Biographical File
1955, undated
box 1, folder 2
Business cards
undated
Scope and Contents
3 business cards from McDowells employment with different companies.
box 1, folder 4
1950, 1955
Scope and Contents
Includes military endorsements and orders.
box 1, folder 5
1961-1969
Scope and Contents
Includes military correspondence, endorsements, orders, correspondence from John Wayne to Lt. Colonel Fagan, correspondence
with Bob Hope, Governor Edmund Brown's office, drawing of the Bob Hope Challenge Platoon, and candidate endorsement letter.
box 1, folder 6
1975-1981, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from the Veterans Administration, Compton Unified School District, equal opportunity for housing,
EEO meeting report, writing by Sergeant Major Robert Begg, and a holiday card from President Johnson.
box 1, folder 7
Event invitations
1973-1986
Scope and Contents
Includes invitations for Richard Nixon's 1973 inauguration, Ronald Reagan's 1981 inauguration, and the 1986 Beverly Hills
Ball.
Speeches and Writings
circa 1971-1979
box 1, folder 3
"Actual Experience"
circa 1971-1979
Scope and Contents
Annotated speech in which McDowell recounts the effects of the 1971 earthquake that led to his involvement at the Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
box 1, folder 3
"Black History Month"
1979
box 1, folder 3
"It Must Not be in Vain"
circa 1971-1979
Scope and Contents
Writing in relation to Black History Month and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Photographic materials
1958-1963, undated
box 2, envelope 1-15
1958-1963, undated
Scope and Contents
84 photographic prints capture McDowell and other soldiers in Hawaii and the Pacific, training exercises, family images, recruitment
offices, the Honolulu Zoo, and Disneyland.
box 2, folder 16
1958-1963, undated
Scope and Contents
Photographic print of McDowell in uniform.
box 2, folder 17
1963, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes images from recruiter's school, recruitment office, events, autographed photographs from Ronald Reagan and others,
McDowell receiving recognition, and celebrities Charlton Heston and Jimmy Stewart.
box 2, folder 17, envelope 1
Photographic album
undated
Scope and Contents
Images include the Pacific.
Printed Matter
circa 1966, undated
box 1, folder 8
circa 1966, undated
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, table place cards, flyers for the Bob Hope Challenge Platoon, photograph for female recruitment, campaign
flyer for CFC
Memorabilia
circa 1950-1986
box 3
Military insignia
circa 1950-1986
Conditions Governing Access
Box 3 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes Navy patch, decal, dog tag, name badges, Eagle Globe and Anchor pin, officer insignia pins, Chevron pins, Achievement
Medal pin, and other military insignia pins.
box 3
Desk name plate
circa 1950-1986
Conditions Governing Access
Box 3 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Name plate for McDowell, UCMC Vietnam.
