Bernard Sternsher papers
Collection – Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0718
Collection Organization
The Bernard Sternsher papers contain reports, articles, research, correspondence, maps, and student papers pertaining to his career as historian and professor of history. The collection is organized into three main groupings. The first series contains articles, reports, and information related to his research on the Scioto March Onion Workers' Strike. The second series contains unidentified student research papers dating from the 1970s to the 1990s, summarizing local newspaper responses to the New Deal and the stock market crash, as well as Depression-era welfare case studies. The fromer are arranged by lscale, while the latter are organized into numbered folders, with no immediately discernable scheme. The final series consists of photocopied articles and chapters relating to the New Deal and published between 1933 and 1994.
Research on Scioto Onion Workers Strike
Series
Scioto Land Company Payrolls, 1934
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
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- Creation: 1934
Records related to the Scioto Onion Marsh territory, from Matt Sauer, 1934
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
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- Creation: 1934
Articles from the Ada Herald; Complete History of the Scioto Marsh (Carl Drumm), 1934, 1940
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
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- Creation: 1934, 1940
Printed Materials Related to the Strike, 1934-1989 (scattered)
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
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- Creation: 1934-1989 (scattered)
Correspondence and Notes Related to the Strike, 1934-1989 (scattered)
File – Box 1, Folder: 5
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- Creation: 1934-1989 (scattered)
Photos Related to Onion Pickers, Hardin County, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 6
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- Creation: undated
Maps, Hardin County, 1978-1980, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 7
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- Creation: 1978-1980, undated
Phone Books and Lists of Potential Contacts, 1979-1980, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 8
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- Creation: 1979-1980, undated
Excerpts from Hardin County Histories, 1910, 1933-1934, 1968
File – Box 1, Folder: 9
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- Creation: 1910, 1933-1934, 1968
Plat Maps, Hardin County, 1932, 1953, 1983
File – Box 1, Folder: 10
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- Creation: 1932, 1953, 1983
Williard Wies Life History, 1935
File – Box 1, Folder: 11
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- Creation: 1935
Cleveland Plain Dealer Articles, 1934
File – Box 1, Folder: 12
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- Creation: 1934
Articles on Labor Unionism, Agriculture, Industrial Conditions in Agriculture, 1931-1935
File – Box 1, Folder: 13
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- Creation: 1931-1935
Copies of American Federation of Labor (AFL) records, 1934-1935
File – Box 1, Folder: 14
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- Creation: 1934-1935
Ora Newland Oral History, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 15
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- Creation: undated
Plain Dealer Articles, 1934
File – Box 1, Folder: 16
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- Creation: 1934
"Report on the Conditions Associated with Unemployment in the Scioto Marsh, Hardin County," by H.R. Moore, 1938
File – Box 1, Folder: 17
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- Creation: 1938
Interview with Edward Lamb and Paul Yon, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 18
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- Creation: undated
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) reports, Hardin County, 1934
File – Box 1, Folder: 19
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- Creation: 1934
Land-use Committee Report, Hardin County, circa 1940
File – Box 1, Folder: 20
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- Creation: circa 1940
Edward Lamb, Union and Legal Correspondence, 1934
File – Box 1, Folder: 21
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- Creation: 1934
"An Investigation of the Soil Resource Base of the Scioto Marsh with Respect to Relatiev Land Use Stability," Research Report by Thomas Anderson, 1976
File – Box 1, Folder: 22
- Dates
- Creation: 1976
Kenton News and Republican Articles, 1934
File – Box 1, Folder: 23
- Dates
- Creation: 1934
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) field reports, Ohio, 1933-1935
File – Box 1, Folder: 24
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- Creation: 1933-1935
Toledo Magazine Article on Edward Lamb, 1986-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
File – Box 1, Folder: 25
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- Creation: 1986-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Student Research Papers (organized by city studied)
Series
"Findlay, Ohio During the Great Depression," Masters Thesis by Philip Flemion, Ohio State, 1958
File – Box 1, Folder: 26
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- Creation: 1958
Findlay, 1973-1993
File – Box 1, Folder: 27
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- Creation: 1973-1993
Lima, 1973, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 28
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- Creation: 1973, undated
Fremont, 1978, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 29
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- Creation: 1978, undated
Defiance, 1988-1993, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 30
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- Creation: 1988-1993, undated
Bryan, 1973-1991
File – Box 1, Folder: 31
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- Creation: 1973-1991
Sandusky, 1978
File – Box 1, Folder: 32
- Dates
- Creation: 1978
Toledo, 1973-1993, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 33
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- Creation: 1973-1993, undated
Kenton, 1974-1991
File – Box 1, Folder: 34
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- Creation: 1974-1991
Bowling Green, 1974-1991, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 35
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- Creation: 1974-1991, undated
Cleveland, 1991, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 36
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- Creation: 1991, undated
Tiffin, 1974-1989, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 37
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- Creation: 1974-1989, undated
Other Towns, 1973-1991, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 38
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- Creation: 1973-1991, undated
Edited and Excerpted Transcripts of Interviews with Alva Bachman, the Averys (Thelma, Ethel, Earl, and Richard), Floyd and Anna LeGalley, and George Wilson, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 39
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- Creation: undated
Welfare case histories, undated
File – Box 2, Folder: 1-16
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- Creation: undated
Articles and Chapters on the New Deal
Series
Undated, undated
File – Box 2, Folder: 17
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- Creation: undated
1933-1965, 1933-1965
File – Box 2, Folder: 18
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- Creation: 1933-1965
1966-1969, 1966-1969
File – Box 2, Folder: 19
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- Creation: 1966-1969
1970-1971, 1970-1971
File – Box 2, Folder: 20
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- Creation: 1970-1971
1972-1973, 1972-1973
File – Box 2, Folder: 21
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- Creation: 1972-1973
1974-1975, 1974-1975
File – Box 2, Folder: 22
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- Creation: 1974-1975
1976-1979, 1976-1979
File – Box 2, Folder: 23
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- Creation: 1976-1979
1980-1981, 1980-1981
File – Box 2, Folder: 24
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- Creation: 1980-1981
1982-1983, 1982-1983
File – Box 2, Folder: 25
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- Creation: 1982-1983
1984-1985, 1984-1985
File – Box 2, Folder: 26
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- Creation: 1984-1985
1986, 1986
File – Box 2, Folder: 27
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- Creation: 1986
1987-1989, 1987-1989
File – Box 2, Folder: 28
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- Creation: 1987-1989
1990-1994, 1990-1994
File – Box 2, Folder: 29
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- Creation: 1990-1994