Robert Kerr Collection, Circa 1927-1984
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Half Hollinger Box
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
Robert Kerr Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
The Robert Kerr Collection contains materials documenting Robert Morris Kerr's term as city manger of Fort Lauderdale Florida. The collection contains scrapbook pages including city plans, political advertisements, correspondence, newspaper clippings.
- Biographical / historical:
Robert "Bob" Morris Kerr was a businessman and city manager of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Kerr was born in Duluth, Minnesota on April 18, 1896. Kerr registered during for the Navy in 1919 and served during World War I. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1922. On September 12, 1922 he married Freda M. Stuart in Detriot, Michigan.
In the 1920s, Kerr was involved in the Lake Mabel/Port Everglades construction project. In November 1933 the Fort Lauderdale City Commissioners appointed Kerr to be the City Manager. Kerr served as Fort Lauderdale's City Manger from 1933 to 1935.
In 1936 he moved to Washington D.C. In 1941 Kerr went to work for the War Production Board in Washington D.C. He was also a special assistant on the White House staff. After the end of World War II, he served in the Department of Commerce until his retirement in 1966 in total working 29 years for the Federal government. After 1975 Kerr resided in Winter Haven, Florida where he died on May 27, 1984 at the age of 88. Kerr was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
- Processing information:
This collection received container level processing. This finding aid may be updated to reflect new descriptions as well as acquisitions to the collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Places:
- Fort Lauderdale (Fla.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
The Robert Kerr Collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
Robert Kerr Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library.
- Location of this collection:
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Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library100 S. Andrews AvenueFort LauderdaleFL33301USA
