Edwin K. Steers papers
Collection
Identifier: L244
Scope and Contents
This collection includes legal briefs, political campaign ribbons, newspaper clippings, periodicals, a photograph, and scrapbooks with clippings, correspondence, papers, photographs, documents, ephemera, and ribbons from Edwin K. Steers in Indiana, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., ranging from 1930 to 1964 and undated, concerning his law career, politics, freemasonry, and World War II.
There are two oversize periodicals, the July 23, 1944 issue of Yank and the November 6, 1952 issue of Indianapolis Times ; a Young Republican usher ribbon from the Willkie notification in 1940; three undated cartoons; Steers' Murat Oriental Band certificate, 1951; two tiger masks for "Oklahoma Night at the Shrine Circus," 1960/03/31; and "Mermaid Parade" broadside, 1960/07/02 (OBC123).
There are two oversize periodicals, the July 23, 1944 issue of Yank and the November 6, 1952 issue of Indianapolis Times ; a Young Republican usher ribbon from the Willkie notification in 1940; three undated cartoons; Steers' Murat Oriental Band certificate, 1951; two tiger masks for "Oklahoma Night at the Shrine Circus," 1960/03/31; and "Mermaid Parade" broadside, 1960/07/02 (OBC123).
Dates
- 1930-1964, undated
Creator
- Steers, Edwin K., 1915-1992 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Edwin Kemp Steers was born to and Leila Edith (Kemp) and Edwin McMasters Stanton Steers in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 19, 1915. He had a sister, Pearl. Steers graduated from Indiana University with an A.B. in 1935 and an LL.B. in 1937 from the law school there. He was admitted to the bar and joined the firm of Steers, Klee, Jay and Sullivan in 1937. Steers married Dorothy J. Hamilton on June 15, 1939 in Marion County, Indiana and they had two daughters, Susan Jane and Sandra Lynn.
During World War II, Steers enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving as an officer aboard a PT-510 boat and participated in the Normandy Invasion under the command of Commander John D. Buckley. After V.E. Day, he was assigned to the joint Army-Navy State Department War Crimes Office where he helped prepare indictments against Nazi war criminals. Steers then became a special prosecutor in the Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel where he served as the American prosecutor in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trial. He was a deputy Marion County prosecutor from 1940 to 1949 and served as Indiana state attorney general from 1952 to 1964, returning to private practice at the firm of Steers, Klee, Sullivan and LeMay. Steers died November 30, 1992 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Edwin Kemp Steers." Web: Marion County, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1925-2012. Accessed June 13, 2016. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Edwin Kemp Steers." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed June 13, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46019683/edwin-kemp-steers.
"Steers, Edwin K." Indiana Division clipping file. Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN.
"Steers, Edwin Kemp." Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1965-1966. Chicago: Marquis Who’s Who, 1966.
During World War II, Steers enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving as an officer aboard a PT-510 boat and participated in the Normandy Invasion under the command of Commander John D. Buckley. After V.E. Day, he was assigned to the joint Army-Navy State Department War Crimes Office where he helped prepare indictments against Nazi war criminals. Steers then became a special prosecutor in the Office of the U.S. Chief of Counsel where he served as the American prosecutor in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trial. He was a deputy Marion County prosecutor from 1940 to 1949 and served as Indiana state attorney general from 1952 to 1964, returning to private practice at the firm of Steers, Klee, Sullivan and LeMay. Steers died November 30, 1992 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis.
Sources:
Ancestry.com. "Edwin Kemp Steers." Web: Marion County, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1925-2012. Accessed June 13, 2016. http://search.ancestrylibrary.com.
Findagrave.com. "Edwin Kemp Steers." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed June 13, 2016. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46019683/edwin-kemp-steers.
"Steers, Edwin K." Indiana Division clipping file. Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN.
"Steers, Edwin Kemp." Who’s Who in the Midwest, 1965-1966. Chicago: Marquis Who’s Who, 1966.
Extent
3.36 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box, 11 custom boxes, 1 large oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2016/06/15 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid created 2016/06/15 by Edythe Huffman. Collection reprocessing completed 2024/11/19 by Britany Kropf. EAD finding aid revised 2021/03/02; 2024/11/19 by Brittany Kropf.
- Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America
- Broadsides
- Clippings
- Correspondence
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Elections
- Elections -- United States
- Ephemera
- Freemasons -- Indiana
- Illinois
- Indiana -- Politics and government
- Indiana -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Indiana. Office of the Attorney General
- Indiana. Supreme Court
- Indianapolis (Ind.)
- Judges
- Judges -- Indiana
- Lawyers
- Lawyers -- Indiana
- Marion County (Ind.)
- Pamphlets
- Periodicals
- Politics and government
- Postcards
- Republican Party (Ind.)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Ribbons
- Scrapbooks
- United States. Supreme Court
- Washington (D.C.)
- Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944
- World War, 1939-1945
Creator
- Steers, Edwin K., 1915-1992 (Person)
- Title
- Edwin K. Steers papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
