Harold Gardiner Bowen papers, 1907-1977 (bulk 1940-1959).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 1,000 items; 4 containers; 1.6 linear feetSubject(s): - Nimitz, Chester W. (Chester William), 1885-1966 -- Correspondence
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 -- Correspondence
- Strauss, Lewis L. -- Correspondence
- Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
- Newcomen Society in North America
- Thomas Alva Edison Foundation
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Engineering
- Radar -- Research
- Uranium
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
- Marine engineers
- Naval officers
Open to research.
Correspondence, writings, military orders, news clippings and other papers chiefly relating to Bowen's activities with the Newcomen Society and the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation and his various business interests after his retirement from the U.S. Navy in 1947. Some material pertains to his duties as chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Engineering and as director of the Naval Research Laboratory during World War II. Topics include the seizure of industrial plants and the naval laboratory's work in the development of radar and concentration of uranium. Correspondents include Chester W. Nimitz, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Lewis L. Strauss.
Naval officer and engineer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008107
Forms part of: Naval Historical Foundation collection.
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