Chandler Worth Stephenson papers
Overview
This collection contains a complete record kept by Reverend Chandler Worth Stephenson of his daily activities and expenses for over a 50 year period, while he lived in Kansas, Michigan, and Ohio. The collection includes his diaries as well as loose papers removed from his diaries.
Dates
- Creation: 1869 - 1921
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Biography of Chandler Worth Stephenson
Reverend Chandler Worth Stephenson migrated from the Dakotas in 1870 to Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas. He later attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence. In the mid-1880s he moved to Saginaw, Michigan to be minister of the Methodist Protestant Church. Later in the 1890s he took pastorates in Adrian and Tiffin, Ohio. After only a few years he moved back to Michigan to churches in the vicinity of Sagniaw. Stephenson was an ardent prohibitionist and contributed to religious publications on the subject.
Extent
49 Volumes (49 volumes + 1 box containing 451 items) ; Sizes of volumes vary; none are taller than 20 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
RH MS B55
Physical Location
RH MS 96
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, E.A. Stephenson, October 1963.
Subject
- Stephenson, Chandler Worth, 1849-1921 -- Diaries (Person)
- Stephenson, Chandler Worth, 1849-1921 -- Correspondence (Person)
- Methodist Protestant Church in Ohio (Organization)
- Methodist Protestant Church in Michigan (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Chandler Worth Stephenson Collection
- Subtitle
- Chandler Worth Stephenson papers
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by pg, July 1976. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2004. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2020.
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7269624618
- Preferred citation
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Chandler Worth Stephenson papers, Kansas Collection, RH MS B55, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository