ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA 58202

DR. RICHARD FRANK PAPERS

COLLECTION:OGL #1328 (addition)

DATES: 1926-1995

SIZE: 37 folders

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This addition to the Dr. Richard Prank Papers was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Mary Margaret Frank, Grand Forks, North Dakota on July 30, 1996 (Acc. #97-2104).

ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Richard Frank Papers contains his obituary and biographical articles, which make up the first folder of the collection. The collection also contains his scientific writings, his Doctoral Dissertation and a rough draft of his work titled "pH Measurements with Acid-Base Indicators Sorbed on Paper on Ion-Exchange Resin." Frank was knowledgeable on various issues as is evident in his various writings on topics, such as food hunger, gasohol, energy, and foreign language education.

The Correspondence section of the collection contains Frank's letters to the mailbag of the Grand Forks Herald. Frank regularly wrote to voice his opinion and concerns on issues, such as visiting aboard. Anti-ballistic missile development, industry and pollution, recycling, the glorification of violence, metric conversion, religion and science. and nutrition. This section also contains Frank's correspondence with local, state and national government officials, including Mark Andrews, Quentin Burdick, Kent Conrad, Byron Dorgan. and Earl Pomeroy.

The Grand Forks section of the collection contains correspondence between Frank and the city on issues that he felt were important for the city to solve. He had an interest on a variety of topics such as open burn, water and portable advertising signs.

The last group of folders contain lectures given by Frank. Included is a lecture he gave to The Institute of Environmental Studies at Louisiana State University. '[his lecture is titled "Utilization of Solar Energy in Northern Latitudes" or E.T. Goes Solar." He gave other presentations to UND's chapter of Sigrna Xi, The North Dakota Junior Academy of Science and KFJM.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

  1. Obituary and The Dakota Student. 1974 & 1990
  2. Air Pollution Control Advisory Council
  3. Bemidji Food Conference
  4. Energy
  5. Ecological Studies & Ecologist
  6. Food Hunger
  7. Foreign Language & English First
  8. Gasohol
  9. Kristallnacht
  10. Metrication
  11. Population/ Food Fund
  12. Scientific Writings
  13. Solar

Correspondence

  1. Mailbag 1958-1969
  2. Mailbag 1970-1979
  3. Mailbag 1980-1989
  4. Mailbag 1 990-1995
  5. Mailbag Dates Unknown
  6. Copies of Letters by Reference to Andrews
  7. Copies of Letters Reference to Burdick
  8. Copies of Letters Reference to Conrad
  9. Copies of' Letters Reference to Dorgan
  10. Copies of Letters Reference to Pomeroy
  11. Copies of Letters Reference to Other Government Officials
  12. North Dakota

Grand Forks

  1. Grand Forks - "Board of Contributors"
  2. Grand Forks - Liquor License
  3. Grand Forks - Map
  4. Grand Forks - Open Burn
  5. Grand Forks - Peacekeeper Rail Program
  6. Grand Forks - Portable Advertising Signs
  7. Grand Forks - Public Safety Committee
  8. Grand Forks - Water

Lecture

  1. Baton Rouge (The Institute for Environmental Studies at Louisiana State)
  2. KFJM
  3. North Dakota Junior Academy of Science
  4. Sigma Xi, UND's chapter
 Original Donation  First Addition: 1926-1995
 Second Addition: 1941  Third Addition: 1989
 Fourth Addition: 1900-1995  Fifth Addition: 1938-1953

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