The second series was characterized by an opening up of North Dakota Quarterly to submission from outside North Dakota and the resumption of publishing after the Great Depression.

Volume 24.1, 2, 3, 4 (1956)

Volume 25.1, 2, 3, 4 (1957)

Volume 26.1, 2, 3, 4 (1958)

Volume 27.1, 2, 3, 4 (1959)

Volume 28.1, 2, 3, 4 (1960)

Volume 29.1 (printed as 28.1), 2, 3, 4 (1961)

Volume 30.1, 2, 3, 4 (1962)

Volume 31.1-2, 3, 4 (1963)

Volume 32.1(Shakespeare), 2, 3, 4 (1964)

Volume 33.1, 2, 3-4 (University Conference on the Improvement of Undergraduate Education) (1965)

Volume 34.1, 2, 3, 4 (1966)

Volume 35.1, 2, 3 (Prospects for Thoughtful Dakotans), 4 (1967)