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COLLECTION Identifier: Arch E80A.7

United States Navy War Adjustment Course (Harvard University) records

Overview

Registration materials, schedules, course outlines, and other materials related to the United States Navy War Adjustment Course at HBS.

Dates

  • Creation: 1943-1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Materials stored offsite; access requires advance notice. HBS Archives collections require a secondary registration form, please contact specialcollectionsref@hbs.edu for more information.

Extent

1.5 linear feet (1 carton)

The collection includes registration materials, schedules, and course outlines, correspondence regarding the course, teaching group minutes, and examinations given to students. The bulk of the material consists of student registration handouts, schedules, and examinations given in the course. A small amount of Rating Board material pertaining to standards for grading dates from 1943, before the establishment of the program.

Historical Note:

The Navy War Adjustment Course at Harvard Business School started in February 1944 and lasted until September 1945. Courses were of four months duration, and were taught by HBS faculty. Approximately fifty officers enrolled in each four month term. In its early phases the program was experimental because of uncertainties regarding demands, changes in regulations, and the unknown duration of the war. Curriculum was kept flexible throughout the school's period of operation because of shifts in the problems associated with contract termination and surplus disposal. Officers in the program studied appropriation, stores accounting, termination problems, cost analysis, factory war adjustment, handling and storage of materials, personnel and administrative problems, and problems of government in war adjustment.

Physical Location

ARCAD

Processing Information

Processed: November 1995

By: Jeff Mifflin

Processing Note:

Materials were brought together from various HBS Archives collections, including the registration and examinations collections. Student grades and evaluations have been removed. Paper clips and binders have been discarded, but no attempt has been made to remove exams from the bound volumes in which they were found.

Creator

Title
United States. Navy. United States Navy War Adjustment Course (Harvard University) Records, 1943-1945: A Finding Aid
Author
Baker Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
bak00185

Repository Details

Part of the Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School Repository

Baker Library Special Collections and Archives holds unique resources that focus on the evolution of business and industry, as well as the records of the Harvard Business School, documenting the institution's development over the last century. These rich and varied collections support research in a diverse range of fields such as business, economic, social and cultural history as well as the history of science and technology.

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