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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:

On the Tigoda, Going to the Front

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 25
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: German troops in a boat. Size: 11.5cm x 8.5cm

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 25

Oral history interview with Carol Waszkiewicz, July 23, 1989

 File — Box 6-OralHist, Object: 1
Dates: July 23, 1989
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Margaret Perry and Monique Coyne, April 22, 1990

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 17
Scope and Contents

Oral history interview with WMU alumnae Margaret Perry and Monique Coyne, née Jako, conducted by Alan Brown on April 22, 1990. Both women attended Western in the early 1950s. They discuss college life, campus jobs, classes and professors, French Club and its sponsors Frances Noble and Marion Tamin, and the Colophon Club, for students studying librarianship. Margaret received her bachelor’s degree in 1954, Monique in 1955.

Dates: April 22, 1990
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with William Combs, November 17, 1989

 File — Box 1-OralHist, Object: 15
Scope and Contents Oral history interview with William “Bill” Combs, Professor of English at Western Michigan University, conducted and recorded by Lew Carlson on November 17, 1989 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bill discusses the racial tensions on campus in the 1960s and the take-over of the student union by black students following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. He then talks about his involvement in the AAUP following it’s certification and various contract negotiations in the 1970s and 1980s. Bill’s...
Dates: November 17, 1989
Found in: Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections / Oral Histories at Western Michigan University / WMU Centennial Oral History Collection

Orel in Early Spring on the Oka River

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 105
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Destroyed building along the Oka river. 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 105

Our Summer Bunkers at Wenjagolowo. May 1942, 1942-05

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 16
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A German soldier exiting a bunker. Size: 33.5cm x 24cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-05
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 16

Our Summer Bunkers at Wenjagolowo. May 1942, 1942-05

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 16
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A German soldier exiting a bunker. Size: 11cm x 8cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1942-05
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 16

Panzer Marsch! 3:05 in the Morning June 22, 1941, 1941-06-22

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A picture of a German tank with two soldiers. Size: 34cm x 23.5cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-06-22
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 4

Panzer Marsch! 3:05 in the Morning June 22, 1941, 1941-06-22

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 4
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A picture of a German tank with two soldiers on top. Size: 12cm x 9cm

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1941-06-22
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 4

Partisans Being Hung as Reprisal for Partisan Attacks on German Soldiers

 Item — Box 7-8; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025866059], Folder: 64
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Lynched men hanging from posts on a bombed street. Size: 24cm x 34cm

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 64

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