Rowley, Clarence W.

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Clarence W. Rowley, Boston lawyer, represented both William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and boxing champion John L. Sullivan. Rowley also invested in several mining and oil ventures with Cody, including the High Jinks Gold Mining Company. Rowley was also an investor in the Montezuma Silver Mine Company of Goldfield, Nevada. He served as secretary of the "John L. Sullivan Motion Picture Company" and executor of Sullivan's estate.

From the description of Clarence W. Rowley papers relating to Buffalo Bill and John L. Sullivan, 1878-1941 (bulk 1910-1920). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172376

Clarence W. Rowley was a successful Boston lawyer who represented both William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody and boxing champion John L. Sullivan. Early in his career, Rowley ran for a seat on the Boston Common Council. A circular promoting his candidacy to voters of Ward 18 noted that he was a "self-made man" whose family had resided in New England "for more than two centuries."

An investor in several mining and oil ventures in the West, Rowley was an officer, major stockholder, and chief legal representative for the Cody-Dyer Arizona Mining and Milling Company in Oracle, Arizona. When the company dissolved after financial troubles in 1911, Rowley and Cody founded the High Jinks Gold Mining Company to recoup losses. Rowley was also involved in the Southern Belle gold mining company in Arizona and the Montezuma Silver Mine Corporation in Goldfield, Nevada, and had some association with the Cripple Creek mine in Colorado.

Rowley maintained a friendship with Cody, and toured the West at his invitation in 1911. He was also business partners with John L. Sullivan, becoming Secretary and Treasurer of the John L. Sullivan Motion Picture Company when it was incorporated in 1917. He served as executor of Sullivan's estate after Sullivan's death in 1918.

From the guide to the Clarence W. Rowley papers relating to Buffalo Bill and John L. Sullivan, 1878-1941, 1910-1920, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Rowley, Clarence, 1902-. Oral history interview with Clarence (Pat) Rowley in Albia, Iowa, 1981 Oct. 1 [microform] / conducted by Merle O. Davis. Iowa State Historical Society
creatorOf Clarence W. Rowley papers relating to Buffalo Bill and John L. Sullivan, 1878-1941, 1910-1920 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917. Buffalo Bill letters to Clarence W. Rowley, 1911-1916. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Sheldon Glueck papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
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associatedWith Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. person
associatedWith Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917. person
associatedWith Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East (Show) corporateBody
associatedWith Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company corporateBody
associatedWith Campo Bonito and Southern Belle Mining and Milling Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Cody, Louisa Frederici. person
associatedWith Cripple Creek Consolidated Mining and Milling Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Davis, Merle O., person
associatedWith Dyer-Cody Arizona Mining and Milling Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Dyer, D. B. person
associatedWith Dyer, D. B. person
associatedWith Fielding, F. E. person
associatedWith Fielding, F. E. Report on the Campo Bonito and Southern Belle Mining and Milling Company, Pinal County, Arizona. person
associatedWith Gale, William B. person
associatedWith Gale, William B. person
associatedWith Glueck, Sheldon, 1896- person
associatedWith High Jinks Mining and Development Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Jeffries, James J., d. 1953. person
associatedWith John L. Sullivan Motion Picture Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson, Jack, 1878-1946. person
associatedWith King, Charles, 1844-1933. person
associatedWith Montezuma Silver Mine Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Montezuma Silver Mines Corporation. corporateBody
associatedWith Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942. person
associatedWith Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934. person
associatedWith Sullivan, John Lawrence, 1858-1918. person
associatedWith TE Ranch (Cody, Wyoming) corporateBody
associatedWith United Mine Workers of America. corporateBody
associatedWith United Mine Workers of America. District 13 (Iowa) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Iowa
Hiteman (Iowa)
Cody (Wyo.)
Goldfield (Nev.)
Nevada--Reno
Cody (Wyo.)
Massachusetts--Boston
Fort Bliss (Tex.)
Oracle (Ariz.)
Liberty Center (Iowa)
Fort Bliss (Tex.)
Oracle (Ariz.)
Cripple Creek (Colo.)
Colorado--Teller County
Cripple Creek (Colo.)
TE Ranch (Cody, Wyo.)
Iowa--Albia
Albia (Iowa)
Campo Bonito (Ariz.)
Campo Bonito (Ariz.)
United States
Arizona--Pinal County
Goldfield (Nev.)
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African American coal miners
Boxers (Sports)
Boxers (Sports)
Boxing matches
Boxing matches
Coal miners
Coal miners
Coal mines and mining
Indians of North America
Mines and mineral resources
Mines and mineral resources
Mines and mineral resources
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