Theophilus B. Rowe: Personal and family papers

Scope and Content

Papers relating to Theophilus Rowe, his wives and other family members. The largest part of the collection is correspondence, a portion of which is arranged into envelopes by year. There are also diaries, notebooks, sketchbooks, photographs, financial records (mainly bills), sets of pictorially-headed writing paper, printed items, and manuscript documents, including poems and a memoir of Rowe, written by his second wife after his death.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Misses D.H. and B. Rowe, 31 July 1978.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.