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Gustavus Adolphus Steward photograph collection

Title
Gustavus Adolphus Steward photograph collection [graphic].
Author
Steward, Gustavus Adolphus, 1881-1966.
Publication
[186-?-192-?]

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Additional Authors
  • Robinson, C.D.
  • Canning, Arthur.
  • Ritz Studios (Atlantic City, N.J.)
  • C.M. Bell (Washington, D.C.)
  • Kennedy (Wilberforce, Oh.)
  • Shively (Missoula, Mont.)
Description
  • 9 items (1 folder); 14 x 19 cm. and smaller.
  • 2 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 3 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
  • 1 boudoir card : b&w ;
  • 2 cabinet cards : b&w ;
  • 1 cartes de visite : b&w ;
Summary
The Gustavus Adolphus Steward Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of his personal life from the period of the 1860s to the 1920s.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portrait photographs – 1860-1929.
  • Group portraits – 1910-1929.
  • Gelatin silver prints – 1860-1929.
  • Cabinet photographs – 1890-1899.
  • Cartes de visite – 1860-1869.
  • Boudoir card photographs.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Many photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's name either blindstamped or printed on recto of photo mount or matte; two photographs have photographer's name either blindstamped or printed on recto; many items have handwritten notations on verso; one photograph is matted.
  • Collection contains work by Arthur Canning, C.D. Robinson and C.M. Bell's, Washington, D.C., among others.
Biography (note)
  • Gustavus Adolphus Steward, an educator, writer and businessman, was born on November 22, 1881 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Call Number
Sc Photo Gustavus Adolphus Steward Collection
OCLC
NYPG99-F187
Author
Steward, Gustavus Adolphus, 1881-1966.
Title
Gustavus Adolphus Steward photograph collection [graphic].
Imprint
[186-?-192-?]
Biography
Gustavus Adolphus Steward, an educator, writer and businessman, was born on November 22, 1881 in Wilmington, Delaware. He was one of eight sons born to African Methodist Episcopal minister Theophilus Gould Steward and Elizabeth (Gadsden) Steward. He was educated through the public school system in Missoula, Montana, attended the University of Montana, Missoula (1895-1898), graduated from Wilberforce University (1901) and recieved a Bachelor of Divinity from Oberlin Theological Seminary (1909). It was during this time that he married Winona Coleman.
Steward's career as an educator included teaching at a government school in Agno, Zambales, in the Philippines (1901); the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, Laurenceville, Virginia (1909); high school in St. Joseph, Missouri (ca. mid-1910s); the Cheyney (Pa.) Training School for Teachers (1914), and the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (ca. 1917). 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 officer and board of trustees member. During the 1920s to 1940s, Steward was also a contributing writer to various publications, including The Crisis Magazine, The Dearborn Independent, Opportunity, The Norfolk Journal & Guide and The Nation. He wrote essays and articles on race relations, social issues and religion, book reviews, and short stories, sometimes under the alias Peter Gadsden.
Steward died in Columbus, Ohio, on January 18, 1966. He and Winona, who died several years before him, had four children.
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Added Author
Robinson, C.D. Photographer
Canning, Arthur. Photographer
Ritz Studios (Atlantic City, N.J.)
C.M. Bell (Washington, D.C.)
Kennedy (Wilberforce, Oh.)
Shively (Missoula, Mont.)
Research Call Number
Sc Photo Gustavus Adolphus Steward Collection
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