Jacob Klein Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 9, Folder: 14

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf090

Staff Only

1909 January 4 - 1910 August 18. Letterbook [bound] containing letters [typescript carbon] with little manuscript revision from Jacob Klein to publishers, booksellers, persons and clubs concerned with book collecting [indexed by Klein in front of book]. Brown cloth covered boards, with corner designs. Titled "Letters Jacob Klein Books No. 2" in gold leaf, 9 x 12," 556 pages

Dates

Creation: 1909-1910

Creator

Klein, Jacob, 1845-1910 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

1.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Jacob Klein (September 1, 1845-August 23, 1910) was an American lawyer and judge. Born in Germany, Klein settled with his family in St. Louis, Missouri in 1851. Klein was educated in the St. Louis public schools, and afterward began the study of law in the office of Seymour Voullaire and later the firm of Knox and Smith. In 1869, he was admitted to the bar. After a year of practice, he went through a course at Harvard Law School to complete his legal education; he graduated in the class of 1871. In 1881, Klein partnered with William E. Fisse to build the firm Klein and Fisse. Klein was elected judge of the Circuit Court of St. Louis in January 1899 and remained in that position until January 1901.

In his spare time, Klein collected English and American literature, manuscripts, portraits and woodcuts. His library was sold at auction in February, 1911, after his death.