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

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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:

Kiev, 1918, 1918

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 237
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Monastery in Kiev. Size: 16cm x 12cm

Dates: created: 1918
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 237

Kiev, 1918, 1918

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 238
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A busy street in Kiev. Size: 16cm x 12cm

Dates: created: 1918
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 238

Kockelsorn, G.H. Eine Deutsche Volkspartei: Liste 7. Heinrich Stocksiet, Berlin: 1932.

 File — Box 1: series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866042], Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
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

Köln. Der Dom. (18/02/40 9:05), 1940-02-18

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 128
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Train tracks and the Cologne cathedral. Size: 9cm x 6cm

Dates: created: 1940-02-18
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 128

Kostowo (January 1942). Evacuated Russians, 1942-01

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 62
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: People with their belongings strapped to sleds leaving a village behind. Size: 33.5cm x 24.5cm

Dates: created: 1942-01
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 62

Kostowo (January 1942). Evacuated Russians, 1942-01

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 61
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: People with their belongings strapped to sleds, leaving a village behind. Size: 10.5cm x 7.5cm

Dates: created: 1942-01
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 61

Kostowo, Winter 1941/42, 1941/1942

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 65
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russian saboteur being shot. Size: 34cm x 23.5cm

Dates: created: 1941/1942
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 65

Kostowo, Winter 1941/42, 1941/1942

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 66
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russian saboteur being shot. Size: 34cm x 23.5cm

Dates: created: 1941/1942
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 66

Kostowo, Winter 1941/42, 1941/1942

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 63
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russian saboteur being shot. Size: 12cm x 9cm

Dates: created: 1941/1942
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 63

Kostowo, Winter 1941/42, 1941/1942

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 64
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Russian saboteur being shot. Size: 12cm x 9cm

Dates: created: 1941/1942
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 64

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