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Scope and Content of Collection
Title: Thomas W. Harrell miscellaneous papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-1943
Collection Number: 90017
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, tests, manuals for tests, and a photograph, relating to the development and administration
of an Army General Classification Test to help select American soldiers for officer training and specialty training during
World War II, and especially to its application within the Army Air Forces. Includes a 1990 study by T. W. Harrell relating
to the history of the testing program.
Creator:
Harrell, Thomas W. (Thomas Willard), 1911-2002
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1990.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Thomas W. Harrell miscellaneous papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
American psychologist; chief, Personnel Research Section, Adjutant General's Office, United States Army, 1941-1942.
Scope and Content of Collection
Reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, tests, manuals for tests, and a photograph, relating to the development and administration
of an Army General Classification Test to help select American soldiers for officer training and specialty training during
World War II, and especially to its application within the Army Air Forces. Includes a 1990 study by T. W. Harrell relating
to the history of the testing program.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Manpower
World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects
Personnel management
Occupational aptitude tests
United States. Army
United States. Army Air Forces
United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Personnel Research Section