Faculty
Scope and Content Note
The World War II Collection is housed in three archival boxes and five oversized folders. Six series have been designated for War Training, War Administration, Publications, Veterans, Faculty, and Miscellaneous. This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, charts, published items, travel materials, pamphlets, posters, meeting minutes, photos, government bills, telegrams and reports. The collection details the development of CIT's involvement with the Department of Defense, dating from 1939 and continuing in the post war years, both in terms of scientific training and in terms of collaboration with the military.
The depth of administrative and logistical correspondence relating to the ESMWT program and its corresponding administrative body, the Engineering War Manpower Commission, is a particular strongpoint, while substantial gaps exist in the material relating to the Navy training program and the ROTC, of which the latter mainly addresses details of deferment. Correspondence relating to veterans' affairs is particularly thorough relating to CIT's alumni relations and to the development of the GI Bill, but lacks detail on the use of the G.I. Bill on CIT campus.
The information for some series may seem to overlap; however, the series designations reflect the overall content of the material and address several facets of CIT's involvement in World War II.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1940-1946
- Creation: 1939-1995
Restrictions
None .
Extent
From the Collection: 2.5 Linear feet (3 boxes)
Language
From the Collection: English
Overview
Series V contains documentation relating to CIT faculty participation in the effort to provide the military with technically trained personnel on CIT campus. This series does not contain any information on faculty involvement in research projects conducted in secret or classified military objectives; nor does this collection address faculty absence from campus to pursue top-secret military objectives. Rather, this series contains reports and correspondence from the Faculty Defense Committee, the Faculty Subcommittee on American Unity, the Post War Planning Commission, and the Faculty War Committee founded in 1941 to ensure full co-operation with National Defense Agencies. This series also contains correspondence and reports regarding the Faculty initiated Civilian Pilot training Program from 1940 to 1942.
Repository Details
Part of the Carnegie Mellon University Archives Repository