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Overview: Correspondence, speeches, writings, photographs, oral history interviews, and various other types of material documenting Bowles' long career in public service. The bulk of the collection documents Bowles' career after 1942, when he assumed the position of Connecticut State Tire Rationing Administrator. After that date, the papers illuminate Bowles' varied roles as state and federal administrator, politician, diplomat, publicist and as author and consultant. The papers shed much light on a wide range of subjects, including U.S. politics, economic policy, foreign policy, U.S. foreign aid and development policies, India, U.S. relations with India, Connecticut politics, and activities of American organizations and individuals in the field of liberal politics, civil rights and other causes. There is correspondence with six U.S. Presidents, Congressmen, federal and state government officials, Prime Ministers and other officials of foreign governments, press people, and leaders of liberal U.S. groups, as well as with constituents and admirers in the general public.

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Part III, Series II. India and Nepal correspondence, 1951-1953.

• Box 98, folders 319-324: Correspondence with various Government of India officials, 1951-1953
• Box 99, folders 325-327: Correspondence with various Government of India officials, 1951-1953
• Box 108, folders 456-462: Correspondence , memoranda, and reports relating to the Technical Cooperation Administration, India, 1951-1953
• Box 109, folders 463-473: Correspondence , memoranda, and reports relating to the Technical Cooperation Administration, India, 1951-1953

Part VII, Series III. Special Subjects, India and U.S. Mission to India, 1963-1969.

• Box 345, all folders: Caste--reports and clippings THROUGH Economic aid: U.S.--Bokaro Steel Mill
• Box 346, all folders: Economic aid: U.S.--Briefing papers by State THROUGH Economic & economic development--printed material
• Box 347, all folders: Economic & economic development--clippings THROUGH Education--printed material & clippings
• Box 348, all folders: Family planning--memoranda & reports THROUGH Food & agriculture--memoranda, reports, background material by the U.S. Embassy staff

Part IX, Series I. Photographs and memorabilia, 1924-1969.

• Box 373a, all folders: Photographs of India taken by the Technical Cooperation Administration photo team, 1951-1953
• Box 375, all folders: Photographs of India, 1963-1969. Includes embassy memorial service for John F. Kennedy (1963) and the funerals of Nehru (1964) and Shastri (1966).

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Overview: Oral history transcripts, 1971-1972, covering Ensminger's years in India, 1951-1970, as representative for the Ford Foundation. The papers also include unpublished reports and memos concerning India, 1952-1982.Note: this collection is available for research, but has been very minimally processed by archivists in Manuscripts and Archives.

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Series II. Topics related to specific projects.

• Box 7, all folders: Various reports, memoranda, and publications relating to Ford Foundation and other development projects in India, circa 1950s-circa 1970s

Accession 1983-M-011. Unpublished India reports.

• Box 1, all folders: Reports, 1953-1978
• Box 2, all folders: Reports and program letters, 1952-1973