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100 1 $aBowles, Edward Lindley,$d1897-1990.
245 00 $aEdward Lindley Bowles papers,$f1869-1990$g(bulk 1920-1982).
300 $a32,200$fitems.
300 $a92$fcontainers plus$a1$fclassified.
300 $a36.8$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 9 series. Series 1: Correspondence File, 1942-1988; Series 2: Subject File, 1869-1990; Series 3: Corporate File, 1920-1987; Series 4: Government File, 1930-1988; Series 5: University File, 1918-1988; Series 6: Patent File, 1872-1989; Series 7: Oral History File, 1979-1984; Series 8: Writings File, 1922-1966; and Series 9: Classified.
506 1 $aRestrictions apply.
506 1 $aClassified, in part.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, memoranda, diaries, minutes, speeches, writings, reports, oral history transcripts, subject files, legal documents, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating primarily to Bowles's career as an engineer and consultant in private industry and in government as well as to his association with research universities. Documents his work with Raytheon Company; Whitin Machine Works, later White Consolidated Industries, and its subsidiaries; the U.S. War Dept. during World War II; the U.S. Dept. of Defense during the Korean War; and the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development National Defense Research Committee (NDRC). Includes material concerning Bowles's association with Bentley College, Kodály Musical Training Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), and other educational facilities.
520 8 $aAlso documents his work as a private consultant for companies and individuals securing or defending patents including Radio Corporation of America, Samson Electric Company, Sperry Gyroscope Company, inc., Stockton Profile Gauge Corporation, United Artists Corporation, Ernst Fredrik Werner Alexanderson, Edwin H. Armstrong, Walter G. Cady, Alexander McLean Nicholson, and George Washington Pierce.
520 8 $aSubjects include Bowles's youth in Westphalia, Mo.; the NDRC Radiation Laboratory; M.I.T.'s electrical engineering program, Round Hill Research Division, and School of Industrial Management, later the Sloan School of Management; military research and strategy, anti-submarine warfare, and development of radar, torpedoes, and other weapons; reform of the patent system; Rand Corporation and Project Rand (United States. Air Force); Raytheon Company's Submarine Signal Division; telephone systems and Bell Telephone Company; television frequency allocations; and individuals such as Vannevar Bush, Carlo Luigi Calosi, K.T. Compton, C.S. Draper, Ernst A. Guillemin, Ernest Joseph King, Samuel Eliot Morison, David Rines, and Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt. Includes papers of Gleason Leonard Archer, George A. Campbell, Hammond Vinton Hayes, and Harry E. Yarnell. Correspondents include Charles F. Adams, Henry Harley Arnold, Harold Gardiner Bowen, Vannevar Bush, Carlo Luigi Calosi, Alfred L. Loomis, Julius Adams Stratton, and Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt.
541 $cGift,$aEdward Lindley Bowles,$d1972-1989.
541 $cGift,$aEdmund A. Bowles,$d1992.
544 $3Sound and video recordings$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
545 0 $aInventor, engineer, and educator.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division and on Internet.
600 10 $aAdams, Charles F.$q(Charles Francis),$d1866-1954$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAlexanderson, Ernst Fredrik Werner,$d1878-1975.
600 10 $aArmstrong, Edwin H.$q(Edwin Howard),$d1890-1954.
600 10 $aArnold, Henry Harley,$d1886-1950$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBowen, Harold Gardiner,$d1883-1965$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBush, Vannevar,$d1890-1974.
600 10 $aBush, Vannevar,$d1890-1974$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCady, Walter G.$q(Walter Guyton),$d1874-1974.
600 10 $aCalosi, Carlo Luigi,$d1905-1997.
600 10 $aCalosi, Carlo Luigi,$d1905-1997$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCompton, K. T.$q(Karl Taylor),$d1887-1954.
600 10 $aDraper, C. S.$q(Charles Stark)
600 10 $aGuillemin, Ernst A.$q(Ernst Adolph)
600 10 $aKing, Ernest Joseph,$d1878-1956.
600 10 $aLoomis, Alfred L.$q(Alfred Lee),$d1887-1975$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMorison, Samuel Eliot,$d1887-1976.
600 10 $aNicholson, Alexander McLean.
600 10 $aPierce, George Washington,$d1872-1956.
600 10 $aRines, David,$d1884-1978.
600 10 $aStratton, Julius Adams,$d1901-1994$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWatson-Watt, Robert Alexander,$cSir,$d1892-1973.
600 10 $aWatson-Watt, Robert Alexander,$cSir,$d1892-1973$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCouncil of National Defense.$bNational Defense Research Committee.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDept. of Defense.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bOffice of Scientific Research and Development.$bNational Defense Research Committee.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bOffice of Scientific Research and Development.$bNational Defense Research Committee.$bRadiation Laboratory.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bWar Dept.
610 20 $aBell Telephone Company.
610 20 $aBentley College.
610 20 $aKodály Musical Training Institute.
610 20 $aMassachusetts Institute of Technology.
610 20 $aMassachusetts Institute of Technology.$bRound Hill Research Division.
610 20 $aMassachusetts Institute of Technology.$bSchool of Industrial Management.
610 20 $aProject Rand (United States. Air Force)
610 20 $aRadio Corporation of America.
610 20 $aRand Corporation.
610 20 $aRaytheon Company.
610 20 $aRaytheon Company.$bSubmarine Signal Division.
610 20 $aSamson Electric Company.
610 20 $aSloan School of Management.
610 20 $aSperry Gyroscope Company, inc.
610 20 $aStockton Profile Gauge Corporation.
610 20 $aUnited Artists Corporation.
610 20 $aWhite Consolidated Industries.
610 20 $aWhitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.)
650 0 $aAnti-submarine warfare.
650 0 $aElectrical engineering.
650 0 $aElectrical engineering$xStudy and teaching.
650 0 $aKorean War, 1950-1953.
650 0 $aMilitary research.
650 0 $aMilitary weapons.
650 0 $aPatents.
650 0 $aRadar.
650 0 $aStrategy.
650 0 $aTelephone systems.
650 0 $aTelevision frequency allocation.
650 0 $aTorpedoes.
650 0 $aUniversities and colleges$zMassachusetts.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945.
651 0 $aWestphalia (Mo.)$xSocial life and customs.
656 7 $aEducators.$2itoamc
656 7 $aEngineers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aInventors.$2itoamc
700 1 $aArcher, Gleason Leonard,$d1880-1966.$tGleason Leonard Archer papers.
700 1 $aCampbell, George A.$q(George Ashley),$d1870-1954.$tGeorge A. Campbell papers.
700 1 $aHayes, Hammond Vinton,$d1860-1947.$tHammond Vinton Hayes papers.
700 1 $aYarnell, Harry E.$q(Harry Ervin),$d1875-1959.$tHarry E. Yarnell papers.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010308