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TitleEdward Lindley Bowles papersTypeMixed MaterialCollectionSubjectAdams, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1866-1954--Correspondence. (LCSH)Alexanderson, E. F. W. (Ernst Fredrik Werner), 1878-1975Armstrong, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard), 1890-1954Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950--Correspondence. (LCSH)Bowen, Harold Gardiner, 1883-1965--Correspondence. (LCSH)Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974--Correspondence. (LCSH)Cady, Walter G. (Walter Guyton), 1874-1974Calosi, Carlo Luigi, 1905-1997Calosi, Carlo Luigi, 1905-1997--Correspondence. (LCSH)Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark)Guillemin, Ernst A. (Ernst Adolph)King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975--Correspondence. (LCSH)Morison, Samuel Eliot, 1887-1976Nicholson, Alexander McLeanPierce, George Washington, 1872-1956Rines, David, 1884-1978Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994--Correspondence. (LCSH)Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973--Correspondence. (LCSH)United States. Council of National Defense. National Defense Research CommitteeUnited States. Department of DefenseUnited States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research CommitteeUnited States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee. Radiation LaboratoryUnited States. War DepartmentBell Telephone CompanyBentley CollegeKodály Musical Training InstituteMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Round Hill Research DivisionMassachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Industrial ManagementProject Rand (United States. Air Force)Radio Corporation of AmericaRand CorporationRaytheon CompanyRaytheon Company. Submarine Signal DivisionSamson Electric CompanySloan School of ManagementSperry Gyroscope CompanyStockton Profile Gauge CorporationUnited Artists CorporationWhite Consolidated IndustriesWhitin Machine Works (Whitinsville, Mass.)Anti-submarine warfare (LCSH)Architecture, Domestic--Design and construction (LCSH)Arts (LCSH)Electrical engineering (LCSH)Electrical engineering--Study and teaching (LCSH)International relations (LCSH)Korean War, 1950-1953 (LCSH)Law (LCSH)Military research (LCSH)Military weapons (LCSH)Nuclear energy (LCSH)Nuclear weapons (LCSH)Patents (LCSH)Radar (LCSH)Science (LCSH)Strategy (LCSH)Telephone systems (LCSH)Television frequency allocation (LCSH)Torpedoes (LCSH)Travel (LCSH)Universities and colleges--Massachusetts (LCSH)World War, 1939-1945 (LCSH)United States--Armed Forces--Organization (LCSH)United States--Defenses (LCSH)Westphalia (Mo.)--Social life and customs. (LCSH)Educators.Engineers.Inventors. Notelanguage: Collection material in English.SummaryCorrespondence, 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 Department during World War II; the U.S. Department 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, Waltham, Mass.; Kodály Musical Training Institute, Wellesley, Mass.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.; and other educational facilitiesAlso 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, E.F.W. Alexanderson, Edwin H. Armstrong, Walter G. Cady, Alexander McLean Nicholson, and George Washington PierceSubjects include Bowles's youth in Westphalia, Mo.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology's electrical engineering program, Round Hill Research Division, and School of Industrial Management, later the Sloan School of Management; the NDRC Radiation Laboratory; Rand Corporation and Project Rand (United States. Air Force); and the Raytheon Company Submarine Signal Division. Subjects also include a broad range of Bowles's personal and professional interests such as the arts; home construction and design; foreign relations; law; science; travel; atomic energy and weapons; military research and strategy, anti-submarine warfare, and development of radar, torpedoes, and other weapons; unification of the armed forces; reform of the patent system; telephone systems and Bell Telephone Company; and television frequency allocations.Individuals represented include 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-WattCorrespondents 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-WattIncludes papers of Gleason L. Archer, George A. Campbell, Hammond Vinton Hayes, and Harry E. YarnellOrigin Date(s)1869-1990 (bulk 1920-1982) Authorized Access PointBowles, Edward Lindley, 1897-1990 Edward Lindley Bowles papersCollection ArrangementCollection Organization: Arranged in ten 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; Series 9: 2020 Addition, 1901-1989; and Series 10: Classified.