Richard Pinch Bowles fonds

Fonds number

2060

Name of Creator

Bowles, Richard Pinch

Dates of Material

1913–1947

Title

Richard Pinch Bowles fonds

Source of title proper

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Extent

34 cm of textual records

Administrative History

Richard Pinch Bowles was a graduate of Victoria University (B.A., Master’s and Divinity degrees) who was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1888. After serving several prominent pastorates, Dr. Bowles joined the Faculty of Theology of Victoria University in 1906. He became President/Chancellor in 1913, holding this post until retiring in 1930.

Scope and Content

Fonds consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence re family, friends, Victoria University, charities and social and other activities and interests, [n.d.], 1913–1929; addresses for special Victoria University occasions, and on various subjects including theology and the relationship of students to the university, [n.d.], 1919–1928; baccalaureate addresses, 1915, 1916, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928; address by Bowles and addresses by others at his installation as President, 1913; lecture notes, [n.d.]; manuscripts of theological articles/books, 1946–1947; and a historical account of Dr. Bowles ancestors.

Note(s)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift
1993.043V
1996.128V

Category

Administrators / Faculty personal papers

Box/File List

Identifier Title Date
1993.043V TR The Tipperray Bowles
n.d.
1996.128V 1-1 Correspondence A–L
1914-1955
1996.128V 1-2 Correspondence M–T
1914-1917
1996.128V 1-3 Correspondence B–F
1917-1920
1996.128V 1-4 Correspondence H–W
1917-1920
1996.128V 1-5 Correspondence A–L
1920-1922
1996.128V 1-6 Correspondence M–V
1919-1922
1996.128V 1-7 Correspondence B–V
1921-1925
1996.128V 1-8 Correspondence A–D
1925-1927
1996.128V 2-1 Correspondence E–R
1922-1927
1996.128V 2-2 Correspondence S–W
1925-1927
1996.128V 2-3 Correspondence B–L
1928-1929
1996.128V 2-4 Correspondence P–V
1924-1929
1996.128V 2-5 Correspondence re: Beta Psi Chapter
1915
1996.128V 2-6 Correspondence from H.H. Fudger
1923
1996.128V 2-7 Addresses A–P
n.d., 1919-1928
1996.128V 2-8 Addresses R–V
n.d., 1926
1996.128V 2-9 Addresses at Installation as President
1913
1996.128V 2-10 Inaugural Address
1913
1996.128V 2-11 Baccalaureate Addresses
1915, 1916, 1923-1925, 1927
1996.128V 2-12 Lecture notes
n.d.
1996.128V 2-13 "The Thorn in the Flesh" and revisions
n.d.
1996.128V 3-1 Manuscript "Paul and the Modern Mind"
1946
1996.128V 3-2 Manuscript, Book 1
1947
1996.128V 3-3 Manuscript, Book 2
1947