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| Title: | Stirn, Ernest W. and Henry J. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1885-1943 |
| Size: | 2 linear feet (4 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Ernest W. Stirn received an MA in history from the University of Chicago in 1922 and later worked as a statistical consultant for businesses and the government. From 1931 to 1943 he was involved with the Radio-Keith-Orpheum Bankruptcy Reorganization. The University of Chicago Press published a bibliography he had prepared on Robert LaFollette (1937). Among the papers are letters written to and by his father, Henry J. Stirn, printer and expert on the collecting of old violins and stamps. |
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Ernest W. Stirn received his Masters degree in history from the University of Chicago in 1922 and later worked as a statistical consultant for private businesses and the government. Between 1931 and 1943 he was involved with the Radio-Keith-Orpheum Bankruptcy Reorganization. During his lifetime he was also actively interested in the life of Robert M. LaFollette, and in 1937 the University of Chicago Press published a bibliography he had prepared on LaFollette.
mong these manuscripts are letters written to and by his father, Henry J. Stirn who, in addition to working in his printing company, was an expert on the collecting of old violins and stamps.
The papers are divided into four series. Series I comprises correspondence written and received by Ernest W. Stirn and his father Henry J. Stirn, a printer and collector of antique violins and stamps. Series II includes records of the Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation Bankruptcy Reorganization. Series III, Music includes Sheets of music copied from printed manuscripts, music notebooks, and manuscripts of E. W. Stirn's own compositions. Series IV, Writings, contains essays, reports, and sketches written by E. W. Stirn and The Life of Robert M. LaFollette by E. W. Stirn
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Series I: The Letters of H.J. Stirn and E.W. Stirn |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | H. J. Stirn letters 1885-1899 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | H. J. Stirn letters 1900-1920 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | H. J. Stirn letters concerning valuable violins |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | H. J. Stirn letters concerning his stamp collection |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | E. W. Stirn 1909-1925. Records and pictures from school days, plans for 1924 European trip |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | E. W. Stirn 1926-1938 Business and personal letters |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | E. W. Stirn 1926-1938 Family letters |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | E. W. Stirn undated letters |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | E. W. Stirn 1941-1945 Letters |
Series II: Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation Bankruptcy Reorganization |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | 1931-1935 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | 1936-1937 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | 1938-1939 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | 1940-1943 |
Series III: Music |
| Box 3 | Sheets of music copied from printed manuscripts, music notebooks, and manuscripts of E. W. Stirn's own compositions |
Series IV: Writings |
| Box 4 | Essays, reports, and sketches written by E. W. Stirn. |
| Box 4 | The Life of Robert M. LaFollette by E. W. Stirn |