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Aubrey Howard Bowser papers
- Title
- Aubrey Howard Bowser papers, 1885-1943.
- Author
- Bowser, Aubrey Howard, 1886-1979.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 287 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Additional Authors
- Bowser, Aubrey Howard, 1886-1979.
- Description
- 1.4 lin. ft.
- Summary
- The Aubrey Howard Bowser papers consist primarily of writings, academic and school related papers, and letters.
- Academic papers consist of a Harvard College notebook; course lecture notes; papers written for courses taken for his Master's degree and to qualify for a New York City high school teacher's license, 1943; and the publication, "Harvard College Class of 1907 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Report" (1935) in which his picture appears. Included are T. Thomas Fortune's book of poetry, "Dreams of Life" (1905).
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Subjects
- Source (note)
- Bowser, Elizabeth
- Biography (note)
- Aubrey Howard Bowser was a writer, editor, and educator. Bowser was born in La Mott, Pennsylvania, a town founded by African American Civil War veterans that were led by his grandfather. He was a 1907 graduate of Harvard College, and later worked at the "New York Age" where he met and subsequently married Jessie Fortune, the daughter of T. Thomas Fortune, editor of the "Age." Bowser's writings included book reviews and literary criticism for the "New York Amsterdam News," poetry, and an unpublished novel entitled "Black Pilgrim: A Novel of Harlem's Early Life." Bowser also taught in the New York City public schools, including at New York Vocational High School, eventually becoming dean of that school. He died in 1979.
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- Accessioned
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Sc MG 287
- OCLC
- NYPW088000006-A
- Author
- Bowser, Aubrey Howard, 1886-1979.
- Title
- Aubrey Howard Bowser papers, 1885-1943.
- Biography
- Aubrey Howard Bowser was a writer, editor, and educator. Bowser was born in La Mott, Pennsylvania, a town founded by African American Civil War veterans that were led by his grandfather. He was a 1907 graduate of Harvard College, and later worked at the "New York Age" where he met and subsequently married Jessie Fortune, the daughter of T. Thomas Fortune, editor of the "Age." Bowser's writings included book reviews and literary criticism for the "New York Amsterdam News," poetry, and an unpublished novel entitled "Black Pilgrim: A Novel of Harlem's Early Life." Bowser also taught in the New York City public schools, including at New York Vocational High School, eventually becoming dean of that school. He died in 1979.
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- Added Author
- Bowser, Aubrey Howard, 1886-1979. Black pilgrim: a novel of Harlem's early life.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 287