Ella P. Stewart scrapbooks

The Ella P. Stewart scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, printed materials and photographs, spanning from the 1920s to the mid-1980s, which focus on her life as one of the earliest African-American women pharmacists in the United States and as an advocate for civil and women's rights. The bulk of the collection consists of information from Ella Stewart's scrapbooks which cover many topics associated with Black history and women's history and include newspaper clippings, photographs, and programs from conferences and banquets. Some of the events covered include her induction into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame (1978), the receipt of her Honorary Doctorate from the University of Toledo (1974), events of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the Pan-Pacific Women's Association (PPWA), and information on the Ella P. Stewart Elementary School. Other information from her scrapbooks consist of topics of interest to Mrs. Stewart, such as world events, Black entertainers, and women and Black leaders she admired. One scrapbook is in microfilm format.

The collection also includes some miscellaneous correspondence, minutes, handbooks, the constitution and bylaws of the NACW, conference proceedings of the PPWA, materials associated with the Ella P. Stewart School and a scrapbook about Ella P. Stewart given to her as a birthday present. Also included is a two-hour taped oral interview with Mrs. Stewart in which she documents her own history.

The collection not only gives insight into Mrs. Stewart's interests and concerns but also her own personal feelings about certain topics. In several of her scrapbooks she writes her own editorial comments about how she feels about the subjects she is collecting. This, however, is not the case throughout the entire collection, as certain parts have scattered entries and unclear dates. Overall this collection gives insight into the life of an internationally-known woman who had the courage to overcome the racism she found and worked hard to improve the world around her.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL FILES; 1910-2010, undated, scattered; arranged by subject and chronologically. Includes articles, biographical notes, resume, news clippings, obituaries, oral history, photographs, negatives, certificates, identification cards, 90th birthday celebration cards and notes.

CORRESPONDENCE; 1922-1987; arranged by record type and chronologically. Includes correspondence, cards, invitations, poems.

PELHAM MANOR; 1961-1987; arranged chronologically. Includes programs, photographs and news clippings.

PHARMACY; 1922-1987; arranged chronologically. Includes photographs, news clippings, publicity and a microfilmed scrapbook about her early career as a pharmacist.

ELLA P. STEWART SCHOOL; 1960-1987; arranged chronologically. Includes news clippings on dedication and opening, testimonial dinner programs, correspondence, information on school events, leaflets, publications, newsletters, information on school museum, photographs and invitations.

EDUCATIONAL HONORS; 1944-1974; arranged chronologically. Includes news clippings, correspondence, invitations, programs for various awards and honors given to Stewart as well as awards she and her husband established. Includes scrapbooks documenting her honorary degree from the University of Toledo.

TEMPLE B'NAI MEDAL; 1967-1978; arranged chronologically. Includes programs, news clippings and correspondence.

NORTHWEST OHIO/OHIO WOMAN'S AND SENIOR CITIZENS HALL OF FAME; 1978-1979,1985; arranged chronologically. Includes news clippings, booklets, hall of fame entry, correspondence, and scrapbook.

MISCELLANEOUS HONORS; 1952-1984; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, invitations, programs and news clippings for various honors received by Stewart.

ENTERPRISE CHARITY CLUB; 1933, 1940; arranged chronologically. Includes information about Stewart's involvement with this Club as well as a program booklet.

YWCA/YMCA; 1928, 1930, 1948, 1956, undated; arranged chronologically. Includes news clippings, newsletters, correspondence.

FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUBS; 1947-1987; arranged chronologically. Includes for city, state and regional associations, programs, news clippings, brochures, publications, and photographs.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS (TOLEDO); 1954; arranged chronologically. Includes brochure and news clipping.

LEAGUE OF CITY MOTHERS (TOLEDO); 1964, 1974; arranged chronologically. Includes news clippings, brochure, invitation.

ELLA STEWART'S PRESIDENCY; 1948-mid-1950s; arranged chronologically. Includes photographs, newsclippings, details of activities, correspondence, prayers and calendar, minutes and constitution of 1950 Biennial Session of NACW, scrapbooks and various publications (some dated prior to 1948). Also includes scrapbook on the International Congress of Women held in Greece in 1951 which Stewart attended representing NACW.

NACW PUBLICATIONS; 1926-1988 scattered; arranged chronologically. Includes various NACW publications.

COMMITTEE FOR THE ARRIVAL IN TOLEDO OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF GREECE; 1953; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, news clippings, itinerary and program.

STATE DEPARTMENT TOUR OF FAR EAST; 1953-1957; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, invitations, newsclippings, photographs, articles and scrapbook.

TOLEDO CHAPTER OF PAN-PACIFIC SOUTH EAST ASIA WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION; 1957-1987; arranged chronologically. Includes newsclippings, leaflets, details of events, correspondence.

UNITED STATES CHAPTER OF PAN-PACIFIC SOUTH EAST ASIA WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION; 1955-1986; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, leaflets, newsclippings, programs.

PAN-PACIFIC SOUTH EAST ASIA WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; 1955, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1987; arranged chronologically. Includes photographs, correspondence, program books, invitations, news clippings and scrapbook of Conferences held in the Philippines, Japan, Australia, Tonga, Honolulu, Korea and Samoa.

VISIT FROM HAITIAN AMBASSADOR; 1970; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, invitation, newsclippings.

UNITED NATIONS WORK; 1955-1968, 1979, 1981; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, news clippings, publications.

TOLEDO COUNCIL OF WORLD AFFAIRS; 1955, 1957, 1968; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, brochures, news clippings.

PORT OF TOLEDO; 1960-1969 (scattered); arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence.

VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS AND ISSUES; 1972-1986 (scattered); arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, invitations, news clippings.

TOLEDO BOARD OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS; 1961-1972; arranged chronologically. Includes newsclippings, publications, correspondence and brochures.

GREATER TOLEDO COMMUNITY CHEST; 1953, 1961; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence.

JACK AND JILL FOUNDATION OF AMERICA; 1979, 1984; arranged chronologically. Includes newsletter and news clipping.

LINQUES NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER; 1980; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence.

LOCAL AND NATIONAL POLITICAL ISSUES AND APPOINTMENTS; 1942, 1945 1951-1978, 1987; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, news clippings, articles.

AGING/OLDER AMERICANS COMMITTEE WORK; 1960-1961, 1970, 1985, undated; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, photographs, news clippings, invitations, issues facing the elderly, also includes her work with the White House Committee on Aging.

SORORITY WORK; 1937-1986, undated. (scattered); arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, news clippings, invitations and leaflets.

EDUCATION INTERESTS AND ISSUES; 1940-1980; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, news clippings, invitations.

CHURCH WORK; 1930-1982, undated. (scattered); arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, brochures, prayers, publications.

VIRGINIA CONTROVERSY; 1957; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, news clippings, programs, photographs documenting Virginia's discrimination of Stewart and her subsequent honors by Toledo and Lucas County.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS ASSOCIATION WORK; 1945-1973; arranged chronologically. Includes correspondence, brochures, news clippings, photographs.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE; 1983-1984, undated; arranged chronologically. Includes song, correspondence, news clippings, invitations.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ACHIEVEMENTS; 1930-1987, undated; arranged chronologically. Includes projects, correspondence, booklets, invitations, scrapbooks.

RACE ISSUES; 1951-1987; arranged chronologically. Includes booklet, news clippings and scrapbooks.

1907-1983 scattered; arranged by topic. Photographs include images of Ella P. Stewart and her family (with negatives), friends, gatherings, the National Association of Colored Women, Black celebrities, and the Frederick Douglass Home.

1994; two audio tapes with typed transcript of interview conducted with Ella P. Stewart.