Cowles Family papers

Finding Aid

Prepared by James W. Geary, January 27, 1976; Revised by Stephanie Wachalec, October 29, 2003; Last Updated: July 2020

Inclusive Dates: 1789-1976
Bulk Dates: 1800s
Extent: 1 cubic foot (1 record storage box)
Physical Location: 11th floor

Biographical Note: The Cowles family settled in Ohio when Giles Hooker Cowles moved to Ashtabula County in 1811 to become Austinburg Church's minister. Giles and his wife Sally (White) Cowles married in 1793 and had a total of nine children.

Scope and Content: This collection contains information related to many generations of Cowles family members, including miscellaneous family papers and genealogies. Please note this collection does not include any information pertaining directly to Betsy Mix Cowles, Giles Hooker Cowles; Allen O. Fuller, Cornelia Cowles Fuller or Jeanette Fuller Allen, (Fuller materials can be found in the Fuller Family papers ).

Processing Information: Originally processed under the archives identification D.1.1.1.

Acquisition Information: This collection was received from Margaret Cowles Ticknor (great-great-granddaughter of Giles Hooker Cowles), August 8, 1975. Margaret Cowles Ticknor has donated literary and property rights of this collection to Kent State University.

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Genealogy of the Family of John Cowles (or Cole) of Farmington, Connecticut, undated
2. Genealogy of the Cowles Family, [no date] and miscellaneous genealogical items.
3. Virginian Cowles Family charts and Cowles Family Tree (shelved in 11th floor map case)
4. A Map or Chart of the Road of Love and Harbour of Marriage, signed by George Hamlin Sage, July 23, 1790 (shelved in 11th floor map case)
5. Land grants dated January 8, 1801 and March 2, 1813 [photocopies]
6. Miscellaneous manuscripts, essays and speeches, 1807, 1860, and undated. Includes autobiographical sketch of Lewis Cowles, son of Giles Hooker Cowles.
7. Miscellaneous correspondence, January, 1806-December, 1897, and undated
8. Miscellaneous military documents, 1848, 1861, 1862
9. Programs for concerts and debating club, 1837, 1859, 1882, and undated
10. Commencement programs, 1843, 1856, 1871 [Oberlin College] and 1884, 1888 [New Lyme Institute]
11. Carrier's address to the Patron's of The Trumbull Democrat, 1856
12. Miscellaneous business brochures and advertisements, 1859-1920s
13. Pamphlets and programs of local celebrations in Austinburg, Ohio, 1875, 1900
14. Wedding announcements, 1879-1893
15. Wedding announcements, 1895-1905
16. Wedding announcements, 1906-1923
17. Wedding announcements, 1924-1930
18. Housekeeper, A Journal of Domestic Economy, August, 1883
19. The Sunday School Weekly, June 24, 1888 (shelved in 11th floor map case)
20. Graduation announcements, 1897-1932
21. Railroad map of Indiana, 1911 (shelved in 11th floor map case)
22. Primer of Laws of Ohio Relating to Motor Vehicles and Use of the Highways, 1929
23. Miscellaneous travel brochures [1920-1930s?]
24. List of books in the Cowles Family library, [1935?]
25. Handbook of the First Congregational Church, Austinburg, Ohio [Howard E. Cowles memorial edition], 1956
26. Souvenir Program of Austinburg Sesquicentennial, July 27-30,1950 and Souvenir Program for Austinburg Country Days, September 20-21, 1975
27. Description of the first mail service to Austinburg, undated
28. Pledge card for humane treatment of animals, undated
29. Miscellaneous receipts, 1796, 1814, 1865, 1869, 1875
30. Photograph of floral tributes to H. W. Parker, April 1893
31. Lithograph of Reverend Giles Hooker Cowles Family residence in Austinburg, Ohio [no date], lithograph "bird's eye view" of Colorado Springs, January 1874
32. Miscellaneous correspondence September and October, 1822 [with transcriptions], 1867
33. Diaries, 1821, 1822
34. Manuscript record book of Bible lessons, undated
35. Manuscript day book of Catherine C. Root, Farmington, Connecticut, 1816
36. Two partial manuscript day books, unidentified, undated
37. Partial manuscript day books, unidentified, undated
38. Manuscript medical journal, two pages, undated
39. Notebook with information about the Power family, notebook patent date, 1868
40. Essay entitled Patience, by E. M. Cowles, undated
41. Miscellaneous manuscript poems and songs, undated
42. Miscellaneous printed poems, undated
43. Song To be sung at the close of the Republican exercises within the house March 9, 1803
44. Manuscript description of the Moravian School for Girls at Bethlehem, [Pennsylvania?], 1789
45. Miscellaneous military and civil documents, 1847, 1867, 1870
46. Miscellaneous play programs, 1878, 1879, 1882, and manuscript order of service, 1900
47. New Lyme Institute, catalog for academic year 1883-1884
48. Scrapbook of miscellaneous clippings pasted in Ohio School Report, 1886
49. Miscellaneous newspapers, [includes issue about the Lincoln assassination] 1865, 1881, 1889, 1936,  and undated (shelved in 11th floor map case)
50. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings [includes several articles about early pioneers to Ashtabula county], 1862, 1883, 1884, 1896, and undated
51. Index to the Cowles-Hutchinson letters, prepared by Alice Cowles Brown, 1976
52. Microfilm of Cowles-Hutchinson letters, [two rolls one positive and one negative, old archives number D.1.7.1.]