Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... iv

IDENTITY STATEMENT............................................................................................................................ iv

CONTEXT ................................................................................................................................................ iv

Creator ............................................................................................................................................... iv

Biographical/Administrative History.................................................................................................. iv

Archival History ................................................................................................................................... v

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................... v

Scope and Content.............................................................................................................................. v

System of Arrangement ..................................................................................................................... ix

CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE.......................................................................................................... x

ALLIED MATERIALS.................................................................................................................................. x

Related Units of Description ............................................................................................................... x

RULES /CONVENTIONS USED .................................................................................................................. x

PUBLICATION NOTE ............................................................................................................................... xi

ARCHIVIST’S NOTE ................................................................................................................................. xi

APPENDIX: ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS (U140/L) ....................................................... xii

DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ 1

A: MS. Notebooks/Journals of Richard Dowden c1820 – c1850 (11 Items/ c700pp) ......................... 1

B: Essays, loose notes or lectures by Richard Dowden c1830-1861 (10 items/series) ..................... 5

C: ‘Botany in the Bohereens’ Publication ?1847 -1858 (7 items) ...................................................... 8

D: Personal Accounts and Receipts ?1820s-1849 (6 items) ............................................................ 10

E: Literature and Poetry 1816 – 1853 (11 items) ............................................................................. 10

F: Family material, Richard Dowden 1820-1856 (2 items) .............................................................. 14

G: Memorabilia 1829-1850s (14 items)............................................................................................ 15

H: Drawings ?1823-1840s (2 items)................................................................................................... 16

I: File of Newsclippings 1817-1856 (12 items) ................................................................................. 17

J: Printed ephemera and some MSS., relating to various organisations and causes 1820-1856 (10 series and 158 sub series) ..................................................................................................................... 19

J/01: Societies 1821-1856 (59 files/series) .................................................................................... 19

J/02: Political and Local Government Material 1827-1848 (31 sub series) ................................... 36

U140 Richard Dowden Papers Descriptive List