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Mowen, Howard A. (Howard Alden), 1922-2009

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 21 August 1922 - 18 January 2009

biographical statement

Dr. Howard A. Mowen, professor emeritus of history at Western Michigan University, was an accomplished scholar in Modern European and German history. Mowen joined the WMU faculty in 1949 and retired in 1982 after 32-1/2 years of service. Mowen served in Africa and Europe during WWII from 1942 to 1945, attached to the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment. He earned numerous medals and commendations and fought in some of the biggest operations of the war, including at Anzio, Ardennes, Salerno, Sicily, Normandy and Rhineland.

Citation:
Author: Jeanne Baron, WMU University Relations
Citation:
Howard A. Mowen : Obituary. Feb. 5, 2009 http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2009/02/015.html

Occupations

Found in 671 Collections and/or Records:

Russian Town that Has Been Taken by the Germans

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 71
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russian POWs behind a fence. Size: 34cm x 21cm

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 71

Russians Being Flushed From Hiding in the Fields. Column of Russian POW's

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 43
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russian POWs being walked alongside a field. Size: 33.5cm x 25.5cm

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 43

Russians Being Flushed From Hiding in the Fields. Column of Russian POW's.

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 42
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russian POWs being walked along side a field. Size: 10.5cm x 7.5cm

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 42

Russians Drinking Tea, 1918, 1918

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 215
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russians drinking tea and laughing in a yard. Size: 16cm x 12cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1918
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 215

Russland, Weites Land!! (Russia, vast land!!)

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 187
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Medow in the open countryside. Size: 13cm x 9.5cm

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 187

Sächsische Zeitung. Druckerei und Verlag Gesellschaft m.b.H., Dresden: January 4, 1950

 File — Box 2: series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865705], Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains the combination of World War II ephemera, photographs and publications collected by both Mowen and Polk.

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections

Salvaged Airplane Wings

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 67
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Airplane wings on the side of a dirt road. Size: 7cm x 5cm

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 67

Schloss Weissensee zur Zeit der Heiligen Elisabeth; 1 Mark, 1921-08-01

 Item — Box 12: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865929], Folder: 2, page 14
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Currency: in German. Size: 10cm x 7.5cm. Printed Value: 1 Mark

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1921-08-01
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 2, page 14

Schmidt, Martin. Massenkampf in Roter Einheitsfront. Martin Schmidt, Magdeburg: 1932.

 File — Box 1: series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866042], Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Contains the combination of World War II ephemera, photographs and publications collected by both Mowen and Polk.

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections

Schwerstes deutsches Geschütz. (Germany's heaviest cannon). P.K. Aufn Krgsber. Schröter (Atl.)

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 203
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Cannon pointing to the sky, in a forest. Size: 10cm x 7cm

Dates: 1904-1964; bulk 1918-1945; Other: Date acquired: 1986, 1988, 2010
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 203

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