JAMES E STEWART JR, MAE LOIS STEWART, AND ORIGINAL MONTFORD POINT MARINE JAMES E STEWART SR, WEARING HIS MONTFORD POINT COVER. THIS WAS TO BE MR. STEWART LAST MONTFORD POINT CONVENTION IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.
BELOW MAE LOIS STEWART, JAMES E STEWART SR, AND THE FIRST NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE MONTFORD POINT MARINES BROOKS GRAY
JOE LOUIS AND JAMES E STEWART
Oklahoma Historical Society
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LEFT JAMES STEWART SR, WITH SCHOOL MATE, AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK INVISIBLE MAN RALPH ELLISON CENTER, WITH RALPH BROTHER.
Letter to James E Stewart Sr. not Jr.
Jimmy began writing a weekly column, "Jimmy Says," for the Black Dispatch. Because of his acquaintance with a top official at Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, Stewart gained employment as a janitor in June 1937; in September 1940 he was named manager of the company's eastside office Northeast Fourth Street. During World War II Stewart volunteered for the U.S. Marines in 1943 and was assigned to the Fifty-first Defense Battalion. He achieved the rank of steward first class and was discharged honorably in December 1945. In 1976 he was appointed vice president of Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, and he served in that capacity until his retirement in September 1977.
Very active in the Civil Rights movement, Stewart served as president of the Oklahoma City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as of the state chapter. He served on the NAACP national board for eight three-year terms. Through his work with Dunjee and the Black Dispatch, his outreach extended across the state and nation.
In July 1982 Stewart was elected chairman of the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority. In 1984 Gov. George Nigh appointed him to the State Narcotics and Controlled Drug Commission. He was president of Oklahomans for Progress, which was dedicated to the elimination of inequities based on race.
Jimmy Stewart's public service record brought him many awards. In 1975 he received the Service to Mankind award from the Sertoma Club of Oklahoma City and in 1976 accepted the Golden Plate award from the NAACP. In 1980 a section of Northeast Fourth Street was named James E. Stewart Industrial Park. He was inducted into the Afro-American Hall of Fame by the Ntu Art Association (which is located at the Kirkpatrick Center in Oklahoma City) and in 1986 into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. In 1994 Stewart was given the Pathmaker Award by the Oklahoma County Historical Society. The Oklahoma Parks and Recreation Department named a golf course for him at Northeast Tenth Street and Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue. In 1997 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. James E Stewart Sr. also was inducted into the Montford Point Marines Hall Of Fame.
Stewart was a loyal and active member of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. James E. Stewart died on April 13, 1997, and was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
Mae Lois Stewart, James Stewart Wife
JAMES STEWART JR & MOTHER UNKNOW MARINE, MONTFORD POINT CAMP
JAMES E STEWART JR AT MONTFORD POINT CAMP
MAE LOIS STEWART & JAMES STEWART JR AT MONTFORD POINT CAMP
Administrative Information
Credits
James E. Stewart Jr./ James Edward Stewart
Originals/Copies
Mix of some originals and some copies
Scope and Content
James Stewart (1912-1997), born on September 6, 1912, in Plano, Texas, served as a leader in the Oklahoma City Civil Rights Movement. His influence also helped shape state and national struggles for minorities. From 1916 until 1928, his family lived in Oklahoma City, where he attended Douglass High School. In 1930 he graduated from a school in Wichita, Kansas, and then entered the Oklahoma Colored Agricultural and Normal University (later Langston University). After one year he moved to Oklahoma City and gained the trust of Black Dispatch publisher Roscoe Dunjee.
Stewart wrote the column "Jimmy Says," for Dunjee's newspaper, commenting on the activities of Oklahoma City's African American community. In 1937 the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company hired Stewart as janitor, and by 1940 he managed the eastside office. He volunteered for the U.S. Marines during World War II. After the war he continued to work for ONG, attaining a vice president position in 1976. He retired from the company in 1977. In 1982 Stewart chaired the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority. In 1984 Governor George Nigh appointed him to the State Narcotics and Controlled Drug Commission.
In July 1982 Stewart was elected chairman of the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority. In 1984 Gov. George Nigh appointed him to the State Narcotics and Controlled Drug Commission. He was president of Oklahomans for Progress, which was dedicated to the elimination of inequities based on race.
Jimmy Stewart's public service record brought him many awards. In 1975 he received the Service to Mankind award from the Sertoma Club of Oklahoma City and in 1976 accepted the Golden Plate award from the NAACP. In 1980 a section of Northeast Fourth Street was named James E. Stewart Industrial Park. He was inducted into the Afro-American Hall of Fame by the Ntu Art Association (which is located at the Kirkpatrick Center in Oklahoma City) and in 1986 into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. In 1994 Stewart was given the Pathmaker Award by the Oklahoma County Historical Society. The Oklahoma Parks and Recreation Department named a golf course for him at Northeast Tenth Street and Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue. In 1997 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. He also was inducted into th Montford Point Marines Hall Of Fame. Stewart died on April 13, 1997.
Series 1. Manuscripts. 1901-2004
Quantity
24 boxes, 1 medium oversize box
Box 1. Box 1. Autobiographical material, speeches, and correspondence. 1940-1998
Folder 5. Correspondence with James. E. Stewart Jr. 1997-2005.
Folder 6. Materials regarding and correspondence with W.C. Handy 1950-1959.
Folder 7. Materials regarding and correspondence with Eubie Blake 1958-1977.
Folder 8. Materials regarding and correspondence with Fanny and Ralph Ellison 1972-1997.
Folder 9. Materials regarding the Ralph Ellison Library, Oklahoma City and related correspondence 1973.
Folder 10. N.A.A.C.P. Resolutions and Official mailings, etc. 1937-2004.
Folder 11. N.A.A.C.P. Press releases and published press 1949-1978.
Folder 12. N.A.A.C.P. Publications, misc. n.d.
Folder 13. Speeches delivered at N.A.A.C.P. functions by those other than Stewart 1954-1981.
Folder 14. N.A.A.C.P. Correspondence 1947-1986.
Folder 15. Anti- N.A.A.C.P. Materials n.d.
Folder 16. Materials regarding the dedication and opening of the James E. Stewart Industrial Center, Oklahoma City 1980.
Folder 17. Materials regarding the dedication and opening of the James E. Stewart Golf Course, Oklahoma City 1999.
Folder 18. Materials regarding Stewart's employment at the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company misc.
Box 3. Box 3. Correspondence, editorials, and memorabilia. 1939-1986 [2006.75]
Folder 1. Materials and correspondence regarding Stewart's retirement from the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company 1977.
Folder 2. Invitations and event programs for the 65th Birthday/Retirement Celebration for James E. Stewart held on September 16, 1977 at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City 1977.
Folder 3. Miscellaneous awards and certificates presented to James E. Stewart and family 1939-1997.
Folder 4. Materials and correspondence regarding James E. Stewart's induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame 1986.
Folder 5. Congratulations for induction into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame 1986.
Folder 6. Editorials published in the Black Dispatch.
Folder 7. Editorials published in the Black Dispatch.
Folder 8. Editorials published in the Black Dispatch.
Folder 9. Misc. Correspondence from political leaders.
Folder 10. Binder with collection of business cards from James E. Stewart's contacts.
Box 4. Box 4. Biographical material, personal records, and memorabilia. various [2006.75]
Folder 1. Biographical information regarding James E. Stewart.
Folder 2. Personal Correspondence with family.
Folder 3. Misc. items regarding personal life of James. E. S.
Folder 4. Legal papers of James E. Stewart.
Folder 5. Materials regarding the death of Mae L. and James E. Stewart and memorial services.
Folder 6. Materials regarding the Montford Point Marines, history, Association, etc.
Folder 7. Materials regarding the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Folder 8. School directories and other materials regarding the education of James E. Stewart.
Folder 9. Publications and certificates regarding the military service of James E. Stewart.
Folder 10. Personal memorabilia, postcard collection of James E. Stewart.
Box 5. Box 5. Memoribilia, newspaper clippings, writings, and speeches. various [2006.75]
Folder 1. Personal memorabilia, some signed by famous personalities and friends of James E. Stewart.
Folder 2. Historical newspaper headlines.
Folder 3. Historical newspaper headlines.
Folder 4. Various memorabilia from the travels of James E. Stewart.
Folder 5. Rosters and various media from associations that James E. Stewart belonged to.
Folder 6. Scrapbook pages of newspaper clippings photographs.
Folder 7. Unidentified writings and speech transcripts of James E. Stewart.
Folder 8. Paper: Historical Sketch of the Black Dispatch and the Oklahoma Eagle by Henry Hawkins 1977.
Folder 9. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 10. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 11. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 12. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Box 6. Box 6. Newspaper clippings and memoribilia. 1920-1998 [2006.75]
Folder 1. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 2. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 3. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 4. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 5. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 6. Newspaper clippings and unsorted publications regarding James E. Stewart and family.
Folder 7. Oklahoma Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star Handbooks 1920-1955.
Box 7. Box 7. Marine Corps material. 1949-2005 [2006.75]
Folder 1. Correspondence and material regarding James Stewart and the Marine Corps. 1901-2004
Description
Including correspondence with Walter White and the NAACP, the Pittsburg Courier, Congressman Mike Monroney, Roscoe Dunjee, Marine Corps recruiting office, and Randall Tyus.
Folder 2. Publications and material on the Montford Point Marines. 1901-2004
Description
Leatherneck: Magazine of the Marines (May 1949), publication-Camp Lejeune Marines, 1775-1944. document about the 1991 reunion of the Montford Marines, and an Article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Folder 3. 1940s Correspondence of Sgt. James Stewart.
Folder 4. Information on the Montford Point Marines. 1901-2004
Description
Indlcuing their association, a program to 2nd Annual Convention in 1966 at Chicago, and a booklet on the 167th anniversary of the Marine corps.
Folder 5. Marine material. 1901-2004
Description
Including Leatherneck Magazine of the Marines (April 2005), U.S. commemorative stamp on Iwo Jima, copy of pictures, Montford Point Camp program (4 July 1944), and booklet-Camp Lejeune Leathernecks.
Folder 6. Camp Lejeune correspondence during James Stewart's assignment there, including his promotion papers.
Folder 7. World War II and post war pamphlets and fliers. 1901-2004
Description
including for the office of price administration, Veterans and Labor, and American Veterans Committee.
Folder 8. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and programs from or about Marine associations. 1901-2004
Description
The majority concerning the Montford Point Marine Association
Box 8. Box 8. Publications: Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Volumes 57-61 [2006.75]
Description
Vols. 57-61
Index Vols. 61-75
Box 9. Box 9. Publications: Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Volumes 62-66 [2006.75]
Description
Vols. 62-66
Box 10. Box 10. Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 67-70 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 67-70
Box 11. Box 11. Publications: Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 71-74 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 71-74
Box 12. Box 12. Publications: Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 75-77 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 75-77
Box 13. Box 13. Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 78-82 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 78-82
Box 14. Box 14. Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 83-86 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 83-86
Box 15. Box 15. Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 87-89 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 87-89
Box 16. Box 16. Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 90-93 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 90-93
Box 17. Box 17. Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 94-97 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 94-97
Box 18. Box 18. Bound copies of the quarterly publication of the American Historical Association, The American Historical Review. Vol.s 98-100 [2006.75]
Description
Volumes 98-100
Box 19. Box 19. Publications. various [2006.75]
Description
Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. 1-11 1789-1910, includes index.
Box 20. Box 20. Publications. various [2006.75]
Book: 1. Harnett, Kane T. Gone are the Days: An Illustrated History of the Old South. New York: Bramhall House, c1960.
Book: 2. Schlissel, Lillian. Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes of the Old West. New York: Simon and Schuster, c1995.
Book: 2. Walkes, Joseph A. Jr. Black Square and Compass: 200 Years of Prince Hall Freemasonry. Richmond, VA: Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co., c1979.
Book: 3. Burke, Bob and Kenny Franks. Dewey F. Bartlett: The Bartlett Legacy; Vol.2 Oklahoman Statesman Series. Edmond, OK: UCO Press, c 1996.
Book: 4. Upton, William H. Negro Masonry: Critical Examination of the Objections to the Legitimacy of the Masonry existing among the Negroes of America. [s.l.]: The Temple Publishers, c [1901]. reprint.
Book: 5. Schoenfeld, Seymour J. The Negro in the Armed Forces: His Value and Status- Past, Present, and Potential. Washington D.C.: The Associated Publishers, c 1945.
Book: 6. Lunderberg, Axel and Frederick Seamour. The Great Roosevelt African Hunt. [s.l.]: D.B. McCurdy, c1910.
Book: 7. Haley, Alex. Roots. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, c1976.
Book: 8. Wright, Muriel H. The Oklahoma History. Guthrie, Oklahoma: Co-Operative Publishing Company, c1955.
Book: 9. Bryk, Felix. Dark Rapture: The Sex-Life of the African Negro. New York: Walden Publication, c1939.
Book: 10. Ashmore, Harry S. The Negro and the Schools. Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, c1954.
Book: 11. Myrdal, Gunnar. An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy. New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, c1944.
Book: 12. Muse, Benjamin. Ten Years of Prelude: The Story of Integration Since the Supreme Courts 1954 Decision. New York: Viking Press, c1964. signed by the author.
Book: 13. Kluger, Richard. Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c1987.
Book: 14. Leckie, William H. The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, c1967.
Box 21. Box 21. Publications. various [2006.75]
Book: 1. Murray, William H. The Negro's Place in the Call of Race. Tishomingo, OK: William H. Murray, c1948.
Book: 2. Franks, Kenny A. and Paul F. Lambert. The Legacy of Dean Julien C. Monnet: Judege Luther Bohanon and the Desegregation of Oklahoma City's Public Schools. Muskogee, OK: Western Heritage Books, c1984.
Book: 3. Ed. by Turpin, Edna H.L. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Charles E. Merrill Co., c 1907.
Book: 4. Jackson, Thomas. Questions on the Lessons, Collect, Epistle and Gospel in the Sunday Morning Service of the Church. Philadelphia: George, Latimer, and Co., c1833. The Holy Bible. New York: Thomas Nelson Inc., c1970.
Book: 5. Crane, Frank. Four Minute Essays. New York: Wm. H, Wise and Co., c 1919.
Book: 6. Groves, Paul. A History of the District of Columbia: Unit V, Washington Between the Wars, The Federal Capitol Comes of Age 1919-1941. Washington D.C.: Associates for Renewal in Education, Inc., c1980.
Book: 7. Gladstone, William A. United States Colored Troops 1863-1867. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, c1990.
Book: 8. Ed. by Crowell, Charlie. Lynchings, Mob Law and Brutal Treatment of the Negros in the 1880's. s.l.: s.d.
Book: 9. Ed. by Lee, A. Julian. Negro Life and History: Vol. II and Vol. III. Tulsa, OK: Tulsa Public Schools, s.d.
Book: 10. Fernett, Gene. Swing Out: Great Negro Dance Bands. New York: Da Capo Press, c1993.
Book: 11. The History of Black Servicemen. Presented by Defense Race Relations Institute. Florida: Patrick Air Force Base. s.d.
Book: 12. Kisch, John and Edward Mapp. A Separate Cinema: Fifty Years of Black-Cast Posters. New York: The Noonday Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c 1992.
Book: 13. Montgomery, Elvin Jr. Collecting African American History: A Celebration of America's Black Heritage Through Documents, Artifacts, and Collectibles. New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, c2001.
Book: 14. Joyce, Donald Franklin. Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses, 1817-1990. New York: Greenwood Press, c1991.
Book: 15. Niles, John J. Singing Soldiers. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, c1927.
Book: 16. Kletzing, H.F. and W.H Crogman. Progress of a Race. Altanta: J.L. Nichols and Co., c1897.
Book: 17. Walton, Sidney Jr. The Black Curriculum: Developing a Program in Afro-American Studies. East Palo Alto: Black Liberation Publishers, c 1969.
Book: 18. Ed. by Murray, Florence. The Negro Handbook. New York: Wendell Malliet and Company, c1942.
Book: 19. Ed. by Blackburn, Bob. The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 72, no.1 Spring 1994.
Book: 20. deClouet, Fred. First Black Marines: Vanguard of a Legacy. Nashville, TN: James C. Winston Publishing Co., c1995.
Book: 21. Pyrnelle, Louise-Clarke. Diddle, Dumps, and Tot. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1910.
Book: 22. Ed. by Botkin, B.A. A Treasury of American Folklore. New York: Crown Publishers, c1944.
Box 22. Box 22. Personal books, scrapbook, memorabilia, and publications of James Stewart. 1942-1979 [2006.75]
Description
Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, Programs from misc. events, Life Magazine, June 15, 1942, Personal address book of James E. Stewart, Misc. publications, and The Journal of Negro History, unbound issues dated: 1967, 1972-1979
Box 23. Box 23. Publications. various [2006.75]
Letter: 1. Laminated speech or letter written by James Stewart to other marines when he was a Sergeant in the Corps.
Clipping: 2. Laminated copy of James Stewart's obituary.
Scrapbook: 3. Scrapbook of "Jimmy Says" articles.
Scrapbook: 4. Scrapbook of various newspaper clippings.
Book: 5. Minutes of the Oklahoma City branch of the NAACP from 1935 to 1937 (handwritten).
Book: 6. Minutes of the Oklahoma City branch of the NAACP from 1937 to 1939 (handwritten).
Book: 7. Minutes of the Oklahoma City branch of the NAACP from 1940 to 1944 (handwritten).
Book: 8. Minutes of the Oklahoma City branch of the NAACP from 1945 to 1948 (handwritten).
Book: 9. Yearbook: U.S. Marine Corps, Montford Point, Camp Lejeune, New River, North Carolina.
Book: 10. Revised Laws of Oklahoma, 1910.
Box 24. Box 24. National Association for the Advancemnet of Colored People (NAACP) microfilm. 1909-1969 [2006.75]
Description
Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (N.A.A.C.P.)
19 reels with finding aid on reel 19. Contains photographs, cartoon drawings and illustrations for print, color transparencies, black and white negatives, panoramas, and some misc. items. 1909-1969
Series 2. Photographs. 1901-2004
Photograph (black and white): 1. At one of Stewart's speeches. 1901-2004. [20978.1]
Photograph (color): 2. Bob Weaver former chairman NAACP board of directors. 1901-2004. [20978.2]
Photograph (black and white): 98. Zena Stewart and family in Plano Texas. 1901-2004. [20978.98]
Photograph (black and white): 99. African American - Industries and Occupations - Groceries A.L. Wilson's Grocery, 1338 NE 8th St., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1901-2004. [20978.109]
Photograph (black and white): 100. Towns - Oklahoma City - Streets - 2nd Richardsons Conoco Service Station 400 NE 2nd St. (L. Eugene Richardson). 1901-2004. [20978.111]
Photograph (black and white): 101. African American - L.to R. 1. Jimmie Stewart, Ralph Ellisow 3. Mr. Ellisow (Ralph's Brother). 1901-2004. [20978.104]
Series 3. Audio Visual. 1901-2004
Recording: 1. Introduction to Jimmy Stewart's autobiography. .
Recording: 2. James Stewart and High School football in Wichita, Kansas. .
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JAMES STEWART READS ONE OF THE MANY BOOK HE HELP WRITE
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