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Contributing Institution:
Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Stephen Bowers Papers
Creator:
Bowers, Stephen
Creator:
Stirling, Matthew Williams
Creator:
Bowers, DeMoss
Identifier/Call Number: MS.532
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1862-1961
Date (bulk): 1862-1916
Abstract: Stephen Bowers (1832?-1907) was a geologist, archaeologist, journalist and Methodist minister, who maintained an interest
in southern California, including area fossils and artifacts. His geological and archaeological work was financed by the Smithsonian
Institution and the U.S. Department of the Interior. This collection consists of manuscripts, diaries and field notes, a scrapbook,
and published material created by Stephen Bowers. This collection also includes material about Bowers as well as correspondence
and newspaper clippings related to DeMoss Bowers, son of Stephen Bowers. The bulk of the material in this collection was created
from 1862-1916 and also includes a small amount of material created between 1952-1961.
Language of Material:
English
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Stephen Bowers Papers, 1862-1961, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.532; [folder number] [folder
title][date].
Stephen Bowers (1832?-1907) was a geologist, archaeologist, journalist and Methodist minister, who maintained an interest
in southern California, including area fossils and artifacts. His geological and archaeological work was financed by the Smithsonian
Institution and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
He resided in the California cities of Santa Barbara and Ventura from 1894-1906. He was the editor of the
Ventura Observer newspaper and his archaeological interests focused on the Native American tribes of the Santa Barbara region. In 1899 November
17, Bowers was appointed State Mine Examiner by California Governor Henry T. Gage.
Bowers died in Los Angeles, California January of 1907.
Source:
Finding aid to Mss.B.B672, Stephen Bowers correspondence, 1860-1915, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Retrieved from http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.B672-ead.xml 2013 September 26.
Mss.B.B672, Stephen Bowers correspondence, 1860-1915, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This collection consists of manuscripts, diaries and field notes, a scrapbook, and published material created by Stephen Bowers.
This collection also includes material about Bowers as well as correspondence and newspaper clippings related to DeMoss Bowers,
son of Stephen Bowers.
The scrapbook, consisting of printed material created from 1859 to 1865, includes clippings from newspapers and journals,
sermons, essays on religious subjects, moral stories, and obituaries.
The bound diaries and field notes of Bowers predominantly include detailed geological information.
Processed by Glenna Schroeder, circa 1977-1981. Finding aid completed by Anna Liza Posas, 2013. Final processing of collection
and publication of finding aid made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is
given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Diaries
Scrapbooks
Field notes
California -- Description and travel
Clippings
Essays
Indians of North America -- California -- Santa Barbara
Photographs
Geology -- California, Southern
Correspondence
San Nicholas Island (Calif.)
Drawings
Coachella Valley (Calif.)
United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Cahuilla Indians
Juana Marie
Hodge, Frederick Webb