical Records Survey, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), April 19, 1937
30580-089            Unidentified men, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-090            Unidentified men, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-091            Exterior view of the Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-092            Storage vault (north) before the Historical Records Survey, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-093            File boxes being constructed by the Historical Records Survey, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-094            File boxes being constructed by the Historical Records Survey, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-095            Storage vault after the Historical Records Survey, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-096            Attic (south) before the Historical Records Survey, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-097            Attic (northeast) before the Historical Records Survey, Sargent County Courthouse, Forman (ND), ca. 1937
30580-098            Auditor's vault (south) after the Historical Records Survey, Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND),     April 7, 1937
30580-099            Vault (southeast) after the Historical Records Survey, Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND),               April 7, 1937
30580-100            Vault (north) after the Historical Records Survey, Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND), April 7, 1937
30580-101            Register of Deeds' vault (west) after the Historical Records Survey, Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND), April 7, 1937
30580-102            Dorothy Weisbeck and Lucille Kenmark in vault, Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND), April 7, 1937
30580-103            Basement Vault (east and south), Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND), April 7, 1937
30580-104            Basement Vault (south), Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND), April 7, 1937              
30580-105            Unidentified woman outside Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND), ca. April 7, 1937
30580-106            Part of County Auditors' Office, Stark County Courthouse, Dickinson (ND), ca. April 7, 1937
30580-107            Dorothy Weisbeck and Lucille Kenmark (Stark County Courthouse) beside automobile parked in the Badlands, ca. 1937
30580-108            Exterior view of the Sioux County Courthouse, Fort Yates (ND), ca. 1937
30580-109            Josephine Kelly, Fort Yates (ND), ca. 1937
30580-110            State Treasurers' vault (west end) before the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-111            State Treasurers' vault (north side) before the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-112            Mrs. Wright and Neil H. O'May working in State Treasurers' vault, Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-113            State Treasurers' vault (looking south) after the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck (ND), November 23, 1937
30580-114            State Treasurers' vault (north wall looking south) after the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck (ND), November 23, 1937
30580-115            State Treasurers' vault (east end) after the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck (ND), November 23, 1937
30580-116            State Treasurers' vault (south side) after the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck (ND), November 23, 1937
30580-117            State Treasurers' vault (north side) after the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck               (ND), November 23, 1937
30580-118            State Treasurers' vault (southeast corner) after the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck (ND), November 23, 1937      
30580-119            State Treasurers' vault (northeast corner) after the Historical Records Survey, Bismarck (ND), November 23, 1937
30580-120            State Historical Society of North Dakota storage vault (south side looking west), Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-121            State Historical Society of North Dakota storage vault (north side looking west), Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-122            State Historical Society of North Dakota storage vault (south side), Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-123            State Land Department storage vault (looking south), Bismarck (ND), ca. 1937
30580-124            August B. Wilhelm outside the Stutsman County Courthouse, Jamestown (ND), April 22, 1937
30580-125            Charles Drake and Della Johnson outside the Ward County Courthouse, Minot (ND), April 28, 1937
30580-126            Malcolm M. Dickson outside the Ward County Courthouse, Minot (ND), May 8, 1937
30580-127            Della Johnson outside the Ward County Courthouse, Minot (ND), April 28, 1937
30580-128            Charles Drake outside the Ward County Courthouse, Minot (ND), April 28, 1937
30580-129            Storage vault (south), Ward County Courthouse, Minot (ND), ca. April 1937
30580-130            Storage vault (south), Ward County Courthouse, Minot (ND), ca. April 1937
30580-131            Nils J. Larrsson outside automobile (Wells County Courthouse), Fessenden (ND), ca. 1937
30580-132            Exterior view of the Williams County Courthouse, Williston (ND), ca. 1930 (postcard)
30580-133            John A. Husebye standing beside a grain bin that was used as a vault by the Williams County Courthouse, Williston (ND), ca. 1937
30580-134            Grain bin storage vault (west) after the Historical Records Survey, Williams County Courthouse, Williston (ND), ca. 1937
30580-135            Grain bin storage vault (north) after the Historical Records Survey, Williams County Courthouse, Williston (ND), ca. 1937

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