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Engineering, Science, and Management War Training records
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  • Scope and Contents
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Engineering, Science, and Management War Training records
    Creator: University of Southern California
    Identifier/Call Number: 5102
    Physical Description: 4.93 Linear Feet 5 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1941-1945
    Abstract: This collection consists of USC's final course proposals for the United States Office of Education's Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program.
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1
    Container: 2
    Container: 3
    Container: 4
    Container: 5

    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of USC's final course proposals for the United States Office of Education's Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program. Course titles include Elementary Map Drafting, Cost Analysis for War Industries, and Aircraft Electricity.

    Biographical / Historical

    The Engineering, Science, and Management War Training program was a government-sponsored program that provided, without charge, college courses for large numbers of Americans to fill the need for technically trained management and supervisory personnel for the war industry surrounding World War II.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Engineering, Science, and Management War Training records, Collection no. 5102, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Administrative records
    Technical education
    World War, 1939-1945 -- California -- Archival resources
    Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Archival resources
    University of Southern California -- Archives