Bowen, Harold Gardiner 1883-1965 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,000 4 1.6 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. Open to research. 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 Naval officers mm 70031476 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008107 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms008107.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008107 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008107.3 Open to research. DLC 730514 20260227111613.0 mm 70031476