[7][8] Stuntz graduated from Monroe High School in June 1892, and during the event he ran “Walks among Green County Plants” as an activity.

[11] From 1902 to 1908, he was a cataloguer with the Library of Congress, and from 1908 to 1910 he was a bibliographer with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Soils.

[13] Under his pseudonym, Stephen Conrad, he wrote two humorous fiction works; But he also wrote short stories under the name S.C. Stuntz, including: In the field of botany, Stuntz wrote multiple descriptions of species, primarily in the Inventory of seeds and plants imported by the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the United States Department of Agriculture.

[17] He also wrote: Posthumously, he also published: While secretary of the Fairfax Historical Society, Stuntz also wrote for the Daughters of the American Revolution magazine, and advertised himself as a "specialist in the history of Fairfax and adjoining counties of Virginia":[22] The standard author abbreviation Stuntz is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

[37] A smaller number of his vascular plant collections are held by the University of Wisconsin Herbarium, and outside of North America specimens are held by the National Herbarium of Victoria Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.