The collection consists of the papers of Harry Steinberg. It also includes materials and correspondence of several of his brothers, S. Steinberg, Nathan and Jake Steinberg, and his cousin, Samuel Sklar. Harry Steinberg was born in 1897 in Neelyville, Missouri to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Steinberg, both of Jewish heritages. He died in 1971 in El Dorado, Arkansas, where he had lived and worked for 46 years. He attended the University of Arkansas, University of Missouri, and graduated in 1921 with an A.B. degree from Washington University in St. Louis. He received a law degree there in 1924, and later became a prominent attorney. Steinberg was a veteran of WWI and WWII. He organized the first AMVET post in Arkansas and served as the national vice commander for the organization at one time. He was also very active in Masonic organizations in the state.
Box 1
File 1 – Correspondence, 1916-1930
File 2 – Correspondence, 1940-1969
File 3 – Correspondence, undated
File 4 – Masonic Correspondence, 1925-1961
File 5 – Masonic Correspondence, 1962-1970 and undated
File 6 – Masonic Materials
File 7 – Military Correspondence, 1940-1942
File 8 – Military Correspondence, 1943-1944 and undated
File 9 – Miscellaneous Materials, Certificate, etc.
File 10- Miscellaneous News clippings
File 11- Photographs
File 12- Photographs
File 13- Photographs
File 14- Photographs
End of Box 1
Box 2 – Oversize Materials
Item 1 – Various Slides, 1965-1978 and undated
Item 2 – Certificate of Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, 1920
Item 3 – Certificate of U.S. Eastern District Court, 1924
Item 4 – Certificate of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 1924
Item 5 – Arkansas Attorneys License, 1924
Item 6 – Tennessee License to Practice Law, 1925
Item 7 – Nobles of the Mystic Shrine Certificate, 1933
Item 8 – Photograph, 1934
Item 9 – Certificate of Appointment as Government Appeal Agent, 1941
Item 10- Simon L. Steinberg Masonic Certificate
Item 11- Supreme Court Certificate, 1961
Item 12- Freemason Certificate, 1961
Item 13- National Association of Real Estate Boards Certificate, 1964
Item 14- Texas Association of Realtors Membership Certificate, 1974
Item 15- Texas Association of Realtors Membership Certificate, 1979
Item 16- Masonic Home and School of Texas Certificate of Appreciation
Item 17- Washington University Certificate
Item 18- Washington University Certificate
Item 19- Freemason Certificate
End of Box 2
End of Collection