Harold Gardiner Bowen Papers 1907-1977 (bulk 1940-1959)

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Harold Gardiner Bowen Papers 1907-1977 (bulk 1940-1959)

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Naval officer and engineer. Correspondence, military orders, news clippings, writings, and other papers relating to Bowen's activities with the Newcomen Society and the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation and his various business interests. Some material pertains to his duties as chief of the United States Navy Bureau of Engineering and as director of the Naval Research Laboratory during World War II.

1,000 items; 4 containers; 1.6 linear feet

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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Library of Congress. Manuscript Division

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