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Theophilus G. Steward research collection
- Title
- Theophilus G. Steward research collection, 1986-1991.
- Author
- Seraile, William, 1941-
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Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 445 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 445 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Seraile, William, 1941-
- Description
- .4 lin. ft. (2 archival boxes)
- Summary
- The Theophilus G. Steward Research Collection includes correspondence regarding Professor Seraile's research compiled for his biography "Voice of Dissent: Theophilus Gould Steward (1843-1924) and Black America." The collection includes correspondence with Steward's descendants, other individuals and repositories along with research material that he gathered from a number of institutions. Also included is the second draft of the manuscript.
- Subjects
- United States > Army > Chaplains > Biography
- African Americans > Biography
- Military chaplains > United States > Biography
- Wilberforce University Presidents > Biography
- Black author
- African American college teachers > Biography
- African Methodist Episcopal Church Clergy > Biography
- Steward, T. G (Theophilus Gould), 1843-1924
- Seraile, William, 1941-
- Research (document genres)
- Genre/Form
- Research (document genres)
- Source (note)
- William Seraille
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Biography (note)
- William Seraile was a professor of history with the Department of Black Studies at Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY. He is the author of several books including: "Bruce Grit: The Black Nationalist Writings of John Edward Bruce" (2003), "New York's Black Regiment During the Civil War" (2001), "Fire in His Heart: Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner and the A.M.E. Church" (1999), and "Voice of Dissent: Theophilus Gould Steward (1843-1924) and Black America" (1991), the focus of this collection.
- Theophilus G. Steward was a 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 U.S. 25th Colored Infantry Regiment where he served in the Philippine Islands and Cuba (1898-1900). In 1907 Steward joined the faculty of Wilberforce University, with which he was associated until his death, serving as vice-president, chaplain and professor of history, French and logic.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Preliminary finding aid available.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 445
- OCLC
- 772459780
- Author
- Seraile, William, 1941- collector.
- Title
- Theophilus G. Steward research collection, 1986-1991.
- Biography
- William Seraile was a professor of history with the Department of Black Studies at Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY. He is the author of several books including: "Bruce Grit: The Black Nationalist Writings of John Edward Bruce" (2003), "New York's Black Regiment During the Civil War" (2001), "Fire in His Heart: Bishop Benjamin Tucker Tanner and the A.M.E. Church" (1999), and "Voice of Dissent: Theophilus Gould Steward (1843-1924) and Black America" (1991), the focus of this collection.Theophilus G. Steward was a 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 U.S. 25th Colored Infantry Regiment where he served in the Philippine Islands and Cuba (1898-1900). In 1907 Steward joined the faculty of Wilberforce University, with which he was associated until his death, serving as vice-president, chaplain and professor of history, French and logic.
- Indexes
- Preliminary finding aid available.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Theophilus G. Steward papers; Also located at; Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.Gustavus Adolphus Steward papers; Also located at; Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Seraile, William, 1941- Voice of dissent, Theophilus Gould Steward (1843-1924) and Black America.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 445