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
- United States. Navy (Organization)
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
- United States. Navy (Organization)
- 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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