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MSS 123
Stewart, Roy J., 1878-1967
Gallaudet University Archives.
Descriptive Summary
Repository:
Gallaudet
University Archives Administrative Information
Acquisition
Information:
The Roy J. Stewart collection was given to the Gallaudet University
Archives on June 28, 2001 by Hubbard
Stewart, a great nephew of Roy J. and Ellen P. Stewart.
Related Material in the Archives:
Photographs · Roy J. Stewart [picture]. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Portraits.
Scrapbooks · Scrapbooks belonged to Roy J. Stewart. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Scrapbook Albums (xx).
SMSS · Papers, Roy J. Stewart, 1893-1971. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: SMSS.
Vertical Files · Roy J. Stewart. Gallaudet University Archives, Call Number: Deaf Biographical
Biographical Sketch
Roy J. Stewart was born in Centerville, Michigan on January 6, 1878. He became deaf after falling off a one-horse wagon at age nine. Stewart received his Bachelor’s degree from Gallaudet College in 1899. He became a statistician for the United States Census Bureau’s Alexander Graham Bell division after graduation. Stewart was very active in many organizations for the deaf such as the Motion Picture Committee under National Association for the Deaf and Gallaudet Alumni Association. He was very involved in preserving sign language. In 1964, he was named Gallaudet’s alumnus of the year by the college’s Kappa Gamma Fraternity. He married Ellen Pearson, a 1917 Gallaudet graduate. Stewart died at 89 years old on March 29, 1967. Before his death, he was a frequent visitor to the campus and became known as “walking dictionary on the history of Gallaudet College.”
The Roy J. Stewart collection includes approximately 2,550 items. The majority of the papers are letters about old motion pictures. There are also postcards included in this collection.
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