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Martha Swain/Hubert D. Stephens Collection
MUM.00768
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Access Restriction
Open for research. This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their planned visit.
PURL
http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00768/
Summary Information
- Repository
- University of Mississippi Libraries
- Creator
- Swain, Martha H., 1929-
- Title
- Martha Swain/Hubert D. Stephens Collection
- ID
- MUM.00768
- Date
- 1907-2009
- Extent
- 1.0 box
- Language of Materials
- English
- Abstract
- The collection contains Dr. Martha Swain’s research and manuscripts on Hubert D. Stephens who represented Mississippi’s Second District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1921 before moving to the U.S. Senate from 1923 to 1935.
Preferred Citation
Martha Swain/Hubert D. Stephens Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi
Biographical Note
Martha Swain graduated from Starkville High School and Mississippi State College before obtaining her master’s and doctoral degrees in history from Vanderbilt University. She taught high school history in Florida before serving on the faculty at Texas Woman’s University and Mississippi State University. Swain is the author of Pat Harrison: The New Deal Years (1978) and Ellen Woodward: New Deal Advocate for Women (1995); the co-author of Lucy Somerville Howorth: New Deal Lawyer, Politician and Feminist from the South (2003); and co-editor of two volumes of Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives (2003 and 2009). She has served as president of both the Southern Association for Women Historians and the Mississippi Historical Society and served on the review board of both the Journal of Mississippi History and the Journal of Southern History. In 2002, Swain received the 2002 Dunbar Rowland Award from the Mississippi Historical Society for her lifetime contribution to the state’s history.
Hubert D. Stephens was born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1875 and graduated with a law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1896. He practiced law in his home town, served as alderman for one year and as district attorney for the third judicial district from 1907 to 1910 before entering the U.S. House of Representatives in 1911-1921 where he eventually became chair of the Commerce Committee. In 1921, he ran against James K. Vardaman for a seat in the U.S. Senate on a platform supporting President Wilson’s conduct of the war. Winning the election, he served on the following committees: Claims, Commerce, Immigration, and Judiciary.
Scope and Content
The collection contains Dr. Martha Swain’s research conducted on Hubert D. Stephens for her article “Hubert D. Stephens: Mississippi’s ‘Quiet Man’ in the Senate, 1923-1935” for the Journal of Mississippi History 68:4 (Winter 2001). It includes manuscripts of Swain’s article, a speech, and an online publication related to Stephens. Because Stephens burned his congressional papers upon retirement, Swain located primary source material in other private collections, newspapers, and Stephens’ voting record.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
University of Mississippi Libraries 2017
Access Restrictions
The Martha Swain/Hubert D. Stephens Collection is open for research.
However, the collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers interested in reviewing the collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in advance of their intended visit.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Acquisition Information
Dr. Martha Swain donated the collection to the University of Mississippi in Spring 2017.
Processing Information
Political Papers Archivist Leigh McWhite processed the papers and encoded the finding aid in May 2017.
Related Materials
Related Materials at the University of Mississippi
At Archives and Special Collections: Hubert D. Stephens. Radio Address on L.C.Q. Lamar: Remarks of Hon. Hubert D. Stephens of Mississippi in the Senate of the United States, Friday, May 16, 1936 ([1936]). Call Number: E664 L2 S74 1930.
Pat Harrison Collection. Harrison represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives (1911-1919) and in the U.S. Senate (1919-1941). Includes a 1941 letter from Stephens to Harrsion (Box 78).
John Sharp Williams Collection. The collection contains research material accumulated by historian George Coleman Osborne while researching his biographies of John Sharp Williams and James K. Vardaman. It includes interview notes with Stephens (Box 9, Folder 21) as well as newspaper clippings (Box 11, Folders 3 and 4).
For other potentially relevant material, see the Politics & Government Subject Guide.
At other repositories: Martha Swain Collection at Mississippi University for Women Fant Memorial Library contains research on women’s history.
Martha Swain Collection at Mississippi State University, Congressional and Political Research Center.
Controlled Access Headings
Geographic Name(s)
- Mississippi -- Politics and Government -- 20th Century
Personal Name(s)
- Stephens, Hubert Durrett, 1875-1946
Subject(s)
- Legislators -- Mississippi
Collection Inventory
Box 1 |
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Folder 1-1. Copies of Primary Source Material |
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Folder 1-2. Clippings |
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Folder 1-3. Research Notes |
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Folder 1-4. Swain’s Correspondence with Stephens Family |
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Folder 1-5. Manuscript for Presentation |
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Folder 1-6. Manuscript for Journal of Mississippi History Article |
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Folder 1-7. Mississippi History Now Online Publication |
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