Stevenson, Mary, 1902-1998
Biographical Note
Mary Pasco Conrad Stevenson was born on July 5, 1902 in Harrisonburg, VA the daughter of George Newton and Emily Pasco Conrad. She attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH 1922-1923 and graduated from Randolph-Macon Women’s College in Lynchburg, VA with an A.B. in 1924. She received her degree in library science from Columbia Library School in New York, NY circa 1925-1926. On August 22, 1929 she married James A. Stevenson. They had two children: Emily Pasco and James Conrad. Stevenson was assistant librarian at the Chatham Square Branch, New York Public Library 1926-1927. She became assistant librarian at the Clemson College Library in 1927 and was acting librarian in 1931. Stevenson was head of the cataloging department 1933-1938, 1944-1945, and 1949-1968 before becoming special collections librarian in 1968. She also taught library science in the summers of 1928 and 1939. Stevenson retired in 1968 and became a writer, illustrator, and researcher for non-profit organizations. She was a charter member and director of the Foundation for Historic Restoration in Pendleton Area. Stevenson was a member of the Society of American Archivists, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Genealogical Association, the American Association for State and Local History, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the South Carolina Historical Society. She died on October 22, 1998 in Anderson, SC. SOURCE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/a/s/Robert-L-Pasco/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1468.html Social Security Death Index: http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=mary+pasco&gsln=stevenson&msbdy=1902&catBucket=rstp&uidh=fh5&_83004003-n_xcl=m&mssng0=james&mssns0=stevenson&pcat=34&h=59989767&recoff=11+12&db=ssdi&indiv=1&ml_rpos=48
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