Bound copies of E.A. Bowles’ column ‘On Natural History by Uncle G’, published in ‘Brothers and Sisters: the monthly organ of the Children’s Union’

Scope and Content

Articles are dated Jan 1914-Nov 1918. Bound in are competition entries submitted by children to the journal, 1914-1918, original pen and ink and pencil drawings by E.A. Bowles, 1915-1918, and letters from the Children’s Union relating to publication of Bowles’ articles, 1914-1918, including one headed ‘Armistice Day. Thank God’, 11 Nov 1918 [First World War]. The magazine was issued by the Church of England Incorporated Society for Providing Homes for Waifs and Strays

Enclosures were removed during cataloguing and stored in a separate folder for preservation purposes, reference EAB/5/2/2 (2 of 2). They comprise original pen and ink and pencil drawings by E.A. Bowles, undated, two issues of ‘Brothers and Sisters’, Easter 1940, manuscript notes relating to competitions, undated, and correspondence, 1930

For a comprehensive list of letters in this volume and folder, see EAB/appendix/5.2.2

An index to the articles is bound at the rear of the volume