Logo for Walter Russell Bowie Papers, 1931-1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Walter Russell Bowie Papers, 1931-1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Collection Overview

Title: Walter Russell Bowie Papers, 1931-1945Add to your cart.

Primary Creator: Bowie, Walter Russell

Extent: -1.0 Cubic Feet

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of correspondence with Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Collection Historical Note

Born in 1882 in Richmond, Virginia, Walter Russell Bowie studied at Harvard, where he edited the Harvard Crimson with Franklin Roosevelt, and Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1909 and went on to become a renowned preacher, hymn writer, and professor of theology. A proponent of the social gospel, Bowie joined in 1920s the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, which opposed the xenophobic legislation of the post-World War I period. Walter Russell Bowie died in 1969.

Administrative Information

Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Access Restrictions: This collection is available for use by the general public.

Use Restrictions: This material is subject to copyright restrictions under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1],
[All]


Series 1Add to your cart.

Box 1Add to your cart.

CorrespondenceAdd to your cart.