 Nathaniel Bacon Stewart collection
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteNathaniel Bacon Stewart was born in Butler, Georgia, January 4, 1871. He graduated from University of Georgia and attended George Washington University Law School. He worked for the Navy Department (1893-1897), War Department (1897-1899), and joined the U.S. Civil Service. In 1911, Stewart married Lucy Middleton Cobb Taylor, the widow of his University of Georgia classmate James Taylor and a member of the prominent Cobb Family. Soon thereafter, Stewart was appointed to the newly created position of Consul General by the United States government serving in several locations, including Madras, India; Durban, South Africa; Tokyo, Japan; Cairo, Egypt; Milan, Italy and Barcelona, Spain. He died in Washington, D.C. on 17 April 1931. Scope and ContentThe collection consists of two Egyptian grave bowls, given by Sir Flinders Petrie, the English Egyptologist, to Nathaniel B. Stewart in 1917; two strips from a palm book, either Burmese or Thai, also gift to Stewart from Petrie; one letter from Stewart to his daughter-in-law Mrs. Bucknell dated "American Consular Service, Port Said, Egypt, December, 1917." One letter from Chancellor David C. Barrow of the University of Georgia, to John Addison Cobb, grandfather of Mrs. Bucknell, regarding Stewart prior to his marriage to Lucy M. Cobb Taylor, Mrs. Bucknell's mother. Also included is one picture of the Senior Class of 1893. The class included a picture of Stewart as well as Jim Taylor, Mrs. Bucknell's father. Administrative InformationCustodial HistoryThe 1893 UGA graduating class photograph is housed in the Georgia Photograph File, ms3705. Preferred CitationNathaniel Bacon Stewart collection, ms876, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject Terms | ||||||||||||||||||