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State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 HURJA, SIR EMIL (1892-1953) COLLECTION 1793-1953 (THS Collection) Processed by: Harry A. Stokes Archival Technical Services Accession Number: THS 9 Date Completed: February 3, 1966 Reprocessed: February 14, 1989 Reprocessed: May 2002 Location: THS I-C-2, 3, top Microfilm Accession Number: 831 MICROFILMED INTRODUCTION The collection of Sir Emil Hurja (1892-1953), newspaper editor, 1911-1926; editor of Pathfinder magazine, 1939-1945; financial analyst, 1927-1939, assistant to Jim Farley and executive director of the Democratic National Committee, 1932-1937; and collector of Andrew Jackson manuscripts; was purchased for the Tennessee Historical Society by Mr. P. G. Bigler, New York, New York; Mr. Rosser J. Coke, Dallas, Texas; Mr. R. A. Hummel, New York, New York; Mr. Robert G. Stone, Boston, Massachusetts; Mrs. Margaret S. Weeks, Woodbury, Connecticut; and Mr. Henry J. Wolff, New York, New York, in 1954. The collection occupies 6.30 cubic feet of shelf space, and numbers approximately 550 items and 3 volumes. Single photocopies of unpublished writings in the Sir Emil Hurja Collection may be made for purposes of scholarly research. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Emil Hurja Collection, consisting of approximately 550 items and three volumes, spans the period 1795-1953. The collection is arranged into three parts: the Emil Hurja (1892-1953) Papers; the Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Materials; and the Peter Force (1790-1868) Materials. The Emil Hurja Papers are comprised of cartoons, clippings, correspondence, honors, etc., military records, pamphlets, photographs, scrapbooks, speeches and several miscellaneous items. One large scrapbook contains souvenirs, photographs, reports, invitations, etc. dealing with the period when Hurja was in school at the University of Washington, 1913-1917, where he took a prominent part in journalistic activities – a preview of his later career as a newspaper editor and publisher. A second large volume entitled, “Through Europe With Henry Ford’s Peace Expedition, 1915-1916,” contains clippings, photographs, invitations, programs, mementos and other items about this expedition. Emil Hurja was chosen in his Junior year at college to make this peace tour of Europe. The volume contains a number of newspaper comments on the mission. A third volume contains letters, cards, telegrams, and clippings, at the time of the death of Emil Hurja in 1953. It is entitled, “In Loving Memory of My Husband.” The correspondence in this part of the collection concerns Hurja in the political field when he announced that he would run for Congress. The letters are from a number of politically prominent people, including Herbert Hoover, Estes Kefauver, Bennett C. Clark, Harold Knutson, Owen Brewseter, Styles Bridges, Thomas E Derney, Warren R. Austin, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the period 1942-1946. Although the letters are from prominent persons they are all concerned either with Hurja’s candidacy or his work with the Pathfinder magazine which he edited during the years 1939-1942. The Jackson material in this collection includes 55 original Jackson letters, several typed copies and facsimiles, and about 15 other documents signed by Jackson. A number of portraits and engravings of Andrew Jackson are included in the collection. The original manuscript of Marquis James’s two volume Life of Jackson, is housed in the final 5 boxes. There are approximately 180 items in the Peter Force group and other political correspondence concerning Jackson. Peter Force was the editor of the National Journal, an anti-Jackson newspaper, published in Washington. The letters to Peter Force are primarily concerned with the presidential elections of 1824 and 1828 and the candidates, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William H. Crawford, and persons and articles and letters written to various editors. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Henry Clay, and a letter (facsimile) from John Q. Adams to James Madison. An index of the letters in the Andrew Jackson and Peter Force materials is included with this register. Approximately twenty books, including two written by Hurja, and four volumes of the Pathfinder magazine have been removed from the collection and transferred to the Library. A number of museum items, including a large American flag, medals, and two plates commemorating “The Colonization of the Delaware Valley by Swedes and Finns, 1638,” were transferred to the State Museum. Several pictures of Andrew Jackson along with a broadside were also transferred or loaned to the State Museum (See original register for specific items). BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Emil Hurja 1892 January 22, born at Crystal Falls, Michigan, son of Matthew and Anna L. (Keisari) Hurja 1909 Printer’s Apprentice 1910 Post Office Clerk 1911-1917 Newspaper business, Alaska 1917 Secretary to Charles A. Sulzer (delegate from Alaska), Washington, D.C. 1917 A. B. University of Washington 1917-1919 Served as 2nd Lieutenant, Captain, Air Corps U.S. Army, World War I 1919 June 22, married Gudrun Andersen 1919-1926 Newspaper business in Texas—publisher, editor of the Breckenridge (Texas) Daily American, (1921-1926). 1927-1931 Financial and mining analyst, New York 1932 Published History of Presidential Inaugurations 1933 Became assistant to Jim Farley 1932-1937 Executive director, Democratic National Committee 1936 Published Westward Ho, Fare Paid 1937-1939 Financial analyst 1938 Decorated Commodore 1939 Order of White Rose (Finland); Knight, 1st Class, Order of St. Olav (Norway) 1939-1945 Publisher, editor, Pathfinder magazine 1946 Candidate for House of Representatives, 12th Michigan District 1953 May 30, died at his home in Washington, D.C. Professional Organizations: Fellow Society American Historians American Political Science Association American Economic Association American Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers CONTAINER LIST Microfilm Roll #1________________________________________________________ Box 1 1. Advertisements—Books, etc. 2. Associations, institutions, etc. –Democratic Association of Young Men of the City of Philadelphia, 1830 3. Cards—Business—Miscellaneous 4. Cartoons—Congratulations on 25th Wedding Anniversary, 1944 5. Clippings—Hurja, Emil 6. Clippings—Hurja, Gudrun 7. Clippings—Lincoln’s assassination—New York Times, April 15, 1865 8. Clippings—Miscellaneous 9. Correspondence—Anderson – Crawford 10. Correspondence—Dewey – Hoover 11. Correspondence—Hume – Lewis 12. Correspondence—Lodge- Roosevelt 13. Correspondence—Schabe- Willoughby 14. Financial records—Check – protest,1916 15. Honors, etc. –Bachelor of Arts in Journalism—University of Washington, June 6, 1916 16. Honors, etc.—Certificate of appreciation—The Advertising Club, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1944 17. Honors, etc.—Certificate of appreciation—Finnish Relief Fund, 1939-1940 18. Honors, etc.—Certificate of membership—Order of White Rose, Finland, 1938 19. Honors, etc.—Certificate of membership—Order of White Rose, Finland, 1938— Gudrun Hurja, 1941 20. Honors, etc.—Certificate of membership—Kappa Sigma Fraternity, February, 1914 21. Honors, etc.—Knight, 1st class, Order of St. Olav (Norway)—Hurja, Emil, 1939 22. Inventories—Andrew Jackson material 23. Memorabilia—Miscellaneous 24. Military records—Commission, Captain – U.S. Army, June 28, 1929 25. Notes—Miscellaneous 26. Pamphlets—Anonymous. “A Letter From Pennsilvania,” 1683 (two copies) 27. Pamphlets—Anonymous. “Our Country,” 1853 (In Finnish) 28. Pamphlets—Backman, Daniel Andreas. Doctoral dissertation in Swedish, 1754. 29. Pamphlets—Erici, Ericus. “Catechism” (Lutheran) – In Finnish 30. Pamphlets—Untitled Finnish Newspaper, June, 1776 (In Finnish) 31. Pamphlets—Wallenius, Johan Fredric. Doctoral dissertation in Swedish, 1782. 32. Photographs, drawings, etc.—Hoover, Herbert Box 2 1. Photographs, drawings, etc.—Hurja family photos 2. Photographs, drawings, etc.—Hurja, Emil – fishing trips 3. Photographs, drawings, etc.—King, J.A. “Cap” 4. Photographs, drawings, etc.—MacArthur, Douglas, et al. 5. Photographs, drawings, etc.—Manuscripts presented to the D.A.R., Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. 6. Photographs, drawings, etc.—Roosevelt, Franklin D. 7. Photographs, drawings, etc.—Truman, Harry 8. Polls-Presidential election of 1932 9. Printed materials—The American Forum of the Air—“Who Will Be President in 1940,” February 26, 1939 10. Printed materials—Autograph catalogs, etc. 11. Scrapbooks—Hurja, Emil—Public life 12. Sketches—Biographical—Hurja, Emil 13. Speeches, addresses, etc.—Hurja, Emil—“The Executive in Our Government,” June 21, 1936 Microfilm Roll #2________________________________________________________ Box 3 1. Scrapbook—“University Memories, 1913-1917” Box 4 1. Scrapbook—“Through Europe with Henry Ford’s Peace Expedition, 1915-1916” Microfilm Roll #3________________________________________________________ Box 5 1. Scrapbook—“In Loving Memory of My Husband, Emil Hurja, January 22, 1892 – May 30, 1953. Microfilm Roll #4________________________________________________________ Andrew Jackson Materials Box 6 1. Accounts—Bills, notes, receipts—n .d. (8) 2. Accounts—Bills, notes, receipts—1812-1816 (8): (as of May 2002, only 7 encapsulated items in the folder) 3. Accounts—Bills, notes, receipts—1817-1827 (10): (10 items and 2 notecards) 4. Accounts—Military—1813-1816 (7): (as of May 2002, 9 items and 1 note on a sheet of paper) 5. Broadside—Andrew Jackson 6. Cartoons, political (small)—“Great Loco Foco Juggernaut”
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