Scott C. Steward
Scott C. Steward was the founding editor at Vita Brevis; he served as NEHGS Editor-in-Chief 2013-2022. He is the author, co-author, or editor of genealogies of the Ayer, Le Roy, Lowell, Saltonstall, Thorndike, and Winthrop families. His articles have appeared in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, NEXUS, New England Ancestors, American Ancestors, and The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, and he has written book reviews for the Register, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, and the National Genealogical Society Quarterly.
I'd say ineptly rather than reluctantly pursued - and thanks for taking me to Mannheim all those years ago!
On Boucher gleanings
I would counter that it is a mistake to make a fetish of footnotes in what is, after all, an…
On Pesky people
Mrs. Gray was quite firm about how the Gray sensibility -- which she located in her mother-in-law, Mary Clay Gray…
On ‘The difference it makes’
Betty Lou, you can reach me at scott.steward@nehgs.org.
On What do you know?
I think you mistake the Vita Brevis blog, which is filled with posts describing works-in-progress (and which does not pretend…
On Pesky people
Thanks! (I must say it is hard to see the resemblance in the few photos I've seen of her...)
On Cinema royalty
No, I'd say appearances are not the issue: she needed a cook (and Mrs. Gray helped with things like preparations…
On ‘Every thing the world can offer’
As I recall, this is the only reference to Alice -- but I agree, she sounds fascinating (and sad, as…
On ‘Every thing the world can offer’
Thank you, Linda -- I think that captures it exactly!
On ‘Hand over hand’
It later became a four-year college - and has since closed, I think.
On ICYMI: On with the dance