By Elizabeth Brinkman, Kenneth Grossi, Rebecca Lammons
Collection Overview
Title: Kirke L. and Mary T. Cowdery Papers, 1890-1928
ID: RG 30/010
Creator: Cowdery, Kirke L. (1869-1946)
Extent: 0.2 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 01/22/1968
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
This small collection consists of materials that document the study and teaching of the French language.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This small collection of Kirke and Mary Cowdery consists of materials that document the study and teaching of the French language by both persons. Included are essays, poems, notes and song lyrics in French, Italian, and English that seem to have been used as class materials in the Cowdery’s teaching. Also included are photographs of Mary Cowdery and an article about World War I that Kirke Cowdery wrote for the Oberlin Alumni Magazine.
Administrative Information
Accruals:
Accession: 29.
Access Restrictions:
Unrestricted.
Acquisition Method:
The papers of Kirke L. and Mary T. Cowdery were received from the Oberlin College Library on January 22, 1968.
Related Materials:
The Oberlin College Library, Department of Special Collections, holds writings by Kirke and Mary T. Cowdery. These include the three essays that comprise Mary T. Cowdery's 1913 Oberlin College Master's thesis, "Jean Jacques Rousseau and the historical influence of his ideas in France from 1750 to 1815...," "Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux," and "Rousseau's influence upon French literature." Special Collections also holds a reprint of Kirke L. Cowdery's "A Note on Chateaubriand," Modern Language Journal vol. 13, no. 6 (March 1929).
Finding Aid Revision History:
Processed by Elizabeth Brinkman, Kenneth Grossi, Rebecca Lam, 2002.
Box and Folder Listing
- Series I: Correspondence, 1893-1894
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Mary T. Cowdery, Letters Received, 1893-1894
- Two letters to Mary from her mother.
- Series II: Songs, 1921, undated
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Song Lyrics and Programs, 1921, undated
- Miscellaneous song lyrics and Oberlin College Conservatory programs in French and Italian. Some English translations.
- Series III: Writings, 1928, undated
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Essays, Poems, and Class Notes of Kirke L. Cowdery, undated
- In French.
- Folder 2: Essays and Poems of Mary E.T. Cowdery, undated
- In French.
- Folder 3: "Ten Years Since the First Armistice Day," Kirke L. Cowdery, 1982
- An article for Oberlin Alumni Magazine by Kirke L. Cowdery.
- Series 4: Photographs, ca. 1890, undated
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Photographs of Mary Cowdery, ca. 1890, undated