On
21 October 2017 the Devon & Cornwall Record Society will celebrate the life work
of Mrs Margery Rowe, the last Exeter City Archivist.
Mrs
Rowe will outline Exeter’s community of archivists and historians, then headed
by Professor W. G. Hoskins, when she arrived in 1956 and chronicle the
collection of documents from across Devon which now make up the collection of
the Devon Heritage Centre. During her
career Mrs Rowe worked on a great number of manuscripts and she will be picking
out some of her favourites.
Dr
Todd Gray, chairman of the society, will be asking Mrs Rowe questions about
this crucial period in the city for the writing of local history and of her
insights into Exeter’s manuscripts, one of England’s greatest city collections.
Saturday,
21 October 2017, at 14:00, Exeter Guildhall
Refreshments to follow
Seating
is limited. In order to book please send
(by 18 October) a cheque for £7 (£5 DCRS members) made out to the Devon &
Cornwall Record Society and send to The Cottage in the Hayes, Cheriton
Fitzpaine, Devon, EX17 4JG
