Richard W. Fowler Collection

Collection

Identifier: F062-94

Staff Only

Scope and Content

This collection contains photographs, films, documents, and other material documenting aviation in World War I. It also contains information about the 7th Air Force (with which Richard Fowler served) during the Vietnam War.

The collection arrived in good condition and was initially processed with only a container list as description. Due to a change of the content management system, further description proved to be necessary.

Dates

Creation: 1917 - 2011
Creation: Majority of material found within 1917 - 2018-07-16

Creator

Fowler, Richard W., Mr. (Creator, Person)

Language Materials

Collection is in English.

Access Restrictions

Materials in this collection are open for research.

Literary Rights Statement

Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.

Biographical Sketch

Richard W. Fowler was born in Watertown, New York in 1946. He attended the University of Georgia, and served with the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. He later went to work at the BMW facility in Athens, New York. He passed away in 2011.

Sources

Source: "Watertown Daily Times." "Richard W. Fowler". [2018 May 25]. http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20110326/OBIT01/303269966/

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet ((1 manuscript box).)

Additional Description

Abstract

Series Description

Provenance Statement

Richard W. Fowler Collection was donated to the History of Aviation Archives, Special Collections and Archives Division, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas, by Richard W. Fowler on 1994-12-13.

Additional Sources

More information about American fighter pilot's actions during the First World War can be found in the George H. Williams, Jr. Collection, Frank W. Bailey Collection, and the St. Martin Photograph Collection.

Books/Magazines

The books/magazines in this collection have been separated from the main collection and incorporated in the HAC Monograph/Magazine Stacks.

Image ID

It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission from copyright holders of materials to which this institution does not own copyright.

Images in this collection are identified by a unique number that provides information about the format, record group, collection, series, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.

Record Group Code

1 = CAT/Air American Archives

2 = Doolittle Archives

3 = Lighter than Air Archives

4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

5 = History of Aviation Archives

6 = University Archives

7 = HAC Stacks

8 = WPRL Stacks

9 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection

10 = Belsterling Collection

11 = Closed Stacks

12 = Unidentified

13 = Chance Vought Archives

14 = Twirly Birds Archives

Image Format Code

P = Photograph/Postcard

S = Slide

N = Negative

T = Positive Transparency

B = Black and White

C = Color

Example: 4RWF-1-1-PC1

4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

RWF = Richard W. Fowler Collection

= Series Number

1 = Box Number

1 = Folder Number

P = Photograph/Postcard

C = Color

1 = Image Number

Images archived in plastic image holders may also have a location code in the format: 1/TL. In this example, the number is the sheet number and the letters indicate the top left position on the sheet. Position indicators are T = top, L = left, R = right, M = middle, and B = bottom. Position indicators may be combined to describe the position on the sheet, as shown in this example.