Papers, 1929-1974.

ArchivalResource

Bowen, Harold Gardiner, 1883-1965. Papers, 1929-1974.

Papers, 1929-1974.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50078490

The official correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing letters and memoranda concerning both official and personal matters and related reports. Significant items in this file include memoranda on the recovery of the Mercury astronauts in 1963, correspondence relative to anti-submarine warfare in the Pacific, telegraphic messages passed between ships, correspondence received while Bowen was commanding officer of USS Northampton (1959-1960), and brief references to the Pueblo court of inquiry in 1969. The personal correspondence file consists chiefly of Bowen's letters to fellow officers, congratulatory letters upon Bowen's promotion to flag rank, and several letters from Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Admiral Arleigh A. Burke. The subject file includes items on Bowen's pre-naval career, newspaper clippings, souvenir travel packets and itineraries, information on Northampton, change of command programs, biographies and photographs of fellow flag officer appointees of 1960s, speeches, and manuscripts. The manuals and reports series contains materials relative to ordnance and metallurgy and Bowen's assignments to the Naval Gun Factory. The final series is a file of classnotes and notebooks maintained while Bowen was a student.

13.0 cubic ft.

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center