Collection Details:

Collection Name and Number: Dunbar Rowland Papers (Z/0051.000).
Creator/Collector: Dunbar Rowland; and others.
Date(s): 1885-1937.
Size: 10 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Processed by: MDAH staff, Year.
Provenance: Gift of Donor, of Place, State, on Date; Z/U/XXXX.XXX.
Repository: Archives & Records Services Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Rights and Access:

Access restrictions: Collection is open for research.

Publication rights: Copyright assigned to the MDAH. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to Reference Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the MDAH as the owner of the physical items and as the owner of the copyright in items created by the donor. Although the copyright was transferred by the donor, the respective creator may still hold copyright in some items in the collection. For further information, contact Reference Services.

Copyright notice: This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred citation: Dunbar Rowland Papers (Z/0051.000), Mississippi Department of Archives & History.

 

Biography/History:

Dunbar Rowland

Biography to come.

 

Scope and Content Note: 

Personal correspondence and papers of Dunbar Rowland (Aug. 25, 1864–Nov. 1, 1937), a lawyer, author, historian, and director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History from March 15, 1902, to Nov. 1, 1937. This collection, which was brought together from various sources and miscellaneous containers in the Department of Archives and History, is in two alphabetical files: "Manuscripts File" and "Correspondence File." 

The "Manuscript File," which covers the period from April 24, 1885, to May 27, 1936, contains 218 pieces in 49 folders and is composed of copies of addresses, articles, pamphlets, introductions to books, and miscellaneous writings of Rowland.

The "Correspondence File," which covers the period from Mar. 25, 1890, to Oct. 25, 1937, contains 4,312 pieces in 219 folders, and is composed of personal correspondence and papers and also material pertaining to the Department of Archives and History and the Mississippi Historical Society. The file includes papers and correspondence in regard to the publication and distribution of books, insurance, personal accounts, various controversies in which Rowland engaged, and family affairs. Some of the correspondents, together with the number of letters written and their inclusive dates, are as follows:

  • John M. Allen, 1, Feb. 2, 1899
  • Frederic Bancroft, 7, Apr. 30, 1908–Mar. 30, 1924
  • Poultney Bigelow, 7, Sept. 11, 1923–Jan. 12, 1924
  • Alexander Bondurant, 23, Apr. 12, 1910–Oct. 19, 1934
  • Gamaliel Bradford, 4, Jan. 21, 1921–Sept. 14, 1931
  • F. W. Brandenburg, Democrat Printing Co., Madison, Wisc., 13, Dec. 15, 1917–Mar. 21, 1919
  • Theodore D. Bratton, 9, Jan. 1, 1913–April 1, 1931
  • Nicholas M. Butler, 9, Oct. 9, 1911–Jan. 14, 1919
  • S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 76, July 27, 1923–Oct. 10, 1925
  • Alexander Fitz–Hugh, 38, Jan. 4–Aug. 19, 1917
  • Gaillard Hunt, 32, April 6, 1911–Mar. 20, 1924
  • George J. Leftwich, 11, Jan. 15, 1918–Apr. 4, 1935
  • Thomas M. Owen, 8, Mar. 31, 1914–Jan. 25, 1919
  • Hernando D. Money, 11, Dec. 12, 1895–Feb. 1, 1902
  • J. R. Pratt, 10, Mar. 21–Apr. 13, 1923
  • Morris Schaff, 9, Oct. 4, 1923–June 19, 1924
  • Firman Smith, 28, Nov. 15, 1909–Jan. 5, 1918
  • Justin Smith, 10, Sept. 19, 1911–Jan. 12, 1912

Among the letters from J. J. Little and Ives Co. (J. Carr, C. A. Mershon, L. H. Parker, and W. K. Zucker) are 99 items for the period from Sept. 11, 1922, to Mar. 20, 1928. Among the letters from the American Association for International Conciliation are 57 (Jan. 14, 1912–Mar. 6, 1917) from Frederick P. Keppel and 13 (July 1, 1913–Mar. 11, 1914) from Pauline Stearns. The papers in the "Correspondence File" are divided by date as follows:

  • undated, 214 pieces
  • 1890–99, 30 pieces
  • 1900–09, 107 pieces
  • 1910–19, 1,921 pieces
  • 1920–29, 1,462 pieces
  • 1930–37, 578 pieces

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Series title. Dates.

Series Description text to come.

Box 1, Folder 1