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Title
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Finding Aid for the Casimir P. Stevens Collection
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Type
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Collection
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Description
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This collection contains manuscripts and notes used to write family histories on both the Stevens family and Gray family. Casimir P Stevens used the information from his genealogical research to write several books on both families from about 1918 to 1940. Typed original copies of his books were included in the donation and have been added to the Midwest Genealogy Center book collection. Photographs of family members in the collection date around the early twentieth century.
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Format
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Portable Document File Format; 503 KB; 2 pages.
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Identifier
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MGC 1120
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Collection Summary
Title
Casimir P. Stevens Collection
Date
1500s to 1940s
Extent
1 Archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1120-CPSC
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018.
Name of Creator
Casimir P. Stevens
Biographical History
Casimir Pulaski Stevens was born February 10, 1867 in Lancaster, Iowa to Stephen Stevens and Hannah
Gray. Casimir was a locomotive engineer and lived in various places throughout the United States. He
died in 1947 and is buried in Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Scope and Content
This collection contains manuscripts and notes used to write family histories on both the Stevens family
and Gray family. Casimir P Stevens used the information from his genealogical research to write several
books on both families from about 1918 to 1940. Typed original copies of his books were included in the
donation and have been added to the Midwest Genealogy Center book collection. Photographs of family
members in the collection date around the early twentieth century.
Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Genealogy
Folder 1, Draft of Some of the Descendants of James and Tamson (---) Gray of Portsmouth,
Newington, and Barrington, New Hampshire, 1930
Folder 2, Stevens Notes and Vital Records
Folder 3, Stevens Notes and Vital Records, cont.
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Folder 4, Stevens Notes and Vital Records, cont.
Folder 5, Things I Remember About My Mother (Sara Elizabeth Jane Oxley Neighbors Stevens
Parrott) as told by Maude Stevens DeBord in 1967 to her daughter Jeanne DeBord
Peeler
Folder 6, Photographs
Item 1, James Henry Stevens
Item 2, Mrs. James Henry (Serepta) Stevens
Item 3, Lyman Joshua Stevens
Folder 7, Correspondence
Folder 8, Misc notes
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Ken Landes.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 18891970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com.
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