Jochem, Margaret Stephens (1912-2007). Papers, 1884-1999
Scope and Contents
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
Dates
- 1912-2007
Biographical / Historical
Margaret Stephens Jochem was born to Edwin Lewis and Beverly Randolph Stephens on August 26, 1912 in Lafayette, LA. Her father served as the first President of the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She was raised in the President’s residence on campus, and graduated from SLI in 1932. She went on to receive a Master’s degree from George Peabody College in Nashville, TN in 1937. After a brief time as an English instructor at Louisiana State University, she married Frederick Jochem in 1940. She gave birth to a son in 1946 before her husband was relocated to Rangoon, Burma, where they lived until 1948. After moving to Alexandria, Virginia, she taught in various capacities until her retirement in 1977.
Extent
1.66667 Linear Feet (1 foot and 8 inches of materials contained in 4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- USL Centennial Celebration packet History of Lafayette, Louisiana: A Brief Bibliography June 1, 2004 (email) Program: The Semi-Centenary SLI Sep. 18, 1950 Maps; 3 campus, 1 Lafayette and surrounding cities The Southwestern Louisiana Institute Foundation report Grand Pré National Historical Park 1957-Canadian Acadian Site Louisiana Conservation Review April 1934-“I Saw a LA Live Oak…” edition by ELS Louisiana Conservation Review April 1935-“The Live Oak Society” by ELS Blue Key telephone directory 1959-1960 Blue Key telephone directory 1960-1961 Southwestern Alumni News April 1961 “This Is USL” booklet La Louisiane Spring 1990 La Louisiane Fall 1990 Books Removed: Southwestern Louisiana Journal, Winter 1960. Vol. 3 No. 1 (Jan. 1960), Southwestern Louisiana Institute (2 copies) Institute Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 2, March 1927, Southwestern Louisiana Institute Roster of Alumni 1903-1926 The Acadians in Louisiana Today. “An Address Delivered by President Joel L. Fletcher To the Cambridge Historical Society,” Oct. 1947 (reprinted Jan. 1959) The First President—Edwin Lewis Stephens—The Early Years of Southwestern Louisiana Institute. By President Joel Lafayette Fletcher, Sept. 1950 (2 copies) A Brief History of the Acadians. By Harry Lewis Griffin, Oct. 18, 1952 Lafayette, Acadians, Mardi Gras: A Vignette by Mario Mamalakis, 1959. Acadian Reminiscences: The True Story of Evangeline. By Judge Felix Voorhies, 1907 (reprinted 1960) Chiefs of Police: City of Lafayette 1905-1980. By Jeanne and Robert C. Gilmore, Fall 1979. Chantez la Louisiane: Louisiana French Folksongs. By Jeanne and Robert C. Gilmore with musical disc (record) of songs, 1970. Les Danses Ronde: Louisiana French Folk Dances. Marie del Norte Thériot and Catherine Brookshire Blanchet, 1955 Chantez Encore: South Louisiana Folk Songs. Jeanne and Robert C. Gilmore, 1977 The Attakapas Trail: A History of Lafayette Parish with Complete Pageant Score and Prologues. Direction Community Service, April 6, 1923. The Louisiana School Review. Vol. XIV No. 1, Sept. 1906. The Louisiana School Review. Vol. XV No. 1, Sept. 1907. The Attakapas Country: A History of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. By Harry Lewis Griffin (signed to Marjorie) Where I Was Born and Raised. David L. Cohn, 1948 Nouveau Petit Larousse: Dictionnaire Encyclopédique, 1948.
- College presidents
- College teachers
- Educators
- Jochem, Margaret Stephens, Mrs. (Mrs. Margaret Stephens Jochem), 1912-2007
- Live Oak Society
- Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute
- Southwestern Louisiana Institute
- Stephens, Edwin Lewis, 1872-1938
- Stephens, Edwin Lewis, Dr. (Dr. Edwin Lewis Stephens), 1872-1938
- Title
- Margaret Stephens Jochem Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 10/12/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu