Inventory of the Reuben Dean Bowen Papers, 1871-1938 and undated

Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

Bowen, Reuben Dean

Reuben Dean Bowen Papers, 1871-1938 and undated

Material in English

35.6 Linear Feet

26,683 Items

Businessman, farmer, promoter of the cotton industry, from Paris (Lamar County), Texas.

Chiefly Bowen's business papers, consisting of correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, and printed material and volumes. A major portion of the collection concerns agriculture, especially cotton, including the marketing and promotion of cotton and Bowen's relationship with a number of local and national agricultural organizations. Also includes information about J. P. Morgan and the formation of U.S. Steel Corp., labor and labor legislation, U.S. politics and government, European affairs after World War I, prohibition, and food and drug legislation. The collection also contains the diaries of Adelaide Marie Bowen, Reuben's daughter, from 1918-1921.

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[Identification of item], Reuben Dean Bowen Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.

The Reuben Dean Bowen Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library in 1938.

Processed by RBMSCL staff,

Encoded by Ted Holt and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, May 2008

Accession from 1938 is described in this finding aid.

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The papers of Reuben Dean bowen span the years 1871-1938 and chiefly are made up of Bowen's business papers, consisting of correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, and printed material and volumes. A major portion of the collection concerns agriculture, especially cotton, including the marketing and promotion of cotton and Bowen's relationship with a number of local and national agricultural organizations. Also includes information about J. P. Morgan and the formation of U.S. Steel Corp., labor and labor legislation, U.S. politics and government, European affairs after World War I, prohibition, and food and drug legislation. The collection also contains the diaries of Adelaide Marie Bowen, Reuben's daughter, from 1918-1921.

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