Background
Burrus was born in El Paso, Texas, on April 20, 1907.
Burrus was born in El Paso, Texas, on April 20, 1907.
In the following year, the Nazi regime arrested and expelled him. He died on December 11, 1991. The documents which he published in Spanish, in English translation, or both, covered a wide geographical range, but with a particular focus on northwestern New Spain.
Burrus also produced many articles for scholarly journals.