Dr. Richard Frank Papers, 1900-1995
Collection Overview
Title: Dr. Richard Frank Papers, 1900-1995
ID: OGLMC1328
Primary Creator: Frank, Richard (1900-1995)
Extent: 1.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 04/00/1996. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Holocaust, University of North Dakota - Faculty
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Collection Historical Note
Richard Frank was born October 7, 1900, in Stuttgart, Germany to Stefan and Berta (Weissenburger) Frank. At the age of 2, the Franks moved to Brussels, Belgium, where they lived until Richard was 18. They had to flee Brussels and move back to Germany due to the German Army's invasion in World War I. Frank attended and graduated from Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Germany in 1921 with a focus in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany in 1925. From 1925 to 1939, he worked as an industrial chemist until the spread of Nazism caused him to leave his job because of the political situation in Germany.
During the days of November 9-10, 1938, Frank and his family experienced Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. This event marked the first of many violent acts committed by Nazis against German Jews. During those nights Nazi storm troopers came to the Frank home, demanding the youngest male of Jewish heritage come with them. Although Frank was the youngest Jewish male in the home, he escaped arrest because he was ill and in bed. In Spring 1939, only months before the war broke out and Jews were stripped of all citizenship rights, he left for America. In 1941, Frank successfully helped his sister, Erna, flee Germany for the U.S. He was unsuccessful however, in helping his parents. They were transported to a concentration camp in Eastern Europe where they died, probably in 1943.
Frank lived in Milwaukee until 1948, where he worked as a Research Chemist for Harnischfeger Corporation. In 1948, he came to the University of North Dakota as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. In 1956, he was promoted to an Associate Professor. He married Mary Margaret French, head of the Grand Forks Public Library, in 1957. He retired from the UND Chemistry Department in 1968.
He was very active in the community and at UND. He was a member of the American Chemistry Society, Sigma Xi, and the American Association of Advancement of Science and Chairman of the Speaker's Bureau. At UND, he was on the University Committee on Recruitment for College Teaching and the Scholarship Committee. He introduced the Experiment in International Living and judged numerous science fairs. He also published several books in the field of Chemistry.
Richard E. Frank died March 1, 1995, at the age of 94.
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Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additions were received from Mary Margaret Frank on: July 30, 1996 (97-2104); February 22, 1999 (99-2311); April 29, 1999 (2000-2444); August 17, 2006 (2006-2848); and November 2006 (2006-2869).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Mary Margaret Frank, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 96-2066
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Dr. Richard Frank Papers. OGLMC 1328, 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 September 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
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- 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
- Folder 1: Hearing on PCB destruction
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