Preliminary Inventory to the Frank Otto Bowman Papers, 1939-1959

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Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Phone: (650) 723-3563

Fax: (650) 725-3445

Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Preliminary Inventory to the Frank Otto Bowman Papers, 1939-1959

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Contact Information

Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

Title: Frank Otto Bowman Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1939-1959

Collection number: XX151

Creator: Bowman, Frank Otto, 1896-

Collection Size: 1 manuscript box, 1 envelope (0.5 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, notes, military maps and charts, and photographs, relating to American military activities during World War II and the Korean War. Includes correspondence with General Samuel D. Sturgis, chief of engineers, 1951-1955; photographs and memoranda on bridge construction in Korea by the United States Army, 1952-1953; and comments by F. O. Bowman on a manuscript entitled Fifth Army Engineers in Italy, 1959.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection open for research.

Publication Rights

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Frank Otto Bowman Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Access Points

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

United States. Army--Officers

Korean War, 1950-1953

Military engineering

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945--Engineering and construction

United States--Armed Forces

Sturgis, Samuel Davis, 1897-1964

Container List

Box 1.

Biography of Frank Otto Bowman as of June 30, 1956

Correspondence and charts regarding his official work as an officer in the United States Army during World War II, 1943-1945

Official correspondence of Mr. Bowman as an officer in the United States Army during World War II, 1949-1955

Correspondence between Major General Bowman and S. D. Sturgis, Jr., Major General, United States Army, Chief of Engineers, 1951-1955

Material on bridges in Korea. Includes photographs and memoranda

Reports on anti-mechanized defense and other reports, Ft. Benning, GA, 1939-1942

Material on a demonstration of air-ground training and operations, Ft. Benning, GA, June 1942

Comments by General Bowman on draft of "Fifth Army Engineers in Italy" by Historical Section O.C.E., August 1959

Correspondence and memorabilia regarding Italy, 1943-1945

Folder Photo file

Photographs. See card catalog description

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