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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:

Near Leningrad. September 1941. Russian Prisoner "Nitschewo" (No Good) "Stalin Kaputt", 1941-09

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 53
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A Russian POW smoking a pipe holding a mug in his hand sitting on the ground. Size: 34cm x 26cm

Dates: created: 1941-09
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 53

Near Leningrad. September 1941. Russian Prisoner "Nitschewo" (No Good) "Stalin Kaputt", 1941-09

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 52
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A POW smoking a pipe with a mug in his hand sitting on the ground. Size: 12cm x 9cm

Dates: created: 1941-09
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 52

Near the Luga, August 1941. Russian Prisoners Helping to Transport the Wounded

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 48
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Four soldiers carrying someone wounded on a stretcher, past a field of brush. Size: 34cm x 23.5cm

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 48

Near the Luga, August 1941. Russian Prisoners Helping to Transport the Wounded, 1941-08

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 47
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Four soldiers carrying someone wounded on a stretcher past a field of brush. Size: 12cm x 9cm

Dates: created: 1941-08
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 47

Neue Zeit. Neue Zeit-Verlagsgemeinschaft, Troppau, January 5, 1927, 1927-01-05

 Item — Box 2: series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865705], Folder: 30, Object: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

4 pages

Dates: created: 1927-01-05
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 30

Neue Zeit. Neue Zeit-Verlagsgemeinschaft, Troppau, January 8, 1927, 1927-01-08

 Item — Box 2: series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865705], Folder: 30, Object: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents

8 pages

Dates: created: 1927-01-08
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 30

Night Fight Around a Burning Village. Tolmatschowo, August 1941, 1941-08

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 36
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Burning buildings by night. Size: 33.5cm x 23.5cm

Dates: created: 1941-08
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 36

Night Fight Around a Burning Village. Tolmatschowo, August 1941, 1941-08

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 35
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Burning buildings by night. Size: 12cm x 9cm

Dates: created: 1941-08
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 35

"-------no --lia"; 2 Lire

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

Currency: in Italian. Size: 5cm x 8cm. Printed value: 2 Lire

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 2, page 2

Notgeld 1914-1924

 File — Box 12: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865929], Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Size: 22cm x 32.5cm. Cover: half leather, dark red with alligator embossed leather. Binding: cord tied, pages arranged in books.

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

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