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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:

Elmshorner Nachrichten, 1944-01/1944-06

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Sub-Series 12
Scope and Contents

1 box; incomplete series  (donated by Howard Mowen)

Dates: Publication: 1944-01/1944-06
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Polk Mowen Publications

Engel, Johannes. Die SPD, die Meisterin der Lüge. Plakatkunstdruck Eckert, Berlin: 1932

 File — Box 1: series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866042], Folder: 55
Identifier: Folder 55
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

Everything is Mud. The Road from Wenjagolowo to Kostowo During the Spring Snow Melt. This is How our Supplies and Mail Moved

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 13
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: German horse and wagon. Size: 34cm x 24cm

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 13

Everything is Mud. The Road from Wenjagolowo to Kostowo During the Spring Snow Melt. This is How our Supplies and Mail Moved

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 13
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: German horse and wagon. Size: 9cm x 6.5cm

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 13

Factory on the Banks of a River

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 120
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Factory on the banks of a river. Size: 9cm x 6cm

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 120

Fahlberg, Otto. Ein Kampf um Deutschland. herausgegeben vom Gesamtverband deutscher anitkommunisticher Vereinigungen (Published by the entire association of the German Anticommunist Society), E..D. Berlin

 File — Box 1: series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866042], Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
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

Fesselballon-Aufklärung. (Reconnaissonce ballon). P.K. Aufn Krgsber. Witt (PBZ)

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 202
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Large balloon attached to a car. 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 202

Fire Base at Wenjagolowo. This Was Once a Woods. It Has Been Plowed up by Russian Shells

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 33
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A forest destroyed by war. Size: 34cm x 23cm

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 33

Fire Base at Wenjagolowo. This Was Once a Woods. It Has Been Plowed up by Russian Shells

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 32
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A forest destroyed by war. Size: 12cm x 9cm

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 32

Firebase Wenjagolowo. January-April 1942. The Bunker of the Number One Gun. Cpl. Weber and Pfc. Heinrich. Behind Us is Our "Child" the Gun, 1942-01/04

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 30
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Two soldiers looking out of their bunker, surrounded by snow. Size: 34cm x 23.5cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-01/04
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 30

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