The John Rowan papers, 1918-1948.

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The John Rowan papers, 1918-1948.

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Contains: biographical information (1941); correspondence (1919-1944); promotion certificates (1918-1948); lectures on various aspects of supply and training of supply personnel (1928-1943); Special Orders for the Hawaiian Department (1931), 3rd Corps (1937), Army Service Forces, Quartermaster General (1944); Western Union stockholders report (1944); U.S. patent certificate for Rowan's improvement of shock absorbers (1927); miscellaneous issues of the Office of the Chief Quartermaster's American Expeditionary Forces Salvage Service: Statements of Performances (1919) and Army Salvage and Disposal Board Instructional Letter (1944); Section 9 of Report on Conditions of Military Service for the President's Commission on Veterans Pensions (undated); typescript of Rowan's Practical Peace Plan Presented: A Message to the World (1939); scrapbooks containing newpaper clippings covering numerous military topics (1935-1941).

2 boxes.

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