Collection View
This series consists of assorted writings by Stewart; topics include astronomy, sunspots, social physics, solar eclipses, and population. This series is organized alphabetically by title, with miscellaneous material (bibliography and social physics materials) located at the end.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
"A Detailed Prediction of the Remaining Course of the Present Sunspot Cycle", dates not examined
"The Mathematical Characteristics of Sunspot Variation," JQS and H. A. Panofsky, dates not examined
"Potential of Population and its Relation to Marketing," original typescript, dates not examined
"The Relation of the Value of Rural Acreage to the Potential of Population", dates not examined
"Some Applications of the Methods of Mathematical Physics to Human Problems", dates not examined
This series consists of writings by authors other than Stewart; it is organized alphabetically by author, with reviews located at the end.
Arranged alphabetically by author.
A-H, dates not examined
I-N, dates not examined
O-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
This series consists of Stewart's correspondence with professional colleagues and learned societies, such as Stuart C. Dodd, Ralph E. Himstead, George Webber Mixter, G. Edward Pendray, the American Association of University Professors, the Social Research Council, and the Institute of Navigation. This series is organized alphabetically by author or subject.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
"A Measure of the Influence of a Population at a Distance," for Sociometry, dates not examined
Time, dates not examined
This series consists of miscellaneous correspondence; it is first organized by type (miscellaneous, A-Z, 1946-1953, miscellaneous, various subjects), and then either alphabetically or chronologically.
Arranged alphabetically by subject of correspondence.
A-H, dates not examined
I-M, dates not examined
N-Z, dates not examined
1946-1951, 1946-1951
1952-1953, 1952-1953
Maps, dates not examined
This series consists of assorted miscellaneous writings by Stewart; it is organized alphabetically by subject.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
This series consists of miscellaneous financial papers, including invoices and reports.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
This series consists of printing plates for area and population maps of various countries, as well as photo prints of same.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
This series consists of materials relating to a series of conferences held in Randolph, N.H., Princeton, and Boston (1949-1953). This series is first organized by location or subject (Randolph, Princeton, and methodology), and then chronologically by date.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
This series consists of printed material relating to Stewart's fields of study; it is organized alphabetically by subject.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
This series consists of reports and related material from social physics meetings in Boston, December 1953.
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
This series consists of class and lecture notes and papers and reports by his astronomy students (ca.1923-1948), photographs of eclipse parties (1935), and correspondence regarding navigation and meteorology classes (ca.1940).
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Series 12: Additions, 1907-2999
This series consists of unprocessed additional, including binders of notes relating to a myriad of topics (such as math, navigation, population, and social physics) (1931-1971), correspondence (1920-1972), and miscellaneous files covering Stewarts eclectic fields of interest. This series is roughly organized by material type (binders, reprints, correspondence, and other materials).
Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
Calculus, 1933
Geometry, 1963-1964
Geometry, 1965
Geometry, 1967
Geometry, 1968
Geometry, 1971(2), 1971
Map projections, 1942
Quaternions, 1946
Social physics, 1947
Social physics, 1950
Social physics, 1951
Sunspots, 1940-1941
Sunspots, 1941
UMBRAL analysis, 1938
UMBRAL analysis, 1939
UMBRAL analysis, 1940
Reprints, 1931-1952
Reprints, 1953-1962
Correspondence, 1920-1972
1920-1949, 1920-1949
1950, 1950
1951, 1951
1952, 1952
1957, 1957
1958, 1958
1959, 1959
1960, 1960
1961, 1961
1962, 1962
1963, 1963
1966, 1966
1967, 1967
1968, 1968
1969, 1969
1970, 1970
1971-1972, 1971-1972
undated, undated
Hurricane Ione, 1955
Moon movies, 1929
Diplomas (6), 1907-1919
- Scope and Contents
Consists of articles written by Stewart and others, correspondence, financial material, photoprints, maps, conference material, printed material, and student papers. The collection reflects Stewart's interest in the development of social physics and the many scientific areas that he investigated. The correspondence includes letters with professional colleagues and learned societies, such as Stuart C. Dodd, Ralph E. Himstead, George Webber Mixter, G. Edward Pendray, the American Association of University Professors, the Social Research Council, and the Institute of Navigation; in addition, there is correspondence and reports of conferences on the natural sciences applied to social theory and social physics. Furthermore, there are printing plates for area and population maps of various countries, and nine record center cartons of unprocessed additional material.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Stewart
John Quincy Stewart was born on 10 September 1894, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to John Q. and Mary (Liebendorfer) Stewart. He received two degrees from Princeton University, a B.S. in 1915 and a Ph.D. (physics) in 1919.
During World War I, Stewart was first a civilian aeronautical engineer (July-August 1917), and then entered the Army as a 1st Lieutenant S.C. (September 1917). He later served as a chief instructor in sound ranging at the Army Engineering School until his discharge (March 1919). Following the service, Stewart worked for two years (1919-1921) as a research engineer in the Development and Research Department of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in New York. In 1921, he began teaching at Princeton in the Department of Astrophysics, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1963. Beginning in 1946, Stewart became interested in social physics, a field inaugurated by the astronomer Edmund Halley in 1693 which demonstrates the use of physical laws in the realm of the social sciences.
Stewart was a member of many professional organizations and societies, including the American Association for Advancement of Science, American Association of University Professors (serving as first national Vice-President, 1940-1941), American Astronomical Society, American Geographical Society (Honorary Fellow, 1963), American Physical Society, American Statistical Society, Geophysical Union, International Astronomical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Population Association, and Sigma Xi.
His published books include Astronomy: A Revision of Young's Manual of Astronomy (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1926), co-authored with Henry Norris Russell and Raymond Smith Dugan, Marine and Air Navigation (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1944), co-authored with Newton L. Pierce, and Coasts, Waves, and Weather for Navigators (Boston: Ginn and Co., 1945). Stewart was a prolific writer of articles documenting his investigations in the areas of astronomy, astrophysics, cartography, demography, demography in relation to geography, gyromagnetic effect, hurricanes, ionized gases, lunar craters, meteorology, navigational methods, philosophy of science, physics, sociology, solar eclipses, space travel, speech and hearing, stellar atmospheres, sunspots, and weather cycles. He also participated in taking the first motion picture of the Moon, and in radar studies of meteor showers.
On 17 June 1925, Stewart married Lillian Vaughan Westcott. Their son, John Westcott Stewart, was born 15 November 1926, and followed his father's path to become an associate professor of physics at the University of Virginia.
After leaving Princeton, Stewart moved to Sedona, Arizona. He died in Cottonwood, Arizona, on 19 March 1972, at the age of 77 years.
The following standard abbreviation is used to identify materials in this collection: Ms = manuscript.
- Acquisition:
The majority of the collection was a gift to the Library by Stewart's son, John Westcott Stewart, in 1972. Additional materials were donated by the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming in 2003.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Karla J. Vecchia in 2004. Finding aid written by Karla J. Vecchia in 2004.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- 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:
John Q. Stewart Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9w032304t
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-59
- Subject Terms:
- Area studies. -- 20th century
Astrophysicists -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
Physicists -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
Physics -- Social aspects. -- 20th century
Population geography. -- 20th century
Social sciences -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Congresses. -- 20th century
Social sciences -- New Hampshire -- Randolph -- Congresses. -- 20th century
Social sciences -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Congresses. -- 20th century - Genre Terms:
- Articles.
Correspondence
Faculty papers.
Maps. - Names:
- American association of university professors
Social Science Research Council U.S.
Institute of Navigation
Princeton University
