Murrah McGregor Stewart and Elizabeth Pollock Stewart Waring papers, ca. 1886-ca. 1924.

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Murrah McGregor Stewart and Elizabeth Pollock Stewart Waring papers, ca. 1886-ca. 1924.

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This collection consists primarily of minute books for Murray McGregor Stewart's businesses: the Vidalia Compress and Power Co., 1903-1921; the Stewart-Moorehead Company, 1906-1919; the South Atlantic Cotton Company, 1908-1910; and the Stewart-Wilson Company, Stewart Farm Company, and Seacoast Farm Company, 1917-1918. Also included is an album (ca. 1886), including photographs of Murray McGregor Stewart's classmates, Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers, and the Junior Lawn Tennis Club; an unidentified cotton broker's account book, 1915-1919; and a code book used by cotton brokers in Savannah, titles "Private Code..." by Carl R. Heye (Bremen, Germany, 1924). This collection also contains four scrapbooks created by Elizabeth Pollock Stewart in London, England, 1914. They consist of newspaper clippings from the Daily Mirror regarding World War I in Europe.

11 volumes (1.25 cubic feet)

Georgia Historical Society

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon

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From the guide to the Records of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1976, null, (University of Maryland) ...

Waring, Elizabeth Stewart, 1903-1984.

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Elizabeth Stewart Waring (1903-1984) was the daughter of Murray Stewart and the wife of Charles Ellis Waring. From the description of Elizabeth Stewart Waring collection, 1843-1919. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166147836 ...

Stewart, Murray McGregor, 1869-1928.

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Murray McGregor Stewart (1869-1928) prominent in Savannah, Georgia, and was the city's mayor, 1919-1923. He was the son of Major James Turner Stewart and Elisa Miller Reid Stewart. He married Harriet Jones of Baltimore, Maryland, and had five children, including Elizabeth Pollock Stewart (1903-1984). Murray Stewart was a cotton broker. He began in his father's cotton gin, James T. Stewart and Son. He later formed Stewart, Moorehead Co. and finally Stewart Cotton Co. He was active in promoting th...