Papers of Anthony Lowther FSA

This material is held atSociety of Antiquaries of London

Scope and Content

Manuscripts, notes and correspondence of Anthony William George Lowther, FSA (d. 1972), mostly 1930-71. See obituaries in A.J., 53 (1973), 405-6; Surrey Archaeological Collections, 70 (1974), 175.

Access Information

open for consultation

Acquisition Information

Part of the Lowther Bequest, 1972, which also included a collection of Civil War and Commonwealth tracts and other printed books. A.J., 53 (1973), 386. See also MSS/0858, MSS/0859.

Other Finding Aids

https://collections.sal.org.uk/low

Related Material

For the 17th-18th century manuscripts that were part of this bequest please see MSS/0940.

Most of Lowther's Surrey collections were transferred to the Surrey Archaeological Society, Guildford, in 1973. See their Annual Report (1973), 16, 19-20.

Lowther also gave a large bequest of books and Civil War tracts to the Society's Library. These can be found at https://library.sal.org.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?advsearch=1&weight_search=1&limit=mc-ccode%3ALOW&sort_by=relevance&do=Search