Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers, 1869-1979 (bulk 1907-1949)

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Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers, 1869-1979 (bulk 1907-1949)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747040378

The Gustavus Adolphus Steward Papers consist of correspondence (bulk 1907-1939), writings, both published and unpublished short stories and newspaper columns (1928-1943), diaries (1941-1949), deeds and financial records (1869-1937). Much of Steward's correspondence is career-related such as 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 in 1932), and leading African-American educators in the South. 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, files of correspondence and writings of his brother Theophilus Bolden Steward, his father, Theophilus G. Steward, and other family members.

1.8 lin. ft. (3 1/2 archival boxes, 1 printbox)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8121610

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Steward, Theophilus Bolden, 1879-1928

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Steward, Gustavus Adolphus, 1881-1966

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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,...

Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873-1957

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Secretary to Booker T. Washington and of Tuskegee Normal School Board of Trustees (1897-1919); special assistant, U.S. Secretary of War (1917-1919); secretary-treasurer and secretary, Howard University and its Board of Trustees (1919-1938); assistant publicity directory, Republican National Committee and advisor to the chairman of its Negro Affairs Committee (1939-1942); director, employment and personnel relations, Shipyard No. 4, Sun Shipbuilding Co. in Pennsylvania (1942-1945); secretary, Sou...

White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955

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Executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1935. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 243854199 Walter Francis White (1893-1955), was an African American civil rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1931-1955. Walter White married Leah Gladys Powell (1893-1979) in 1922, and they ...

Steward, T.G. (Theophilus Gould), 1843-1924

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Clergyman, author and educator. Steward became a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1861 and served congregations in Macon, Georgia, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Delaware, Washington, D. C., and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was also the chaplain for the 25th Infantry where he served in the Philippine Islands and Cuba. In 1907 he joined the faculty of Wilberforce University, with which he was associated until his death, serving as vice-president, chaplain and prof...