George Jason Streator papers

Finding Aid

Prepared by Barbara Bass, November 18, 2002; Last Updated: June 2020

Inclusive Dates: 1880-1924
Extent: 1 cubic foot (1 record storage box)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Biographical Note: George Jason Streator (1846-1925), a nurseryman, amateur naturalist, and relative of poet Hart Crane, lived much of his life in Garrettsville, Ohio. For additional information on Streator, see articles by Ralph W. Dexter in Sterkiana, nos. 5 and 12, and in The Biologist (December 1961). See also Vivian Pemberton's Kent State University Master's Thesis on Hart Crane, Chapter 3.

Scope and Content: This collection consists of 43 diaries kept by Streator, dating from 1880-88, 1894-1902, 1905-1916, and 1920-24. In these diaries, he describes the natural history of his home region and records his observations made on several trips in the United States. The collection also contains a photograph of Streator, and five photographs taken by his son Sidney V. Streator. Also included is one letter from Streator to malacologist Victor Sterki and miscellaneous articles about Streator.

Acquisitions Note: The collection was donated to Kent State University by Streator's granddaughter, Francelia Streator Crawford.

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Diary: 1880-1881
2. Diary: 1882-1884
3. Diary: 1885-1886
4. Diary: 1887-1888
5. Diary: 1894-1896
6. Diary: 1897-1899
7. Diary: 1900-1902
8. Diary: 1905-1907
9. Diary: 1908-1910
10. Diary: 1911-1913
11. Diary: 1914-1916
12. Diary: 1920-1922
13. Diary: 1923-1924
14. Photographs:
    • portrait of George J. Streator, undated
    • Five photos of old growth forests and a mill taken by Sidney V. Streator while working as photographer for American Lumberman Magazine, 1911 
      Scope and Content: Images of old growth California redwood, Douglas-fir, and longleaf yellow pine, and a water-wheel saw mill
15. Letter: George J. Streator to V[ictor] Sterki. Autograph letter, signed.  1p., August 29, 1887.
16. Articles on Streator