Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Rowen, George.
Title:	George Rowen Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1941-1963
Quantity:	14 linear ft.
Abstract:	Papers of the American photographer, contains clippings, negatives, 16mm film, prints, printed material, and personal papers.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

George Rowen was an American commercial and United Nations photographer. He worked as photographer and assistant photo editor for Austrian Illustrated News in Vienna while attending school (1937-1938). In the early 1940s he did publicity and freelance new photography in Chicago. He was inducted into the Army during World War II where he served as photographer for the Public Relations Office at Fort Benning, Georgia, and then was sent overseas with the 12th Army Group, Psychological Warfare Division as chief photographer. After being discharged from the Army in 1945 he was asked to remain in Europe to work for the War Department's newly created Publishing Operations Branch, Information Control Division, as editor and chief of the photo section. Upon returning to the United States in 1948 he was appointed Public Information Officer of the International Refugee Organization (IRO), an agency of the United Nations. When the IRO was eventually disbanded, he worked for several other agencies within the UN.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The George Rowen Papers contains clippings, 16mm film, negatives, personal papers, and prints. Many of the negatives are not identified other than by number. Notable persons and events represented in the photographs and negatives include General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Munich, Josef Goebbels' sister, King Hussein of Jordan, Thor Heyerdahl, Mrs. Rudolf Hess, the Nuremberg Trials, Charlie Chaplin, and the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. The collection also includes two copies of a film made by the International Refugee Organization (IRO), intended as orientation films for displaced persons (refugees).

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Arrangement of the Collection

Each series is arranged alphabetically.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has the papers of many noted photographers and photojournalists, including Margaret Bourke-White. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Places

Genres and Forms

Occupations

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

George Rowen Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Finding Aid Information

Created by: MK
Date: 22 Feb 1978
Revision history: 9 Oct 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC); 25 Mar 2016 - rehoused, inventory corrected and expanded (MRC)

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Inventory

	Clippings
Box 1		Miscellaneous 1941-1963 (7 folders)
Box 2		Miscellaneous 1941-1963 (2 folders)

	Films
Oversize 1		Journey to Your New Home (International Refugee Organization [IRO] Orientation No. 2) undated - can labeled "Orientation Film for DP’s Regarding Shipboard Life” (16mm film, 1 reel) (ID#: rowen_g_001)
Oversize 1		Journey to Your New Home (International Refugee Organization [IRO] Orientation No. 2) undated - duplicate of rowen_g_001 (16mm film, 1 reel) (ID#: rowen_g_002)

	Negatives
		35 mm negatives, unnumbered
Box 3			Miscellaneous (8 folders)
Box 4			Miscellaneous (7 folders)
Box 5			Miscellaneous (8 folders)
Box 6			Miscellaneous (7 folders)
Box 7			Miscellaneous (7 folders)
Box 8			Miscellaneous (6 folders)
		Medium (6cm by 6cm) and large (4"x5") format negatives, numbered
			Numbering is not always consecutive, there are gaps in the sequence. This is the first of two numbered sequences (see below for the second).
Box 9			Negatives 33-1499
Box 10			Negatives 1500-4099
Box 11			Negatives 4100-4849
Box 12			Negatives 4850-5559
Box 13			Negatives 5560-5710
		Medium (6cm by 6cm) and large size (4"x5") negatives, people and places
			People are listed alphabetically, followed by places
Box 13			Allied Syndicate - 2 envelopes, one with 2 indecipherable names
Box 13			Ash, Harry-Dorothy-Fredy Seneca Hotel, [Chicago] 1942 - 2 envelopes
Box 13			Baierl, Lotte (aka Mrs. Lotte Hass)
Box 13			Bemelmans, Ludwig - writer, etc., author of the Madeleine children's books
Box 13			Benatzky, Ralph (Dr.) [in same envelope as Else Kaufmann] 1/23/1943
Box 13			Berger, Dave - Voice of America
Box 13			Bienstock, Freddie 1950 - with Lucille Gordon
Box 13			Boothe Luce, Claire, Cologne 1945 - mis-written on envelope as "Claire Luce Boot"
Box 13			Brandt, Otto
Box 13			Braun, Harald (Dr.)
Box 13			Bridges, Henry Styles - U.S. Senator; pictured with Sen. Saltonstall
Box 13			Bronstein, Paula 1951
Box 13			Browder, Earl 10/26/1942
Box 13			Byrnes, James F. - U.S. Secretary of State from 1945 to 1947; 2 envelopes, "Byrnes in Munich" and "Byrnes in Stuttgart"
Box 13			Chaplin, Charlie 10/14/1942
Box 13			Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Box 13			Dickey, Colonel - wedding at Fort Benning, Georgia
Box 13			Dietrich, Josef "Sepp," Mrs. [Moninger-Brenner, Ursula] - appears in photo with Sigurd (Sigi) Hinrichsen (Mrs. Joachim Peiper) at Malmedy massacre trial in Dachau; her husband Josef "Sepp" Dietrich was general in the Waffen-SS
Box 13			von Dittmar, Kurt - German general
Box 13			Donath, John 4/30/1942 - 2 envelopes
Box 13			Eisenhower, Dwight D. General in Munich - 2 envelopes
Box 13			von Epp, Ritter
Box 13			Friends [of George Rowen, presumably]
Box 13			Goebbels - "sister" written on envelope, presumably sister of Josef Goebbels
Box 13			Gordon, Lucille with Freddie Bienstock 1950
Box 13			Grinde, J. - fellow UN photographer; 2 envelopes
Box 13			Hass, Hans - famous deep-sea diver, pictured with wife Lotte, misspelled “Lottie” on envelope
Box 13			Hass, Lotte - aka Lotte Baierl, second wife of Hans Hass
Box 13			Hess, Mrs. Rudolf 1945 - aka Ilse Pröhl
Box 13			Heyerdahl, Thor
Box 13			Hoffmann, Heinrich - Spruchkammer trial
Box 13			Hussein, King of Jordan
Box 13			Johnston Nov 1950
Box 13			Justh, Moric
Box 13			Kallmann, Hans J. - German artist
Box 13			Kaufmann, Else 1/23/1943 - pictured in same envelope as Dr. Ralph Benatzky
Box 13			Klein, Peter 1/22/1943
Box 13			Kreisler, Fritz 1/20/1943 - Austrian-born violinist; taken at Orchestra Hall, most likely Chicago
Box 13			Kreuzberg, Harald
Box 13			Kwok Nov 1955
Box 13			Kuhn, Fritz 1947 - "ex-Bund leader" on envelope
Box 13			La Guardia, Fiorello in Munich - well-known Mayor of New York City
Box 13			Lehn family
Box 13			Leopoldi, Hermann at Orchestra Hall [Chicago] 10/10/1942 - Austrian composer and musician
Box 13			Loewenstein, Charlie
Box 13			Luckmayer, Karl
Box 13			Lustfield, Betty Joan 5/24/1942, 1/18/1943 - 2 envelopes
Box 13			Lustfield, Charles
Box 13			McGrath [family] 12/06/1942
Box 13			Morse, Wayne [Lyman] - Senator from Oregon
Box 13			Mother [presumably George Rowen's] - 3 envelopes
Box 13			MRBC [Multi-Role Bridge Company), 50th - soldiers
Box 13			Nancy [no surname]
Box 13			Moninger-Brenner, Ursula - Mrs. Josef "Sepp" Dietrich; her husband Josef "Sepp" Dietrich was a general in the Waffen-SS; appears in same photo with Sigurd (Sigi) Hinrichsen (Mrs. Joachim Peiper) at Malmedy massacre trial in Dachau
Box 13			P—, Lilian [last name illegible]
Box 13			Peiper, Joachim Mrs. - aka Sigurd "Sigi" Hinrichsen
Box 13			von Popen, Ernst - labeled "General," wearing German uniform; possibly meant to be Franz von Papen?
Box 13			Reijmers, B— [first name illegible]
Box 13			Reiman, Henry
Box 13			R—gold, Olin [last name only partly legible] 1956
Box 13			Robeson, Paul at Orchestra Hall [Chicago] 11/17/1942 - American singer and activist
Box 13			Russian Army - portraits of soldiers
Box 13			Saltonstall, Leverett A. - U.S. Senator, pictured with Senator Bridges
Box 13			Schwarzkopf, Ruth
Box 13			Shapiro-Landau wedding 8/16/1942
Box 13			Sl—, Marcella [last name illegible], IRO 1950
Box 13			Stadler (family) 9/7/1942
Box 13			Stedman, Seymour 11/20/1942
Box 13			Thiele, Rolf
Box 13			Tillinger
Box 13			UNCA [United Nations Correspondents Association] 1955
Box 13			Weiss, Claire
Box 14			Miscellaneous unidentified people (or unreadable names) in envelopes and separately
Box 14			Austria: Salzburg Festival 1948
Box 14			Austria: Vienna (2 envelopes)
Box 14			Camp Sharpe [near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania] 1944
Box 14			Chicago: Chicago Cathedral 12/24/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Chicago Opera Company 10/22/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Chicago Service Men Center 6/6/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Cuter Squash Club, 1328 E. 55th St. 8/30/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Defense Bond Sales at Marshall Field 4/18/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Defense Bond Sale Parade 5/2/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Easter Parade 4/5/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Fire - 2 envelopes
Box 14			Chicago: Hollywood Victory Campaign 5/6/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Mandel’s Fashion Show College Shop 8/12/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Navy Day Parade 10/27/1942
Box 14			Chicago: O.C.D. [Office of Civilian Defense] 11/2/1942
Box 14			Chicago: Street Condition 5/27/1942
Box 14			France: Paris - 5 envelopes
Box 14			Germany: Bavarian Parliament - 2 envelopes
Box 14			Germany: Berlin - 2 envelopes
Box 14			Germany: Berchtesgaden
Box 14			Germany: Buchenwald Trial
Box 14			Germany: Cologne 1945
Box 14			Germany: Frankfurt, 1946 celebration - 2 envelopes
Box 14			Germany: Frankfurt, 1948 celebration - 4 envelopes
Box 14			Germany: Frankfurt, Paul's Church
Box 14			Germany: Moosburg Internment Camp
Box 14			Germany: Munich
Box 14			Germany: Munich Synagogue
Box 14			Germany: Munich Theater Club
Box 14			Germany: Nurnberg Trial - 5 envelopes
Box 14			Germany: Richard Wagner Monument
Box 14			Germany: Stuttgart
Box 14			Germany: Tengernsee Celebration
Box 14			Germany - unspecified, post-war
Box 15			Italy: Lugano
Box 15			Italy: Milano Fair 1948 - 2 envelopes
Box 15			Italy: Milano May Day Celebration 1948
Box 15			Italy: Mille Miglia 1948
Box 15			Italy: Verona
Box 15			Luxembourg: HABE personnel
Box 15			Luxembourg: Luxemburg Personnel
Box 15			Luxembourg: Psychological Warfare Division (PWD)/Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) office and personnel - mis-written as "SHAEL" on envelope
Box 15			Luxembourg: PWD activities
Box 15			New York City
Box 15			New York City: "Grille for Allied Syndicate" 1949 - the yacht of Adolf Hitler, the Grille, arrives in New York Harbor, with letter explaining who is on board for a publicity shot
Box 15			Prague
Box 15			Publishing Operation Branch - 4 envelopes, unspecified location
Box 15			Security Council
Box 15			Switzerland: Arosa
Box 15			Switzerland: Zurich - 2 envelopes
Box 15			Switzerland: Olympic Games in St. Moritz 1948
Box 15			UNICEF
Box 15			United Nations Correspondents Dinner
Box 15			U.S. Army 9/12/1942 - location unspecified, appears to be training exercises
Box 15			U.S. Airlines lobby
		Medium (6cm by 6cm) and large size (4"x5") negatives, miscellaneous
			Numbering is not always consecutive, there are gaps in the sequence. This is the second of two numbered sequences (see above for the first).
Box 15			Miscellaneous, unnumbered and unlabeled, in envelopes (2 folders)
Box 15			Negatives 400-599 (2 folders)
Box 16			Negatives 600-2499 (10 folders)
Box 17			Negatives 2500-3199 (10 folders)
Box 18			Negatives 3200-3599 (4 folders)
		Miscellaneous
Box 18			Medium (6cm by 6cm) and large (4"x5") format negatives, unidentified, unnumbered, not in envelopes
Box 18			Glass plate negatives (2 items)

	Personal papers
Box 2		Antique car show
Box 2		Brazil
Box 2		Cartoons
Box 2		Correspondence
Box 2		Equipment
Box 2		Expenses
Box 2		Fragments
Box 2		Haiti
Box 2		Miscellaneous
Box 2		Notes
Box 2		Official documents
Box 18		Publications, various (2 folders)
Box 19		Publications, various
Oversize 2		Publications, various
Box 2		Resume
Box 2		United Nations
Box 2		Vacation

	Prints
Box 19		Advertising
Box 19		Autos (3 folders)
Box 19		Ballet (2 folders)
Box 20		Ballet (cont.) (2 folders)
Box 20		Boating (3 folders)
Box 20		Brazil
Box 20		Europe
Box 21		Europe (cont.) (8 folders)
Box 22		Europe (cont.) (2 folders)
Box 22		Family (2 folders)
Box 22		Far East
Box 22		Hobbies (2 folders)
Box 22		Immigrants
Box 23		Mexico (4 folders)
Box 23		Military (2 folders)
Box 23		Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Box 24		Miscellaneous (cont.)
Oversize 2		Miscellaneous oversize
Box 24		Office of War Information
Box 24		Pets
Box 24		Radio Luxembourg
Box 24		Schoolchildren
Box 24		United Nations (2 folders)
Box 25		United Nations (7 folders)
Box 26		United Nations (6 folders)
Box 26		Woman model

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