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Title: Committee on the History of the Participation of the University in WWI File, 1915-23

ID: 4/5/50

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at U-C. Committee on History of the Participation of the University in WWI

Extent: 20.6 cubic feet

Arrangement: By type of material and chronologically thereunder

Subjects: Military Aeronautics, Military History, Military Training, Public Relations, Stadium, Student Army Training Corps, Students, War Department, World War I, World War I - Intelligence, Morale and Propaganda, World War I - Scientific Research and Development, World War I - Service and Training

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Files of the Committee on the History of the Participation of the University in World War I, including correspondence, publications, reports, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, index cards, transcripts and manuscript histories including President's Office files (1916-19), War Committee and subcommittee files (1917-19), and files of the Committee on the History of the Participation of the University in World War I (1920-21), School of Military Aeronautics records (1917-19), Students Army Training Corps records (1918-19), war publications (1917-21), card indexes of faculty and students and source material for and manuscript copies of George Chapin's 1158-page "The Military History of the University of Illinois, 1868-1923". The series includes a comprehensive record of war programs from pre-war military activities, departmental participation, negotiations with the War Department, military instruction programs, faculty contributions to war literature and the activities of specific military units composed of university personnel.

Subject/Index Terms

Military Aeronautics
Military History
Military Training
Public Relations
Stadium
Student Army Training Corps
Students
War Department
World War I
World War I - Intelligence, Morale and Propaganda
World War I - Scientific Research and Development
World War I - Service and Training

Administrative Information

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 9/63

Other Note: 19 Pages

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URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/0405050.pdf

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