Frederick E. Fowle, Jr, 1887
Scope and Contents
A student notebook of lined paper, quarter bound in red leather with marbled paper covers, containing notes on English literature from Beowulf to Pope’s The Rape of the Lock. The text is handwritten in a neat cursive with quotations in a squared script and titles and important names in a decorative faux-Gothic style in red, blue, gold, and silver ink. The name of the writer, Frederick E. Fowle, Jr., is on the first page in the same Gothic script in blue and gold. The cover is detached at the bottom and should be handled with care. Accompanying the notebook is a small pamphlet from the 1897 graduation exercises at Cotting High School (now Arlington High School) in Arlington, VA. Fowle, Jr. is listed as a graduate and delivered a speech on “Forensic Eloquence” as part of the graduation ceremony.
Dates
- 1887
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Frederick E. Fowle, Jr (1869-1940) was an Arlington, VA native who spent his career at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, where he worked as a Junior Assistant, Aide, and Research Assistant.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu