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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:

People Checking Horses' Teeth, 1918, 1918

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 214
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: People looking at a horses' teeth. 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 214

Pionier-Stoßtrupp greift ein. (Pioneer assault group takes action). P.K. Aufn Krgsber. Borchert (PBZ)

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 197
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Soldiers firing artillery guns in a field by a village. 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 197

Pioniere beim Bau einer Brücke. (Pioneers building a bridge). P.K. Aufn Krgsber.Funk (Atl.)

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 199
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Soldiers building a bridge over a river. 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 199

Polk Mowen Publications

 Series
Identifier: Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains WWII-era German, American, and French newspapers and magazines collected by Polk and Mowen.

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

Portraits of Marx, Engels, Stalin, Lenin and Two Others

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 108
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: Framed paintings of Marx, Engels, Stalin, Lenin, and two others. 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 108

Präsidium des Reichsluftschutzbundes. Feind wirft Brandbomben. Kaaufmann Erwin Muller, Berlin

 Item — Box 6: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865986], Folder: 7
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Booklet: A Nazi booklet about Allied fire bombings. Illustrated: 63 pages. Size: 15cm 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 7

Pusseingau

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 117
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A bombed town. 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 117

Pusseingau: Der erste tote Neger. (Pusseingau: The first dead Negro)

 Item — Box 9; Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865713], Folder: 119
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Picture: A dead man. 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 119

Reichsbanknote Ein Hundert Mark, 1908-02-07

 Item — Box 12: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865929], Folder: 2, page 25
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Currency: in German. Size: 10cm x 16cm. Printed Value: 100 Mark

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1908-02-07
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 2, page 25

Reichsbanknote; Eine Millionen Mark, 1923-09-01

 Item — Box 12: Series 1 (R): Series Series 1 [Barcode: 31141025865929], Folder: 2, page 21
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents

Currency: in German. Size: 8cm x 12cm. Printed Value: 1 million Mark

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1923-09-01
Found in: Western Michigan University Special Collections / WWII Propaganda and Print Collections / Howard Mowen and Edwin W. Polk Collections / Folder 2, page 21

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