Charles C. Stewart Papers, ca. 1800 - ca. 1910, 1946-53, 1967-1970, 1986-90 | University of Illinois Archives

Papers of Charles C. Stewart, professor of history (1974-) contain photocopy, commentary, and correspondence relating to the Koran (Quran) by 'Abd al- Jalil wuld Abd al-Rahman wuld Muhammadu wuld Muhammadu wuld al-Khattat wuld Sid A'mar (ca. 1900-65); Mauritanian Arabic manuscripts collection relating to literature, law, history, religious texts, Islamic and sub-Saharan African research material; field notebooks containing Stewart’s dissertation research; microfilm reels containing Mauritanian Arabic manuscript prints; sound tapes containing oral interviews relating to Arabic history, genealogy; computer discs containing data from which the manuscript catalogue was prepared.

In Box 6, under the heading “Guides and Inventories” are guides Stewart created to the series of copies of manuscripts he had photographed or obtained. Stewart also created his own classification system for the film reels found in Boxes 9-11, identifying them as series A-Z, XIV-XVI, AA-ZZ, A1-A17, AA1-AA12, and 1-15 to reflect an organization of the film by its contents and the location where it was filmed. He created series 1-10, O-A, and O-B to classify audio recording tapes by their contents. Further information on these film and audio materials can be found among the Guides and Inventories found in Box 6 within the following folders: “Fieldnotes and Films 1967-70 (and 1990)”, “Film Index,” “Tape Index,” and in the Notebooks, “Filming Field Notes,” “Tape Transcriptions.” Material gathered in 1990 by Stewart’s graduate student, Raymond Taylor, is also included.

Copies of microfilm reels are available for purchase through an Interlibrary Loan request.