William S. Stewart, 1831-1897
DePauw University Class of 1856
DC 706

Archives of DePauw University
and Indiana united Methodism

William S. Stewart Paper

1831-1897

Class of 1856

Size: 0.40 lf

Restrictions: none

Accession: none or unknown

Provenance: donor

Processed by: unknown

Biographical Sketch

William S. Stewart was born in October, 1831, in Franklin County, Indiana, the second of four children of Samuel and Margaret (Earhart) Stewart. William attended college at Indiana Asbury (now DePauw University) in Greencastle, Indiana, where he was graduated on July 17, 1856. Preserved with his letters are certain papers written during his college years, some being class assignments and others being compositions apparently for deliverance as speeches before one of the college literary societies. From 1856 to 1858, William studied law in Cincinnati, in all probability at the Cincinnati Law School. This is somewhat unusual because, at this time, most lawyers were prepared for their profession by reading under the supervision of a practicing lawyer.

Collection Statement

This collection consists of Philological Society Orations and Essays, Rostrum Essays, class work, Anti-Slave Orations, letters by William as a student, miscellaneous letters, civil war letters, and a bound letter of the WILLIAM S. STEWART LETTERS from 1861-1862.

DC 706

Folder 1 Philological Society - Orations and Essays

2 Philological Society - Orations and Essays

3 Student Disorder 1850's

4 Rostrum - Essays

5 Eulogy for departed student

6 Class Work

7 Anti-slave Orations

8 Letters as a student

To: "Bro. Goodwin" on Temperance work

To: "Friend John"

9 Letter to "Friend Husher"

Scraps of paper with notes on them and his name, rank and company during the Civil War

Note from Harvey L. Carter, May 27, 1970

10 Civil War Letters 1861

Copies of the original letters Jan. 13 - Dec. 29, 1861 while in Missouri

11 Civil War Letters 1862

Copies of original letters Jan. 12-Dec. 4, 1862 Missouri, Tennessee & Mississippi (some of the letters are not in the bound, edited version)

12 Bound volume of the William S. Stewart Letters 1861-1862 edited by Carter and Peterson

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