Thomas P. Stowell scrapbook

Collection — Volume: 1

Identifier: 2018-006

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a scrapbook created by Thomas P. Stowell, Rochester, New York based fire insurance adjuster and investigator for Aetna. The scrapbook dates between 1846 to 1878. The scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, and notes related to the Phelps Dodge and Co. fire.

Dates

Creation: 1846-1878

Creator

Stowell, Thomas P. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions regarding use or access to this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is held by the Rochester Public Library, Local History and Genealogy Division. Copyright of the papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors’ heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder[s] of copyright and the Local History and Genealogy Division before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library’s usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Biographical note

Thomas P. Stowell was born on September 5, 1819. Thomas was a highly regarded Mathmetician who graduated from Hallowell University in Virginia. In 1863, Thomas started working for Aetna as a Fire Insurance adjuster. By 1884 he lived in Rochester, New York with his wife Henrietta Fowler and his five children. He retired from business in 1895 and lived out the rest of his days on 29 Atkinson Street in Rochester, New York before passing away on February 29, 1896.

Extent

0.08 Cubic Feet (One volume ) ; 11x8.5x1.5

0.17 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

This collection consists of one scrapbook.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was transferred from the Strong Museum of Play to the Local History and Genealogy Division of the Rochester Public Library in 2016 [acquisition number 2017.039].

Related Materials

University of Rochester Rare Books and Special Collections, Contains the M. Louise Stowell papers https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/sites/default/files/atoms/files/M-Louise-Stowell-Papers-D506.pdf

Bibliography

M. Louise Stowell Papers, 1889-1910, D.506, Dept. of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester. 2018, February 18.

"Editorials." The American Mathematical Monthly 3, no. 4 (April 1896): 125.