Overview of the National Security Committee records

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: National Security Committee records

Date (inclusive): 1947-1949

Collection Number: 91007

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 11 manuscript boxes (4.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, agenda, minutes, financial records, press releases, and printed matter, primarily relating to legislative proposals to institute a peacetime military draft (the Universal Military Training program) in the United States.

Creator: National Security Committee

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1991.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], National Security Committee records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Historical Note

Private American organization promoting a strong national defense policy.

Scope and Content of Collection

Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, agenda, minutes, financial records, press releases, and printed matter, primarily relating to legislative proposals to institute a peacetime military draft (the Universal Military Training program) in the United States.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- Armed Forces

Draft -- United States

United States -- Military policy