Diaries of Aylwin Bowen, with one diary written while in Japan, 1923. Written mainly in Letts's diaries, three (1918, 1931, 1933) in the printers W. Straker's diaries, the latter interleaved with unnumbered leaves of blotting-paper. The 1950 volume contains a copy of Bowen's bookplate.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1950
Extent
1.32 Linear metres (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. e. 2410, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. e. 2410-2421
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7097
Abstract
Diaries of Aylwin Bowen
Biographical / Historical
Aylwin (formerly Alfred) Bowen, author of In New Japan (London, 1932) and other works, and printer, of Edmonton and (from 1931) Hounslow, Middlesex.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The diaries were bought from Henry Bristow, cat. 304 (1991), 75.
Subject
- Title
- Diaries of Aylwin Bowen
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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