{"id":1498,"date":"2013-09-11T19:04:22","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T19:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/womenshistory\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2023-10-24T16:04:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T16:04:10","slug":"evelyn-poole-stewart-mcneil-1918-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/womenshistory\/2013\/09\/11\/evelyn-poole-stewart-mcneil-1918-1992\/","title":{"rendered":"Evelyn Poole Stewart McNeil, 1918-1992"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"123\" height=\"216\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/womenshistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/874\/2013\/10\/evelyn-poole-stewart-mcneil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1962\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Evelyn Poole Stewart McNeil, a professional photographer, captured the history of the African-American community of Akron on film.<\/p>\n<p>She was born Evelyn Poole in Memphis, Tenn., in 1918. She moved to Akron with her family, which included a brother George and two sisters Clara and Wilma. Little is known about her early education. For a time she worked for the Cleveland\u00a0Call and Post, the African-American weekly newspaper, as a reporter and photographer covering Akron.<\/p>\n<p>Sometime during the 1940s, she met Horace Stewart, an immigrant from British Guyana. Stewart was a photographer who ran a studio on North Howard Street. Poole and Stewart married in 1950 and together ran the Stewart Photographic Studio. The Stewarts specialized in photographing the African-American community. The two photographed the African-American leaders in the city, the special events and everyday life in the community. After her husband died in 1968, Stewart continued to run the studio, finally retiring in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Stewart remarried Dr. Noah McNeil. Evelyn Poole Stewart McNeil died in Akron on Jan.7, 1992. She was a member of St. Philip&#8217;s Episcopal Church.Her collection of photographs which documented the Akron&#8217;s African-American community was donated to The University of Akron. Evelyn Poole Stewart McNeil is buried in Northlawn Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">Photo courtesy of the\u00a0<i>Beacon Journal.<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: small\">Card courtesy of The University of Akron Archives.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">&#8211;Kathleen L. Endres<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evelyn Poole Stewart McNeil, a professional photographer, captured the history of the African-American community of Akron on film. She was born Evelyn Poole in Memphis, Tenn., in 1918. She moved to Akron with her family, which included a brother George and two sisters Clara and Wilma. Little is known about her early education. 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