Rebecca Lawrence Lowrie papers, 1846-1996, 1909-1977 (bulk)

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Rebecca Lawrence Lowrie papers, 1846-1996, 1909-1977 (bulk)

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The bulk of the collection consists of her typescripts of published and unpublished book reviews, 1934-1952. Other items include correspondence with Mary Simpson, Helen Couch, Gertrude Garnsey, Vassar classmates, and others, 1913-1971, concerning Vassar alumnae activities, her work as a book reviewer, responses to her reviews, her health, comments on people and politics, popular culture, her dogs, and other personal issues; clippings of Lowrie's reviews and reviews of her book CAMBRIC TEA, 1924-1967; manuscripts and typescripts of her other unpublished work, 1916-1961; her will and estate inventory, 1960-1975; family bills, receipts, and photographs, 1909-1941; typescript article by Barbara Foote about Lowrie, 1977; and several letters concerning this collection of papers, 1976-1977. Also includes Lowrie's collection of twenty-two Christmas cards designed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour.

2 cubic ft. (9 boxes with ca. 1000 items)

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Vassar College.

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Harper & Brothers.

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Correspondence (129 letters) and typescript (unsigned) revisions and notes, 1954, (23 p.) concerning the publication of The Scope of Total Architecture by Walter Gropius. Includes 22 letters from Gropius. From the description of Correspondence with Walter Gropius, 1952-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369957 Publishing firm in New York City. From the description of Harper & Brothers Records 1817-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New ...

Couch, Helen F.

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Simpson, Mary, 1949-

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Seymour, Ralph Fletcher, 1876-1966

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Ralph Fletcher Seymour, March 18, 1876-January 1, 1966. From the description of [Scrapbook of clippings from the Illinois Automobile Club magazine, 1932-]. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 270729578 ...

Lowrie family.

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Book-of-the-Month Club

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The Book-of-the-Month Club, founded in 1926, is a United States mail-order business, customers of which are offered a new book each month. From the description of Book-of-the-Month Club records, 1939-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131595 The Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC) was founded in 1926 by Harry Scherman (1887-1969) in partnership with Maxwell Sackheim (1890-1982) and Robert K. Haas (1890-1964). Created to satisfy a perceived demand for quality literature that co...

Vassar College. Trustees.

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Foote, Barbara.

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Garnsey, Gertrude.

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Lowrie, Rebecca Lawrence, 1891-1975.

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Lowrie (Vassar College Class of 1913) was book reviewer for Harper Brothers, 1913-1932, first reader for Book-of-the-Month Club, 1931-1943, and trustee and benefactor of Vassar College. From the description of Papers, 1909-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155519345 From the description of Rebecca Lawrence Lowrie papers, 1846-1996, 1909-1977 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51576544 Editor and reviewer, Lowrie (Vassar College, A.B., 1913; Radcliffe, A.M., 19...