Summary Information

Title: George M. Epstein Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1892-1975

Creator:

• Epstein, George M., 1911-

Call Number: Parkside Mss 32

Quantity: 3.2 c.f. (4 archives boxes and 4 flat boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Archives & Area Research Center, Library/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Parkside Library / Parkside Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of George M. Epstein, a Kenosha, Wis., businessman, civic leader, local historian, and owner of the Bell Clothing House (1937-1974). The collection mainly covers the years 1932-1973 and includes correspondence about the business and about the many organizations and interests in which Epstein participated, such as the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers, the U.S. Trade Mission to Belgium (1963), and the Wisconsin Trade Mission to Europe (1964). The collection also includes his student papers from his days at the University of Wisconsin; nine scrapbooks of correspondence, clippings, photos, and mementos mainly documenting his business and civic functions; miscellaneous items such as advertising flyers from Bell Clothing House; and photographs.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-pks0032

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