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Call Number: SC0040
Creator:
Stanford University. University Services.
Title: Stanford University, University Services, records
Dates: 1936-1957
Physical Description:
3 Linear feet
Summary: Correspondence, with some reports, minutes, and pamphlets, relating to the activities of the University Services Office. Subjects
include the Army Specialized Training Program, California Professional Survey for the War Manpower Commission, Food Research
Institute project on food in Germany, tropical disease survey in Guatemala, foreign relief and rehabilitation research, and
the development of Stanford scientific research facilities, particularly the Ryan High Voltage Laboratory. The collection
also includes other papers relating to Dr. Hanna's work at Stanford and with various national committees; correspondents include
Ray Lyman Wilbur and Donald B. Tresidder.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of Dr. Paul R. Hanna, 1968.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Stanford University, University Services, Records (SC0040). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
The University Services office of Stanford University (1942-1954) was established to carry out a program of service on a contractual
basis, focusing on the region, the nation, international studies, and business and industry. Paul R. Hanna, professor in the
School of Education, was its first director, serving from 1942-1944.
Correspondence, with some reports, minutes, and pamphlets, relating to the activities of the University Services Office. Subjects
include the Army Specialized Training Program, California Professional Survey for the War Manpower Commission, Food Research
Institute project on food in Germany, tropical disease survey in Guatemala, foreign relief and rehabilitation research, and
the development of Stanford scientific research facilities, particularly the Ryan High Voltage Laboratory. The collection
also includes other papers relating to Dr. Hanna's work at Stanford and with various national committees; correspondents include
Ray Lyman Wilbur and Donald B. Tresidder.
Hanna, Paul Robert, 1902-1988.
Stanford University. University Services.
Tresidder, Donald Bertrand, 1894-1948
Wilbur, Ray L., (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Education, Higher--Research.
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 --Manpower.