Digital Collections
ContentDM Digital Repository
Most of the library’s digital holdings are stored in the ContentDM Digital Repository.
UND Writers Conference
Digitized video of readings and panels from the UND Writers Conference, 1970-present.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Project
Offers all the versions of some of Barrett Browning’s more heavily revised poems, as a supplement to Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Sandra Donaldson’s 2010 print edition of Barrett Browning’s works.
Databases
The Department of Special Collections and the Chester Fritz Library have created several historical and genealogical databases for public use.
- Dakota Student Index, 1888-Present
- Searchable index to the Dakota Student, the student newspaper of the University of North Dakota, 1888 to the present.
- E.J. Lander & Co. Land Records Database
- Real estate, land development and farm management firm with holdings throughout northern North Dakota and Montana. The company was headquartered in Grand Forks, and was founded in 1883. The collection contains over 1,500 loan records and 2000 client records, all of which are indexed in this database.
- Grand Forks County Coroner Certificates
- Searchable index of over 3,200 certificates, dating from 1882-1989. The coroner is charged with the responsibility of investigating any death arising from suspicious and unusual circumstances, including criminal or violent means, suicide, accidents, and sudden death when in apparent good health. Please note that the certificates can only be viewed by relatives of the deceased.
- Grand Forks County Marriage Licenses
- Searchable index of over 9,700 certificates, dating from November 1875 - June 30, 1925. The database was developed by Special Collections staff using the actual paper licenses and original index ledgers.
The Themes of North Dakota History
Seminal essay written by Dr. Elwyn B. Robinson and incorporated into his History of North Dakota. Read the essay.
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