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Clarence Monroe Burton

Born: 11/18/1853   Whiskey Diggins
Died: 10/23/1932
Parents: Charles S. and Ann Eliza Burton
Spouse: Harriet Jane Nye Burton (1872-1891); Lina O. (Shoemaker) Grant (1897-1898); Anna (Monroe) Knox (1900-1925)
Children: Agnes, Charles, Clarence, Louise, Fred, Frank, Ralph, Harriet, Elizabeth (three marriages)

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
When Detroit Was Young: Historical Studies
- Published posthumously; edited by M.M. Quaife. 		Michigan History Adult Burton Abstract and Title 1940
History of Wayne County and the city of Detroit, Michigan
- Clarence M. Burton, M. Agnes Burton, editors, H. T. O. Blue and Gordon K. Miller, associate editors ... 		Michigan History Adult Chicago, Detroit, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1930
The city of Detroit, Michigan, 1701-1922
- Clarence M. Burton, editor-in-chief, with William Stocking and Gordon K. Miller, associate editors 		Michigan History Adult Detroit-Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company 1922
Detroit in Earlier Days Michigan History Adult Burton Abstract & Title Company 1914
Journal of Pontiac's Conspiracy
-  published by Clarence Monroe Burton under the auspices of the Michigan Society of the Colonial Wars ; edited by M. Agnes Burton. 		History Adult Detroit ; Speaker-Hines Press 1912
Detroit in 1849 Michigan History Adult Detroit ; Speaker-Hines Press 1910
Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan Michigan History Adult H. Taylor & Company 1909
Historical Memoranda of the Territory of Michigan Michigan History Adult C. M. Burton 1904
In the Footsteps of Cadillac Biography , Michigan History Adult Detroit : Wolverine Printing 1899
"Cadillac's village," or, "Detroit under Cadillac," : with list of property owners and history of the settlement, 1701-1710 Michigan History Adult Detroit 1896
A sketch of the life of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of Detroit / by C.W. Burton Biography , Michigan History Adult Detroit : Wilton-Smith Company 1895
Historical Papers Delivered Before the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of Michigan History Adult The Wilton-Smith Company 1895
Other writings:
- Contributor, historical periodicals, numerous book introductions,and chapters in historical works.
- For a further list, please see MeLCat links. History Adult

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Goddard College Plainfield , VT 1976 -1978

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
- Traveled widely gathering local history until had several thousand books, documents, maps, papers, photographs, reports, transcripts, and other historical material which he presented to Detroit Library Commission along with library building. This collection (called the Burton Collection) included copies of several Detroit church records from 1701. 1914
Member Detroit Charter Commission Detroit 1913
Historiographer
- Honorary 		City of Detroit Detroit 1908 -1932
Member Michigan State Constitutional Convention 1908
Board member Detroit Board of Education Detroit 1902 -1913
Founder C. M. Burton Abstract Company Detroit 1891
Owner Ward & Skinner 1884
Partner Ward & Skinner 1883
Held offices Detroit Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution
Director, Official Guaranty Trust Company, Michigan Investment Company, Wayne County & Home Savings Bank, and others
President(many years) Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society
Held offices Michigan Society of Colonial Wars
Law clerk Ward & Palmer

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search/a?searchtype=X&searcharg=Clarence+Monroe+Burton+&SORT=D&searchscope=15&submit.x=30&submit.y=7

Other Comments:

Passionately interested in collecting old books and historical documents, Burton donated his collection to the Detroit Public Library in 1915, founding the Burton Collection.

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