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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 500 items) |
Abstract | Ethelbert Stewart (1857-1936) of Illinois was a pioneer in the field of labor statistics. A longtime employee of the United States Labor Department, Stewart also founded and edited labor newspapers. He served as the commissioner of labor for Illionis, chief of the United States Labor Bureau, chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1920-1932, and statistical advisor to the United States Tariff Board. The collection is writings, correspondence, and clippings of Ethelbert Stewart. Two-thirds of the collection is made up of manuscript or mass-produced copies of articles, speeches, and short stories by Stewart and of clippings by or about him. The other writings and the correspondence with government officials, labor leaders, reformers, and economists concern labor organizations, strikes, the tariff, his official duties, vocational education, education of children with speech disorders, and other issues. Correspondents include Charles Henry Dam and Henry Demarest Lloyd. |
Creator | Stewart, Ethelbert, 1857-1936. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Jordan, April 2011
Updated by: Laura Hart, July 2021
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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Ethelbert Stewart (1857-1936) of Illinois was a pioneer in the field of labor statistics. A longtime employee of the United States Labor Department, Stewart also founded and edited labor newspapers. He served as the commissioner of labor for Illionis, chief of the United States Labor Bureau, chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1920-1932, and statistical advisor to the United States Tariff Board.
Back to TopThe collection is writings, correspondence, and clippings of Ethelbert Stewart. Two-thirds of the collection is made up of manuscript or mass-produced copies of articles, speeches, and short stories by Stewart and of clippings by or about him. The other writings and the correspondence with government officials, labor leaders, reformers, and economists concern labor organizations, strikes, the tariff, his official duties, vocational education, education of children with speech disorders, and other issues. Correspondents include Charles Henry Dam and Henry Demarest Lloyd.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid material |
Folder 1-10
Folder 1Folder 2Folder 3Folder 4Folder 5Folder 6Folder 7Folder 8Folder 9Folder 10 |
Papers, 1877-1933 |
Folder 11-20
Folder 11Folder 12Folder 13Folder 14Folder 15Folder 16Folder 17Folder 18Folder 19Folder 20 |
Speeches and essays, 1922-1937 and undated |
Folder 21 |
Short stories |
Folder 22 |
H. D. Lloyd Argument, 9 February 1903 |
Folder 23 |
Duplicates |
Folder 24 |
Dated news clippings, 1931-1934 |
Folder 25 |
News clippings, 1901-1929 and undated |
Folder 26 |
News clippings, 1879-1906 |
Folder 27 |
Signed articles, 1888 and undated |
Folder 28 |
Papers, 1902-1924 and undated |
Folder 29 |
News clippings, undated |
Folder 30 |
Papers, 1893-1906 and undated |
Folder 31 |
News clippings, 1887-1901 |
Folder 32-33
Folder 32Folder 33 |
News clippings, 1886-1887 |
Folder 34 |
Mounted news clippings, undated |
Photograph Album PA-1514/1 |
Photograph album, undated |
Image Folder PF-1514/1 |
Images |
Reel M-1514/1-2
M-1514/1M-1514/2 |
Microfilm copy of collection materials, 1886-1932 |