Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers

id
5810
origination
Steward, Gustavus Adolphus, 1881-1966
date statement
1869-1979 [bulk 1907-1949]
key date
1869
identifier (local_mss)
21158
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc MG 487
b-number
b19115410
total components
54
total series
5
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:25 UTC
updated
2020-07-08 18:34:41 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
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{"value"=>"b19115410", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1869-1979", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1869/1979"}
{"value"=>"1907-1949", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1907/1949"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers"}
physdesc
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repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Gustavus Adolphus Steward was an educator, writer, and businessman. The Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers consist of correspondence, writings, financial records, and material from his family members."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Steward, Gustavus Adolphus, 1881-1966", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Gustavus Adolphus Steward was an educator, writer, and businessman. He was one of eight sons born to African Methodist Episcopal minister Theophilus Gould Steward and Elizabeth (Gadsden) Steward. Gustavus Steward attended the University of Montana, Missoula (1895-1898), and graduated from Wilberforce University (1901). His career as an educator included teaching at a government school in Agno, Zambales in the Philippines (1901); the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School in Lawrenceville, Virginia; the Cheyney (Pennsylvania) Training School for Teachers; and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. In 1919, he began working as a cashier for the Supreme Life and Casualty Company (later called Fireside Mutual Insurance) in Columbus, Ohio, from which he would retire in 1947 as an officer and board member. During the 1920s-1940s, Steward was also a contributing writer to various publications, including <span class=\"title\">The Crisis</span> magazine, <span class=\"title\">The Dearborn Independent</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Opportunity</span>. He wrote essays and articles, on race relations, social issues, and religion; book reviews; and short stories, sometimes under the alias Peter Gadsden.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers consist of correspondence (bulk 1907-1939); writings, both published and unpublished, including short stories and newspaper columns (1928-1943); diaries (1941-1949); deeds; and financial records (1869-1937).</p> <p>Much of Steward's correspondence is career-related (job offers, resignations, and recommendations from many of the black Southern schools). Correspondents include Theophilus Gould Steward, Emmett J. Scott, Walter White (concerning school segregation in Columbus, Ohio), and other leading African-American educators in the South.</p> <p>Also included in the collection are many of Steward's college notebooks; an autograph book dated 1882, belonging to Anna H. Jones, the mother of his wife Winona; and files of correspondence and writings of his brother, Theophilus Bolden Steward, his father, Theophilus G. Steward, and other family members.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21158#c1588660'>Personal</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21158#c1588664'>Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1907-1952</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21158#c1588678'>Financial records</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1869-1937</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21158#c1588681'>Family</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>ca. 1866-1979</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/scm/21158#c1588686'>Writing</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1925-1949</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Includes some writing by other family members in the diaries subseries.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
arrangement
{"value"=>"<p>Arranged into 5 series: (1) Personal; (2) Correspondence; (3) Financial records; (4) Family; and (5) Writing.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Anna Bishop, December 1992.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned and processed by B. Robinson, 1993, and Janice Quinter, 2000.</p>"}
relatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p> Theophilus Gould Steward papers, Sc Micro R-5910, General Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p> <p>Theophilus G. Steward research collection, Sc MG 445, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture</p>"}
date_start
1869
keydate
1869
date_end
1979
date_inclusive_start
1869
date_inclusive_end
1979
date_bulk_start
1907
date_bulk_end
1949
extent_statement
1.71 linear feet (5 boxes)
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers, Sc MG 487, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}

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