Robert Cowley collection

Identifier
irn41473
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.455
Dates
1 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41473

Extent and Medium

box

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lynn Gifford

Lynn Gifford donated her father's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010.

Scope and Content

Consists of photographs taken by Robert L. Cowley while he was a member of the 861st Field Artillery Battalion as part of the United States military. Includes photographs of wartime France and Spain, photographs of the discovery and reburial of about 800 victims of a mass atrocity, and photographs of Russian forced laborers. Some of the photographs are annotated.

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.