Stephen Conrad Stuntz Explained

Stephen Conrad Stuntz
Birth Date:	4 April 1875
Birth Place:	Clarno, Wisconsin, United States
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Vienna, Virginia, United States
Other Names:	Stephen Conrad
Fields:	Botany, bryology, agriculture, history.
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Spouse:	Lena Greyson Fitzhugh^[2]
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Children:	Anne Fitzhugh Stuntz (1917-1995),Elizabeth Bland Fitzhugh Stuntz (1912 - 1999),Stephen Conrad Stuntz Jr.(1913-1945),Laurance Fitzhugh Stuntz (1908-1993),^[3] Mayo Sturdevant Stuntz (1915-2013).^[4]

Stephen Conrad Stuntz (1875–1918) was an American botanist and fiction author.

Life

Graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1899, Stuntz worked as an assistant at the university library and herbarium until 1902.^{[5] [6]} With Laurance Charles Burke, he produced the first newsletter for the UW‑Madison libraries called The Library Item in 1900.^[7] From 1902 to 1908, he was a cataloguer with the Library of Congress, and from 1908 to 1910 he was a bibliographer with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Soils. From 1910 until his death he was a botanist with the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introductions. In June 1907, Stephen married Lena Greyson Fitzhugh, and together they had 5 children.^[8] He died of pneumonia in 1918.^[9]

Published major works: fiction

Under his pseudonym, Stephen Conrad, he wrote two humorous fiction works;

• The Second Mrs. Jim,^[10] and
• Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Jimmie; certain town experiences of the second Mrs. Jim as related to Jimmie's wife^[11]

Published major works: non-fiction

In the field of botany, Stuntz wrote multiple descriptions of species, primarily in the Inventory of seeds and plants imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture.^[12] He also wrote:

• S.C. Stuntz. 1900. A Revision of the North American Species of the Genus Eleutera Beauv. (Neckera Hedw.) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 27(4):202–211.^[13]
• E.E. Free and S.C. Stuntz. 1911.The movement of soil material by the wind, with a bibliography of eolian geology.^[14]

Posthumously, he also published:

• S.C. Stuntz, E.B. Hawks [ed.] 1941. List of the agricultural periodicals of the United States and Canada published during the century July 1810 to July 1910.^[15]

Botanical collections

Stuntz's bryological collections are held at the University of Wisconsin Herbarium,^[16] the New York Botanical Garden, the Field Museum of Natural History, the University of Michigan Herbarium, the University of Tennessee Bryophyte Herbarium, the Peabody Museum of Natural History, and Harvard University Herbaria.^[17] A smaller number of his vascular plant collections are held by the University of Wisconsin Herbarium, and outside of North America specimens are held by the National Herbarium of Victoria Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.^{[18] [19]}

Notes and References

1. Anonymous . Stuntz, Stephen Conrad. . Who's Who in America . 1918–1919 . 10 . 2634 .
2. News: . 31 May 1906 . 7 . Social and Personal . The Washington Post . Washington D.C. . 12 February 2024.
3. Web site: The Mason Descendants Database: Lena Grayson Fitzhugh . . 13 Sep 2017 . The Mason Web . Gunston Hall Library . 12 February 2024.
4. News: Bares . Bart . 2 June 2013 . Soldier, spy, scholar was 'exemplary va. gentleman'.. The Washington Post . Washington D.C. . 12 February 2024.
5. Anonymous . June 1907 . News of the Alumni . The Wisconsin Alumni Magazine . 8 . 9–10 .
6. Book: Stafleu . F.A. . Cowan . R.S. . 1976–1988 . Stuntz, Stephen Conrad (1875–1918) . Taxonomic literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. . 2nd . July 29, 2021.
7. Null . David . The Library Item. . Friends of the Libraries Magazine . Spring 2005 . 45 . 4 .
8. Stuntz . Anne. 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Northern Virginia. . Historic Vienna Ink . June 2020 . 21 . 2 . 2–3 .
9. Anonymous . Obituary: Stephen Conrad Stuntz. . Plant Immigrants . May 1917 . 133 . 1176 .
10. Book: Conrad, Stephen . Stephen Conrad Stuntz . 1904 . The second Mrs. Jim . July 29, 2021.
11. Book: Conrad, Stephen . Stephen Conrad Stuntz . 1905 . Mrs. Jim and Mrs. Jimmie; certain town experiences of the second Mrs. Jim as related to Jimmie's wife . July 29, 2021.
12. Web site: Stuntz, Stephen Conrad (1875–1918). . 2020 . International Plant Name Index . July 29, 2021.
13. Stuntz . Stephen Conrad . 1900 . A Revision of the North American Species of the Genus Eleutera Beauv. (Neckera Hedw.) . Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . 27 . 4 . 202–211 . 10.2307/2477899 . 2477899 .
14. Book: Free . Edward Elway . Stuntz . Stephen . 1911 . The movement of soil material by the wind, with a bibliography of eolian geology . July 29, 2021.
15. Book: Stuntz, Stephen . Stephen Conrad Stuntz . 1941 . List of the agricultural periodicals of the United States and Canada published during the century July 1810 to July 1910 . July 29, 2021.
16. Sayre . Geneva . 1977 . Authors of Names of Bryophytes and the Present Location of Their Herbaria . The Bryologist . 80 . 3 . 502–521 . 10.2307/3242025 . 3242025 .
17. Web site: Collections. . 2021 . Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria (CNABH). July 29, 2021.
18. Web site: Online Virtual Flora of Wisconsin. . 2021 . Virtual Wisconsin Flora. Consortium of Wisconsin Herbaria. July 29, 2021.
19. Web site: The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. . 2020 . The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH) . July 29, 2021.