Guide to the Roy Vernon Sowers Papers M0887

Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Steven Mandeville-Gamble
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
1999
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Roy Vernon Sowers Papers
Identifier/Call Number: M0887
Physical Description: 1 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1920-1984

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of the estate of Margaret Cosgrave Sowers, 1996.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item] Roy Vernon Sowers Papers, M0887, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanfordy Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Related Materials

See also the Roy Vernon Sowers and Margaret Cosgrave Sowers papers (M0888)

Scope and Contents

Biographical information, correspondence, George Cosgrave correspondence, exhibit announcements, printing ephemera, and an incomplete set of his catalogs, #1-79.

Conditions Governing Use

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Printing -- California.
Book collecting.
Booksellers and bookselling -- California.
Printers.
John Howell Books (San Francisco, Calif.)
Mason, Roger Burford.
Nash, John Henry
Ritchie, Ward.
Sarton, George
Antin, Charles.
Schad, Jasper.
Singer, Charles, 1876-1960
Brasch, Frederick E. (Frederick Edward), 1875-1967
Sowers, Margaret Cosgrave.
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstr
Wilson, Adrian
Cosgrave, George.
Taylor & Taylor.
Edmunds, Will H.
Zeitlin, Jake
Evans, Herbert.
Wood, Casey A. (Casey Albert),
Gentry, Helen.
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941
Grabhorn Press
Gunst, Morgan A.

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 5

RVS correspondence

box 1, folder 6

RVS correspondence

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

box 1, folder 10

RVS business ephemera

box 1, folder 11

Printing ephemera

box 1, folder 12

Printing ephemera