Guide to the Stevens Family Papers,
ca. 1775-1990

The Stevens family documented in this collection can be traced to Otho Stevens of unknown parentage and birthplace, although it is probable he was born in Great Britain and certainly died in Hampstead, N.H. in 1771. Descendent and resident of Pittsford, NY, Robert Croll Stevens, a genealogist and biographer, collected materials documenting the personal and professional lives of five generations of Stevens family, beginning with Alden Sprague Stevens, 1795-1874, a member of the fourth generation of the Stevens family.

Other major members of the Stevens family documented in this collection in descending order of generation are: Robert (Wadleigh) Smith Stevens, Frederick Charles Stevens, Robert Sproule Stevens, and, finally, the collector himself, Robert Croll Stevens. In addition, published and unpublished materials relating to members of the immediate families of these men has been carefully sought and included. Substantial information about: Alden Sprague Stevens, Robert Hastings Stevens, Frederick P. Stevens, Albert Gallatin Stevens and Sarah Caroline (Green) Stevens, comprises the first series; Robert (Wadleigh) Smith Stevens, Albert Clark Stevens and Cora Caroline Stevens, comprises the second; Frederick Charles Stevens, Doris Reynolds and Robert Hastings Stevens comprises the third; Robert Sproule Stevens, Pauline Croll Stevens and Eva Howe Stevens comprises the fourth; and Robert Croll Stevens and his wife Jane Knauss Stevens comprises the fifth. Other materials include Robert Croll Steven's research about his family's genealogy, maps, photographs, pamphlets, books and postcards, which provide context for the family's history. Finally, transcriptions of much of the correspondence has been undertaken and is available for researchers.

Scrapbooks of Robert Hastings Stevens (1802-1889), and "Letters to the Editor," 1880-1885; scrapbooks of Frederick Plummer Stevens (1810-1866); Albert Gallatin Stevens (1818-1872); and Albert Clark Stevens (1854-1919), University of Michigan scrapbook of Albert C. Stevens, 1872-1874, and newspaper clippings, 1874-1894. Letterbook of F.P. and A.G. Stevens, 1853-1855; deed, Otho Stevens to Daniel Stevens, 1764; letters to Sarah Caroline Greene Stevens and her daughter, Cora Caroline Stevens Reynolds, 1853-1890; Albert Gallatin Stevens and Sarah Greene Stevens vs. J.W. Clark, depositions and correspondence regarding the settlement of the Stephen B. Greene estate, ca. 1830- 1860; photographs; diplomas; "Stevens Notes," family history compiled by Winifred Lovering Holman, 1951; printed genealogy, 1891; and genealogical chart, ca. 1960. Also, correspondence and other papers relating to Robert S. Stevens' work as manager of the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway and the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and to his investments in Kansas lands. Also, 88 letters to Cora Stevens Reynolds (1850-1870), and letters to Cora's daughter, Doris Reynolds. Additional material includes a diary from 1861 kept by Alden S. Stevens, and photographs, abstracts, transcripts, and other papers.