davidpbowers

Lt. Col. D.P. Barrows (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  Catalogue of AEF photographs books.google.com/books?id=DJZDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA577 indicates that Barrows was Chief Intelligence Officer, A. E. F. , Vladivostok.

• Art Siegel said:

  AKA Dr. David Prescott Bowers, political science professor and president of the University of California. "During the war Doctor Barrows made a military record which brought him many citations and decorations. He entered the war as major of cavalry and later became a lieutenant-colonel. He was on active duty in both Siberia and the Philippines during the war period. Doctor Barrows received his B.A. at Pomona College and in 1910 came to the University of California as professor of education." The Stanford Daily, Volume 61, Issue 50, 17 May 1922 stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanf...

• Art Siegel said:

  "David Prescott Barrows (June 27, 1873 – September 5, 1954) was an American anthropologist, explorer, and educator." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Prescott_Barrows There is currently an effort to rename U.C.'s Barrows Hall, based on Barrows' beliefs: "Barrows Hall traces its name to former president of the University of California, David Prescott Barrows — a colonizer who believed in white supremacy. According to an op-ed that Afroilan and Williams wrote for The Daily Californian: “David Prescott Barrows described Pilipinxs (spelling to denote gender-neutrality) as ‘savages’ and implemented a system of colonial education meant to ‘civilize’ and reform ‘the vicious system of teaching in current Filipino schools.’” Barrows’ attempts to westernize and “whitewash” this marginalized minority group undermines the legitimacy of their culture in preference for the superiority of the white systems. The core beliefs Barrows held stand in stark juxtaposition of the ethnic studies and gender and women’s studies departments, which are both currently housed within the building. The dichotomy of a building simultaneously endorsing and criticizing white supremacy is quite an ironic paradox — especially when it’s on UC Berkeley grounds, the premier location for protests against injustice and inequality. “Our art is a form of protest,” Afroilan said." www.dailycal.org/2016/03/04/rename-barrows-art-movement/

• B-59 said:

  The New York herald., April 23, 1922, SECTION TWO, Page 4 printed this photo chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1922-04-23/ed-...

• Arden said:

  Thanks all for the details about Barrows. We will add some to the description.