ROWELL, Ethel Maud (d 1951)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0505 PP24 |
Held at | : Royal Holloway, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/archives › |
Full title | : ROWELL, Ethel Maud (d 1951) |
Date(s) | : 1908-1965 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 2 boxes or 0.02m3 |
Name of creator(s) | : Rowell | Ethel Maud | d 1951 | mathematician |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Studied Mathematics at Royal Holloway College, University of London, 1895-1899; Assistant Lecturer, 1899-1902, Staff Lecturer, 1902-1907, and Senior Staff Lecturer, 1907-1939, in Mathematics, Royal Holloway College; writer of essays, stories and poems, mainly published in the Hibbert Journal and Philosophy; died 1951.
Publications: Time and Time again: essays on various subjects (Allen and Unwin, London, 1941).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1931-1947, relating to the literary work of Ethel Maud Rowell, including offprints of published essays in journals such as the Hibbert Journal, The aryan path and Philosophy, as well as a published copy of her book Time and Time again: essays on various subjects (Allen and Unwin, London, 1941); newspaper cuttings comprising reviews of Rowell's published works, notably Time and Time again; typescripts and manuscripts of essays, stories and poems by Rowell. Correspondence, 1908-1954, relating to publication of Rowell's work, both before and after her death in 1951, including correspondence, 1951-1954, between Professor Elizabeth Marianne Blackwell, Head of the Botany Department at Royal Holloway College, and various publishing firms, concerning the possibility of the posthumous publication of 'Of memory and some other matters', a second collection of essays by Rowell. Miscellaneous documents relating to Rowell, notably a copy of a letter from the Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), 1895 and photographs of Rowell and other staff at Royal Holloway College, [1907-1939].
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in sections as described in the Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
Finding aids:
Handlist available in the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives reading room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Placed in the Royal Holloway College Archives in Feb 1979.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with general International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2000
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