Collection FOWKE - FOWKE, Villiers Loftus Philip (1887-1940)

Papers, 1894-1927, of Villiers Loftus Philip Fowke relating chiefly to his career as diplomatic consul in the Far East, including: identity papers; his letter of appointment as Vice-Consul to Seoul, South Korea on 14 January 1926; photographs of Fowke in diplomatic uniform; album of photographs of countries Fowke visited as part of his diplomatic career in the Far East, including Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Japan, Seoul and China, 1913-1919, chronicling the indigenous populations and sights of each country, events Fowke attended and families he stayed with as part of his role as diplomatic consul; a panoramic photograph of Seoul, Korea, 1927; a bound album containing prints of various aspects of Japanese culture and traditions;  a printed booklet of captioned photographs showing a Japanese-run institute for Korean deaf blind children (in Japanese, with manuscript English annotations), with explanatory note, 'Views of Corea [sic] under Japanese management, Seoul, 1921'.  Also personal family papers, including school reports for VLP Fowke 1894-96; papers and letters relating to the Loftus family, Fowke's mother's family; family photos and a manuscript draft of the Fowke family history.  Correspondence and diary entries, 1876–1886, of Hilda Loftus, Fowke's mother; letters from VLP Fowke to his father, Villiers de Saussure Fowke, 1897–1917; letters to VLP Fowke from his father Villiers de Saussure Fowke 1899–1920; letters from Edith Mary Gladys Fowke (wife of VLP Fowke) to VLP Fowke 1919–1927.