Scope and arrangement
The papers of economist Simon Sterne contain correspondence and articles on economic and political subjects; records of a hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission relative to freight classification; a petition to the New York Legislature for a Board of Railroad Commissioners; a discussion on the economic impact of the secession of the southern states at the meeting of the Society of Political Economists held at Paris on June 5, 1861; photographs and personal miscellany; and memorial materials created after Sterne's death.
The Simon Sterne papers are arranged in three series: