Prow family papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 1118 letters of correspondence dating between the years 1820-1982. Postcards dating from 1876-1988 are also included. Fifty-nine of the postcards contain writing and dates, six have writing and no dates, and 163 have no writing at all. The collection also includes 23 greeting cards, legal papers, tax receipts, birth certificates, inventories, advertisements, etchings and various miscellaneous items dating from 1776 through the 1980s.
Dates
- 1776-1980
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special Collections.
Biographical Note
Frederick Prow was born in 1926 and was the son of Harold Prow. His grandfather, Frederick Prow was a prominent dentist in Bloomington Indiana. Margaret (Penny) and Frederick were married on an unknown date. Frederick's aunt, Alice (Prow) Clark, constructed the genealogical information contained in the collection.
Extent
4.2 Cubic Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Prow family correspondence, 1834-1973
Series 2: Evans family documents, 1881-1970
Series 3: Prow family documents and papers, 1780, 1835-1944, 1968-1976
Series 4: Rohrbaugh family documents, 1820-1878
Series 5: Strong family documents, 1819-1920, 1939
Series 6: Wingate family documents, 1918-1962, 1974
Series 7: Prow family oversize collection, 1889-1902
Series 8: Prow family oversize collection, 1775-1972
Series 9: Prow family photographs, 1776-1980
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
EAD finding aid created 2012/10/12 by Julie Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2013/10/28 by Rebecca Marangelli.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Family -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Local history Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stoeckel Archives of Local History Subject Source: Local sources
- Title
- Prow family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stoeckel Archives of Local History Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
libarchives@bsu.edu
