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Preferred Citation:

Copy of "A Partial History of Mrs. Remember Bowen Thorp's Life" Typescript, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Acquisition Information:

Gift of Philip Thorpe through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.

Biographical Information:

As a child, Remember Thorp Bowen lived in Green County, Wisconsin. She married Henry Bowen. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Copy of a partial typed transcript and a manuscript of the "Partial History of Mrs. Remember Thorp's Life" by Mrs. Remember Bowen Thorp. One page tells of her early childhood, and the next two pages tell of her visit to Virginia and the Williamsburg area in 1907.

Original is owned by the Thorp Family.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Autobiographies
• Bowen family
• Thorp family
• Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
• Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)