Preliminary Inventory of the Frank Otto Bowman papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Frank Otto Bowman papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-1959
Collection Number: XX151
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 1 envelope, 1 oversize folder
(0.6 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Bowman, Frank Otto, 1896-
Creator:
Sturgis, S. D. (Samuel Davis), 1897-1964
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Frank Otto Bowman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Engineering and construction
Military engineering
United States. Army
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
box 1
Biography of Frank Otto Bowman
1956 June 30
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
Scope and Contents note
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
1942 June
Comments by General Bowman on draft of "Fifth Army Engineers in Italy" by Historical Section O.C.E.
1959 August
Correspondence and memorabilia regarding Italy
1943-1945
drawer G12
Correspondence and memorabilia regarding Italy (continued)
1943-1945
envelope A
59 prints depicting US Army Corps of Engineers constructing various bridges in Korea
1952-1953
envelope mB
61 prints depicting Libby Bridge-X-Ray Project under construction by US Army Corps of Engineers. Korea
1952-1953
