Search the new Institute for Regional Studies online Photograph Database

The Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University Library is pleased to make available a fully searchable photograph database to historical images found in its extensive photograph collections.

The Web database currently includes over 1,700 images, with new images being added monthly. With each image there is extensive descriptive information, including names, places, time period, photographer, and subjects. You can also view other images found within the same photograph collection, using the ‘Repository Collection' link found in each record.

Searching is easy, using the Search link found on the home page. Almost any term found in the description can be ‘clicked' to obtain new search results. Digital copies can be ordered for any image in the database.

We invite you to explore this region as seen through the eyes of the people who lived here in the late 19th century and through the 20th century.

The Institute for Regional Studies for over fifty-eight years has been committed to the collection and preservation of photographs which document North Dakota 's history. Currently it preserves over 100,000 photographic images. Images still are actively sought from individuals, businesses, and other groups who have an interest in having their historically significant materials preserved for posterity and made available for research and scholarly use.

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