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Bowen, William G. 1933-2016

Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.

Born 1933 · died 2016

William Gordon Bowen was an American academic who served as the president emeritus of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, serving as its president from 1988 to 2006. From 1972 until 1988, he was the president of Princeton University. Bowen founded the digital library JSTOR.

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Where the papers are held

The surviving papers of Bowen, William G. 1933-2016 are held at Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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Read the works online

Digitised full-text books and writings by Bowen, William G. 1933-2016 — free to read.

Cite this entry

Bowen, William G. 1933-2016. “Archival papers.” Economists’ Papers, https://www.economistspapers.org.uk/bowen-william-g-1933-2016/ (accessed 17 Jun 2026).