DATE OF ** ORIGINAL ** INSERT PHOTO / COVER / PRINT: 1935
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Gordon Stevenson was an artist, actor, musician and filmmaker who died of AIDS in 1982,[1] one of the East Village art community’s first casualties of the AIDS epidemic.
Personal life[edit]
Born in Dublin, Georgia, he attended Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, where he met Arto Lindsay in the 1970s. Following a move to New York City, he married Mirielle Cervenka, (also known as Spike) who was older sister of Exene Cervenka of the band X). A well-known figure of the East Village underground, Stevenson was close to such Lower East Side figures as Fun Gallery director Patti Astor. Stevenson's brother, Davey Stevenson, bass player in the early 1980s Athens, Georgia band Limbo District, also died of AIDS in the early 1990s. Both Gordon and Davey are buried in Dublin, Georgia.
Music[edit]
Stevenson became the bass player for Lydia Lunch's band Pre Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks between November 1977 to June 1978, one of several No Wave bands featured on the album No New York. Stevenson, with Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, also released music on Charles Ball's Lust/Unlust label, and toured England.
Film[edit]
As an actor, he appeared in Michael McClard's 1979 no wave cinema film Alien Portrait, in Eric Mitchell's 1978 film Kidnapped, and again in Mitchell's 1979 film Red Italy.[2] Most notably, Stevenson directed his own no wave film Ecstatic Stigmatic: the film with a disease in 1980.[3] Starring Mirielle Cervenka as Little Rose, Ecstatic Stigmatic also featured performances by Arto Lindsay, Johnny O’Kane, Brenda Bergman and Anita Paltrinieri. The film premiered at the Mudd Club on September 4, 1980.[4]
AIDS death[edit]
Stevenson died in the early 1980s, an early casualty to the AIDS epidemic, not long after his wife, Mirielle, was killed in an auto accident while visiting her sister in Los Angeles and promoting Ecstatic Stigmatic.[5] Cookie Mueller wrote about Stevenson, and quotes a personal letter from him written during his illness, in her book Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black, published by Semiotext(e) after her death (also from AIDS, in 1989).
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1866-1957
Scientist, inventor, and naturalist
Education and Career
Edward Ringwood Hewitt was a noted author, inventor, and sports fisherman. He was born in June of 1866 at Ringwood Manor, which his middle name commemorates. He was a graduate of Princeton University, did postgraduate work at the University of Berlin, and spent much time traveling throughout Europe.
Edward's first job was with Hiram Maxim in England, attempting to develop a steam-powered aircraft. Although unsuccessful, their work did help to solve certain aviation problems. While in England, Hewitt also invented a one-cylinder car that was marketed by the Adams Hewitt Company. He later organized the Hewitt Motor Company in New York. The single-cylinder engine was soon outdated, and Edward turned his attention to designing a truck engine that was later adopted by Mack Trucks. His company was later absorbed by the International Motor Corporation, which manufactured Mack Trucks, and Edward was retained by the company as a consultant until his death.
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Edward had a keen interest in chemistry and engineering. He also was interested in farming, testing soil and trying to increase the vitamin content of hay. He later penned a booklet noting the effect of lecithin on the health of individuals.
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Master Fisherman
Edward's main love was fishing. By age 26, he had already fished throughout Europe, Canada, and the American West. He incorporated underwater photography to take pictures of fish nibbling at various types of artificial flies. In 1918, Edward established a fishing camp, called the "Big Bend Club," on 2,700 acres in the Catskill Mountains. He was a pioneer in stream reconstruction and habitat improvement for trout and was the creator of such flies as the Neversink Skater and the Bi-Visible. He was also credited with pioneering the use of a small, one-handed rod for salmon fishing, which was an improvement on the oversized two-handed rods used in Britain. Edward even produced a small catalog where people could purchase his own designs of fishing condition charts, magnifying glasses, line greases, leader soaks, and various flies that he personally tied. He is also the original patent holder of the felt-sole wading shoe and other innovations.
Edward authored many books on fishing. His works include: Secrets of the Salmon (1922),Telling on the Trout (1926), Better Trout Streams (1931), Hewitt's Handbook of Fly Fishing (1933), Hewitt's Handbook of Stream Improvement (1934), Hewitt's Nymph Fly Fishing (1934), Hewitt's Handbook of Trout Raising and Stocking (1935), and A Trout and Salmon Fisherman for 75 Years (1948).
Family Life
Edward Hewitt married Mary Ashley in 1892, and they had four children. The family had a home in the Gramercy Park section of New York City and a summer residence at Ringwood named Weewapoo Farms. The farm was later appropriated by the State of NJ and is now part of the Wanaque Reservoir. Edward went on to write several books about his personal life and his famous family. He penned Ringwood Manor: Home of the Hewitts, Those Were the Days, and Days from Seventy-Five to Ninety. These books give a first-hand account of what it was like to live at the Hewitt's residences in New York City and Ringwood.
Philanthropy
Edward was an avid collector of exotic musical instruments and had a keen ear for fine music. He even patented a machine to make strings for musical instruments. After his death, his collection of rare pieces was given to the Harvard University Music Department where they were available to researchers from all over the world. In 2018, these instruments were transferred back to Ringwood Manor, where a multitude of them are on display in the Music Room.
Like the rest of his family, Edward was active within the Cooper Union community, serving as its treasurer from 1898 until 1924.
After living a successful life Edward Ringwood Hewitt passed away at the age of 91 on February 14, 1957.
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