Edwin Lewis Stephens correspondence, 1889-1940.

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Edwin Lewis Stephens correspondence, 1889-1940.

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Correspondence of Edwin Lewis Stephens principally concerns Stephens' duties as president of Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute, his personal relationships with friends, and secondary and higher education in Louisiana. Included are numerous letters from E.S. Benton, who reminisces about cadet days with Stephens at Louisiana State Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, La., describes army life at Ft. Monroe, Va., and relays news of family members' marriages and deaths; and several letters from Stella Benton Vaughan, Benton's daughter, concerning her father's death and his friendship with Stephens. Another equally large group of letters is from J.H. Dillard, professor of Latin at Tulane University and later an associate of the John F. Slater Fund, an organization that worked to promote the education of African Americans in the Southern U.S. Dillard's letters describe travels to Europe and elsewhere, discuss various educational topics, and report news of family members. Offprints of several of Dillard's articles on educational subjects accompany the correspondence. The largest group of letters is by Thomas D. Boyd, then president of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. The letters concern Stephens' graduate studies in pedagogy at New York University, job prospects for Stephens at local universities, recommendations of candidates for faculty teaching positions at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and other state schools, Stephens' duties at Northwestern State College of Louisiana and later at Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute, academic conferences and symposia, state funding of Louisiana universities, and other issues related to higher education in Louisiana.

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