Finding Aid to the George Rippey Stewart Papers: Additions, 1750-1984
Finding Aid written by Jane Phillips; revised by Alison E. Bridger
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Finding Aid to the George Rippey Stewart Papers: Additions, 1750-1984
Collection Number: BANC MSS 70/88 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Jane Phillips; revised by Alison E. Bridger
- Date Completed:
-
March 2007
© 2007 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: George Rippey Stewart papers: additions
Date (inclusive): 1750-1984
Collection Number: BANC MSS 70/88 c
Creators :
Stewart, George Rippey, 1895-1980
Extent:
Number of containers: 4 boxes, 2 cartons and 1 oversize folder
Linear feet: 4.15
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The George Rippey Stewart Papers: Additions contains incoming correspondence, financial records, personal papers, and family
papers. Correspondence is with publishers, editors, agents, writers, teachers, research associates, readers, family and friends.
Financial records are mainly royalty statements. Personal papers include engagement books, biographical information and other
miscellaneous personal items. Family papers include genealogical material, journals and memoirs of forebears.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html .
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George Rippey Stewart Papers: Additions, BANC MSS 70/88 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
George Rippey Stewart Papers, 1914-1984. (BANC MSS C-H 13)
"A Little of Myself," oral history of George Rippey Stewart (BANC MSS 73/155)
Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stewart, George Rippey, 1895-1980--Archives
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of English
Authors, American--20th century
Faculty papers.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The George Rippey Stewart Papers: Additions were given to The Bancroft Library by Professor George Rippey Stewart and Theodosia
Stewart over the years 1962-1986. Additions were made by Jack & Joyce Stewart on September 28, 2006.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Jane Phillips in 1987.
Biographical Information
George Rippey Stewart, writer and academician, was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, on May 31, 1895, the son of George Rippey
and Ella Wilson Stewart. The family moved to Pasadena, California, when Stewart was 12. After graduation from high school,
Stewart went to Princeton, receiving his A. B. in 1917. From 1917 to 1919 he served in the U. S. Army. In 1920 Stewart obtained
his M. A. in English literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1922 he was awarded a Ph.D. in English
from Columbia University.
While teaching for a year at the University of Michigan, Stewart met and married Theodosia Burton, daughter of the president
of the University. Upon returning to Berkeley in 1923, he joined the faculty of the English Department of the University of
California, where he remained until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1962. Stewart served as a visiting professor at
several universities, including a year as Fulbright Professor of American Literature and Civilization at the University of
Athens, 1952-1953.
Stewart's first important work was a biography of Bret Harte (1931). Other non-fiction works include:
Ordeal by Hunger, a study of the Donner Party (1936);
Names on the Land (1945);
Man, an Autobiography (1946);
U.S. 40 (1953);
American Ways of Life (1954);
N. A. 1 (1957);
Pickett's Charge (1959);
The California Trail (1963);
American Place Names (1970);
Names on the Globe (1975); and
American Place Names (1979). He also wrote several non-fiction books for juvenile readers.
Stewart's first novel was
East of the Giants (1938). Other fiction works include:
Doctor's Oral (1939);
Storm (1941);
Fire (1948);
Earth Abides (1949);
Sheep Rock (1951); and
Years of the City (1955).
That Stewart was a man of many interests is reflected in his prolific writings, which comprise both published and unpublished
fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama, and include such diverse subjects as history, ecology, onomatology, meteorology, and
science fiction. His advocacy of academic freedom involved him in political controversy and provided material for a book,
Year of the Oath (1950). Both his fiction and non-fiction works have been awarded prizes, among them medals from the Commonwealth Club of
California for
Ordeal by Hunger and
East of the Giants, the International Fantasy Award for
Earth Abides, and the Hillman Award for
Not so Rich as You Think.
Several of his works have appeared in foreign language editions. Stewart also published a children's book,
To California by Covered Wagon (1954), and wrote numerous articles and reviews for scholarly as well as general interest publications.
After his retirement from the University of California, Stewart continued to write and publish. Though in his last years he
suffered from Parkinson's disease, Stewart continued working on various literary projects until the time of his death on August
22, 1980.
Scope and Content of Collection
The George Rippey Stewart Papers: Additions contains incoming correspondence, financial records, personal papers, and family
papers. Correspondence is with publishers, editors, agents, writers, teachers, research associates, readers, family and friends.
Financial records are mainly royalty statements. Personal papers include engagement books, biographical information and other
miscellaneous personal items. Family papers include genealogical material, journals and memoirs of forebears.
Significant reorganization of the collection was required due to the fact that the papers were donated and transferred to
The Bancroft Library at various times dating from 1938-1986, and there was no overall organization ordering the collection
as a whole. However, wherever possible, internal groupings within a series reflect Stewart's own filing system. The papers
found in BANC MSS C-H 13 consist principally of papers relating to Stewart's literary activities and includes correspondence,
research material, manuscripts and related items, and bibliographies.
Series 1
Correspondence
1927-1984,
undated
Physical Description:
Boxes 1-3
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by sender.
Scope and Content Note
Contains incoming letters, cards, and telegrams from various publishers, editors, agents, writers, teachers, associates, friends
and readers, relating primarily to his writing activities. Some letters are addressed to his wife, Theodosia, after his death.
Box 1, Folder 2
Aaron, Chester
Sept. 11, 1967
Box 1, Folder 3
Adams, Ansel Easton
undated
Box 1, Folder 4
Alta California Bookstore
Dec. 31, 1965
Box 1, Folder 5
American Association of University Professors
Oct. 23, 1957
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folders 20, 22
Box 1, Folder 6
American Civil Liberties Union
February 24, 1972
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 22
Box 1, Folder 7
American Heritage
1955-1960
Box 1, Folder 9
Anacapa Books
Apr. 24, 1985
Note
(to Theodosia Stewart)
Box 1, Folder 10
Association of American Geographers
1980
Box 1, Folder 11
Augusta College
1978-1980
Box 1, Folder 12
Authors Guild of the Authors League of America, Inc.,
Jun. 13, 1947
Box 1, Folder 13
Authors League of America, Inc.
Apr. 16, 1954
Box 1, Folder 15
Balfour, Graham
1920-1921
Box 1, Folder 16
Ballantine Books
May 28, 1971
Box 1, Folder 17
The Bancroft Library
1961-1985
Related Material
See also: box 2, folder 16; carton 2, folders 17, 19
Box 1, Folder 18
Barzun, Jacques
Jan. 12, 1960
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 22
Box 1, Folder 19
Bishop, Morris Gilbert, 1893-
1954-1959
Box 1, Folder 21
Bliven, Bruce
Oct. 10, 1953
Box 1, Folder 22
Bridges, Robert Seymour
Jun. 14, no year
Related Material
See also: box 4, folder 1
Box 1, Folder 23
Brooks, Van Wyck
Feb. 14, 1945
Box 1, Folder 25
Buck, Pearl
Mar. 11, 1941
Box 1, Folder 26
Burton, Marion LeRoy
Sept. 27, 1924
Box 1, Folder 29
Caen, Herbert Eugene
1979,
undated
Box 1, Folder 31
University of California
1961-1970
Box 1, Folder 32
University of California
Jun. 20, 1960
Box 1, Folder 33
University of California office of the President
1930-1963
Box 1, Folder 34
University of California Berkeley
1963-1970
Box 1, Folder 35
University of California Berkeley
1920-1921
Box 1, Folder 36
California Arts Commission
Jun. 25, 1965
Box 1, Folder 37
California Historical Society
1963
Box 1, Folder 38
Camp, Charles
Sept. 22, 1969
Box 1, Folder 40
Carpenter, Kenneth
1969-1977
Related Material
See also: box 2, folder 53
Box 1, Folder 42
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
undated
Box 1, Folder 45
Constance, Lincoln
Aug. 3, 1979
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 17
Box 1, Folder 46
Coolidge, Calvin
Nov. 11, 1924
Note
(to Theodosia Stewart)
Related Material
See also: box 4, folder 1
Box 1, Folder 47
Corle, Edwin
Aug. 1, 1943
Box 1, Folder 49
Cross, Ira Brown
1952-1965
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 22
Box 1, Folder 51
Davis, Clyde Brion
1938-1948
Box 1, Folder 52
Davis, Harold L
1937-1960
Box 1, Folder 53
De Voto, Bernard Augustine
1941-1944
Box 1, Folder 55
Dillon, Richard Hugh
1967-1975
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 18
Box 1, Folder 57
Doubleday and Company, Inc.
1960-1965
Box 1, Folder 58
Duke University Press
Aug. 31, 1970
Box 1, Folder 60
Emrich, Duncan
Jan. 14, 1968
Box 2, Folder 2
Fadiman, Clifton
1945-1974
Box 2, Folder 3
Farrar and Rinehart, Inc.
Jan. 3, 1940
Box 2, Folder 4
Fehrenbach, Ted Reed
1962-1963
Box 2, Folder 5
Fergusson, Harvey
undated
Box 2, Folder 6
Forester, Cecil Scott
1944-1951
Box 4, Folder 1
Franck, Glenn
Jun. 18, 1924
Note
(to Mrs. Marion LeRoy Burton)
Box 2, Folder 7
Frost, Robert
1949-1962
Scope and Content Note
Christmas poems
Related Material
See also: box 4, folder 1
Box 2, Folder 10
Gardner, David P
1964-1969
Box 1, Folder 35
Gayley, Charles Mills
Sept. 1, 1920
Box 2, Folder 13
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
Dec. 17, 1974
Box 2, Folder 14
Harper and Brothers
1960-1962
Box 2, Folder 16
Hart, James David
1951-1969
Related Material
See also: box 1, folder 17
Carton 2
Hedgepeth, Joel
Jun. 17, 1962
Box 2, Folder 17
Hermes Publications
1975-1978
Box 2, Folder 18
Hitch, Charles Johnston
1961,
undated
Related Material
See also: box 1, folder 33
Box 2, Folder 20
Holt, Rienhart and Winston, Inc.
May 31, 1962
Box 2, Folder 21
Houghton Mifflin, Co.
1952-1971
Box 4, Folder 1
Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948
Jun. 22, 1922
Carton 2, Folder 22
Hughes, Merrit Yerkes
Jan. 19, 1961
Box 2, Folder 23
Jackson, Joseph Henry 1984-
1938-1950
Box 2, Folder 24
Jeffers, Robinson, 1887-1962
Oct. 24, 1938
Box 2, Folder 25
Jones, Idwal, 1892-
1943-1946
Box 2, Folder 27
Kerr, Clark, 1911-
1961-1963
Related Material
See also: box 1, folder 33
Box 2, Folder 28
Knopf, Alfred A, 1892-
1938-1939
Box 2, Folder 29
Krutch, Joseph Wood, 1893-
Oct. 26, 1963
Box 2, Folder 31
Ladies Home Journal
Jun. 2, 1948
Box 2, Folder 32
Lavender, David Sievert
1960-1961
Box 2, Folder 33
Leake, Chauncey D
1962-1975
Box 2, Folder 34
Lehman, Benjamin Harrison
1962-1975
Box 2, Folder 35
Leonard, Irving Albert
1975
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 18
Box 2, Folder 37
Little, Brown and Company
Mar. 15, 1939
Box 2, Folder 40
Lowie, Harry Robert
Jul. 1, 1946
Box 2, Folder 41
Lund, Sven Elizur Thorsten
Aug. 17, 1955
Box 2, Folder 43
McGraw-Hill, Inc.
1960-1965
Box 2, Folder 44
McIntosh and Otis
1942-1947
Box 2, Folder 45
MacLeish, Archibald
Sept. 28, 1954
Box 2, Folder 46
Macmillan Company
1938-1939
Box 2, Folder 47
Magee, David Bikersteth
1962-1969
Box 2, Folder 48
Mencken, Henry Louis
1941-1948
Box 2, Folder 49
Miles, Josephine
1956-1975
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folders 15, 18
Carton 2, Folder 22
Morrow, Glenn R
Jan. 27, 1961
Box 2, Folder 53
University of Nevada, Reno
1970-1985
Box 2, Folder 54
University of New Mexico, Press
Sept. 18, 1974
Box 2, Folder 55
New York Times Book Review
1942
Box 2, Folder 56
Newhall, Scott, 1914-
1956-1969
Box 2, Folder 58
University of Okalahoma Press
May 23, 1974
Box 3, Folder 2
Page, Denys Lionel (Sir)
Sept. 10, 1956
Box 3, Folder 3
Parkinson, Ariel
Apr. 5, 1968
Box 3, Folder 4
Parkinson, Thomas Francis
undated
Box 3, Folder 16
Perkins, Maxwell
Dec. 21, 1938
Box 3, Folder 5
Putnam, George Palmer
1948
Box 3, Folder 7
Random House, Inc.
1939-1962
Box 3, Folder 8
Renoir, Alain
Mar. 19, 1975
Box 1, Folder 29
San Francisco Chronicle
1939-1978,
undated
Related Material
See also: box 2, folders 23, 56
Box 3, Folder 11
San Francisco Examiner
May 6, 1953
Box 3, Folder 13
Saturday Review
1938-1946
Box 3, Folder 14
Schnier, Jacques, Preston
May 27, 1971
Box 3, Folder 15
Schorer, Mark
1956-1964
Related Material
See also: box 1, folder 35; carton 2, folder 15
Box 3, Folder 16
Scribner's, Charles and Sons
1938-1958
Box 3, Folder 18
Sloss, Frank H
1982-1984
Note
(to Theodosia Stewart)
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 19
Box 3, Folder 19
Smith, Grant Horace
Apr. 26, 1937
Box 3, Folder 20
Smith, Henry Nash
1956-1977
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 19
Box 3, Folder 21
Snow, Charles Percy
1960-1961
Box 3, Folder 22
Sproul, Robert Gordon
Jan. 1, 1940
Related Material
See also: box 1, folder 33
Box 3, Folder 23
Stegner, Wallace
1943-1981
Box 3, Folder 24
Steinbeck John Ernst
Sept. 7, 1938
Box 3, Folder 26
Sverdrup, Haold Ulrick
Jun. 11, 1946
Box 3, Folder 28
Tate, Allen John Orley
1942-1961
Box 3, Folder 29
Tatlock, John S
Jun. 10, 1948
Carton 2, Folder 19
Taylor, Paul Schuster
Aug. 29, 1980
Box 3, Folder 30
Thurber, James
Jan. 4, 1949
Box 3, Folder 31
Tobriner, Matthew Oscar
1971-1981
Box 3, Folder 34
United States. Air Force
May 4, 1953
Box 3, Folder 35
United States. Air Weather Service
Sept. 22, 1949
Box 3, Folder 36
United States. Board on Geographic Names
Oct. 24, 1984
Note
(photocopy, addressed to John H. Stewart)
Box 3, Folder 37
United States. Department of State
Jan. 17, 1957
Box 3, Folder 38
United States. Forest Service
1974
Box 3, Folder 40
University of Utah Press
Oct. 14, 1974
Box 3, Folder 41
Utley, Francis Lee, 1907-
Jan. 16, 1968
Box 3, Folder 43
Van Doren, Irita
May 8, 1940
Box 3, Folder 44
Van Doren, Mark
May 24, 1945
Box 3, Folder 47
Walt Disney Productions
Sept. 13, 1945
Box 3, Folder 48
Warren, Robert Penn
Oct. 24, 1946
Box 3, Folder 49
Wecter, Dixon
Jan. 13, 1949
Box 3, Folder 50
William Morrow and Co.
Jun. 27, 1969
Box 3, Folder 51
Williams, Annie Laurie, Inc.
1962-1964
Box 3, Folder 52
Wright, Celeste Turner
1974-1978
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 22
Box 3, Folder 53
Wright, Ernest Hunter
1946-1978
Related Material
See also: carton 2, folder 15
Series 2
Financial Records
1943-1979
Physical Description:
Carton 1, folders 1-16
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains royalty statements, agents' and publishers' receipts and miscellaneous financial records.
Carton 1, Folders 1-15
Bills and receipts pertaining to literary transactions
1943-1966,
1972-1979
Carton 1, Folder 16
Miscellaneous records
circa 1951-1973
Series 3
Personal Papers
circa 1903-1984
Physical Description:
Carton 1, folders 17-44; Carton 2, folders 1-24
Arrangement
Arranged by type of document, then chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains correspondence, announcement, certificates, biographical information, obituaries, clippings, memorabilia and miscellany.
Carton 1, Folder 44
Engagement book
1946,
1949
Carton 2, Folder 1
Engagement book
1946,
1949
Carton 2, Folders 11-13
Biographical information
undated
Carton 2, Folder 14
Annual supplement to Bio-Bibliography
undated
Carton 2, Folder 15
Letters written to Stewart on his retirement
1962
Carton 2, Folders 17-19
Letters of condolence, 1980
1980
Carton 2, Folder 20
Correspondence and documents regarding the Regents of the University of Nevada, versus certain faculty members.
circa 1953
Carton 2, Folder 21
Correspondence and documents regarding the American Association of University Professors
1955-1956
Carton 2, Folder 22
Correspondence and Documents regarding Oct. 11, 1960 resolution of UC Regents concerning the subject A examination
1960
Carton 2, Folder 23
Papers relating to George R. Stewart Trail
undated
Carton 1, Folders 17-40
Miscellany
circa 1903-1980
Oversize Folder 1
Miscellany
circa 1903-1935,
1964,
1968
Series 4
Family Papers
circa 1750-1978
Physical Description:
Carton 2, folders 25-39; Box 4
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Content Note
Contains family papers of George Rippey Stewart including diaries, memoirs, genealogical information and correspondence.
Miscellaneous Family papers
circa 1750-1978
Carton 2, Folder 24
Papers relating to George R., Stewart Peak
undated
Carton 2, Folder 25
Miscellaneous records regarding Stewart and Rippey families
undated
Carton 2, Folder 26
Memo book of Lt. John H. Stewart
1861-1866
Carton 2, Folder 27
Miscellaneous documents of John H. Stewart
1861-1863
Carton 2, Folder 28
Copybook of orders and letters kept by John H. Stewart
1864-1866
Carton 2, Folder 29
Pages from journal of John H. Stewart
1861-1862
Carton 2, Folder 30
Miscellaneous records regarding Wilson family
1889
Carton 2, Folder 31
Notes on John Harris Stewart (b. 1899, d. 1906)
undated
Carton 2, Folder 32
Miscellaneous records regarding Wilson family
undated
Carton 2, Folders 33-35
Memoirs of Andrew Wilkins Wilson
undated
Carton 2, Folder 36
Book of family autographs collected by Stewart
1906
Carton 2, Folder 37
Genealogical records and reminiscences of Burton family
undated
Carton 2, Folder 38
Genealogical chart of Nina Moses Burton
undated
Carton 2, Folder 39
Diary kept by Theodosia Burton Stewart
1910
Box 4, Folder 1
To Mrs. Marion LeRoy Burton by various correspondents
1924-1926
Box 4, Folder 2
By Theodosia Burton Stewart to her mother
1922?
Box 4, Folder 3
To John Harris Stewart, correspondent unknown
May 31, 1841
Box 4, Folder 4
To George R. Stewart by his mother
1902-1917
Box 4, Folder 5
To George R. Stewart by his father
1916-1917
Box 4, Folder 6
By George R. Stewart, Sr. to Ella Wilson Stewart
1889-1892
Box 4, Folder 7
To George R. Stewart, Sr. by various correspondents
1873-1894
Box 4, Folder 8
By the children of George and Theodosia Stewart to their parents
1935-1960
Box 4, Folder 9
By the children of George and Theodosia Stewart to their grandparents
1956-1974
Box 4, Folder 10
To Ella Wilson Stewart by her father
1881-1890
Box 4, Folder 11
By Wilson family members
1909-1953
Box 4, Folder 12
By various family members To various correspondents
1889-1978