University Letter

The June meeting of the Minnkota Genealogical Society will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 12, in the East Asian Room, fourth floor of the Chester Fritz Library. Visitors are welcome.

The program is titled “Navigating the Digital Archives of Norway Website” by Michael Swanson, assistant archivist, Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Rather than closing at 5 p.m., the Department of Special Collections will remain open for those who wish to do research prior to the meeting.

About the UND Chester Fritz Library Special Collections

The mission of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, is to identify, acquire, preserve, and make available published resources and historical records, regardless of format, that document the political, economic, social and cultural heritage of North Dakota, the Red River Valley, the city of Grand Forks, and UND. The collection—a nationally known genealogical research facility, especially noted for its unique collection of Norwegian Bygdebøker—is named after longtime UND History professor Elwyn Robinson, author of a widely referenced history of North Dakota.

Useful links:

• Chester Fritz Library: http://library.und.edu/
• Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections: http://library.und.edu/special-collections/
• Arne G. Brekke Bygdebok Collection: http://library.und.edu/special-collections/bygdebok/
• Minnkota Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~minnkota/

For more information, contact Michael Swanson at 777-4627 or michael.swanson@library.und.edu.

-- Juan Miguel Pedraza, writer/editor, University Relations, 777-6571, juan.pedraza@und.edu.