02554cpcaa2200469 a 4500 mm 70031476 DLC 20260227111613.0 cr ||||||||||| 730514|||||||||||| eng mm 70031476 ms 71001339 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Bowen, Harold Gardiner, 1883-1965. Harold Gardiner Bowen papers, 1907-1977 (bulk 1940-1959). 1,000 items. 4 containers. 1.6 linear feet. 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. 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. itoamc Naval officers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008107 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008107.3 39165 39165