Call Number:

C0637

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 3 boxes
• 0.8 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); George Black Stewart Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1896-1917 (bulk) and 1896-1950 (inclusive)

Creator:

Stewart, George Black, 1884-1964

Form:

Calendars -- 20th century., Correspondence -- 20th century, Diaries -- 20th century., and Photograph albums -- 20th century

Abstract:

Consists of photograph albums, diaries, engagement calendars, and documents of George Black Stewart (Princeton Class of 1906) who was treasurer (1906-1950) of the American University of Beirut.

George Black Stewart (Princeton Class of 1906) served as treasurer (1906-1950) of the American University of Beirut, formerly known as the Syrian Protestant College.

The collection consists of photograph albums, diaries, engagement calendars, and documents of Stewart (Princeton Class of 1906) who was treasurer (1906-1950) of the American University of Beirut, formerly known as the Syrian Protestant College. Included are photographs of his father, George Black Stewart (1854-1932), Woodrow Wilson and his daughters, Princeton University (1906) and the 5-year reunion (1911) of the Class of 1906, his travels in Europe, the faculty of the American University of Beirut, and various sites in Palestine, Syria, and Turkey. There are diaries from 1906 to 1917, engagement calendars with brief entries (1920-1945), speeches on his retirement in 1950, his certificate the "Merit Medallion of Honor" from the Republic of Lebanon (1939), and clippings.

Arranged chronologically, with photograph albums followed by diaries and engagement calendars.