bMS 168
Bowen, Georgene E. Papers, 1925-1974.
Summary Information:
- Call Number: bMS 168
- Title: Georgene E. Bowen. Papers, 1925-1974.
- Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
- Quantity: 2 boxes
Administrative Information:
- Preferred Citation: Georgene E. Bowen, Sermons, bMS 168, Andover-Harvard Library, Harvard Divinity School
- Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Biographical Note:
Georgene E. Bowen (1898-1984) was born in South Charlestown, New Hampshire, and moved to Bellows Fall, Vermont, in 1902. She attended the Northeastern Conservatory of Music in Boston. Bowen served as a Universalist missionary to Japan from 1925 to 1937. Upon her return to the United States, she served as an assistant head of Jane Addams's Hull House in Chicago. She was later appointed head of a settlement house in New York City. Bowen became very active in the establishment of clubs for the aged, and established her first club in Philadelphia in 1946. In 1963 she returned to Boston after having established 148 clubs. She was then invited back to Japan to train workers, and this training resulted in the establishment of many more clubs for the elderly.
Container List:
Writings
- bMS 168/1 (1) Memoirs.
- bMS 168/1 (2) "As A Missionary of Japan, 1925-1937."
- bMS 168/1 (2a) Scrapbook: Japan Unit, 1964-65 (see box 2 also).
Letters written by Bowen from Japan to her family and friends, 1925-1936
- bMS 168/1 (3) Letters, 1925.
- bMS 168/1 (4) Letters, January-June, 1926.
- bMS 168/1 (5) Letters, July-December, 1926.
- bMS 168/1 (6) Letters, 1927.
- bMS 168/1 (7) Letters, 1928.
- bMS 168/2 (1) Letters, 1929.
- bMS 168/2 (2) Letters, 1931.
- bMS 168/2 (3) Letters, 1932.
- bMS 168/2 (4) Letters, 1933.
- bMS 168/2 (5) Letters, 1934.
- bMS 168/2 (6) Letters, 1935.
- bMS 168/2 (7) Letters, 1936.
Miscellaneous
- bMS 168/2 (8) Letters to G. E. Bowen, 1931-1933.
- bMS 168/2 (9) Bowen articles.
- bMS 168/2 (10) Clippings from newspapers, magazines, etc.
Biography
- bMS 168/2 (11) Biographical material. (Includes photos).
- bMS 168/2 (12) Bowen Letters, 1961.
- bMS 168/2 (13) Bowen Letters, 1963.
- bMS 168/2 (14) Bowen Letters, 1964.
- bMS 168/2 (15) Bowen Letters, 1965.