Jerald Quam Papers

Collection — Container: Photographs

Identifier: OGLMC-1157

Scope and Contents

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The Jerald Quam Papers consist of material relating to the Grand Forks Speedway, as well as automobile racing in North Dakota. Included are issues of Inside Track magazine, dedicated to racing in North Dakota. Also included are several racing programs, entitled Greater Grand Forks Speedway. There is an issue of a nationally published magazine titled Open Wheel, which contains an article on the Grand Forks Speedway on page 62. Also included are several issues of Pride 'n Joy, a collector car magazine published in Valley City, North Dakota. Over seventy photographs were separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets. The photographs depict the Grand Forks Speedway, as well as drivers and cars that raced there. The Grand Forks Speedway was constructed as a Works Progress Administration project in 1937. Over twenty thousand people attended the dedication of the speedway, presided over by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on October 4, 1937. The track was renovated in the 1950s and is still used every Friday during the summer for races.

Dates

created: 1982-1988
Other: Date acquired: 07/28/1987

Creator

Quam, Jerald (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

Jerald Quam was born in 1942 in Fargo, North Dakota. He has been involved in the automobile business since 1963. He has worked for various dealerships throughout the Red River Valley, including in Fargo, as well as in Hendrum and Ada in Minnesota. Quam has also been involved in automobile racing. Beginning in the early 1970s, he raced on numerous courses throughout the region, including West Fargo, Grand Forks and Jamestown, North Dakota, as well as Glyndon, Minnesota.

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