MSS 182 Gerard Fowke Papers

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MSS 182
Gerard Fowke Papers
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Preliminary inventory
COLLECTION SYNOPSIS
Provenance: The Ohio Historical Society received the papers of Gerard
Fowke as a g i f t i n January 1940. Preliminary processing was completed
i n January 1979, by Nargaret Smith.
Property r i g h t s : Property r i g h t s to t h i s collection are held by the Ohio
H i s t o r i c a l Society.
Copyright: Copyrights have - not been dedicated t o t h e public.
Access: Access to t h i s collection is open.
Citation: A suggested c i t a t i o n f o r t h e manuscripts in t h i s collection is:
Maude Wylie to Gerard Fowke, October 31, 1916, Gerard Fowke Papers ( MSS 182)
Box 1, Folder 1, The Ohio Historical Society.
Biographical sketch: Biographical information on Gerard Fowke may be found
i n the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society Publications, volume 38,
pages 201- 218.
Scope and content: The papers of Gerard Fowke, 1907- 1939, contained in two
Hollinger boxes, include one folder of correspondence r e l a t i n g t o h i s work
i n the f i e l d of archaeology. The remainder of the collection consists of
d r a f t s of h i s a r t i c l e s ( including 13 notebooks containing d r a f t s of research
a r t i c l e s , and two d r a f t s of " The Evolution of the Ohio River"), one folder
of miscellanea ( includes p e t i t i o n o f f i c i a l l y changing h i s name to Fowke),
and three miscellaneous volumes ( Trips, 1918- 1928; addresses, n. d.; and " Books
worth reading," n. d.).
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