Title: Robert L. Stroup
Dates: 1967-1976, 1996
Collection Number: 10692
Quantity: 13 feet
Abstract: Files of the Energy Development Board, coal mining reclamation issues and resolutions, files relating to Stroup’s service in the North Dakota Legislature, aerial photos of coal mine activity, and an oral history with Mr. Stroup.
Provenance: Robert Stroup donated his papers to the State Historical Society of North Dakota in July 1996.
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Transfer: Twenty-eight publications were transferred to the library collection.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
From the Hazen Star November 15, 2001
Robert L. Stroup, 86, of Hazen, died Tuesday Oct. 30, 2001, at Sakakwea Medical Center, Hazen. Services were held Saturday Nov. 3, 2001, at English Lutheran Church, Hazen, with Pastor Bill Wagner officiating. Burial followed in Hazen Cemetery.
Robert L. Stroup was born June 17, 1915, in Zap to Robert Martin and Margaret (Adams) Stroup. He grew up in Zap and graduated from high school in Hazen. He attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. And was elected to Pi Kappa Delta National Forensic Fraternity.
After college he worked for the Soil Conservation Service in Medora and Dickinson, buying land for the Little Missouri Grassland Area.
He married Lillian Pridt in 1939. Later that year he began managing Stanton Grain Company and also served on the Stanton School Board. In 1945 he moved to Hazen where he taught and coached at Hazen High School. In 1947 he bought Hazen Lumber Company and operated that until he sold it in 1973.
In 1965 he was elected to the North Dakota Senate, serving until 1976 and was often referred to as “Mr. Coal.” While a State Senator, he was the author of North Dakota’s first reclamation law and severance taxation legislation. This legislation was later adopted by many other states and the U.S. Congress. His interest in reclamation started when he lived in Zap and he and his brothers delivered newspapers and walked thorough unsightly spoil piles.
From 1974 to 1976 he was the Executive Director of the Mercer County Energy Development Board, actively involved in the rapidly expanding energy projects and research relating to coal-related innovation. In 1989 he received the Greater North Dakota Association’s Natural Resources Award.
He was an active member and officer of many businesses, civic, fraternal and political organizations over the years. He was involved in the creation of the Hazen Community Chest in 1976 and rewriting North Dakota’s Mechanics Lien Law in 1963. He served as President of the North Dakota Lumberman’s Association and the Northwest Lumberman’s Association. In 1976 he was the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. He was a charter member of the Hazen Memorial Hospital Association, which was instrumental in the building of the new hospital.
He was on the Board of the Union State Bank in Hazen for 10 years. He was Vice President and on the Board of Directors of the Farmers Security Bank in Washburn at the time of his death.
Lillian died in 1971. In 1974 he married Vi (Wickenheiser) Keller. He is survived by his wife Vi, Hazen; six children, Robyn (Edmund) Vinje, Fargo; Robert L. II (Coletta Albers), Fargo; M. James (La Vonne Schlender), Washburn; Larry (Kathy Strauss), Eden Prairie, Minn.; Thomas (Heather Pack), Great Falls, Va.; Elizabeth (Jerome) Menge, Bismarck; 16 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; four stepchildren, Ron (Nancy Cramer) Keller, Minneapolis, Minn.; Don Keller, Columbus, Ohio; Kathy (Rich) Werner, Janesville, Wis.; and Dick (Nancy) Ricks, Edina, Minn.; 10 step-grandchildren; one brother, Wayne (Bernice) Garrison; one sister Margaret Jean (Betty) (Jim) Leet, Wilton, Conn.; two sisters-in-law, Enid Stroup, Hazen; and Jean (Pridt) Rockne, Hazen; and Phoenix, Ariz.; and seven nieces and nephews.
In addition to Lillian he was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, George, and two infant sisters, Mary and Roberta.
Box 1:
1 Argonne National Lab-Bulletins 1978
2 Certo-Contracts 1979
3 Growth Management Plan Mercer County n.d.
4 Hazen Population & Housing 1977-1979
5 Mercer County Interim Land Use Policy Plan, Mercer County Planning Committee 1978
6 Land Use Plans, Hazen 1978
7 Mercer County Task Force Minutes/Agendas 1977-1980
8 Mercer County Task Force Committee Minutes 1976-1977
9 Pick City-Population & Housing Plan 1979
10 Methanol (Sorghum) Proposal 1979-1980
11 UPSIG Upper Plains States Inodation 1980
12 Fuel Cell-Gas Research 1978
13 Birmingham Settlement Peter Houghton n.d.
14 Energy Conservation Proposals 1977-1979
15 Construction Work Force & Employment 1979
16 Minde Land Reclamation Act of 1977
17 Starrett City Energy Project 1979-1980
18 John P. and M. Michele Genereux 1978-1979
19 Monitoring Program for Energy Development 1978
20 Genereux-reports & maps 1978
21 A Plan for Monitoring Energy Related Growth Development in Mercer County, Resource Planning Assoc., Inc. 1978
22 NBI Growth Management Plan drafts 1978
23 Legis/50 Denver 1979
24 Stevens Point, WI Conference 1979
25 Urban Land Institute Dallas TX 1979
Box 2:
1 Lignite Symposium
2 Stroup, Robert
3 Energy Development on Wyoming's Government
4 Regional Profile Energy Impacted Counties
5 Energy Related Market Opportunities
6 Local Government & Petroleum Development
7 Programmatic & Financial Solar (2)
8 Western Coal Planning Final Report
9 Study of the Energy Development Board of Mercer County
10 Potential Products from ND Lignite Fly Ash
11 Proceedings 1979
12 Low-Rank Coal Study Vol.6
13 Low-Rank Coal Study Vol.5
14 Low-Rank Coal Study Vol. 4
15 Low-Rank Coal Study Vol.3
16 Low-Rank Coal Study Vol. 2
17 The Toxic Substances Dilemma
Box 3:
1 R.P.A. General Correspondence 1980
2 RPA Evaluation of EDB Report
3 Environmental Impact Statement (Final)
4 Environmental Impact Statement (Draft)
5 Energy Conservation Guidebook
6 Census-Mercer County 1979
7 Energy Development Board of ND Mercer County
8 Energy Conservation Guidebook
9 Energy Development Board of Mercer County
10 Newspaper clippings
11 FDB Agreement & By Laws
12 Great Plains Gasification August 1980
13 Great Plains Gasification Project Vol. 3 of 3
14 Great Plains Gasification Plant Vol. 2 of 3
15 Forecasts for Western Coal/Energy Development
16 Impact Assessment of Western Coal/Energy
17 NDSU Land Reclamation Research Center
18 ND REAP System Analysis Details Volume 1
19 Community Planning Handbook
20 ND Farm Research January-February 1979
21 The Chemistry of Coal
22 Land Reclamation Research Center 1988
23 ND Land Reclamation Research Center 1989
24 Mine-Land Reclamation Research Rev. 1991
Box 4:
1 Land Reclamation Research Center 1990
2 NDSU Land Reclamation Research Cent 1991
3 Department of Energy
4 Project Lignite-UND
5 Lignite Ash Analysis-Bureau
6 UND Fly Ash Reports
7 Grand Forks Research Center 1978
8 Mineral Wool from Lignite Coal Slag (2)
9 RPA Work Plan Description
10 Energy Development Board of Mercer Count
11 Grand Forks Energy Technology Center
12 Valley City Community Development March 29, 1979
13 EDB MTG Agenda
14 News Releases Weekly
15 City of Beulah September 1978
16 FMHA Import Program
17 FMHA Planning Pre-Application/Plan Required
18 Coal Conversion counties Assoc.
19 Public Commission State of ND (3items) Nov. 9, 1977
20 Coal Conversion Facilities Tax Projects
21 Staff Memo's EDB
22 Zap Population & Housing
23 Western Coal Planning Association Workshop
24 Wind Generations & Test Program
25 Will Walton-Memo's
26 Tvenge-Larson-Contracts
Box 5:
1 Tvenge-Larson Retail Trade Study
2 Stanton-Population & Housing
3 R.P.A. General 1977-1978
4 State Planning Association N.D.
5 Mary College Energy Symposium Oct. 24, 1979
6 Jackman Rural Nonfarm Residential Element
7 Golden Valley-Population & Housing
8 EDA Solicitation Proposals
9 Energy Conservation Program Work Plan
10 Assistance Material Regulations
11 Beulah's Growth Management Plan
12 EDB Program 3 Counties
13 Capital Improvements
14 Coal Impact Office Grants
15 BIDD Business & Industrial Development
16 Application for Designation May 1979
17 Program Planning National Center for Dem
18 EDB
19 Energy Management & Conservation July
20 National Journal (2 items)
21 EDB of Mercer County
Production of Mineral Wool from Coal March 1, 1983
Energy Activities with Energy Ant
U.S. Dept. of Energy Notice Grant Award
Fly Ash Grant Applications/notes
Final Report Sulphur and Fly Ash
NDSU December 13, 1982
Impacts of Energy Development Mercer County ND
Alternative Energy Sources Glossary Terms
NCAT Year III cycle 3
23 Fly Ash Wallboard-DOE Application
24 Fly Ash Research
25 Manz, Oscar-Fly Ash Proposals
26 Fly-Ash Research-to Industry Reports
27 Fly Ash Research Reports RPA
28 Fly Ash Buildings Tvenge-Larson
29 EDA Grant Fly Ash Reporting Requirements
30 EDA Economic Development Fly Ash Grant
31 NCAT-Grant Applications Fly Ash
32 Fly Ash
Box 6:
1 Status Report on Fly Ash Feb. 1, 1980
2 Farmers Home Administration Impact Assoc. Sec
3 FMHA Acc 601 Proposed Amendments
4 FMHA sec 601 Correspondence
5 DOE-601 Program
6 Western ND Health Systems Conference Mandan Apr. 3, 1981
7 West Po-Western Governor's Policy office
8 copies Remarks Lignite Symposium Grand Forks
9 Change-Mercer County-Remarks
10 West Po Western Governor's Policy Office
11 Airport-Hazen-Beulah Joint
12 Beulah-Hazen Joint Airport
13 Engineering Pilot Program
14 Technical Bulletin Fly-Ash Cement Grout
15 County Energy Action Conference
16 EDB-Minutes-Copy
17 Appropriate Technology Fly Ash Mineral
18 Fly Ash-Mineral Wool Grant UND Reports
19 Appropriate Technology Small Grant program
20 Mercer County Coal Taxes (EDB)
21 Financial contracts D.O.E. & E.D.B.
22 DOE-EDB Corr. Financial 1981
23 Budget & Work Programs 1981
24 General Correspondence 05-01-81
Box 7:
1 DOE-EDB Financial Correspondence 1980
2 EDB General Correspondence 1982
3 Budget & Work program 1980
4 Budgets EDB FY 1977-1978
5 Research Project Reports D.O.E.
6 Budgets EDB FY 1978-1979
7 Monitoring-Public Service Commission
8 Workshop 1977
9 Workshop Package
10 Workshop 1980
11 EDB Workshop 1979
12 Onlooker 1976
13 Council of State Government
14 Spoil Pile Legislation Montana 1973
15 Federal Strip Mining Legislation & Information 1973
Box 8:
1 Stroup-Speeches (Notes)
2 National Symposium on State Environment
3 Taxation (Mill levels) 1976
4 Taxation (Income, property, sales) 1976
5 Taxes-source-Local & State
6 Coal Conversion Counties Association Legislative Session
7 R.E.A.P. Regional Environment 1975-76
8 REAP 1976
9 REAP Demographic charts Oliver, McLean
10 Governor 1976
11 Gov. Link Message to Legislature
12 Gravel & Clay pit spoil reclamation 1973-74
13 Reclamation 1976
14 Spoil Pile 1967 Session 1967
15 SB 2091 Senate committee Testimony Spoil
16 Soils 1976
17 Supreme Court Decisions 1976
18 Taxation (Plants, severance) 1976
Box 9:
1 Twelve-County Survival Group
2 Taxation (Severed minerals) 1976
3 Upper Midwest Council 1976
4 Uranium Enrichment & Atomic Energy Plant
5 Weston Governors Conference Billings Mont 1975
6 Water Management Districts
7 Newspaper Articles 1975
8 Architects
9 Basin Electric
10 Badlands Coal Release Application 1973
11 Bills for introduction 1977
12 Bill Drafts-Personal 1975-76
13 Bill Drafts-Personal 1974-75
14 Coal-Air Quality
15 Coal Conversion Counties Legal
16 Coal Press Reports-General
17 Coal-Liquefaction
18 Coal-Leasing Land
19 Coal- Rules and Regulations 1975
20 Coal & Reclamation ND Wildlife-Assoc.
21 Coal Speech Material & Notes
22 Coal -Personal Press
23 Interior, Department of 1976
24 Land Use Planning-Natural Resources Committee
25 Lignite Council 1975
26 Mich-Wisc Pipeline Co. American Natural
27 Mining Engineers, Society of Las Vegas
28 North American Coal Corporation 1976
29 Plant Siting Laws 1975
30 Power Transmission Lines Resource Development
31 Public Service Commission Reclamation Law
Box 10:
1 Publications 1976
2 Reclamation Law Revision Coal 1974
3 Railway Lines North Dakota
4 Resource Development Comm Gov.
5 Rural Development Advisory Council
6 Reclamation Law 2095
7 Strip Mining Photo Album
8 Coal Public Service Commission Statistics
9 Coal Power Production
10 Coal Severance Tax SB-2400 1973
11 Coal By products Utilization Ins.
12 Coal Mining
13 Coal Press RPTS Gasification
14 Coal Severance Tax 1975-76
Box 11:
1 Coal-Slurry Pipeline
2 Coal-Speech Material
3 Conference of Churches 1976
4 Consolidation Coal Co.
5 Correspondence 1976
6 Electrical Generating Costs
7 Geological Survey 1976
8 Energy 1975
9 Energy Conference 1975
10 Environmental Newsletters 1976
11 Finance and Taxation Comm. 1975-76
12 Fort Union Coal Conference October 1975
13 Fort Union Coal Conference 1976-77
14 State Legislative conf. Lincoln 1975
15 County Energy Action Conference
16 County Energy Action Conference
17 EDB Minutes 1977-1981
Box 12:
Slides: Aerial Photos, Mercer County 1973
Box 13:
1 Correspondence 1967
2 Correspondence-Publications 1967
3 Correspondence-Publications 1967
4 Correspondence 1971
5 Correspondence 1971
6 Correspondence 1969-1972
7 Correspondence 1969-1972
8 Correspondence 1972-1974
9 Correspondence 1972-1974
10 Correspondence 1972-1975
11 Correspondence 1972-1975
12 Correspondence 1972-1975
13 Fort Union Coal Conference 1975
14 Miscellaneous-letters, map, newspaper clipping
15 Publications
Box 14:
Publications
Box 15:
Publications
Box 16:
1 West River Diversion Advisory Material 1972-1975
2 West River Diversion 1973
3 West River Conservancy Dist. 1974-1976
4 Governor (Candidates) 1975-1976
5 West River Diversion Advisory Comm. 1974
6 West River Diversion-Legislative Material 1971
7 Zoning, Mercer County 1968
8 Mercer County Planning Comm. 1966-1967
9 Midwestern Conf. Council of State Governments 1975
10 Missouri River Basins Comm. 1976
11 Natural Resources "A" Comm. 1974
12 Natural Resources Comm. Leg. Assembly 1975
13 Natural Conf. of State Legislatures 1975
14 Personal Property Tax 1969
15 Personal Property Payback 1971
16 Property Tax-Real Property 1975-1976
17 Knife River Water Plan 1969-1971
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