{"id":7775,"date":"2024-04-29T19:28:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/southsiouxcity\/?p=7775"},"modified":"2025-11-01T21:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:25:40","slug":"who-was-doctor-tom-stewart-this-was-the-question-posed-by-the-biographer-patrick-mcgilligan-when-he-contacted-the-reference-desk-of-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/southsiouxcity\/who-was-doctor-tom-stewart-this-was-the-question-posed-by-the-biographer-patrick-mcgilligan-when-he-contacted-the-reference-desk-of-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"From South Sioux City to the Harlem Renaissance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who was Doctor, Tom Stewart?  This was the question posed by the biographer, Patrick McGilligan, when he contacted the reference desk of the library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick McGilligan is a biographer, who focused on members of the entertainment community.  At the time, the library had a copy of his biography of Jack Nicholson, Jack\u2019s Life. <\/em>He was doing research on author and movie director Oscar Micheaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Micheaux was an African American, born in Metropolis, Illinois.  He moved to Chicago at age 17th<\/sup>.  He took many jobs, but concentrated on writing and later turning his books into movies.  He moved to western South Dakota, where he worked as a rancher.  Eventually, his success brought him to Harlem, during what was called the Harlem Renaissance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His path took him to Sioux City\u2019s West 7th<\/sup> street, where he set up a book publishing and movie making company.  This is where McGilligan crossed paths with the South Sioux City Public Library.  McGilligan found that a name that was on Micheaux\u2019s publishing company lived in South Sioux City, Doctor Thomas Stewart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were able to find some information on Stewart\u2019s family, enough so he could make a contact and fill in some information about Doctor, Tom Stewart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stewart was a large animal veterinarian, who worked with the USDA inspecting cattle in the meat packing plants in Sioux City.  It turned out that Stewart was an active supporter of African-American causes, including the work of Micheaux\u2019s publishing company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is South Sioux City\u2019s link with the Harlem Renaissance, a large animal veterinarian, who supported the work of the first and greatest African-American movie director of the first half of the 20th<\/sup> century.

By Dan Nieman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who was Doctor, Tom Stewart?  This was the question posed by the biographer, Patrick McGilligan, when he contacted the reference desk of the library.  Patrick McGilligan is a biographer, who focused on members of the entertainment community.  At the time, the library had a copy of his biography of Jack…<\/p>\n

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