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Creator:
Stewart, Henry Clay, 1863-1935
Title:
Henry Clay Stewart Collection
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tx31qh748
Dates:
1882-1884
Size:
1 box and 0.4 linear feet
Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
Language:
English

Abstract

Consists mostly of letters (1882-1884) Henry Clay Stewart sent to his parents while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), providing an inside look at the life of a Princeton student towards the end of the nineteenth century.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists mostly of letters (1882-1884) Henry Clay Stewart sent to his parents, who lived in Washington, D.C., while he was a student at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University.) The letters provide an inside look at the life of a Princeton student towards the end of the nineteenth century, as well as undergraduate attitudes about the town of Princeton. In the majority of his letters, Stewart asks his father for money to buy clothes, shoes, wallpaper, etc., and some letters include drawings. Inone of his early letters he describes meeting President Chester Arthur who came to enroll his son at Princeton. In other letters he writes about his classes, the curriculum and examinations, trips made to New York and Philadelphia, his friends, and his expenses and accounts. Stewart writes about the publishing of the Bric-A-Brac, the undergraduate yearbook, President McCosh, the junior class Promenade Concert at commencement, an outbreak of "Pink-eye" among students in 1883, the building of a new chemistry laboratory, singing with the Glee Club, his election as one of the officers to give an oration during the week of Class Day and commencement, and about the death of Prof. Arnold Guyot. In a letter dated March 6, 1884, Stewart mentions an editorial published in the New York Times and the Trenton Times regarding the difficulty of exams at the College.

In addition, there is a photograph album belonging to Stewart that contains thirty-three albumen cartes de visite and one tintype photograph, mostly of unidentified individuals, but including Civil War generals and some celebrities. There is a photograph of President Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, and the funeral car on which Lincoln's remains were conveyed from the "Executive Mansion" on April 19, 1865. There is a photograph of the famous wedding of Tom Thumb known as "The Fairy Wedding Group," taken by Mathew Brady and inscribed by the four members of the wedding party. Most of the photographs were taken by well-known photographers, including R. W. Addis, C. S. Miles, M. J. Powers, J. A. Sheldon, Thomas Smith, and Henry Ulke.

Collection Creator Biography:

Stewart, Henry Clay, 1863-1935

Henry Clay Stewart graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1884.

Collection History

Acquisition:

The material was a gift of Nell C. Preston in October 1940 .

AM 12181

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

Credit this material:

Henry Clay Stewart Collection; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tx31qh748
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
  • ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1