Binder 3: ERK 1940’s, Bulk 1942-1950; 2010-2011

See series scope and contents for more details about arrangement of this folder. (Full title of binder was “Trip #3 Rob and Ed 08/11 and 12/10) This folder has two main elements. One is the set of notes and trip details for Robert and Edward Kirkbride trip to see Earle Kirkbride collection at the Smithsonian in the late 2000's. The remaining material are papers (photocopied and original) connection to Earle's life in the 1940's and early 1950's. This includes things of a professional nature like the materials advertising two exhibits Earle did in Milwaukee in 1950, a photocopy of “Klau-Van Pietersom-Dunlap Associates, Inc. Personnel Assignments as of April 7, 1948” where Earle is one of two artists listed, and a copy of instructions on drafting diagrams and instructions for Crystal Company, undated. This set of instructions are connected to Earle's work at Dodge Chicago Plant working in “Plant Engineering” from April 1943 to July of 1945. (See also “Work History” document in Binder 8.) There are also papers relating to his personal life such as correspondence with Marian Hallowell who appeared to have rented a house to Beatrice and Earle at some point in the 1930's or 1940's, and an obituary and set of news clippings about the death of Ada Kirkbride, Earle’s mother, in 1946.