Stephens and Erwin family papers

Descriptive Summary
Title: Stephens and Erwin family papers
Creator: Stephens family
Inclusive Dates: 1853-1970s
Language(s): English
Extent: 2.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes and 3 oversize folders)
Collection Number: ms3791
Repository: Hargrett Library

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Collection Description

Historical Note

Roswell Powell Stephens (1874-1954), son of Roswell Americus and Sarah Frances Brown Stephens, was born in Barnesville, Ga. He received his A.B. (1896) from the Univerisity of Georgia and Ph.D. (1905) in mathematics from Johns Hopkins University. He returned to UGA in 1907 as Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, eventually rising to department head and Dean of the Graduate School. Additionally, Stephens helped to found the Georgia Academy of Science; installed a chapter of the mathematics honor fraternity, Pi Mu Epsilon; served as secretary-treasurer of the Georgia Cooperative Association; and chairman of the Executive Committee of Graduate Deans of Southern Universities. He retired from the University in 1945.

On October 28, 1913, Dr. Stephens married Mary Bell (Mabel) Chadwick (1875-1952), daughter of Winfield Scott and Mary Thompson Chadwick, of Beaufort, North Carolina. They had two daughters, Mable Chadwick who later married Robert P. Jacobson and Corinne Chadwick who married Howell C. Erwiln, Jr. Mable Chadwick Stephens was active with the University Womans Club and a charter member of the Athens, Georgia branch of the American Association of University Women.

Scope and Content

The collection primarily consists of the correspondence between Roswell Powell Stephens and Mable Chadwick between 1911 and 1914; several of Dr. Stephens writings and sunday school sermans; four letters written by Mary Ann Cobb, including two to her husband Howell Cobb; genealogical research regarding the Stephens, Chadwick, and Bell families compiled by Corinne Chadwick Stephens Erwin for her D.A.R. application; and certificates recieved by Howell C. Erwin, Jr.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Stephens and Erwin family papers, ms 3791, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

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Related Materials and Subjects

Subject Terms

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Series Descriptions and Folder Listing

 

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Mary Ann Cobb correspondence, 1853, 1855,1869,1887

 

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Letter from Mary Ann Lamar to Mrs. E. C. Craig

 

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Letters to John B. Lamar re: plantations, 1862

 

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Correspondence and receipts

 

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The Future South, The Confederate Cross

 

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Biography, Howell Cobb

 

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Resolution of the death of Sarah E. Gabbett

 

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Confederate money

 

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Certificates of registration, passport

 

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Sermons and writings by R. P. Stephens

 

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R. P. Stephens dissertation, 1905

 

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1906 - 1911

 

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1912 January-June

 

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1912 July-December

 

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1914

 

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undated

 

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1913 January-March

 

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1913

 

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1913 April-June

 

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1913 July-September

 

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1913 October-December

 

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1930, 1932, 1938

 

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Mabel Chadwick Stephens portrait

 

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Portraits, possibly Roswell Powell and Mabel with their children

 

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Roswell Powell Stephens portraits

 

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UGA class of 1896, 50 year reunion portrait, 1946

 

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Testimonial, Mabel Chadwick Stephens, 1952

 

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Mabel Stephens' death - condolances, 1952

 

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Biography, Roswell Powell Stephens

 

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Guest book, funeral Mabel Stephens and Roswell Powell Stephens

 

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Estate of W. S. Chadwick

 

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Corinne Chadwick Stephens Erwin DAR application

 

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Correspondence, Corinne "Bobbie" Chadwick Stephens Erwin

 

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Chadwick, Bell, Ward, Stephens genealogy

 

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Letter from Carl Chadwick, 1923

 

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Winfield Scott Chadwick

 

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Will, Richard Poole

 

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Bylaws (1960), Directory (1957) Colonial Dames of America of the State of Georgia

 

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Letter to Howell C. Erwin, Jr., 1957

 

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Certificates and diplomas - Howell C. Erwin, Jr.

 

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Japanese invasion money

 

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Stamp collection

 

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Cased images

 

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Empty envelopes

 

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Empty envelopes

 

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Photograph of Professor Morley

 

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Blueprints of W. S. Chadwick Estate

 

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Howell C. Erwin, Jr. certificates

 

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Roswell Powell Stephens certificates