Bowden, Edwin Turner, Jr.,papers [ca.1924]-2006

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Bowden, Edwin Turner, Jr.,papers [ca.1924]-2006

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Comprising correspondence, militaryand school records, writings, legal records, and photographs, the Edwin TurnerBowden, Jr., Papers, [ca. 1924]-2006, document the military and academic career ofBowden, primarily his service in the U. S. Army Air Force during World War II; hisattendance at Harvard, Yale, and Cambridge universities; and his tenure at theUniversity of Texas at Austin.

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