Oral history with Mr. Edward Sternberg

              Oral history with Mr. Edward Sternberg
F341.5 . M57 vol. 392- 22
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Biography
Mr. Edward Sternberg was born on October 22, 1901, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated in private schools and graduated from Grady School, Louisville, in June 1915. He worked in a variety of jobs as a boy and began his first full- time position with Louisville Gas and Electric Company in 1916. In 1917 he accepted a position with the Louisville- Nashville Railroad as a file clerk. While working there Mr. Sternberg attended Jefferson School of Law at night, graduating in 1924.
After passing the Kentucky bar exam, Mr. Sternberg became a claims investigator for the L and N Railroad. He worked in Louisville and was later transferred to Montgomery, Alabama. In 1937 his job brought him to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where he settled in Gulfport. Mr. Sternberg eventually became district claims agent in charge of claims and litigation in the southeastern United States. He held this position until he retired on February 7, 1967.
Table of Contents
I. Early Years in Louisville
II. Childhood Experiences
III. Law School, 1922- 1924
IV. The Depression Years in Alabama
V. Strikes and Union Activity among Railroad Workers
VI. Duties and Responsibilities of a Railroad
VII. Claims Investigator
VIII. Assessment of Mississippi's Resources and Future
IX. Hurricane Camille, 1969
X. Changes along the Gulf Coast
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