FOWLER, Rachel, Elfreda (fl 1872-1927)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0370 RF
Held at	: Queen Mary, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.library.qmul.ac.uk/ ›
Full title	: FOWLER, Rachel, Elfreda (fl 1872-1927)
Date(s)	: c 1927
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Fowler | Rachel | Elfreda | fl 1872-1927
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1872; Entered Westfield College in 1894 and left to study a Degree Course in Modern Languages at Oxford University; obtained a Doctorate from University of Paris in 1905 with thesis on 'Une source francaise des poèmes de Gower'; served as a nurse for two years in Paris during the First World War; later went on to lecture on art and history at Oxford; committed suicide in old age. Daughter of Sir Robert Nicholas Fowler, first baronet (1828-1891), banker and politician.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Rachel Fowler comprising note books on world travel and Andre Thevet (1502-1590).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English.

System of arrangement:

Original order.

Conditions governing access:

The Archives are available for access in the Archives Reading Room located on the 2nd Floor of the Mile End Library. The Archives Reading Room is open Mondays to Fridays 9am-4pm by appointment only. Contact the Archives for more information: Archives, Main Library QMUL, 328 Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, telephone: 020 7882 3873, email: archives@qmul.ac.uk. For more information about the Archives see the website: www.library.qmul.ac.uk/archives.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Applications for copies for research or publication should be made to the Archivist: Main Library QMUL, 328 Mile End Rd, London E1 4NS, telephone: 020 7882 7873, email: archives@qmul.ac.uk.

Finding aids:

None

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to Westfield College in 1953. Transferred to Queen Mary in 1989.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Lorraine Screene.

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:
November 2008.