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Robert Ernest Cowan papers.
BANC MSS C-B 486local
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Title:

Robert Ernest Cowan papers

Creator/Contributor:

Cowan, Robert Ernest, 1862-1942, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Ide, Lemuel Nichols, 1825-1906, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Steiff, John L., correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Spurr, George G. (George Graham), 1828-1903, correspondent.

Creator/Contributor:

Koenig, Frank, correspondent.

Abstract:

Primarily materials relating to Cowan's Collection of rare Californiana, purchased for the University of California by Collis P. Huntington in 1897. Includes correspondence; newspaper clippings; invitation for a reception for Phoebe A. Hearst's loan collection, 1916; and list of items in the Cowan Collection, 1897 (microfilm only) Includes letters from Lemuel Nichols Ide (1905), John L. Steiff (1894), George G. Spurr (1894), and Frank Koenig (1911).

Subject:

Cowan, Robert Ernest -- 1862-1942 -- Archives

Note:

COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.
2 letters and newspaper clippings concerning the Cowan Collection, 1930 Feb. 21 and March 19: Paper copies from microfilm.
Material assembled from various sources.
Statement concerning a copy of George H. Tinkham's California Men and Events: Removed from the book itself.
List of items in the Cowan Collection (from Part II): FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.
Robert Ernest Cowan papers, BANC MSS C-B 486, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
List of items in the Cowan Collection (from Part II) Original in: the Robert Ernest Cowan papers, University of California, Los Angeles.
2 letters and newspaper clippings concerning the Cowan Collection, 1930 Feb. 21 and March 19 Originals in: UCB Library Administration files and M.A. thesis of Dora Smith.

Physical Description:

print
microfilm reel
2 cartons, 1 portfolio.
1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 563:12) and positive

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS C-B 486local

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED IN PART OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for use.
List of items in the Cowan Collection (from Part II): FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY. Reproduction prohibited. Direct requests for copies or permission to publish to Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.