The Works Progress Administration writers were used by the State Historical Society of North Dakota to carry out a Historical Data Project. They sought out living Pioneers in the years 1936-1940 and interviewed them to construct biographies. Those biographies have been microfilmed and contain historical and genealogical information on the pioneers, their parents, and children. The list that follows notes those files that were kept on Stutsman County pioneers.
The files contain the questionaires used, often maps showing where they lived and their neighbors, often pictures and newspaper articles, and several or more pages of biography on the pioneer and or his family. Sometimes the biographies were hand written by the pioneer, then typed by the WPA writer. A few contain 25-30 pages of biography.
You may obtain copies of these files in several ways. The State Historical Society of North Dakota, 612 East Blvd Ave, Bismarck, ND 58505-0830, histsoc@state.nd.us, advertises they will copy the indexed files for $5 plus 20 cents a page, and mailing expenses. If the pages to be copied number more than 25, the Society makes a $25 hourly fee charge in addition to copy costs. Contact the Society to make arrangements.
If you were in the Society reading room in the Heritage Center at Bismarck, you could check out the film and make your own copies for 25 cents a page.
You could order the film by interlibrary loan through your own library, and copy them in your library. The Society has an ILL charge of $1 per roll in state, and $2 per roll out of state.
name given address film no. ABERT STEVE Fried Twp 30529-roll26 ABERT VINCENT Jamestown 30529-roll26 ALLEN HELEN J. Jamestown 30529-roll26 ALLEN OLIVER T. Pasadena, CA 30529-roll26 ANGLE WILLIAM ROBERT Eldridge, ND? 30529-roll26 BAENEN ANTON Jamestown, ND 30529-roll26 BECK LENA (MS MORRIS Jamestown, ND 30529-roll26 BENNETT OLIVER Jamestown 30529-roll26 BJELLAND OSCAR Jamestown, ND 30529-roll26 BLEWETT PIERCE Jamestown, ND 30529-roll26 BOWE HERMAN A. Jamestown, ND 30529-roll26 BOWE MRS. CHRISTINE 148-66 30529-roll26 BRADLEY NELSON Jamestown? 30529-roll26 BRADSTRUPT ADOLPH Sharlow Twp 30529-roll26 BROUGHTON HARRIET COOPER Jamestown, ND 30529-roll26 BROWN FRANK Sharlow Twp 30529-roll26 BUCKLEY CORNELIUS Jamestown, ND 30529-roll26 BUCKWALTER JOHN HENRY Moonlake Twp? 30529-roll26 CADIEUX EMMA SMITH Jamestown 30529-roll26 CADIEUX LOUIS Jamestown 30529-roll26 CHENERY JENNIE M. KELLY Jamestown 30529-roll26 CHENERY OSCAR ST. CLAIR Jamestown 30529-roll26 CLARK ERNEST EUGENE Fried Twp 30529-roll26 CLEMENS FERDINAND J. Lenton Twp 30529-roll26 CLEMENS WILHELM Jamestown 30529-roll26 COOPER HARRY Weld Twp 30529-roll26 DAVIDSON JOHN Spiritwood 30529-roll26 DAVIS ELIZABTH HORNBY Jamestown 30529-roll26 DE LAIR FRANK Jamestown 30529-roll26 DE PUY RICHARD J. MD Jamestown 30529-roll26 FARLEY MARY MC CANN Jamestown 30529-roll26 FEICKERT GOTTLIEB Jamestown 30529-roll26 FEMRITE JOE P. Jamestown 30529-roll26 FISK HENRY Valley City 30529-roll26 FREY CHARLES Bloom Twp 30529-roll26 FRIED ANTON Wimbledon 30529-roll26 GAME MS GEO. SOPHIA Jamestown 30529-roll26 GATES MARG. FLANNIGAN Jamestown 30529-roll26 GLASPELL MRS. KATE Jamestown 30529-roll26 GLASPELL SAMUEL LYTER Jamestown 30529-roll26 GOODRICH JOHN WILLIAM Midway Twp 30529-roll26 GRAY JOSEPHINE M. B. Jamestown 30529-roll26 GUYMER WILLIAM Jamestown 30529-roll26 HALSTEAD ALBERT MARTIN Jamestown 30529-roll26 HAMBLY MRS. GEORGE Spiritwood 30529-roll26 HAMM RUDOLPH H. Jamestown 30529-roll26 HAYES NORA Jamestown 30529-roll26 HENNIG ALBERT Valley City 30529-roll26 HEPPERLE FATHER GEORGE Jamestown 30529-roll26 HODGE WILBUR S. Jamestown? 30529-roll26 HOFFMAN ANNA ANDERSON Jamestown 30529-roll26 HOHENHAUS FRED Eldridge, ND 30529-roll26 JOHNSON HANNAH HOLMBERG Jamestown 30529-roll26 KARCHER JENNIE ELSIE Jamestown 30529-roll26 KELLEY ADELLA BALDWIN Jamestown 30529-roll26 KELLEY ARTHUR W. Jamestown 30529-roll26 KELLEY HORATIO Jamestown 30529-roll26 KLAUS C. A. Jamestown 30529-roll26 KNEEBONE JOHN rural Stutsman 30529-roll27 KOEHN AGUUSTA (ELL) Jamestown 30529-roll26 KOEHN FERDINAND J. Jamestown 30529-roll26 KURTH CHARLES Jamestown 30529-roll27 LARSON CAROLINE P. Courtenay? 30529-roll27 LATTA JOHN JAMES Jamestown 30529-roll27 LEISCH AUGUST Buchanan, ND 30529-roll27 LENTON WILLIAM FREEMAN Lenton Twp 30529-roll27 LOOMIS VEANNA BUTTS Jamestown 30529-roll27 MACKEN HARRY Streeter 30529-roll27 MADDEN THOMAS Ypsilanti, ND 30529-roll27 MAHONEY CHARLES L. SR. Spiritwood, ND 30529-roll27 MASON MARY FLANNIGAN Jamestown 30529-roll27 MASON PHILLIP Jamestown 30529-roll27 MC DONALD DR. GEORGE T. Jamestown 30529-roll27 MC GILLIVRARY JAMES E. Eldridge Twp 30529-roll27 MC KENZIE GEORGE B. Jamestown 30529-roll27 MILLER CELIA DURUPT Jamestown 30529-roll27 MILLER GERTRUDE Jamestown 30529-roll27 MITCHELL CHARLES L. Jamestown 30529-roll27 MITCHELL DAVID B. Jamestown 30529-roll27 MITCHELL MRS. JENNIE Jamestown 30529-roll27 MORAN JOHN Spiritwood 30529-roll27 MUTZ THERESA nr Fried, ND 30529-roll27 NASHOLD JOHN JAY Jamestown 30529-roll27 NELSON LARS Courtenay 30529-roll27 NICHOLS FRED Montpelier 30529-roll27 NICHOLS MRS JOSEPHINE nr Jamestown 30529-roll27 NIEDECKEN PETER JOSEPH Jamestown 30529-roll27 O'DONNELL THOMAS Jamestown 30529-roll27 O'HEARN ARTHUR Jamestown 30529-roll27 O'LEARY JOSEPH P. Carrington 30529-roll27 PALVER MRS. SE of Jamstown 30529-roll27 PEDERSON JENNIE DE GEER Jamestown 30529-roll27 PETTEY ADELAIDE MRS. Jamestown 30529-roll27 PETTEY MICHAEL S. Jamestown 30529-roll27 PIERSON CORNELIA Jamestown 30529-roll27 POSEY JAMES DAVID Courtenay 30529-roll27 PULVER FLOYD C. Jamestown 30529-roll27 RAND DE WITT CLINTON Jamestown 30529-roll27 RINGUETTE WILLIAM Jamestown 30529-roll27 RISK JOHN A. Jamestown 30529-roll27 ROSS JULIA WILLIAMSN Jamestown 30529-roll27 SCHMIDT PROF CHARLES C. Grand Forks 30529-roll27 SCHMUHL JOSEPH FREDERCK Jamestown 30529-roll27 SCHOLLANDER ALFRED Montpelier 30529-roll27 SEEKINS ALONZO DE WITT Jamestown 30529-roll27 SEILER OSCAR J. Jamestown/ CA 30529-roll27 SHEPHERD WILLIAM P. Jamestown 30529-roll27 SHERMAN WILLIAM Jamestown 30529-roll27 SHOCKEY KATIE F. Jamestown 30529-roll27 SIDMORE JOHN Towner, ND 30529-roll27 SINCLAIR MALCOLM Cleveland 30529-roll27 SKROCH FRANK nr Kensal 30529-roll27 SMITH ADDISON J. Wells Co. 30529-roll27 SPANGLER GEORGE Eldridge 30529-roll27 STEEL ALFRED & AGNES Jamestown 30529-roll27 STRONG E. E. nr Pingree 30529-roll27 TABER HENRY M. Jamestown 30529-roll27 TOMPKINS MELISSA RICHRDS Jamestown 30529-roll27 TOWLE RESCOM & MARY Ypsilanti 30529-roll27 TUNSTALL JOHN J. Jamestown 30529-roll27 WALKER MRS. SADIE Fargo 30529-roll27 WALSH AMBROSE DAIR Jamestown 30529-roll27 WANNER ANNA LYDIA SCOTT Jamestown 30529-roll27 WARREN MINA Jamestown 30529-roll27 WATERMAN WILLIAM Jamestown 30529-roll27 WEBER CHARLES RUDIO Jamestown 30529-roll27 WIESE THEODORE GUST. nr Jamestown 30529-roll27 WILSON WILLIAM P. Grand Forks 30529-roll27 WITHNELL WILLIAM Jamestown 30529-roll27 WOLFER FRED Jamestown 30529-roll27 WOOD DAVID C. Jamestown 30529-roll27 WOOD EMMA (SWIFT) Jamestown 30529-roll27 YETTERDAHL MRS. Jamestown 30529-roll27 ZACHER BENJAMIN Jamestown 30529-roll27