Talk:Samuel Stephens (colonial manager)

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Photo is not of Samuel Stephens

The photo used in this article is NOT Samuel STEPHENS, but his brother John STEPHENS (Colonial Newspaper Editor and Owner). They are my ancestors. The picture used for this is part of the State Library of South Australia collections.

Comment added by User:Mottsey talk 22:34 25 September 2011 (ACST)

Please sign you postings using 4 tildes (i.e. ~~~~) Pdfpdf (talk) 14:39, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It appears that you may well be correct!

The photo was sourced from http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/brg/42/122/BRG42_122_18.htm

The photo's caption and meta-data ~~are~~ were:

RECORD #: b2092660 (http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b2092660)

ARCHIVAL NO.: BRG 42/122/18

TITLE: South Australian Company: Samuel Stephens

DESCRIPTION: Samuel Stephens, Manager in Adelaide, 1836-1837

DATE: ca.1930

However, http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/06000/B5942.htm supports your statement!

(Catalog Record #: b2049538 (http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b2049538))

Thank you, Pdfpdf (talk) 14:39, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Do you have a photo of Samuel Stephens? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:39, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

P.P.S. Of which newspaper was John "Colonial Newspaper Editor and Owner"? Pdfpdf (talk) 14:41, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Answer: South Australian Register and The Observer

a) Stephens' own paper The Observer, which he founded in 1843, had printed by George Dehane and directed at regional South Australia, was published concurrently.

b) 1845 Register purchased in June by John Stephens, who had acted as editor for some months several years previously.

'Stephens, John (1806–1850)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University

Pdfpdf (talk) 15:06, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reply from State Library of South Australia

This image has been in the South Australian Company collection of directors, managers and other company officials since it was compiled ca. 1930. We have another set of 31 images of these people (at B 7334) which has 7 less than the BRG 42/122 set, including no portrait for "J. Stephens", which should read "S. Stephens". Obviously there has been a mistake made here and I will investigate this.The accession record for the identical image "J. Stephens" B 5942 has recorded that the original was formerly in the "Register" office till 1931. This definitely confirms this is John Stephens.

Neil Thomas

Archivist, Collection Processing

State Library of South Australia

Conclusion

Sadly, there do not appear to be any lasting images of Samuel Stephens. Pdfpdf (talk) 13:00, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]