NEWSPAPERS

Holdings-
Fargo - Moorhead
North Dakota
Microfilm
At the State Historical Society

Indexes-
Forum for:
1879-1975
1976-1995
July 1995-2000
In-Forum
Obituary Index

Spectrum (NDSU student newspaper)

The Fargo Forum & Daily Republican V-J Day edition, August 15, 1945, Pg 1

General Information

A number of North Dakota newspapers are available in the Institute or the NDSU Libraries Microforms Area. The Institute holds only a small number of original hard copy newspaper issues, primarily for Fargo and special editions for North Dakota communities (community diamond jubilee, centennials, etc.).

An alphabetical holdings list by town is available. It is divided into Fargo, N.D. - Moorhead, Minn., and North Dakota towns, and microfilm. A very small number of non-North Dakota items are at the end of the North Dakota listing.

The State Historical Society of North Dakota is the official repository for North Dakota newspapers. Most are on microfilm and can be obtained through interlibrary loan from the society. Use the link in the left column to check their holdings.

Research Tools
Fargo's The Forum is the only North Dakota newspaper with a published index, compiled and published from 1976 through 1995 by the NDSU Libraries Research Services Division. Copies are available in the Institute Research Room. The indexes are now also available on-line. Through a cooperative agreement with the Forum Publishing Company, an on-line database to The Forum is available through the NDSU Libraries that covers July 1995 through 2000. After 2000 consult the Forum's web site In-Forum.

Limited indexing of the Fargo Forum and several other Fargo newspapers for years prior to 1976 is being done by the Institute staff and is available as a searchable database (1879-1975). Other Fargo newspapers represented in this database include the Argus, predecessor to the Fargo Forum which began publication in 1879; the Fargo Daily Courier-News (title varies), a competitor of the Fargo Forum which it purchased in 1925; and the only issue published of the Cass and Clay County Review. The latter title was published in December 1892 and contains articles on businesses in Fargo, N.D., Moorhead, Minn., and surrounding communities.

Special Editions Indexed
The searchable index for 1879 - 1975 includes a number of special editions of the Fargo Forum. Included are:

Access
The newspaper collections are available for use in the Institute/Archives Research Room, and reference staff is available to assist in your research needs. Copying facilities are also available; including paper copies from microfilm.

Contact Information:

Street Address:
Institute for Regional Studies & University Archives
1305 19 th Ave. North
Skills and Technology Training Center, Room 117
Fargo, ND

Telephone: 701-231-8914
Fax: 701-231-5632
E-mail: archives@www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu

Mailing Address:
Institute for Regional Studies
NDSU Libraries
PO Box 5599
Fargo, ND 58105-5599