Papers, 1889-1977.

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Papers, 1889-1977.

The Alexander C. Burr Papers date from 1940 to 1977. The majority of the material consists of miscellaneous reports from the 1950s regarding North Dakota lignite and the state's natural resources. Also included is a statistical analysis of Charles Carothers' (Burr's uncle) participation in the first North Dakota Constitutional Convention in 1889. Carothers was the youngest member of the Convention and Burr's maternal uncle.

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North Dakota Research Foundation

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Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection (Chester Fritz Library)

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Carother, Charles

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Burr, Alexander C., 1901-1977

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Alexander C. Burr, son of North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Alexander G. Burr, was born in Bottineau, North Dakota, on March 21, 1901. Burr graduated from Rugby High School and received a B.A. Degree from Jamestown College, North Dakota, a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Michigan, and an engineering certificate from the University of Munich, Germany. He was Dean of Faculty at Jamestown College from 1938 to 1942. He then did research for the North Dakota State Industri...

North Dakota. Constitutional Convention (1889)

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