Dr. Richard Frank Papers, 1900-1995

Collection Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: Hearing on PCB destruction

Folder 2: PCB Permit & Burn

Folder 3: Fight Against PCB's (Newspaper Clippings)

Folder 4: Citizens Concerned About Toxic Hazards

Folder 5: Air Pollution Rules & Legislation

Folder 6: Magazine Clippings on Union Carbide

Folder 7: Correspondence with Westinghouse electric Corporation

Folder 8: Institute for Ecological Studies (1970-1973)

Folder 9: Institute for Ecological Studies (1974-1975, 1977, 1981)

Folder 10: Institute for Ecological Studies (1982)

Folder 11: Institute for Ecological Studies (1983, Date Unknown)

Folder 12: Lake Agassiz Homeowners Association

Folder 13: North Dakota Academy of Science Address

Folder 14: Experiment in International Living

Folder 15: The Grand Forks Food Cooperative

Folder 16: Humanities & Public Issues of Grand Forks

Folder 17: Obituary and The Dakota Student. 1974 & 1990

Folder 18: Air Pollution Control Advisory Council

Folder 19: Bemidji Food Conference

Folder 20: Energy

Folder 21: Ecological Studies & Ecologist

Folder 22: Food Hunger

Folder 23: Foreign Language & English First

Folder 24: Gasohol

Folder 25: Kristallnacht

Folder 26: Metrication

Folder 27: Population/ Food Fund

Folder 28: Scientific Writings

Folder 29: Solar

Folder 30: Mailbag 1958-1969

Folder 31: Mailbag 1970-1979

Folder 32: Mailbag 1980-1989

Folder 33: Mailbag 1 990-1995

Folder 34: Mailbag Dates Unknown

Folder 35: Copies of Letters by Reference to Andrews

Folder 36: Copies of Letters Reference to Burdick

Folder 37: Copies of Letters Reference to Conrad

Folder 38: Copies of' Letters Reference to Dorgan

Folder 39: Copies of Letters Reference to Pomeroy

Folder 40: Copies of Letters Reference to Other Government Officials

Folder 41: North Dakota

Folder 42: Grand Forks - "Board of Contributors"

Folder 43: Grand Forks - Liquor License

Folder 44: Grand Forks - Map

Folder 45: Grand Forks - Open Burn

Folder 46: Grand Forks - Peacekeeper Rail Program

Folder 47: Grand Forks - Portable Advertising Signs

Folder 48: Grand Forks - Public Safety Committee

Folder 49: Grand Forks - Water

Folder 50: Baton Rouge (The Institute for Environmental Studies at Louisiana State)

Folder 51: KFJM

Folder 52: North Dakota Junior Academy of Science

Folder 53: Sigma Xi, UND's chapter

Folder 54: Envelopes from Frank to Germany, 1941.

Folder 55: Correspondence Between Frank and Dennis Thomte, Patent Attorney, 1989

Folder 56: Biographical Information and Eulogies

Folder 57: Birth and Education Records

Folder 58: Family Tree

Folder 59: Travel Documents and Emigrations Records

Folder 60: The Holocaust

Folder 61: German Reparation Payments

Folder 62: Masonic Activities

Folder 63: Federated Church of Grand Forks

Folder 64: Experiment in International Living

Folder 65: Institute for Ecological Studies

Folder 66: Chemistry

Folder 67: Misc. Professional and Community Activities

Folder 68: Newspaper Clippings

Folder 69: Letters to the Editor

Folder 70: Correspondence between Richard and Mary Frank

Folder 71: Correspondence with Government Agencies

Folder 72: Misc. Personal Correspondence

Folder 73: Philanthropy

Folder 74: Miscellaneous

Photographs :

Separated and placed in the Photograph File Cabinets

Photograph 1: Berta Weissenburger Frank. Date unknown. Taken before Richard Frank emigrated to the United States.

Photograph 2: Duplicate of #1.

Photograph 3: Stefan Frank with three other subjects-two women, one man. One of the women is his cousin Rose Neuwahl. Dated 24 March 1921.

Photograph 4: Berta and Stefan Frank. Taken in Cannstatt, Germany, in 1900 (the year they married).

Photograph 5: Duplicate of #4.

Photograph 6: Portrait of Berta Frank. Date unknown. Probably taken sometime between 1900 and 1902.

Photograph 7: Additional portrait of Berta Frank. Date unknown. Probably taken sometime between 1900 and 1902 as well.

Photograph 8: Berta Frank with son Richard (approximately age two). Dated 1902.

Photograph 9: Erna Frank (born 1906) as an infant. Date unknown.

Photograph 10: Richard and Erna Frank as children. Dated 1907.

Photograph 11: Richard Frank as a young boy. Date unknown.

Photograph 12: Portrait of Prof. H. Wieland of the University of Freiburg. Date unknown. Probably taken between 1921 and 1926.

Photograph 13: Photograph of Prof. Wieland delivering a lecture. Date unknown. Probably taken between 1921 and 1926.

Photograph 14: Richard Frank at work in a laboratory, probably in Freiburg. Date unknown. Probably taken between 1921 and 1926.

Photograph 15: Three pictures of Richard Frank at work cutting wood at Multen in the Black Forest, as well as a certificate from the Head Forester for the Schönau Forestry Office stating that Mr. Frank performed his duties well (see enclosed translation). Dated 11 October 1923.

Photograph 16: Family picture of Stefan and Berta Frank with their children Richard and Erna. Dated Easter of 1932.

Photograph 17: Additional family picture of Stefan and Berta Frank with their children Richard and Erna. Date unknown.

Photograph 18: Stefan and Berta Frank. Dated 1941.

Photograph 19: Three portraits (one as a young couple, two later in life as individuals) of Else-Goldman-Mailänder (1901-1975) and Ernst Mailänder (1895-1974). Includes a short note from Rodolfo Mailander (presumably their son). Dates unknown.

Photograph 20: Picture taken by Richard Frank during his trans-Atlantic voyage to the U.S. Dated 1939.

Photograph 21: Additional picture taken by Richard Frank during his trans-Atlantic voyage to the U.S. Dated 1939.

Photograph 22: Additional picture taken by Richard Frank during his trans-Atlantic voyage to the U.S. Dated 1939.

Photograph 23: Additional picture taken by Richard Frank during his trans-Atlantic voyage to the U.S. Dated 1939.

Photograph 24: Dr. Richard and Mary Margaret French Frank on the occasion of their wedding, 1 August 1957.

Photograph 25: Dr. Richard and Mary Margaret French Frank on the occasion of their wedding. Also in the picture: Dr. French (bride's father) and Erna Frank (groom's sister). 1 August 1957.

Photograph 26: Dr. Richard and Mary Margaret French Frank on the occasion of their wedding. Left to right: Carl Fitcheimer (groom's cousin), Erna Frank (groom's sister), Mary Margaret French Frank, Dr. Frank, Dr. French (bride's father), and Townsley French (bride's brother). 1 August 1957.

Photograph 27: Dr. Richard and Mary Margaret French Frank on the occasion of their wedding. Left to right: Erna Frank (groom's sister), Dr. French (bride's father), Mary Margaret French Frank, minister, Dr. Frank, unidentified man, and unidentified woman. 1 August 1957.

Photograph 28: Dr. Richard Frank with a group of University of North Dakota dignitaries. Front row, left to right: Dr. Frank, and Dr. Ernest Coon. Back row, left to right: Ben Gustafson, Dr. Connie Nelson (VP of Academic Affairs), Dr. Leo Paquette (Abbott Lecturer), and Dr. Thomas Clifford (President, UND). Dated January 1980.

Photograph 29: Portrait of Dr. Richard Frank. Date unknown.

Photograph 30: Dr. Richard and Mary Margaret Frank on the occasion of Dr. Frank's 90th birthday. Apparently celebrated at the Federated Church of Grand Forks. Children of the congregation visible in background. Dated 7 October 1990.

Photograph 31: Dr. Richard Frank walking on a beach with a camera. Date and location unknown.

Photograph 32: Tree in unknown location. 1938

Photograph 33: "'The Rock and the Tree'- Taken at Crater Lake, Oregon. A wavy line, three times repeated, makes the harmony of this picture." 1953

Photograph 34: "Thistles grow in Germany too." 1938

Photograph 35: "Oak Lawn Church, a historic site of the Northern Valley- until a negligent custodian let it burn down."

Photograph 36: "Harvest time in the Red River Valley. Leave efficiency to others, but this one is picturesque."

Photograph 37: Woodworth Hall Fire 1948-1949

Photograph 38: Woodworth Hall Fire 1948-1949

Photograph 39: Woodworth Hall Fire 1948-1949

Photograph 40: Woodworth Hall Fire 1948-1949

Photograph 41: Woodworth Hall Fire 1948-1949

Photograph 42: Woodworth Hall Fire 1948-1949