Overview

Administrative/Biographical Note

Dr. Harry Marc Rowe (1860-1926) was an American businessman in Baltimore, Maryland. He started his professional career teaching at a commercial school named Duff College in Pittsburg, PA and moved onto a smaller Massachusetts business school named Curry College, which he later became president. While at Curry, Rowe also learned and worked in accounting houses and became very active in business education associations. Within a few years, he left his presidency to pursue accountancy. When Warren Sadler, a business school owner, visited Pittsburg in 1893, Rowe’s hoped to pitch a deal to exclusively write textbooks for Sadler’s schools, which Sadler accepted in March 1894. Four years later, after testing his materials in Sadler’s classroom, the Sadler-Rowe Company was incorporated and published practical accounting text in a workbook format. By 1911, Sadler-Rowe became H.M. Rowe Company and was closed in 2014. Rowe was an executive of the American Automobile Association (AAA) becoming its president between 1916-1918 and promoted road construction to Congress. He partnered with A/ T Carozza on road building projects and public work contacts in Maryland, later creating Carozza-Rowe Construction. Rowe had 4 children with 3 wives; Harry Jr, Hart, Earle, and Portia. All of his sons held positions in H.M. Rowe Company: Harry Jr. served as editor and was eventually vice president and Hart covered sales related work at schools and became secretary treasurer. Once Earle was old enough, he joined the company as well. When the US entered the war in 1917, Harry was forced to run the business alone. After returning from war, by early 1920, the Rowe sons were no longer part of the company. Harry Jr. was fired as treasurer of Rowe’s contracting business around 1924 and his other sons also distanced themselves from the company. Unfortunately, one of his sons attacked Dr. Harry M. Rowe by which he died.

Scope & Content

Arrangement

This collection is divided into 3 series. Series I: Rowe Family Life Series II: The Budget Newsletter Series III:Financial Records

Provenance Information

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Accession MSS2021-13.

Processing Note

This collection was assembled and donated by Lyn Camire Jones, and independednt researcher. After using these materials to piece together the story of Harry M. Rowe's family and career, she transferred these materials to UMBC in November 2021.

Descriptive Rules Used

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including PastPerfect.

Access & Use

Finding Aids

Finding aid available.

Access Conditions

This collection is open for research. There are no restricted materials.

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use

Permission is required for all reproduction requests. Copyright maintained by the creator.

Subject Headings

Creators

Rowe, Harry M. (Harry Marc), 1860-1926

Subjects

Business education Publishing industry--United States--1890-1900

Publishing industry--United States--1910-1920.

Series Description & Container List

1. Series 1: Rowe Family Life

   Date: 1909-1926

   Description: This series contains family images, newspaper clippings citing the Rowe family house fire, and images of the newly built estate.

   1. Folder Title/Description	Date	Box #	Folder #	Additional Info.
      Estate of H.M. Rowe	1915-1926	1
      Rowe Family Album (1)	1909-1920	1
      Rowe Family Album (2)	1909-1920	1

2. Series 2: The Budget Newsletter

   Date: 1904-1925

   Description: This series contains the internally published newspaper by The Sadle-Rowe Company until 1911.published under the same name once the company was renamed to H.M. Rowe Company.

   1. Folder Title/Description	Date	Box #	Folder #	Additional Info.
      The Budget	1904	2	1	Description
      Very fragile. Volume VII, No.1 (October 1904)
      The Budget	1905	2	2	Description
      Volume VI, No. 2 (February 1905); No.3 (June 1905)
      The Budget	1906	2	3	Description
      Volume VIII, No.2 (June 1906); No. 3 (October 1906); No.4 (December 1906)
      The Budget	1907	2	4	Description
      Volume IX, No.1 (March 1907); No.2 (June 1907); No.3 (October 1907); No.4 (December 1907)
      The Budget	1908	2	5	Description
      Volume X, No.2 (June 1908); No.3 (September 1908); No.4 (December 1908)
      The Budget	1909-1910	2	6	Description
      Volume XI, No.1 (April 1909); No.2 (June 1909); No.3 (September 1909); No.4 (January 1910)
      The Budget	1910-1911	2	7	Description
      Vol. XII No. 2 is very fragile. Volume XII No. 1 (April 1910); No.2 (October 1910); No.3 (February 1911); No.4 (May 1911)
      The Budget	1911-1912	2	8	Description
      Volume XIII No.1 (August 1911); No.2 (December 1911); No. 3 (April 1912); No. 4 (June 1912)
      The Budget	1912-1913	2	9	Description
      Volume XIV No.1 (August 1912); No.3 (October 1912); No. 3 (January 1913); No.4 (May 1913)
      The Budget	1913-1914	2	10	Description
      Volume XV No.1 (September 1913); No.2 (November 1913); No.3 (March 1914); No.4 (June 1914)
      The Budget	1914-1915	2	11	Description
      Volume XVI No.1 (October 1914); No.2 (December 1914); No.3 (March 1915); No.4 (June 1915)
      The Budget	1915-1916	2	12	Description
      Volume XVII No.1 (September 1915); No.2 (December 1915); No.3 (March 1916); No.4 (June 1916)
      The Budget	1916-1917	2	13	Description
      Volume XVIII No.1 (September 1916); No.2 (December 1916); No.3 (March 1917)
      The Budget	1917-1918	2	14	Description
      Volume 19 No.2 (December 1917); No.3 (March 1918); No.4 (June 1918)
      The Budget	1918-1919	2	15	Description
      Volume 20 No. 1 (September 1918); No.2 (December 1918); No.3 (May 1919); No.4 (September 1919)
      The Budget	1919-1920	2	16	Description
      Volume 21 No.1 (December 1919); No.2 (March 1920); No.3 (September 1920)
      The Budget	1921	2	17	Description
      Volume 22 No.4 (January 1921)
      The Budget	1921	2	18	Description
      Volume 23 No.1 (March 1921); No.2 (May 1921); No.3 (September 1921); No.4 (November 1921)
      The Budget	1922	2	19	Description
      Volume 24 No. 1 (January 1922); No.2 (March 1922); No.3 (May 1922); No.4 (September 1922)
      The Budget	1922-1924	2	20	Description
      Volume 25 No. 1 (November 1922); No.2 (March 1923); No.3 (May 1923); No.3 (November 1923); No.4 (February 1924)
      The Budget	1924	2	21	Description
      Volume 26 No.2 (April 1924); No.3 (September 1924); No.4 (December 1924)
      The Budget	1925	2	22	Description
      Volume 27 No.2 (May 1925); No.3 (September 1925)

3. Series 3: Financial Records

   Date: 1926-1940

   Description: This series contains some finanancial records pertaining to the H. M. Rowe Company finances toward the end of Mr. Rowe's life.

   1. Folder Title/Description	Date	Box #	Folder #	Additional Info.
      H.M. Rowe Company Financial Records	1926-1940	2	23	Description
      .