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College of Engineering War Production Training Files, 1940-1944
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Utah State University Agricultural College. College of Engineering. Office of the Dean.
- Title
- College of Engineering War Production Training Files
- Dates
- 1940-1944 (inclusive)19401944
- Quantity
- 14 boxes, (7 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_14.4/1:17a
- Summary
- Correspondence, reports, proposals, and equipment inventories regarding defense training during World War II at Utah State University (Utah State Agricultural College). Includes material from the Army Specialized Training Program; Engineering, Science, Management, War Training Program; and other defense training programs operating under the Utah State Board for Vocational Education.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Restrictions
Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The War Production Training records were created during the tenure of George Dewey Clyde ( See also, MS 176, Papers of George D. Clyde) who served as Dean of the School of Engineering from 1938 to 1945. Clyde became a member of the Utah State Agricultural College (USAC) faculty in 1923.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This collection deals almost totally with the training of military personnel on campus. Between 1940 and 1944, the college became a hub of activity for War Production Training. Some of this was undertaken prior to the outbreak of WW II, and some afterwards. Some of the training occurred under programs offered by the federal government and War Department, while others received funding from the state. Programs represented here include the National Youth Administration (NYA); Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP); Engineering, Science, Management War Training Program (ESMWTP); and the National Defense Training Program, and War Production Training Program, both operated by the Utah State Board of Vocational Education, with federal funds.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the College of Engineering War Production Training Files must be obtained from the University Archivist and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
College of Engineering War Production Training Files (USU_14.4/1:17a). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Collection organized into 7 subseries:
- Federal and State Programs
- Federal and State Agencies
- Correspondence with Equipment and Supply Companies
- Equipment Expenditures and Forms
- Course Approvals
- Correspondence with State and Federal Officials
- Miscellaneous
Acquisition Information
The papers came from the College of Engineering in wooden file cabinets and sat undisturbed for nearly 30 years on the bottom floor of the Special Collections stack area.
Processing Note
These papers were processed between October 2000 and February 2001.
Related Materials
Papers of George D. Clyde (Mss. 176)
Utah State Agricultural College. College of Engineering. Office of the Dean. Dean's files (RG 14.4/1:17)
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Federal and State Programs, 1941-1944Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1 | National Youth Administration (NYA)
Materials summary
|
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1 | 2 | NYA, Equipment and tools |
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1 | 3 | NYA, Equipment and tools |
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1 | 4 | NYA, Correspondence |
|
1 | 5 | Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP),
Biennial Report |
1942-1944 |
1 | 6 | ASTP
Includes acquisition of Cub River Civilian Conservation Corps Camp buildings
for use on campus and at the Cache/Logan Airport.
|
|
1 | 7 | ASTP, Correspondence with Lt. Colonel Ben B.
Blair |
|
1 | 8 | ASTP, Correspondence with Central Scientific
Co., Chicago, Ill. |
|
1 | 9 | ASTP, Checklist |
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1 | 10 | ASTP, Instructor's Records
NOTE: Student Grade Sheets (transcripts) removed to 11.3/1-2.
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1 | 11 | ASTP, Inventory |
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1 | 12 | ASTP, Correspondence with M.R.
Merrill |
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1 | 13 | ASTP, Payroll |
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1 | 14 | ASTP, Payroll |
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1 | 15 | ASTP, Payroll, Summary |
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1 | 16 | War Production Training (WPT) |
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1 | 17 | National Defense Training Program (NDTP), Utah
State Office of Vocational Education, Payroll Report |
|
1 | 18 | NDTP, Supply Claim |
|
1 | 19 | Engineering, Science, Management, War Training
Program (ESMWTP), Report |
1942-1944 |
1 | 20 | ESMWTP, Budget, Monthly Financial
Reports |
|
1 | 21 | ESMWTP, Invoices |
|
1 | 22 | ESMWTP, Minutes of Regional Meeting |
1944 January 21 |
1 | 23 | ESMWTP, Institutional Representatives Meeting,
Salt Lake City |
1944 December 1 |
1 | 24 | ESMWTP, Report to U.S. Office of Education |
1942-1943 |
1 | 25 | ESMWTP, Miscellaneous |
|
2 | 1 | ESMWTP, Plan of Action |
1941 |
2 | 2 | ESMWTP, Reports, Miscellaneous |
|
2 | 3 | ESMWTP, Reports |
1943-1944 |
2 | 4 | ESMWTP, Reports, Statistics |
|
2 | 5 | ESMWTP, Engineering Drawing |
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2 | 6 | ESMWTP, Engineering Drawing |
|
2 | 7 | ESMWTP, Engineering Drawing, Student
Applications |
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2 | 8 | ESMWTP, Radio, Payroll and Expenses |
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2 | 9 | ESMWTP, Radio, Report |
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2 | 10 | ESMWTP, Radio, Report |
|
2 | 11 | ESMWTP, Photogrammentry, Report and
Payroll |
|
2 | 12 | ESMWTP, Elementary Cartography |
|
2 | 13 | ESMWTP, Aerial Phorography and
Mapping |
|
2 | 14 | ESMWTP, Advanced Fluid Mechanics |
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2 | 15 | ESMWTP, Soil Mechanics |
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2 | 16 | ESMWTP, Soil Mechanics, Equipment |
|
2 | 17 | ESMWTP, Student Applications |
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2 | 18 | ESMWTP, Reinforced Concrete Design |
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2 | 19 | ESMWTP, Metals and Heat Treatment |
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2 | 20 | ESMWTP, Form announcing commencement of
coursework |
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2 | 21 | ESMWTP, Budget |
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2 | 22 | ESMWTP, Regional Advisors |
|
2 | 23 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Metals and Heat
Treatments |
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2 | 24 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Reinforced Concrete
Design |
|
2 | 25 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Advanced Fluid
Mechanics |
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2 | 26 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Aerial Photography and
Mapping |
|
2 | 27 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Engineering National
Defense |
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2 | 28 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Elementary
Cartography |
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2 | 29 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Photogrammetry |
|
2 | 30 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Metals and Heat
Treatment |
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2 | 31 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Fundamentals of
Radio |
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3 | 1 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Engineering
Drawing |
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3 | 2 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Engineering
Drawing |
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3 | 3 | ESMWTP, Proposals, Fundamentals of
Radio |
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3 | 4 | ESMWTP, Fund Report |
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3 | 5 | ESMWTP, Requisitions |
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3 | 6 | ESMWTP, Payroll |
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3 | 7 | ESMWTP, Final Proposal |
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3 | 8 | ESMWTP, A, Miscellaneous |
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3 | 9 | ESMWTP, Affidavits of Loyalty |
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3 | 10 | ESMWTP, Correspondence with H.M.
Crothers |
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3 | 11 | ESMWTP, C, Miscellaneous |
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3 | 12 | ESMWTP, Israelsen, O.W. |
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3 | 13 | ESMWTP, Morris, Samuel B. |
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3 | 14 | ESMWTP, Peterson, E.G. |
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3 | 15 | ESMWTP, Seaton, R.A. |
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3 | 16 | ESMWTP, S, Miscellaneous |
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3 | 17 | ESMWTP, Taylor, A. LeRoy |
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3 | 18 | ESMWTP, Final Report |
Federal and State Agencies, 1940-1944Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Civilian Aeronautics Administration (CAA),
Payroll |
|
4 | 2 | CAA, Miscellaneous |
|
4 | 3 | CAA, Payments received, Elementary |
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4 | 4 | CAA, Payments received, Secondary |
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4 | 5 | CAA, Requisition Books |
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4 | 6 | ESMWTP, Requisition Books |
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5 | 1 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education
(Defense Training), Circular letters |
1941 October |
5 | 2 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education
(Defense Training), Circular letters |
1940 July - 1941 June |
5 | 3 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education
(Defense Training), Circular letters, Administration |
|
5 | 4 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education
(Defense Training), Circular letters, Supervisory |
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5 | 5 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education
(Defense Training), Circular letters, Equipment and Supplies |
|
5 | 6 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education
(Defense Training), Circular letters, Fiscal |
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5 | 7 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Enrollment Reports |
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5 | 8 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education
(Defense Training), Budget |
|
6 | 1 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Form to secure approval for changes in salaries
and personnel |
1942 October - 1943 June |
6 | 2 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Form to secure approval for changes in salaries
and personnel |
1943 June - 1944 March |
6 | 3 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Form to secure approval for changes in salaries
and personnel |
1944 March-August |
6 | 4 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Form for items requiring State Office
authorization |
|
6 | 5 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), form for items requiring State Office
authorization |
1941 July - 1944 July |
6 | 6 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Reports, Repairs to Fieldhouse |
|
6 | 7 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Reports, Costs for instruction and
supervision |
|
6 | 8 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Reports, Heating of Space |
|
6 | 9 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Reports, Electrical energy |
1940-1944 |
7 | 1 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Reports, Miscellaneous |
|
7 | 2 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Inventories, Shop equipment |
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7 | 3 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Inventories |
1942 October 1 |
7 | 4 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Inventories, Shop equipment |
|
7 | 5 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Inventories, Aircraft supplies |
|
7 | 6 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Inventories, Machine Shop |
|
7 | 7 | Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Inventories, Aluminum |
Correspondence with Equipment and Supply CompaniesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | |
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Box | Folder | |
7 | 8 | Adel Precision Products Corp. |
7 | 9 | Aeronco Aircraft Corp. |
7 | 10 | Allied Radio |
7 | 11 | Allison Engine Co. |
7 | 12 | Aviation Supply |
7 | 13 | A, General |
7 | 14 | B, General |
7 | 15 | Barrett Equipment Co. |
7 | 16 | Besley, Charles H. Co. |
7 | 17 | C, General |
7 | 18 | Cambridge Instrument Co. |
7 | 19 | Central Auto Parts |
7 | 20 | Central Scientific Co. |
7 | 21 | Central Utah Vocational Schools |
7 | 22 | Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. |
7 | 23 | Consolidated Aircraft Corp. |
7 | 24 | Continental Machines |
7 | 25 | Crucible Steel Co. |
7 | 26 | Curtiss Propeller Co. |
8 | 1 | D, General |
8 | 2 | Doall Continental machines |
8 | 3 | E, General |
8 | 4 | F, General |
8 | 5 | Fairchild Plane |
8 | 6 | Flint Distributing Co. |
8 | 7 | G, General |
8 | 8 | Galigher Machineray Co. |
8 | 9 | Geneva Steel Co. |
8 | 10 | General Electric Co. |
8 | 11 | Grisley, J.M. |
8 | 12 | H, General |
8 | 13 | Hamilton Standard Propellers |
8 | 14 | Hoskins Manufacturing Co. |
8 | 15 | I, General |
8 | 16 | Industrial Supply Co. |
8 | 17 | J, General |
8 | 18 | K, General |
8 | 19 | Keystone Rivet Co. |
8 | 20 | L, General |
8 | 21 | Lang Corp. |
8 | 22 | McMaster-Carr Supply Co. |
8 | 23 | M, General |
8 | 24 | Medenhalls of Logan |
8 | 25 | N, General |
8 | 26 | O, General |
8 | 27 | Ort, Karl |
8 | 28 | P, General |
8 | 29 | Pacific Airmotive |
8 | 30 | Paulson, Henry and Co. |
9 | 1 | Photocopy |
9 | 2 | Pioneer Aviation Sales Co. |
9 | 3 | Plomb Tool Co. |
9 | 4 | Pratt and Whitney Aircraft |
9 | 5 | Primrose Jewler Supply Co. |
9 | 6 | R, General |
9 | 7 | S, General |
9 | 8 | Salt Lake Hardware Co. |
9 | 9 | Sears and Roebuck Co. |
9 | 10 | Sheldon Machine Co. |
9 | 11 | T, General |
9 | 12 | Theurer, H.A. (Lease on Property) |
9 | 13 | Trans-American Airports Co. |
9 | 14 | U, General |
9 | 15 | V, General |
9 | 16 | Vickers Inc. |
9 | 17 | W, General |
9 | 18 | War Production Training, Equipment built or
constructed for |
9 | 19 | Welch Electrical Measuring
Instruments |
9 | 20 | Weston Electrical Instrument Co. |
9 | 21 | Whitmore Oxygen Co. |
9 | 22 | Wright Aeronautical Corp. |
9 | 23 | XYZ, General |
9 | 24 | ZCMI |
Equipment Expenditures and FormsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | |
---|---|---|
Box | Folder | |
9 | 25 | Equipment, Approval for NYA Program |
9 | 26 | Equipment, Substitution Approvals |
9 | 27 | Equipment, Substitution Approvals,
Correspondence |
10 | 1 | Equipment, Proposed Shop |
10 | 2 | Equipment, Approval of Expenses for Vocational
Education |
10 | 3 | Equipment, Equipment, Requisition fore
funds |
10 | 4 | Equipment, Rental Space Approval |
Course Approvals Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | |
---|---|---|
Box | Folder | |
10 | 5 | Proposal to operate VE-ND Corse (Vocational
Education) |
10 | 6 | Proposal to operate VE-ND Corse (Vocational
Education) |
10 | 7 | Proposal to operate VE-ND Corse (Vocational
Education) |
10 | 8 | Course Approval for OSY
(out-of-school-youth) |
10 | 9 | Course Approval, NYA |
10 | 10 | Course Approval, NYA |
10 | 11 | Course Approval, Vocational Education for
Defense Workers |
10 | 12 | Course Approval, Vocational Education for
Defense Workers |
10 | 13 | Course Approvals, General |
10 | 14 | Course Approvals, General |
10 | 15 | Course Control and Record Card |
10 | 16 | Quarterly Budgets |
10 | 17 | Salaries |
Correspondence with State and Federal Officials, 1940-1943Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Box | Folder | ||
11 | 1 | Advisory Committee for National Defense
Training |
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11 | 2 | Army and Navy Munitions Board |
|
11 | 3 | Bernston, Russell E. |
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11 | 4 | Blackburn, Garth |
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11 | 5 | Bowers, Harold C. |
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11 | 6 | Christensen, Fred |
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11 | 7 | Conley, Donald E. |
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11 | 8 | Curtis, Ira, State Employment Office |
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11 | 9 | Dalley, James |
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11 | 10 | Davis, James V. Jr. |
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11 | 11 | Dewey, T.A. |
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11 | 12 | Dewey, W.E. |
|
11 | 13 | Gundersen, H.B., Letters of
Authorization |
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11 | 14 | Gundersen, H.B., to |
1943 January 31 |
11 | 15 | Gundersen, H.B., to |
1941 June 30 |
11 | 16 | Gundersen, H.B., from |
1940 September - 1942 May |
11 | 17 | Gundersen, H.B., from |
1942 August-November |
12 | 1 | Gundersen, H.B., from |
1941 October-December |
12 | 2 | Instructors, Past |
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12 | 3 | Instructors, Past |
|
13 | 1 | Jeppsen, E.C., Director State Industrial
Division |
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13 | 2 | Johnson, J.J. |
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13 | 3 | Larson, Rulon |
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13 | 4 | Manson, D.L. |
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13 | 5 | Minty, C.C. |
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13 | 6 | Minty, C.C. |
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13 | 7 | Minty, R.J. |
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13 | 8 | Nelson, Jay L. |
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14 | 1 | Nyman, Ross A. |
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14 | 2 | Office of Production Management |
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14 | 3 | Olsen, Frank |
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14 | 4 | Peterson, E.G. (President) |
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14 | 5 | Robertson, Von H. |
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14 | 6 | Signal Corps, Correspondence |
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14 | 7 | Smith, Hyrum |
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14 | 8 | Staff, Form letters |
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14 | 9 | Telegrams, copies to State Office |
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14 | 10 | Summers, Lowell |
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14 | 11 | Theurer, H.A. |
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14 | 12 | War Department |
MiscellaneousReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
14 | 13 | Payroll, data prior to |
May 1942 |
14 | 14 | Personnel Directory |
|
14 | 15 | Personnel Directory,
Out-of-school-youth |
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14 | 16 | Personnel Directory, NYA |
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14 | 17 | Travel Accounts |
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14 | 18 | War Department, Equipment correspondence
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Military education--Utah--Logan.
- USU--Faculty and staff.
- USU--History (Engineering)
- USU--History, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--War work--Schools--Utah--Logan.
Corporate Names
- Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
- United States. Office of Education. Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Program.
- Utah State Board for Vocational Education
- Utah State University. College of Engineering--History.