The Walter Hoge Lowrie Manuscript Collection

Collection

Identifier: SCM 120

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection includes diaries, studies, essays, and correspondence.

Dates

1833 - 1876

Language of Materials

English

Access:

There are no special restrictions to the access of this collection. It may be examined by library patrons under the normal rules and conditions of Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

The following is the acceptable citation for publication: The Walter Hoge Lowrie Manuscript Collection. Special Collections, Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Chronology

1807 March 3
: Born, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
1843-1851
: Law Professor, Western University (University of Pittsburgh)
1846-1851
: District Judge, Pennsylvania
1851-1857
: Named Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
1857-1863
: Chief Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
1876 November 14
: Died, Meadville, Pennsylvania

Extent

0.3 Linear Feet (1 Box)

Additional Description

Arrangement

Series I. Diary (1833 - 1850) and Last Diary (1876).

Series II. Studies (1855 - 1860).

Series III. One Letter, Three Literary Essay, and Charge to the Grand Jury.

Series IV. Common Place Book No. 1.

Related Material

See also the following material in Special Collections:

The Samuel Thompson Lowrie Manuscript Collection

Processing Information:

This collection was processed, and the original finding aid was written in the summer of 1996 by Douglas F. Denné, under the direction of William O. Harris, Archivist. The finding aid was edited by Sarah Seraphin and Daved Anthony Schmidt in March of 2009.