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{"value"=>"MssCol 2874", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"2874", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1861-1901", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1861/1901"}
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1861
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1901
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1861
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{"value"=>"Simon Sterne papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Simon Sterne was a United States lawyer and economist. His papers 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 of the economic impact of the secession of the southern states, 1861; photographs and personal miscellany; and memorial materials created after Sterne's death."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Simon Sterne papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Sterne, Simon, 1839-1901", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Simon Sterne was a United States lawyer and economist. He was particularly known for his work in the areas of real estate and constitutional law. A vocal advocate for the reform of municipal government, he was elected secretary of the Committee of Seventy in 1870. In 1876 he was appointed by Governor Samuel J. Tilden to a commission to devise a plan for the government of cities, and in 1879, as counsel for the New York Board of Trade and Transportation, he spearheaded an investigation into abuses in railroad management. This resulted in the creation of a board of railroad commissioners for the state of New York. Later in his career, Sterne was involved in the establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission. In 1885, President Cleveland appointed him to examine and report on the relations between the railroads and the governments of western Europe.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>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.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Simon Sterne papers are arranged in three series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2874#c81310'>I. Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2874#c81392'>II. Economic and political papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2874#c81399'>III. Personal miscellany</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Simon Sterne papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>I. Correspondence</li> <li>II. Economic and political papers</li> <li>III. Personal miscellany</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Mrs. Sterne, 1913. Additional materials received in 1936 and 1929.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Kit Messick.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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1.68 linear feet (4 boxes, 2 volumes)
- date_start
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1861
- date_end
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1901