IOWA WOMEN’S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
PRISCILLA ANN MABIE STEWART
(1926- )
PAPERS, 1932-1994
(bulk 1932-1944)
2.5 linear inches
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers
(donor no. 243) were donated by Priscilla
Ann Mabie Stewart in 1994. |
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ACCESS: |
The papers
are open for research. |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PHOTOGRAPHS: |
In box 1. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Rachel Bohlmann, 1996. |
Biography
Priscilla Ann Mabie Stewart, art
historian and professor, was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on September 21,
1926. Her father was Edward Charles
Mabie, head of the University of Iowa's Speech and Dramatic Art Department from
1920 to 1956. Priscilla Mabie graduated
from the University High School in 1944 and went on to earn a B.A. from the
University of Iowa in art history in 1948.
That same year she was awarded a certificate in Commercial Photography from
the School of Modern Photography in New York City. She married Thomas Wilson Stewart in 1949, gained her teacher's
certification and, when he graduated from law school in 1951, moved to
Florida. They settled in Bradenton,
Florida, and she was hired as an art coordinator in local elementary schools. Stewart began teaching at the local junior
college (later named Manatee Community College) in 1958 and attained the rank
of full professor after she had earned an M.A. in Humanities in 1974 from the
University of South Florida in Tampa and an Ed.S. in Art Education at Florida
Atlantic in Boca Raton in 1981. She
also organized and directed the Pelican Perch Wild Bird Hospital in Bradenton
from 1953 to 1985 which rehabilitates injured birds of all kinds. Stewart and her husband have no
children.
Scope and
Content Note
The Priscilla Ann Mabie Stewart papers date from 1932 to 1994 and measure 2.5 linear inches. The papers
are arranged in two series: Biographical and
University School. The bulk of the papers
consist of general records from Stewart's years in high school, including
school newspapers, yearbooks, memorabilia and reunion materials.
The Biographical series
(1993) contains a copy of Stewart's Who's
Who in American Education entry.
The University School series
(1932-1958, 1972-1994) is divided into two subseries, Elementary school and
Junior high and high school. The Elementary school file contains
typewritten materials of Mabie's work, a school newspaper and programs from
school functions. The Junior high and high school files
contain typewritten school programs, newspapers, correspondence, clippings, and
yearbooks.
Related
Collections
Edward Charles Mabie Papers in the University of
Iowa Archives
Box no. Description
Box 1
Biographical
Who's Who entry, 1993
University School
Elementary school
First grade project, school
newspaper, programs from plays and concerts, 1932-1938 and undated
Junior high and high school
Programs from school plays, concerts,
academic exercises, 1939-1944
U-Hi-Life [high school student newspaper Stewart edited], 1942-1944
Correspondence and newspaper
clippings, 1943-1958, 1979 and undated
Yearbooks, 1939-1944
Reunion programs and
photographs, 1972-1994
Fiftieth reunion book
[photocopy], 1994