ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

GRAND FORKS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL COLLECTION

COLLECTION: OGL #345

DATES: 1911-1970

SIZE: 3.75 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Grand Forks Central High School Annual Collection was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection. The initial acquisition records are unavailable. The collection has been added to several times: (Acc.#86-1489, 89-1636, 93-1890, 99-2284).

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

RELATED COLLECTIONS:
OGL#147, Grand Forks Central High School Records
OGL#754, Northern Interscholastic Press Association Records
OGL#1011, Central High School Improvement Committee

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Grand Forks Independent School District No.1 was organized in 1881, followed by the construction of Grand Forks Central School in 1882. The first high school students to receive diplomas graduated in 1887. The current Grand Forks Central High School building was constructed on the site of the old Central School in 1917. The first edition of The Forx Annual was published in 1911, and contained historical information about all previous classes.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Year

Box and Folder

1911

1-1, 1-2

1920

1-3, 2-3

1921

1-4

1922

1-5, 3-17

1923

1-6, 2-2

1926

2-21

1927

2-22

1928

2-14

1929

2-23

1930

2-13, 2-15

1931

1-7, 2-16

1932

2-17

1934

2-18, 2-19

1936

1-8, 3-1

1938

2-4, 2-5

1940

1-9

1941

3-2

1942

1-10, 1-11

1943

1-12

1944

3-3

1945

3-4

1946

1-13, 2-6

1947

1-14, 1-15

1948

3-5

1949

1-16

1950

1-17

1951

2-7

1952

2-8, 2-20

1953

1-18, 2-9

1954

1-19

1955

2-10

1957

3-15

1958

3-6

1959

2-11

1960

2-12

1961

3-7

1962

3-8

1963

3-9

1964

1-20

1965

3-10

1966

3-11

1967

3-12

1968

3-13

1970

3-14

Note: The Northern Interscholastic Press Association Records (OGL#754) also contain a number of copies of The Forx. They are listed below, along with the box and folder number:

 1962: 754-19-8  1963: 754-19-11  1964: 754-20-1  1965: 754-20-7
 1967: 754-20-13  1970: 754-4-11, 754-21-6  1971: 754-6-10  1975: 754-11-6
 1976: 754-13-1   1979: 754-22-4, 754-27-10  1980: 754-28-6  1981: 754-23-21
 1984: 754-31-4   1986: 754-32-1  1987: 754-33-6  

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