The Margaret Stephens Jochem Papers reflect the life of the first President’s daughter. The collection includes photographs, newspaper articles, and works of the Stephens’, such as numerous writings of President Stephens and Mrs. Jochem’s thesis on SLI and her “Life Story of Edwin Lewis Stephens”. The collection also includes President Stephens’s alphabetized personal correspondence during his last year in office. Finally, the collection documents the Live Oak Society through newspaper articles and Live Oak Society papers.

The collection is organized into series pertaining to key subjects: Margaret Stephens Jochem, Edwin Lewis Stephens, Southwestern Louisiana Institute/University of Southwestern Louisiana, and the Live Oak Society.

Molly Jochem, the granddaughter of Margaret Stephens Jochem, donated the collection.

See also: Coll. 1-A 01: Office of the President, Edwin L. Stephens Coll. 56: Live Oak Society Records Coll. 83: Edwin Lewis Stephens Papers, 1883-1938