Newspaper cuttings, letters and photographs relating to the Cowan family.
Printed volume of Testimonials in favour of Michael Waistell Cowan, Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets, Royal Navy, 1892; four newspaper obituaries for Cowan, one for his wife Emma Louisa Cowan (nee Pritchard), and one for David Paton, a member of the firm Messrs Cowan and Paton; a photograph of Mrs Cowan's gravestone; two calling cards for Dr and Mrs Cowan; a postcard signed J.J.C (possibly Jack Cowan, son of M.W. and E.L.), 1906; a handwritten address titled "Religion in daily life"; leaflet for a fete at The Refectory, Leigh, 1901; thirteen letters between members of the Cowan family dated between 1893 and 1903; a small group of papers dated between 1897 and 1903 relating to temperature and rainfall at Leigh; 7 pages from a diary, January to April 1901 (author unclear).
Record Details
| Item reference: | PTR/1/2; MS1972/078 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1892-1906 |
| Creator: | Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Porter |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Appendix to the Records of Arts Class 1870-1874, University of Aberdeen. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/1)
- Newspaper cuttings, letters and photographs relating to the Cowan family. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/2)
- Letters, Ascension, 1865-1869, between members of the Cowan family. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/3)
- Letters, photographs and printed items regarding the Ogilvie family, Alex Ogston and other Aberdeen University alumni. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/4)
- University of Aberdeen. Preliminary Record of Arts Class, 1870-1874. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/5)
- Poemata Petri Divorti. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/6)
- Letters, 1870-1883 between members of the Cowan family. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/7)
- Letters, 1854-1856, between members of the Cowan family. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/8)
- Letters, 1846-1854, between members of the Cowan family. (Manuscript) (PTR/1/9)
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