Warren C. Cowen Papers

Charles R. Rummell and Warren C. Cowen at the McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas

Photograph of American Legion officials and Mary Belle Cowen visiting Mr. Warren C. Cowen at the McCloskey General Hospital

Edward N. Scheiberling, National Commander of the American Legion, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen and Sam D. Forman, Jr., Commander of the Legion's Texas Department

men in uniform, two of whom are in wheelchairs, pose in front of poster "Texas War Chest Command"

Four men in military uniform pose in front of a poster for the Texas War Chest Commandos program

Helen Keller visiting patients at McCloskey General Hospital

Photograph of Women's Army Corps soldiers being sworn-in at an induction ceremony

Induction of Women's Army Corps volunteers

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shrum, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen with unknown military woman

Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shrum

Singer Ginny Sims meets Staff Sergeant Warren C. Cowen at McCloskey General Hospital

Singer Ginny Simms meets Staff Sergeant Warren C. Cowen

Texas War Chest Commandos

Two men in military uniform, one in a wheelchair, pose beside poster advertising to women to join a hospital company

Warren C. Cowen poses with Ted Shrum in front of a United States Army Medical Hospital recruitment poster for women technicians

[Portrait photograph of Warren C. Cowen, state legislature representative from Fort Worth/Dallas (Democrat) in the Texas State Legislature from 1947 to 1963.]

man in wheelchair with three men standing behind him

[Warren C. Cowen poses with three unidentified men]

[Warren C. Cowen seated with a group of men]

man who lost both legs in World War II tries out specially equipped car

[Warren C. Cowen sits in a specially equipped Ford from Frank Kent Motors, Fort Worth]

Charles R. Rummell and Warren C. Cowen at the McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas

Edward N. Scheiberling, National Commander of the American Legion, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen and Sam D. Forman, Jr., Commander of the Legion's Texas Department

Four men in military uniform pose in front of a poster for the Texas War Chest Commandos program

Helen Keller visiting patients at McCloskey General Hospital

Induction of Women's Army Corps volunteers

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shrum, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen with unknown military woman

Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shrum

Singer Ginny Simms meets Staff Sergeant Warren C. Cowen

Texas War Chest Commandos

Warren C. Cowen poses with Ted Shrum in front of a United States Army Medical Hospital recruitment poster for women technicians

[Portrait photograph of Warren C. Cowen, state legislature representative from Fort Worth/Dallas (Democrat) in the Texas State Legislature from 1947 to 1963.]

[Warren C. Cowen poses with three unidentified men]

[Warren C. Cowen seated with a group of men]

[Warren C. Cowen sits in a specially equipped Ford from Frank Kent Motors, Fort Worth]

Charles R. Rummell and Warren C. Cowen at the McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas	Edward N. Scheiberling, National Commander of the American Legion, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen and Sam D. Forman, Jr., Commander of the Legion's Texas Department
Four men in military uniform pose in front of a poster for the Texas War Chest Commandos program	Helen Keller visiting patients at McCloskey General Hospital
Induction of Women's Army Corps volunteers	Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shrum, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen with unknown military woman
Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shrum	Singer Ginny Simms meets Staff Sergeant Warren C. Cowen
Texas War Chest Commandos	Warren C. Cowen poses with Ted Shrum in front of a United States Army Medical Hospital recruitment poster for women technicians
[Portrait photograph of Warren C. Cowen, state legislature representative from Fort Worth/Dallas (Democrat) in the Texas State Legislature from 1947 to 1963.]	[Warren C. Cowen poses with three unidentified men]
[Warren C. Cowen seated with a group of men]	[Warren C. Cowen sits in a specially equipped Ford from Frank Kent Motors, Fort Worth]

Charles R. Rummell and Warren C. Cowen at the McCloskey General Hospital, Temple, Texas

Edward N. Scheiberling, National Commander of the American Legion, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen and Sam D. Forman, Jr., Commander of the Legion's Texas Department

Four men in military uniform pose in front of a poster for the Texas War Chest Commandos program

Helen Keller visiting patients at McCloskey General Hospital

Induction of Women's Army Corps volunteers

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shrum, Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen with unknown military woman

Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Cowen and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shrum

Singer Ginny Simms meets Staff Sergeant Warren C. Cowen

Texas War Chest Commandos

Warren C. Cowen poses with Ted Shrum in front of a United States Army Medical Hospital recruitment poster for women technicians

[Portrait photograph of Warren C. Cowen, state legislature representative from Fort Worth/Dallas (Democrat) in the Texas State Legislature from 1947 to 1963.]

[Warren C. Cowen poses with three unidentified men]

[Warren C. Cowen seated with a group of men]

[Warren C. Cowen sits in a specially equipped Ford from Frank Kent Motors, Fort Worth]

About Warren C. Cowen Papers

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, printed materials, and ephemera. Scrapbooks and newspaper clippings detail Warren C. Cowen's military career and experiences in the second World War and photographs depict Cowen before and after the fighting on New Britain. This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings and photographs documenting Cowen's work in the Texas House of Representatives as well as the county clerk in Fort Worth.