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Title: Alexander C. Burr Papers

Dates: 1916-1980

Collection number: 10204

Quantity:15 feet

Provenance:  The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the Alexander C. Burr Papers from Mrs. Alexander C. Burr in various lots from 1982 to 1988.  This manuscript collection was processed and the inventory prepared by Kari Rombs Kohlhoff, Karen Mund, and Grace Wanttaja in June 1988.

Property rights:  The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.

Copyright:  Mrs. Alexander C. Burr has dedicated such copyrights as she possesses in this collection to the public.  Consideration of all other copyrights is the responsibility of the researcher.

Access:  This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Citation:  Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.

Transfer:  Seven feet of material were removed from the Alexander C. Burr Papers and transferred to the appropriate collection management area of the State Archives.  The majority of the transfer material consists of publications such as newsletters, bulletins, magazines, reports, and published state and federal documents.  All publications were transferred to the library.

One-third foot of black and white photographs, colored photos, negatives, and a newspaper printing plate or cut were transferred to the Photo Archives.  The photos depict individuals, churches, a car, manufacturing production lines, loading coal iron barges, potato culling, and destination plant photos.

Eleven post cards and postal covers were placed in the philatelic collection.

An equality button from the Synod office, a Kildonan Centenary ribbon, and an Easter Seal merit badge were transferred to the ephemera collection.

Microform of the North Dakota Research Foundation was transferred to the microfilm collection.

Transferred to the audio collection was a phonodisc record of the 111th anniversary of the University of Michigan.

Related Material:

Alexander C. Burr Papers.  1901-1977, 15 ft.  Collection 10204.

Jamestown Collegian.  March 9, 1953.

Wilton News.  July 15,1976.

Bismarck Tribune.  February 8, 1959.

North Dakota Blue Book, 1942.

Synod of North Dakota Presbyterian, 1883-1973, 51 ft., Collection 10128.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Alexander C. Burr was born March 21, 1901 in Bottineau, ND to Alexander G. and Roberta Carothers Burr.  His father, Alexander G. Burr, served as State's Attorney of Bottineau County from 1894 to 1902 and was elected district judge in 1908.  He served as district judge until his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1926 where he remained until his retirement in 1949.

Alexander C. Burr graduated from Rugby High School and Jamestown College in 1920.  He earned a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, taught at the College of the City of Detroit for four years, and from 1929 to 1934 headed the Department of Chemical Engineering Practice at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  In North Dakota he was Dean of Faculty and Vice-President of Jamestown College from 1938 to 1942.  He received an honorary doctorate from Jamestown College in 1956.

Burr was an organizer and first president of the North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers, research director of the North Dakota Research Foundation, and a charter member and first president of the Easter Seal Society of North Dakota.  As a churchman of the United Presbyterian Church, he served six years on the National Commission on Evangelism, and served as a church elder for more than 50 years.  In his late 1960s, he and his wife, Lillie, went to Thailand as fraternal workers for the church, spending four years there.

Alexander C. Burr worked with the U. S. Bureau of Mines in designing and building the bureau's Lignite Research Laboratory at Grand Forks.  He headed the laboratory's Division of Fuels Technology for a time, studying fuel problems for a seven state Midwest area.  He felt North Dakota's solid fuels resources offered great potential for development.  Lignite resources were the greatest of any state and important not only as a source of heat, but a raw material for synthetic chemical industries.  He wrote many articles and papers on lignite such as:  "Lignite in North Dakota", "North Dakota Lignite and Synthetic Fuels", "Sulphur in North Dakota Lignite", "The Future of Lignite", "The Place of Lignite as a Fuel for the Middle West", "Gasification of Lignite in a Commercial Scale Pilot Plant", and "Lignite Fuel Burning Power Plants".

Burr did not limit his interest to lignite or fuels, but wrote on a variety of subjects, e.g. water and industrial development, dehydration of potatoes, manufacture of cement, degree days of heating and cooling, fertilizers,  Garrison Diversion, geology surveys, oil and natural gas, pesticides, soybeans, sodium sulfate, turkeys, and uranium.

Alexander C. Burr married Lillie Fuller at Cavalier, June 22, 1926.  They were the parents of three children:  Alexander F., John P., and Patricia.  He died August 30, 1977.

Sources: 

Bismarck Tribune.  June 13, 1961, August 31, 1977.

Who's Who in America.  Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Illinois.  1950-1963.

Alexander C. Burr Papers.  1901-1977, 15 ft.  Collection 10204.

Fargo Forum.  August 24, 1943, November 16, 1950, February 5, 1958.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Alexander C. Burr Papers date from 1916 to 1980 with the bulk dating from 1941-1965, and measure 15 feet.  This collection documents Alexander C. Burr's years as a college professor, a scientific researcher, and a religious leader.  The collection consists of five file groups: scientific papers and North Dakota Research Foundation files, 9 ft.; education files, 1 1/4 ft.; religious files, 2 ½ ft.; personal papers, 1 1/2 ft.; and scrapbooks, 3/4 ft.  Oversize material consists of architectural drawings, maps, and mechanical drawings.  Included in the architectural drawings are layouts of a cheese factory, and dehydration, extraction, and cull potato processing plants.  Maps consist of lignite beds, Garrison Dam, Nesson anticline, White Lake settling pond area, and Indian tribes.  Mechanical drawings include Type "R" cross-belt separator, Rock Wool project cupola, Crown Solvent oil extraction plant, and VSD vacuum pump.

The scientific papers and North Dakota Research Foundation files date from 1916 to 1979 and measure 9 ft.  The scientific papers document Burr's belief that North Dakota's solid fuels resources had great potential for development.  The papers consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, and printed material.  Included in the reports were studies on alcohol, cement, coal, energy, fertilizers, gases, lignite, potatoes, soybeans, and power plants.  The scientific papers and North Dakota Research Foundation files are arranged alphabetically by keyword in boxes 1 to 9.

The education files measure 1 1/4 ft. and date from 1921 to 1972.  The education files document Burr's teaching activities as an instructor at a number of colleges.  Courses taught by Burr included chemistry, engineering, and physics. The education files consist of correspondence, printed materials, reports, and book lists.  Included are reports on Jamestown College, North Dakota Agricultural College, University of North Dakota, Roberts College, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and Westminster College.  The education files are in boxes 9 and 10 and are arranged alphabetically by keyword.

Religious files date from 1922 to 1980 and measure 2 ft.  Burr's religious files document his interest and research on religious topics.  The files consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, printed material, and reports.  Topics researched by Burr include evangelism, communism, Christian teachings, and prayer in schools.  Histories of Bottineau Church, Fargo-Oakes Presbytery, and the Presbyterian Synod of North Dakota are included in the papers.  The religious files are arranged alphabetically by keyword in boxes 10 to 12.

Personal papers measure 1 1/2 ft. and date from 1916 to 1979.  The papers document Burr's interest in diverse subjects, e.g. Abraham Lincoln, poetry, stock market, travel, politics, and the history of Dakota Territory.  The papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reports, manuscripts, verses, miscellaneous readings, biographies, and history of Dakota Territory.  Burr's personal papers are in boxes 14 and 15, and are arranged alphabetically by keyword.

Scrapbooks date from 1930 to 1974 and measure 3/4 ft.  The scrapbooks emphasize Burr's interest in lignite coal and prominent scientists.  The scrapbooks consist of magazine and newspaper clippings, stamps, and photos.   The scrapbooks are arranged alphabetically by keyword in box 15.

ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENT: 

The Alexander C. Burr Papers were not organized into any type of filing system and there were many loose papers.  Three-ring binders were used for storing part of the material along with some letter size manila folders.  The majority of the documents were in good condition but a small portion was moldy and corroded by metal fasteners. These documents were surface cleaned before refoldering; forty-seven papers were so severely molded that they were photocopied and the originals destroyed.  The Lignite Research Laboratory scrapbook includes many photos encased in a plastic cover which has adhered to the pictures.  This scrapbook was retained with the collection.

BOX / FOLDER INVENTORY

Scientific Papers and North Dakota Research Foundation

Box 1:
1 Academy of Science, North Dakota            1949-1952           
2 Advertisements, Laboratory Equipment     1948-1963           
3 Agriculture Farm and Labor          1954-1961           
4 Alchemy            1930       001         04
5 Alcohol, Conversion of Farm Products to   1942      
6 Alcohol, Industrial           1943-1946           
7 Alcohol Plant, Industrial, Proposed              1942      
8 Alumina, Clays as a Source of      1943      
9 Ammonia Studies            1941-1957           
10 Ammonia, Technology of Synthetic                         
11 Barometric Pressure & Temp., Jamestown                             
12 Battelle Memorial Institute          1958-1963           
13 Burlington Subsistence Project    1935      
14 Business Enterprises, Industries  1957      
15 Calculations                   
16 Cavalier and Jamestown Tax Analyses    1962      
17 Cavalier & Pembina Population Statistics                1961     
18 Cement Manufacturing                1947-1949           
19 Cement Plant Proposal 1957      
20 Cement Plant Study      1929-1953           
21 Cement Production and Consumption      1950      
22 Chemical Engineering   1925-1967           
23 Chemical Engineering   1925-1967           
24 Chemical Equations                     
25 Chemical Formulas                      
26 Chemical Plant Design                 
27 Chemical Plant Tests, Organization of                     
28 Chemical Plant Tests, Organization of      1932-1934           
29 Chemical Plant Tests, Organization of      1934      
30 Clippings, "Chemical Engineering"             1953-1956           
31 Clippings, Industry        1944      
32 Clippings, Industry        1956-1958           
33 Clippings, Lignite           1945-1958           
34 Clippings, Miscellaneous              1942-1949           
35 Clippings, Miscellaneous              1948-1974           

Box 2:
1 Clippings, Miscellaneous                1968-1974           
2 Clippings, Scientific         1929-1954           
3 Coal    1948-1951           
4 Coal    1948-1951           
5 Coal    1956      
6 Coal    1943-1958           
7 Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas             1942-1958           
8 Computer Systems Information   1954-1964           
9 Cost Estimating                1946-1955           
10 Crop and Livestock       1959-1964           
11 Dairy Industry                1951-1961           
12 Documents List, Scientific           1932-1975           
13 Ecology and Pollution   1971-1972           
14 Economic Development Commission       1957      
15 Energy Crisis   1971      
16 Energy Resources          1937-1955           
17 Energy Resources Research Transcripts    1954      
18 Energy Sources, Future 1947-1963           
19 Energy Sources, World Reserves of            1950-1959           
20 Engineering     1950-1959           
21 Equation and Computer Techniques         1933-1961           
22 EROS Data     1972      
23 Farm Labor Productivity              1939-1955           
24 Fertilizers         1946-1950           
25 Fertilizers         1946-1956           
26 Fertilizers         1953-1960           

Box 3:
1 Fertilizers            1952-1962           
2 Fire Standards, Nursing Homes     1954-1963           
3 Flammable Gases and Liquids      1960-1965           
4 Flotation Process                             
5 Food Consumption Trends            1956      
6 Forest Resources              1948      
7 Fuel Resources  1952      
8 Fuels Technology Division             1952      
9 Garrison Diversion Unit   1970-1972           
10 Gas Metal Treatment Apparatus                1963-1965           
11 Gases, Efficiency of      1946      
12 Gases, Efficiency of      1948      
13 Gasification    1946-1952           
14 Gasification of Lignite  1943-1963           
15 Geological Survey          1927      
16 Geological Survey          1927      
17 Geological Survey          1927      
18 Geological Survey          1927      
19 Geological Survey          1927      
20 Geological Survey          1927      
21 Geological Survey          1927      
22 Geological Survey          1927      

Box 4:
1 Geological Survey            1927      
2 Geological Survey            1927      
3 Geological Survey            1927      
4 Geological Survey            1927      
5 Geology Reports               1949-1952           
6 Gold and Current Economy           1970      
7 Grant, Albert     1943      
8 Harmon, Craig, Geochemistry       1953      
9 Hydrogen           1933-1948           
10 Hydrogen        1948-1949           
11 IIT Research Institute Correspondence    1963-1964           
12 Indian Affairs 1943-1946           
13 Indian Affairs 1943-1946           
14 Industrial Development                1943-1944           
15 Industrial Development                1943-1944           
16 Industrial Development                1949-1952           
17 Industrial Development                1946-1953           
18 Industrial Development                1955-1956           
19 Industrial Development                1953-1959           
20 Industrial Development                1956-1961           
21 Industrial Development Legislation           1955-1957           
22 Industrialization Research Program           1942      
23 Investment and Tax Statistics, Industry   1947-1955           
24 Laboratories, Construction of Various      1944-1948           
25 Leonardite       1954-1957           

Box 5:
1 Lignite                               
2 Lignite                1933-1934           
3 Lignite                1922-1952           
4 Lignite                1943-1952           
5 Lignite                1947-1952           
6 Lignite                1950-1952           
7 Lignite                1935-1953           
8 Lignite                1947-1953           
9 Lignite                1949-1953           
10 Lignite              1951-1953           
11 Lignite              1923-1955           
12 Lignite              1934-1955           
13 Lignite              1942-1956           
14 Lignite              1936-1958           
15 Lignite              1948-1959           
16 Lignite              1926-1963           
17 Lignite              1929-1965           
18 Lignite, Absorption of Moisture  1950-1961           
19 Lignite, Invitation to Bid              1949-1950           

Box 6:
1 Lignite Processing             1961-1972           
2 Lignite Production by Counties     1950      
3 Lignite Research Laboratory         1947-1951           
4 Lignite Research Laboratory         1947-1952           
5 Lignite Research Laboratory Dedication    1947-1951           
6 Lignite Research Laboratory Equipment    1948-1962           
7 Lignite Research Laboratory Legislation    1941-1951           
8 Lignite Research Laboratory Reports          1953      
9 Lignite, Sulfur in               1953-1965           
10 Lignite Symposium       1965      
11 Lignite Utilization in Steam Generation    1948-1954           
12 Limestone Analyses      1951-1952           
13 Magnetic Separation     1958-1959           
14 Mathematics  1928-1950           
15 Mineral Resources         1955-1962           
16 Mineral Resources Production and Value 1958-1960           
17 Minerals           1961-1966          
18 Minnesota-North Dakota Resources         1946-1947           
19 Minnesota-North Dakota Resources         1947      
20 Miscellaneous 1929-1932           
21 Miscellaneous 1943-1953           
22 Miscellaneous 1940-1966           
23 Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Minutes       1954-1956           
24 Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Minutes       1955-1956           
25 Natural Resources         1948-1955           
26 Nitrogen Industry           1953      

Box 7:
1 Notes                 
2 Nuclear Energy Compact, Midwest              1955-1965           
3 Oil and Natural Gas         1951-1958           
4 Patent, Mexican, Mita-Flo, Inc.    1965      
5 Pesticides           1954-1958           
6 Petrochemicals 1957      
7 Petroleum and Petroleum Products              1952      
8 Petroleum and Petroleum Products              1956      
9 Physics, Social  1950-1957           
10 Pig Litter Data and Calculations 1930-1963           
11 Pipelines           1957-1965           
12 Planning Board, State   1935-1952           
13 Population Studies         1942-1975           
14 Potatoes           1944-1947           
15 Potatoes           1932-1951           
16 Potatoes Dehydration   1944      
17 Potatoes Dehydration   1944-1946           
18 Potatoes Dehydration   1921-1947           
19 Potatoes Dehydration Data Tests, Costs   1945-1947           
20 Power Plants   1950-1956           
21 Power Plants   1945-1960           
22 Power Plants   1948-1962           
23 Power Plants Survey      1951      
24 Power Plants Survey      1951      
25 Power Plants Using Lignite           1949-1951           
26 Power Station Costs and Investment         1951-1952           
27 Power Station Costs, Tioga, North Dakota               1951      
28 Psychrometric Charts    1929      
29 Railroad Land Grants   1956      

Box 8:
1 Ratnam, C.V.S., Lignite Thesis      1949-1950           
2 Ratnam, C.V.S., Lignite Thesis      1949-1950           
3 Ratnam, C.V.S., Lignite Thesis      1949-1950           
4 Reiling, Gilbert H., Lignite Thesis  1952      
5 Respess Artificial Leather Patent  1932      
6 Riverdale, North Dakota, Future of              1954-1956           
7 Rubber, Synthetic                           
8 Safflower Oil Characteristics         1957-1959           
9 Salt Exploitation              1954-1957           
10 Scientific Articles           1933-1961           
11 Semiconductors             1957-1960           
12 Sodium Sulfate              1959      
13 Sodium Sulfate              1948-1961           
14 Sodium Sulfate Analysis              1946-1948           
15 Sodium Sulfate Analysis              1935-1961           
16 Sodium Sulfate Analysis              1960-1963           
17 Sodium Sulfate Graphs                1961      
18 Sodium Sulfate Solutions, Belle Products 1961      
19 Sodium Sulfate Solutions Thermal Data                 
20 Sodium Sulfate Solutions Viscosity           1961      
21 Solar Energy   1955-1973           
22 Solar Radiation              1931-1947           
23 Soybean Oil Extraction                1948-1957           
24 Soybean Studies            1943-1958           
25 Soybeans         1939-1957           
26 Soybeans         1942-1959           
27 Soybeans         1957-1964           
28 Space Travel   1963-1970           
29 Sponge Iron    1942-1944           
30 Steam Generating Unit Designs   1951
31 Straw, Cost of Accumulating                     
32 Studies, Miscellaneous, UND       1946-1954           

Box 9:
1 Submerged Combustion 1941-1961           
2 Sulfur and Sulfuric Acid 1940-1962           
3 Survey of American Listed Corporations    1936-1941           
4 Taxation            1940-1956           
5 Technical and Industrial Research at UND                               
6 Temperature and Precipitation Calculus     1938-1960           
7 Thailand Research, Technical       1968      
8 Theory of Errors               1931      
9 Thermal Conductivity     1934-1951           
10 Transistors       1958      
11 Triangular Coordinates 1930-1955           
12 Tunnels, Air Conditioning in                       
13 Turkey Production         1929-1956           
14 Uranium          1947-1958           
15 Uranium Recovery from Lignite 1971      
16 Uranium Recovery from Lignite 1971      
17 Urea Solubility in Water                              
18 Walker's, F.A., "American Agriculture"                     
19 Water Analyses of North Dakota Cities    1942-1955           
20 Water Demineralizing Equipment              1953-1955           
21 Water Quality and Quantity        1949-1968           
22 Water Purification and Quality   1916-1974           
23 Water Resources            1938-1945           
24 Water Resources            1948-1955           
25 Well Temperature Log, Shell Oil Unit         1956      
26 Williston Basin               1950      
27 Woolen Mill    1950-1952           

Oversize Materials
990401 Architectural Drawings        1930-1959           
990401 Maps       1943-1961           
990401 Mechanical Drawings, Power Plant Survey     1946-1956           

Educational Papers

Box 9:
28 Agricultural College, Fargo           1931      
29 Agricultural College History, Fargo            1972     
30 Balch, D.E., Commencement Address UND            1952      
31 Book and Library Lists 1932      
32 Chandler, Edwyn F., Dean-Emeritus UND                1944-1965           
33 Chemical Engineering Courses and Notes                1932-1934           
34 Chemical Engineering Courses and Notes                1926-1949           

Box 10:
1 Chemistry, General, Courses Notes                             
2 Chemistry, Physical, Courses Notes             1921-1922           
3 Chemistry Problems, Assigning of Indust.   1921-1924           
4 Chemistry 2 E Course Notes          1921-1924           
5 Committee of100            1964      
6 Engineering Education    1964-1966           
7 Engineers, Professional   1940-1947           
8 Engineers, Professional Registration             1943-1952           
9 Engineers, Professional, Roster      1974-1975           
10 Engineers, Society of Professional              1965      
11 Enrollment, Colleges                    
12 Fuels Origin and Occurrence, National      1951      
13 Housman, Alfred Edward            1943-1963           
14 Jamestown College        1953-1966           
15 Jamestown College        1965-1966           
16 Jamestown College History         1941-1944           
17 Miscellaneous 1932-1962           
18 Physics II                        
19 Roberts College              1963      
20 Special Education          1957-1959           
21 Stanford Research Institute         1962      
22 Undergraduate Thesis Instruction at MIT                1933      
23 University of Michigan Alumni in ND       1949      
24 University of North Dakota Alumni           1962      
25 University of North Dakota Convocation                1958      
26 Wallin, Vice Admiral Homer, Citation       1967      
27 Westminster College      1936      
28 Westminster College      1936-1951           
29 Westminster College Dean's Reports          1936-1938           

Religious Papers

30 Area Conference Workbook       1959      
31 Bacon, Roger  1928-1937           
32 Bacon, Roger  1928-1937           
33 Barnard, Rev. Alanzo, Research Notes     1951-1960           

Box 11:
1 Barnard, Rev. Alanzo, Research Notes       1943-1972           
2 Barnard, Rev. Alanzo, Research Notes       1972      
3 Bible Studies Index                         
4 Bible Translation, New English      1964      
5 Bible Translation, New English      1964      
6 Bible Translation, New English      1964      
7 Bottineau Church History              1941-1959           
8 Christian Bases for a Durable Peace            1943-1944           
9 Christian Education         1947-1955           
10 Christian Education      1951-1960           
11 Christian Teachings       1933-1960           
12 Christian Teachings Historical Review      1928-1939           
13 Christian Teachings Historical Review      1928-1939           
14 Church and State           1959-1963           
15 Church History Research Notes  1954-1956           
16 Church History Research Notes  1952-1963           
17 Church History Research Notes  1951-1982           
18 Church History Research Notes                 
19 Clippings, Christian Teachings    1960-1973           
20 Communism   1957-1960           
21 Communism   1961-1962           
22 Communism   1962      

Box 12:
1 Communism     1962      
2 Conferences and Committees       1951-1966           
3 Constitution Study, Christian        1950-1965           
4 Councils and Special Committees                1964-1968           
5 Elders of Fargo Presbytery Conference       1943-1945           
6 Evangelism, National Commission              1961      
7 Evangelism, Statewide    1951-1961           
8 Fargo-Oakes Presbytery  1962-1964           
9 First Presbyterian Church, Jamestown         1954      
10 Hargis, Billy James        1960      
11 Highland Land League 1936      
12 Manitoba Historical Society        1960-1972           
13 Manuscripts, Religious                 
14 Middle East Crisis          1955-1966           
15 Miscellaneous 1949-1980           
16 National Presbyterian Church and Center                1959-1967           
17 Nepal, United Mission   1971      
18 Past Moderator Letters 1923-1962           
19 Prayer in Public Schools               1961-1962           
20 Prayer in Public Schools               1961-1962           
21 Prayer in Public Schools, Supreme Court  1944-1962           
22 Priestley, Joseph             1932-1960           
23 Pronouncements, General Assembly         1946-1958           

 

Box 13:
1 Pronouncements, General Assembly            1945-1962           
2 Schaeffer, Francis A.                      
3 Selkirk Jacdow No. C-10               
4 Selkirk Settlement Research Notes               1951-1964           
5 Selkirk, The Earles of, Research Notes        1922-1971           
6 Synod of North Dakota  1940-1951           
7 Synod of North Dakota  1961-1962           
8 Synod of North Dakota  1961-1972           
9 Synod of North Dakota History    1945-1953           
10 Thailand, Church of Christ          1969-1970           
11 Theological Seminary Candidates                            
12 WCTU Treasurers Book, Jamestown         1924-1948           
13 WCTU Treasurers Book, Jamestown         1924-1950           

Personal Papers

13 Agreement, Burr, Nasset, and Pandolfo    1957      
14 Bestor, Arthur, Aimlessness in Education                
15 Biographies, Rear Admirals         1947-1961           
16 Biography, Alex C. Burr               1933-1954           
17 Clippings, Miscellaneous              1928-1966           
18 Correspondence             1916-1921           
19 Correspondence             1920-1922           
20 Correspondence             1922      
21 Correspondence             1922-1937           
22 Correspondence             1942-1950           
23 Correspondence             1951-1952           
24 Correspondence             1952-1953           

Box 14:
1 Correspondence               1962-1963           
2 Correspondence               1963-1972           
3 Correspondence, Cards   1965      
4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous                   
5 Easter Seals       1948      
6 Elections            1960-1962           
7 Gambling           1939      
8 Gardening Advertisements             1913-1914           
9 History of Dakota Territory           1943-1955           
10 History of Dakota Territory         1943-1955           
11 History of Dakota Territory         1943-1955           
12 International Peace Garden, Inc.                1935-1962           
13 International Peace Garden, Inc.                1959-1979           
14 Kitchen Equipment       1953-1954           
15 Lincoln Clippings and Pamphlets               1954-1964           
16 Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance                 
17 Manuscripts                   
18 Miscellaneous 1947-1952           
19 Miscellaneous Readings               1932-1965           
20 Miscellaneous Readings               1962-1974           
21 North Dakota at a Glance                           
22 Optical History Milestones           1940      
23 Science and Literature Readings                1931-1960           
24 Shepherd, George, Clippings        1930-1931           
25 Stock Market  1957-1958           
26 Thorburn, Captain John, Biography          1946      
27 Tighe, Charles, Attorney               1962-1964           
28 Tighe, Charles, Attorney               1962-1964           
29 Tighe, Charles, Attorney               1963-1964           
30 Travel Brochures           1958-1979           

Box 15:
1 True Balance                   
2 Verses                
3 Verses                

Scrapbooks

4 Lignite Research Laboratory Scrapbook    1949      
5 Lignite Research Laboratory Scrapbook    1949      
6 Lignite Research Laboratory Scrapbook    1949      
7 Lignite Research Laboratory Scrapbook    1949      
8 Lignite Research Laboratory Scrapbook    1949      
9 Miscellaneous Scrapbook              1945-1956           
10 Clippings Scrapbook     1939-1974           
11 Miscellaneous Scrapbook            1930-1945           
12 Obituary-Bismarck Tribune         1977      
13 Photograph of Alexander Fuller Burr         1952      
14 Newspaper Clipping of Susan Elaine Burr                1970      
15 Copies of articles on children & grandchildren        1994-1995           
16 Friends of the Public Schools Bulletins      1944-1948           

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