L. Earle Rowe papers

Series 1. Correspondence
The L. Earle Rowe correspondence series largely comprises correspondence, as well as inventories, appraisals, newsclippings, and journal articles which have been created by RISD Museum of Art Director Rowe, agents of museums, galleries and cultural organizations, patrons, artists, vendors, and publishers. Also included are an annual travel expense record (1920/21), a college course outline, "The Appreciation of Fine Arts," prepared by Holmes Smith and approved by the Education Committee of the American Institute of Architects (1924), a publication, "The Betrayal of Andrew Carnegie," by artist Charles Vezin, and a memorial tribute for Eliza G. Radeke, written by Rowe.

The series contains correspondence with Rowe's mother-in-law Edith Talbot Jackson, RISD graduate Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, and artist George William Eggers, who became director of the Worcester Art Museum. Correspondents represent numerous museums including the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

These records are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Correspondents are generally grouped in "alpha" folders, however several notable correspondents are filed in folders with a personal or corporate name designation. A folder entitled "Miscellaneous Notes" is filed at the end of the arrangement. Within each folder, the contents are arranged alphabetically, with a secondary chronological organization.

Some contents of this series are in French.

Container	Description	Date
Box 1, Folder 1	A	1921-1933
Box 1, Folder 2	B	1913-1930
Box 1, Folder 3	C	1920-1933
Box 1, Folder 4	D	1927-1932
Box 1, Folder 5	E	1913-1932
Box 1, Folder 6	George W. Eggers (Worcester)	1927-1930
Box 1, Folder 7	F	1913-1933
Box 1, Folder 8	G	1912-1932
Box 1, Folder 9	H	1926-1931
Box 1, Folder 10	I-L	1922-1930
Box 1, Folder 11	Edith Talbot Jackson	1923-1930
Box 1, Folder 12	M	1913-1930
Box 1, Folder 13	N-O	1927-1930
Box 1, Folder 14	P-Q	1926-1934
Box 1, Folder 15	Elizabeth Prophet	1920-1930
Box 1, Folder 16	R	1916-1933
Box 1, Folder 17	Eliza G. Radeke	1928-1931
Box 1, Folder 18	Rhode Island School of Design	1920-1930
Box 1, Folder 19	S	1917-1936
Box 1, Folder 20	T-V	1927-1933
Box 1, Folder 21	H.E. Thompson (Museum of )	1927-1930
Box 1, Folder 22	W-Y	1913-1931
Box 1, Folder 23	E.P. Warren	1928
Box 1, Folder 24	Miscellaneous Notes	undated

Series 2. Diaries and Records
The L. Earle Rowe diaries and records series contains biographical information regarding Rowe's career and also includes personal diaries related to his travels abroad.

These records are arranged by subject.

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 1	Biographical Information: Obituaries	1937
Box 2, Folder 2	Certificate of Membership for the Egyptian Expedition of Harvard University at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts	1912
Box 2, Folder 3	Correspondence: Position at RISD	1912
Box 2, Folder 4	Curriculum Vitae	circa 1912
Box 2, Folder 5	Diaries	1910-1914
Box 2, Folder 6	Diaries	1931-1936
Box 2, Folder 7	Invitations, Brown University 150th Anniversary Celebration	1914
Box 2, Folder 8	Photographs and Postcards, Various Historic Homes (7 items)	undated
Box 2, Folder 9	New Museum Notes	1924

Series 3. Lectures
The L. Earle Rowe lectures series mostly comprises typed copies of lectures that Rowe delivered to audiences in the vicinity of Providence, Rhode Island. The series also includes research notes and quotations from various sources.

These records are arranged alphabetically by lecture title or subject.

Container	Description	Date
Box 2, Folder 10	"Art and Industry"	undated
Box 2, Folder 11	"Art and the College Student"	undated
Box 2, Folder 12	“Art Interests of Europe During and After the War”	undated
Box 2, Folder 13	“The Art of the Etruscans”	undated
Box 2, Folder 14	“Biedermeier”	undated
Box 2, Folder 15	“Christie’s Auction Rooms, Sale of H.R.H. The Princess Royal’s Pictures, July 18, 1924: Slide list”	1924 Jul 18
Box 2, Folder 16	“Colonial and Early American Furniture”	undated
Box 2, Folder 17	“Color in Design”	undated
Box 2, Folder 18	“Controversial Remarks,” Providence Art Club	1933 Apr 14
Box 2, Folder 19	Cooperation Between Brown University and RISD	undated
Box 2, Folder 20	"Eclecticism in Roman Art	undated
Box 2, Folder 21	Egyptian lectures	undated
Box 2, Folder 22	Forgeries	undated
Box 2, Folder 23	“Furniture of Our Forefathers”	undated
Box 2, Folder 24	“Gilbert Stuart”	undated
Box 3, Folder 1	“Goethe as an Artist”	undated
Box 3, Folder 2	“Goethe in Italy”	undated
Box 3, Folder 3	“Greece”	undated
Box 3, Folder 4	“Industrial Art Education Today”	undated
Box 3, Folder 5	“Japanese Sculpture”	undated
Box 3, Folder 6	“John Carlile, Cabinet Maker”	undated
Box 3, Folder 7	“Lost Pictures”	undated
Box 3, Folder 8	“The Message of the East”	undated
Box 3, Folder 9	“The Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design and the High School Teacher of Classics”	circa 1935
Box 3, Folder 10	Museum and Libraries	undated
Box 3, Folder 11	“Old Blue China”	undated
Box 3, Folder 12	“Old Blue China”	undated
Box 3, Folder 13	“Polychromy on Greek Sculpture”	undated
Box 3, Folder 14	“The Producer, the Art Student, and the Museum”	undated
Box 3, Folder 15	“Putting Salt on the Tale of Theseus”	undated
Box 3, Folder 16	“The Rhode Island School of Design”	undated
Box 3, Folder 17	“RISD Commencement Address”	1915
Box 3, Folder 18	“RISD Commencement Address”	1916
Box 3, Folder 19	“Romance in the Auction Room”	undated
Box 3, Folder 20	“San Marino and Its Stamps”	undated
Box 3, Folder 21	“Strawberry Hill and Its owner”	undated
Box 3, Folder 22	Switzerland	undated
Box 3, Folder 23	Teaching and the Museum	undated
Box 3, Folder 24	“Treasures of the Boston Museum of Fine Art”	undated
Box 3, Folder 25	“Use of the Museum by Teachers of Classics”	undated
Box 3, Folder 26	“Wandering Afield”	undated
Box 3, Folder 27	“William Guy Wall”	1922
Box 3, Folder 28	"A Young Man’s Hobby and an Old Man’s Joy”	undated
Box 3, Folder 29	School Lectures, Courses in Orientation	1915-1916
Box 3, Folder 30	Notes on the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum	undated
Box 3, Folder 31	Notes, Treasures of the Cairo Museum	undated
Box 3, Folder 32	Miscellaneous Notes	undated
Box 3, Folder 33	Notebooks of Copied Texts	undated
Box 3, Folder 34	Various Quotations from Other Sources	undated
Box 3, Folder 35	Miscellaneous Pamphlets and Publications	undated

Series 4. Personal Library
The L. Earle Rowe personal library series contains copies of published books that belonged to Rowe.

These books are arranged alphabetically by author.

Container	Description	Date
Box 3, Folder 36	Greek Dress, by Abrams, Ethel B., 1908
Box 3, Folder 37	A History of Egypt, by Breasted, James H., 1905
Box 3, Folder 38	Polychromy in Greek Statuary, by Collignon, Maxime, 1896
Box 4, Folder 1	A Handbook of Greek Sculpture, by Gardner, Ernest A., 1897
Box 4, Folder 2	Primitive Athens as Described by Thucydides, by Harrison, Jane E., 1906
Box 4, Folder 3	The Iliad of Homer, 1883
Box 4, Folder 4	Greek Vases: Historical and Descriptive, by Horner, Susan, 1904
Box 4, Folder 5	A Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts, by Jackson, A. V. Williams, 1914
Box 5, Folder 1	The Potteries of Persia, by Kelekian, Dikran Khan, 1909
Box 5, Folder 2	Various reprints, by Morse, Edward S.
Box 5, Folder 3	Methods and Aims in Archaeology, by Petrie, W. M. F., 1904
Box 5, Folder 4	Pottery of the Near East, by Pier, Garret C., 1909
Box 5, Folder 5	The Preservation of Antiquities, by Rathgen, Friedrich, 1905
Box 5, Folder 6	Catalogue of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Vases, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by Robinson, Edward, 1893
Box 6, Folder 1	Handbuch der Kunstgeschichte I Altertum, by Springer, Anton, 1904
Box 6, Folder 2	Mythology and Monuments of Ancient Athens, by Verrall, Margaret de G., 1894
Box 6, Folder 3	Prehistoric Art, by Wilson, Thomas, undated

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