Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Joseph Cummings Rowell Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1884-1937
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-B 419
Creator: Rowell, Joseph Cummings, 1853-1938
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 boxes
Number of microfilm reels: 1 (partial)
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf
of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html. extref>
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Cummings Rowell papers, BANC MSS C-B 419, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Scope and Content
These papers, assembled from various sources, relate to Rowell's duties as librarian and archivist of the University of California.
Many pertain to the acquisition of the Bancroft Collection for the University, to the assembling of papers of Edward R. Sill,
to the search for Kaweah Colony material. Some papers concerning his library classification system and his activities in the
California Library Association are also included.