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Title: State Historical Society. North Dakota Historical Records  Survey. Transcripts of County Commissioners Proceedings 
    
    Dates: ca. 1881-1938
    
    Record Series: 30569
    
    Quantity: 1 foot
    
    Abstract: Consists of transcripts of County  Commissioners Proceedings for some North Dakota counties.
    
    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 184:
    Adams County 1908-1912
    Divide County 1911-1912
    Eddy County 1885-1889
    Golden Valley County 1912-1914
    LaMoure County 1881-1889
    Logan County 1884-1889
    McHenry County 1884-1889
    Mercer County 1884-1897
    Morton County 1881-1884
    Nelson County 1883-1890
    Oliver County 1885
    Ramsey County 1883-1939
    Ransom 1881
    Rolette 1890-1938
    Sargent County 1883-1887
    Towner County 1884-1886
    Walsh County 1881-1884
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