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Alexander C. Burr Papers, 1940-1977

Collection Overview

Title: Alexander C. Burr Papers, 1940-1977

ID: OGLMC/998

Creator: Burr, Alexander C.

Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 12/01/1984

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

1901-1977; Involved with energy research in North Dakota as a member of the North Dakota Research Foundation and the U.S. Bureau of Mines Lignite Research Laboratory

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Alexander C. Burr Papers, 1940-1977, consist mainly of miscellaneous reports from the 1950s regarding North Dakota lignite and other state natural resources. Also included is a statistical analysis of Charles Carothers' participation in the first North Dakota Constitutional Convention in 1889. Carothers was the youngest member of the Convention and Burr's maternal uncle.

Separated and accessioned as individual collections are copies of the Polish Review (OGL 1183) and the Netherlands News and Netherlands News Digest (OGL 1184). Each of these serials was published during World War II and was designed to make the American public aware of the plight of Nazi occupied countries.

Administrative Information

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

Acquisition Source: Mrs. Alexander C. Burr, Bismarck, North Dakota

Acquisition Method:

Donation; 84-1341

1935 journal/diary of his father; 2021-3448

Separated Materials:

UND yearbooks (1904 and 1906) were removed and placed in storage.

Journal of the Constitutional Convention for North Dakota, 1889, was cataloged.

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Alexander C. Burr Papers. OGLMC 998, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in July 2012.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Biographical Newspaper Clippings, 1940-1977Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Correspondence, 1945-1968Add to your cart.
Folder 3: "Industrial Development in North Dakota: Planning and Realization", March 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Lignite Branch - Fuels Technology Division Region V, Grand Forks, North Dakota, Reports for February, April, May, 1953Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Natural Resources, Reports and SpeechesAdd to your cart.
Folder 6: North Dakota Research Foundation - "Cull Potato Project for the Red River Valley"Add to your cart.
Folder 7: North Dakota Research Foundation - "Preliminary Expansion of Report on Dehydration of Cull Potatoes", 1944Add to your cart.
Folder 8: North Dakota Research Foundation - Separation Process Company Report, Catasauqua, PA, 1953: Adaptability of North Dakota Limestone for Cement Manufacture, by Dr. Oliver BowlesAdd to your cart.
Folder 9: "North Dakota", Statistical Report, 1955Add to your cart.
Folder 10: "Recent Population Changes in North Dakota", January 1954Add to your cart.
Folder 11: "A Selected Bibliography on Conservation of Natural Resources", Alex C. Burr, March 1957Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Speeches to the International Peace Garden Committee, 1959-1961Add to your cart.
Folder 13: "United States Population and Church Membership, 1850-1955"Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Charles Carothers, Delegate to the North Dakota Constitutional Convention, 1889, summary of his voting recordAdd to your cart.
Folder 15: Journal/diary of Judge Alexander Burr, 1935Add to your cart.
Many entries about the weather, but also some on his travels and court cases.
Folder 16: Photographs 1-4Add to your cart.

998-1: Senator Quentin Burdick, 1960s

992-2: Governor William Guy, 1960s

998-3: Senator Milton R. Young, 1960s

998-4: Magazine rack designed for North Dakota Lignite Research Laboratory, 1951 (the designer was given an award)

998-5:

Folder 17: Photographs of Bureau of Mines experimental stations from the U.S. Department of the Interior, ca. 1925-1950 (nos. 5-21)Add to your cart.

998-5: Charles R. Robertson Lignite Research Laboratory, Grand Forks, ND, ca. 1950

998-6: Air view of the Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO

998-7: Central Experiment Station at Pittsburgh, PA

998-8: Petroleum Experiment Station, Bartlesville, OK

998-9: New office building at Juneau, AK

998-10: Headquarters for the Minerals Thermodynamics Branch at Berkeley, CA

998-11: North Central Experiment Station on the University of Minnesota campus, Minneapolis, MN, ca. 1925

998-12: Intermountain Experiment Station at Salt Lake City, UT

998-13: Northwest Experiment Station, Seattle, WA

998-14: Southern Experiment Station, Tuscaloosa, AL

998-15: Southwest Experiment Station, Tucson, AZ

998-16: Electrometallurgical Branch at Boulder City, NV

998-17: Eastern Experiment Station on the University of Maryland campus, College Park, MD

998-18: Mississippi Valley Experiment Station, Rolla, MO

998-19: Mt. Weather Station at Bluemont, VA

998-20: Petroleum and Oil-shale Experiment Station, Laramie, WY

998-21: Northwest Electrodevelopment Laboratory, Albany, OR