From 1968-1981, Robert Wilkins served as North Dakota Quarterly’s editor and gradually expanded the scope of contributions while also maintaining a periodic focus on both the history of the University of North Dakota and the history and culture of North Dakota.

Volume 36.1, 2, 3, 4 (1968)

Volume 37.1 (Environmental Education), 2 (Communication), 3 (O.G. Libby Issue), 4 (1969)

Volume 38.1 (Maxwell Anderson), 2 (North Dakota Geology), 3 (Western America), 4 (1970)

Volume 39.1 (North Dakota), 2 (The Starcher Years), 3, 4 (1971)

Volume 40.1, 2, 3, 4 (Popular Culture) (1972)

Volume 41.1, 2, 3, 4 (1973)

Volume 42.1, 2, 3 (American Revolution Bicentennial), 4 (North Dakota) (1974)

Volume 43.1, 2, 3, 4 (1975)

Volume 44.1, 2, 3 (North Dakota Writers Conference), 4 (North Dakota) (1976)

Volume 45.1, 2 (Latin America), 3, 4 (1977)

Volume 46.1, 2, 3, 4 (North Dakota) (1978)

Volume 47.1, 2 (Symposium on Literary Criticism), 3, 4 (1979)

Volume 48.1, 2, 3 (Maxwell Anderson), 4 (In Memory of Robert A. Caldwell) (1980)

Volume 49.1, 2 (Chester Fritz), 3, 4 (Norwegians in North Dakota) (1981)