Guide to the Roy Vernon Sowers Papers,
1920-1984
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Department of Special Collections
Green Library
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Phone: (650) 725-1022
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
© 1999
The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Guide to the Roy Vernon Sowers Papers,
1920-1984
Collection number: M0887
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
Contact Information
- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff
- Date Completed:
- 1997
- Encoded by:
- Steven Mandeville-Gamble
© 1999 The Board of Trustees of Stanford University. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Roy Vernon Sowers Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1984
Collection number: Special Collections M0887
Creator:
Sowers, Roy Vernon, 1897-
Extent:
1 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Provenance
Gift of the estate of Margaret Cosgrave Sowers, 1996.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item] Roy Vernon Sowers Papers, M0887, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Scope and Content
Biographical information, correspondence, George Cosgrave correspondence, exhibit announcements, printing ephemera, and an
incomplete set of his catalogs, #1-79.
Access Terms
Antin, Charles.
Bender, Albert.
Brasch, Frederick E. (Frederick Edward), 1875-1967.
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973.
Cosgrave, George.
Edmunds, Will H.
Evans, Herbert.
Gentry, Helen.
Gunst, Morgan A.
Mason, Roger Burford.
Nash, John Henry.
Powell, Lawrence Clark.
Ritchie, Ward.
Sarton, George, 1884-1956.
Schad, Jasper.
Singer, Charles.
Sowers, Margaret Cosgrave.
Wilson, Adrian.
Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert), 1856-1942.
Zeitlin, Jake.
Grabhorn Press.
John Howell Books.
Taylor & Taylor.
Book collecting.
Booksellers and bookselling--History--California.
Printing--California.
Printers. lcsh
Related Material
Title: The Roy Vernon Sowers and Margaret Cosgrave Sowers papers,
Date: 1629-1994
Identifier/Call Number: M0888
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
RVS biographical information
1973
Box 1, Folder 2
Jake Zeitlin biographical information
1988
Box 1, Folder 3
RVS correspondence with publishers and dealers
1920-30
Box 1, Folder 4
RVS correspondence
1930-60
Box 1, Folder 7
RVS correspondence with Edmunds
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence, George Cosgrave with booksellers
1920-30
Box 1, Folder 9
RVS exhibit announcements
