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Camp Depression: An Era Of Hope And Opportunity At The University Of North Dakota, University Of North Dakota

UND Publications

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 …

Essays On Western History In Honor Of Elwyn B. Robinson, Edward C. Blackorby, William M. Philliips, Wesley A. Waage, Ralph J. Kane, Jackson K. Punam, D. Jerome Tweton, Sinclair Snow

UND Publications

This book was published on the occasion of the retirement of Dr. Elwyn B. Robinson from the Department of History at the University of North Dakota. It features articles by several different historians regarding various subjects in the history of the American West.

Heroes Of Dakota: Part Two, Elwyn B. Robinson

UND Publications

This publication consists of the text of radio address delivered in 1948 by Dr. Elwyn Robinson on KFJM, the public radio station at the University of North Dakota.

The "Heroes of Dakota" in the second edition were: Manuel Lisa, fur trader; John Jacob Astor, business leader; Joseph La Barge, steamboat captain; Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, Catholic missionary; Prince Maximilan of Wied, German explorer; Father George Belcourt, Catholic priest; Crazy Horse, Oglala Lakota warrior; George Armstrong Custer, United States military leader; Jay Cooke, banker; and Mary Dodge Woodward, bonanza farmer.

Heroes Of Dakota: Part One, Elwyn B. Robinson

UND Publications

This publication consists of the text of radio address delivered in 1947 by Dr. Elwyn Robinson on KFJM, the public radio station at the University of North Dakota.

The "Heroes of Dakota" were: La Verendrye, fur trader and explorer; Alexander Henry, fur trader; Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, explorers; the Earl of Selkirk, founder of the Red River Colony in Canada; George Catlin, artist; Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota leader; James J. Hill, business leader; Marquis de Mores, frontier rancher in Medora, Dakota Territory; and Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.

Board Of Regents Minutes, Volume Iii, Board Of Regents

UND Publications

This is the third volume of the Board of Regents minutes.These documents detail the meetings, votes, expenses, and by-laws concerning the founding of UND. They also contain valuable information regarding urban planning, educational policy, labor relations, as well as the history of the Dakota Territory and Grand Forks.

Board Of Regents Minutes, Volume Ii, Board Of Regents

UND Publications

This is the second volume of the Board of Regents minutes. These documents detail the meetings, votes, expenses, and by-laws concerning the founding of UND. They also contain valuable information regarding urban planning, educational policy, labor relations, as well as the history of the Dakota Territory and Grand Forks.

Board Of Regents Minutes, Volume I, Board Of Regents

UND Publications

This is the first volume of the Board of Regents minutes. These documents detail the meetings, votes, expenses, and by-laws concerning the founding of UND. They also contain valuable information regarding urban planning, educational policy, labor relations, as well as the history of the Dakota Territory and Grand Forks.