02163mpc  2200277ua 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002300066035002200089040002400111100002900135245004500164300001800209524011800227545068100345520053001026555001401556600005501570650002901625651005201654651003401706651003701740651005301777651003401830905002101864208441819980721120000.0870622q19071957nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV87A91  a(NIC)notisAKS2449  aNICcNICeappmdNIC1 aBowditch, Edward,d1881-00aEdward Bowditch papers,f[ca. 1907-1957]  a1.7 cubic ft.  aEdward Bowditch. Papers, #4292.  Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cornell University Libraries.  bAfter receiving a law degree from Harvard University, Edward (Peter) Bowditch came to the Philippines in 1907 and became Secretary to the Governor General, and Secretary and Vice Governor of Moro Province, a position he held until 1914 when it was transferred from military to civil control.  Bowditch then served with the first civil governor of Moro Province for a period of six months.  During World War I, he served in France, becoming personal A.D.C. to General Pershing.  He was a member of the Harbord Mission to Armenia in 1919, served as an officer in the 5th and 12th Cavalry regiments, and returned to the Philippines as a member of the Wood-Forbes Mission in 1921.  aBound volumes include typescripts, manuscripts, printed pamphlets, letters and memos on various aspects of Philippine history and life.  Specific volumes concern irrigation; copies of responses to a survey of tribes in the Department of Mindanao; and correspondence between Bowditch and W. Cameron Forbes, with biographical information about Americans who served in the Philippines.  Also five photograph albums, mostly identified, of people and places in the Philippines; loose photographs of the Philippines; and negatives.0 aBox list.10aForbes, W. Cameronq(William Cameron),d1870-1959. 0aIrrigationzPhilippines. 0aPhilippinesxCivilizationxAmerican influences. 0aPhilippinesxPictorial works. 0aPhilippinesxHistoryy1898-1946. 0aPhilippinesxPolitics and governmenty1898-1935. 0aMindanao Island (Philippines)  a19980721120000.0