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Creator
Bowser, Aubrey Howard, 1886-1979
Call number
Sc MG 287
Physical description
1.4 linear feet
Preferred Citation
Aubrey Howard Bowser papers, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
Repository
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Access to materials
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The Aubrey Howard Bowser Papers consist primarily of writings, academic and school related papers, and letters. Bower's writings include a manuscript entitled "Black Pilgrim: A Novel of Harlem's Early Life," a short story "Maryelle Rose," poetry, book reviews and critiques. There are also two full runs of the "Rainbow," a weekly literary magazine he edited, 1919-1920.

Biographical/historical information

Aubrey Howard Bowser was a writer, editor and educator. Bowser was born in La Mott, Pennsylvania, a town founded by African American Civil War veterans that were led by his grandfather. He is a 1907 graduate of Harvard College, and later worked at the New York "Age" where he met and subsequently married Jessie Fortune, the daughter of T. Thomas Fortune, editor of the "Age." Bowser's writings included book reviews and literary criticism for the "New York Amsterdam News," poetry, and an unpublished novel entitled "Black Pilgrim: A Novel of Harlem's Early Life." Bowser also taught in the New York City public schools, including at New York Vocational High School, eventually becoming dean of that school. He died in 1979.

Scope and arrangement

The Aubrey Howard Bowser Papers consist primarily of writings, academic and school related papers, and letters. Bower's writings include a manuscript entitled "Black Pilgrim: A Novel of Harlem's Early Life," a short story "Maryelle Rose," poetry, book reviews and critiques. There are also two full runs of the "Rainbow," a weekly literary magazine he edited, 1919-1920.|||Academic papers consist of a Harvard College notebook; course lecture notes; papers written for courses taken for his Master's degree and to qualify for a New York City high school teacher's license, 1943; and the publication, "Harvard College Class of 1907 Twenty-fifth Anniversary Report" (1935) in which his picture appears. Included are T. Thomas Fortune's book of poetry, "Dreams of Life" (1905).

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift, Bowser, Elizabeth, 03/20/90

Using the collection

Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor

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