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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/
Ellen Welch
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
MSS 16744, Daily Courier mimeograph newspaper, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was purchased from Caroliniana by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on August 24, 2020.
Biographical / Historical
The Rowley brothers, H. C. Rowley and W. C. Rowley first went into business in 1866 with their maternal uncle, Orrin Curry (1816-1915), under the name Curry, Rowley & Co. By 1869, their uncle would remove himself from the business, and it would be known as Rowley Bros. & Co. In 1879, when H. C. Rowley moved to Springfield, MA to join in business with the Merriam family, of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries fame.
H. C. Rowley would marry Thirza Jane Merriam (1845-1919) on December 2, 1874. He would move in Springfield, MA in or around 1879 to join in business with the Merriam family, of Merriam-Webster Dictionaries. He and Thirza had two children: Harold Merriam Rowley (1879-?) and Arthur Merriam Rowley (1883-1979).
Source: Abe Books website. Accessed 2/17/2023 https://www.abebooks.com/Archive-Ephemera-Rowley-Brothers-Wholesale-Stationers/30613176041/bd
Content Description
This collection contains nine issues of an amateur newspaper created by two brothers, Harold and Arthur Rowley, ages fifteen and eleven, from Springfield, Massachusetts. They were the children of H.C. Rowley, head of the G & C Merriam Company, a well-known publishing and bookselling business.
The newspapers are one page printed broadsides using a late 19th century mimeograph process. The brothers hand wrote these newspapers and likely printed them using their father's equipment. The newspapers include information on their home (Wyndhurst), its visitors, personals, facts on random topics, lost and found, profiles of famous historical figures, scripture alphabet, and advertisements for employees of G & C Merriam Company.