Rowe, Miss, Rowe collection of botanical specimens, 1861-1862
- CallNumber:
- MSS 35
- Creator:
- Rowe, Miss
- Title(s):
- Rowe collection of botanical specimens
- Date:
- 1861-1862
- Extent:
- 5 linear feet
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- The collection comprises over 500 pressed plant specimens from the area around Liverpool, assembled by a "Miss Rowe" of 2 Elizabeth Street, in 1861.
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- AccessRestrict:
- The collection is open without restriction.
- UseRestrict:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- BiogHist:
- The identity of the “Miss Rowe” associated with this collection is unclear. Records note that Frances Rowe, of 2 Elizabeth Street, Liverpool, married Thomas Roberts on November 13, 1868 (witnessed by Jane A. Rowe). The surgeon William Palmer Rowe resided at 2 Elizabeth Street in 1860. “Miss Rowe” could be one of his unmarried sisters – Mary L. Rowe (born 1835) or Jane Adelaide Rowe (born 1830), or a more distant relation. The collection was assembled as part of a recurring competition organized by the Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club. One such instance of the competition is described in <title>Popular Science Review</title>, v. 1 (1862), p. 125: <blockquote>On the arrival of the Liverpool party at Hoghton station [Manchester], the honorary secretary the Rev. William Bannister, distributed amongst the ladies a printed list, headed “L.N.F.C. Names of Natural Orders from Dr. Dickinson’s ‘Flora of Liverpool.’ The list comprises 101 orders, beginning with ‘Ranunculaceae,’ and ending with ‘Characcae,’ each order being separated from the adjoining ones by perforated lines, so that the greatest facility was afforded for tearing off the names of the orders. The object of this proceeding was to enable such of the ladies as desired it to compete for the “Botanical Prize” (a book value 10s. 6d.) one of which is awarded at each excursion to the lady who collects and arranges, according to the natural orders, the largest number of species in flower.</blockquote> Another article in <title>Popular Science Review</title>, v. 2 (1863), p. 94, notes, “Miss Rowe, a young lady member of this club, is remarkably successful in these competitions, and possesses very extensive knowledge in systematic botany.”
- Genre:
- Herbaria (documents) , Botanical illustrations, and Watercolors (paintings)
- Subject Terms:
- Botanical specimensBotanyCollection and preservationDickinson, Joseph, approximately 1805-1865. Flora of LiverpoolFlowersSocieties, etc.
- Associated People/Groups:
- Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club
- FindingAidTitle:
- Rowe collection of botanical specimens
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/resources/11771
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/resources/11771?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1