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UUS_14.4/1:17a
Utah
State University Agricultural College. College of Engineering. Office of the
Dean.
College of Engineering War Production Training Files
1940-1944
14 boxes
7 linear feet
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.
Collection materials are in English.
Restrictions
Open to public research.
Copyright
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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.
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.
These papers were processed between October 2000 and February 2001.
College of Engineering War Production Training Files (USU_14.4/1:17a). Utah State University. Special Collections
& Archives.
Historical Note
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.
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
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.
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)
Colleges and Universities
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.
World War, 1939-1945--War
work--Schools--Utah--Logan.
Military
education--Utah--Logan.
USU--History (Engineering)
USU--History, 1939-1945.
USU--Faculty and staff.
Container List
Federal and State Programs
1941-1944
1
1
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Materials summary
1
2
NYA, Equipment and tools
1
3
NYA, Equipment and tools
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
1
10
ASTP, Instructor's Records
NOTE: Student Grade Sheets (transcripts) removed to 11.3/1-2.
1
11
ASTP, Inventory
1
12
ASTP, Correspondence with M.R.
Merrill
1
13
ASTP, Payroll
1
14
ASTP, Payroll
1
15
ASTP, Payroll, Summary
1
16
War Production Training (WPT)
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
2
6
ESMWTP, Engineering Drawing
2
7
ESMWTP, Engineering Drawing, Student
Applications
2
8
ESMWTP, Radio, Payroll and Expenses
2
9
ESMWTP, Radio, Report
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
2
15
ESMWTP, Soil Mechanics
2
16
ESMWTP, Soil Mechanics, Equipment
2
17
ESMWTP, Student Applications
2
18
ESMWTP, Reinforced Concrete Design
2
19
ESMWTP, Metals and Heat Treatment
2
20
ESMWTP, Form announcing commencement of
coursework
2
21
ESMWTP, Budget
2
22
ESMWTP, Regional Advisors
2
23
ESMWTP, Proposals, Metals and Heat
Treatments
2
24
ESMWTP, Proposals, Reinforced Concrete
Design
2
25
ESMWTP, Proposals, Advanced Fluid
Mechanics
2
26
ESMWTP, Proposals, Aerial Photography and
Mapping
2
27
ESMWTP, Proposals, Engineering National
Defense
2
28
ESMWTP, Proposals, Elementary
Cartography
2
29
ESMWTP, Proposals, Photogrammetry
2
30
ESMWTP, Proposals, Metals and Heat
Treatment
2
31
ESMWTP, Proposals, Fundamentals of
Radio
3
1
ESMWTP, Proposals, Engineering
Drawing
3
2
ESMWTP, Proposals, Engineering
Drawing
3
3
ESMWTP, Proposals, Fundamentals of
Radio
3
4
ESMWTP, Fund Report
3
5
ESMWTP, Requisitions
3
6
ESMWTP, Payroll
3
7
ESMWTP, Final Proposal
3
8
ESMWTP, A, Miscellaneous
3
9
ESMWTP, Affidavits of Loyalty
3
10
ESMWTP, Correspondence with H.M.
Crothers
3
11
ESMWTP, C, Miscellaneous
3
12
ESMWTP, Israelsen, O.W.
3
13
ESMWTP, Morris, Samuel B.
3
14
ESMWTP, Peterson, E.G.
3
15
ESMWTP, Seaton, R.A.
3
16
ESMWTP, S, Miscellaneous
3
17
ESMWTP, Taylor, A. LeRoy
3
18
ESMWTP, Final Report
Federal and State Agencies
1940-1944
4
1
Civilian Aeronautics Administration (CAA),
Payroll
4
2
CAA, Miscellaneous
4
3
CAA, Payments received, Elementary
4
4
CAA, Payments received, Secondary
4
5
CAA, Requisition Books
4
6
ESMWTP, Requisition Books
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
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
5
7
Utah State Board of Vocational Education (War
Production Training Program), Enrollment Reports
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
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
Companies
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 Forms
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
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
1940-1943
11
1
Advisory Committee for National Defense
Training
11
2
Army and Navy Munitions Board
11
3
Bernston, Russell E.
11
4
Blackburn, Garth
11
5
Bowers, Harold C.
11
6
Christensen, Fred
11
7
Conley, Donald E.
11
8
Curtis, Ira, State Employment Office
11
9
Dalley, James
11
10
Davis, James V. Jr.
11
11
Dewey, T.A.
11
12
Dewey, W.E.
11
13
Gundersen, H.B., Letters of
Authorization
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
12
3
Instructors, Past
13
1
Jeppsen, E.C., Director State Industrial
Division
13
2
Johnson, J.J.
13
3
Larson, Rulon
13
4
Manson, D.L.
13
5
Minty, C.C.
13
6
Minty, C.C.
13
7
Minty, R.J.
13
8
Nelson, Jay L.
14
1
Nyman, Ross A.
14
2
Office of Production Management
14
3
Olsen, Frank
14
4
Peterson, E.G. (President)
14
5
Robertson, Von H.
14
6
Signal Corps, Correspondence
14
7
Smith, Hyrum
14
8
Staff, Form letters
14
9
Telegrams, copies to State Office
14
10
Summers, Lowell
14
11
Theurer, H.A.
14
12
War Department
Miscellaneous
14
13
Payroll, data prior to
May 1942
14
14
Personnel Directory
14
15
Personnel Directory,
Out-of-school-youth
14
16
Personnel Directory, NYA
14
17
Travel Accounts
14
18
War Department, Equipment correspondence