A Guide to the University of Virginia World War II Records, #RG-2/1/3.061

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University of Virginia World War II Records, Accession #RG-2/1/3.061, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These records pertaining to the participation of the University of Virginia in World War II consist of several collections, formerly with manuscript accession numbers, including the following:

2153 Gift of Joseph L. Vaughan, School of Engineering, UVA, on April 13, 1945.

2185 Gift of James Hart, Colonnade Club, UVA, on May 22, 1945.

2192 Gift of Captain Moomaw, Headquarters, 3317th Service Unit, UVA, on June 22,1945.

2193 Gift of Dr. Harvey E. Jordan, University Hospital, UVA, on June 22, 1945.

2293 Gift of Joseph L. Vaughan, School of Engineering, UVA, on May 14, 1946.

2302 Gift of President's Office, University of Virginia, on May 21, 1946.

2333 U.S. Navy to UVA President's Office, then archival transfer on June 19, 1946.

2366 Gift of Isabella Burnet, Charlottesville, on August 20, 1945.

2368 Gift of Joseph L. Vaughan, School of Engineering, UVA, on August 20, 1945.

2497 Gift of Professor William A. Kepner, Biology, UVA, on September 6, 1946.

7619 Archival transfer on July 12, 1964.

7619-a Anonymous gift on August 29, 1964.

8957 Archival transfer on August 15, 1968.

8980 Anonymous gift on August 29, 1968.

9072 Archival transfer on December 27, 1968.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the records of the University of Virginia and its participation in World War II, 1938-1946, 1951, and undated, ca. 1,650 items (7 Hollinger boxes, 3 linear feet), chiefly correspondence; applications, course outlines, instructor's notes, student papers, course work, examinations and grades; financial material, such as invoices; photographs; and historical material and speeches about World War II.

Correspondence in the collection include: cards and letters to Professor Joseph L. Vaughan from former students in the University of Virginia Engineering School and other alumni in the services; correspondence from Lewis Goldstein to William Kepner; correspondence of the 8th Evacuation Hospital Unit; and correspondence of B.F.D. Runk and Tom Brown.

Materials concerned with the history of University involvement in World War II, include the papers of the University of Virginia Committee on the Preservation of Material on World War II, 1941-1946; Address cards for Medical Alumni in Service; a history of the 3317th Army Specialized Training Unit; the remarks of James Hart on V-E Day; and Lamont Pugh's speech to the Medical Alumni, "And So It Rolls. "

Contents List

Series I: Army Air Force Pre-Meteorological Program

Box-folder 1:1
Pre-Meteorological Program-Charles H. Kauffmann, 1942 December-1943 March
Box-folder 1:2
Pre-Meteorological Program-Gordon Whyburn, 1943 February-1944 January
Box-folder 1:3
Correspondence: George O. Ferguson and Captain Clifford Rawson, 1943 February-March
Box-folder 1:4
Correspondence: Grade Requests, 1943 June-1945 June
Box-folder 1:5
Correspondence: Charles H. Kauffmann- Application Information A-D, 1942 December-1943 April
Box-folder 1:6
Correspondence: Charles H. Kauffmann-Application Information E-L, 1942 December-1943 April
Box-folder 1:7
Correspondence: Charles H. Kauffmann-Application Information M-S, 1942 December-1943 May
Box-folder 1:8
Correspondence: Charles H. Kauffmann-Application Information T-Z, 1942 December-1943 April
Box-folder 1:9
Correspondence: Position Inquires, 1943 March-June
Box-folder 2:1
Correspondence: Gordon Whyburn, 1943 February-1944 June
Box-folder 2:2
Correspondence: Gordon Whyburn and H.R. Byers, Institute of Meteorology, 1943-1944
Box-folder 2:3
Correspondence: Gordon Whyburn and William L. Hart, Consultant Army Air Forces, 1943 February- April
Box-folder 2:4
Correspondence: Gordon Whyburn and Eldon L. Johnson, Academic Director, 1943 March-1944 February
Box-folder 2:5
Correspondence: Gordon Whyburn and Major H.E. Knierim, Charlottesville Training Detachment, 1943 February-May
Box-folder 2:6
Correspondence: Gordon Whyburn and William T. Reid, Acting Academic Director, 1944 March
Box-folder 2:7
Correspondence: Gordon Whyburn and C.G. Rossby, Chairman of University Meteorological Committee, 1943 February-1944 April
Box-folder 2:8
Correspondence: Gordon Whyburn and Major Darius D. Thorpe, Charlottesville Training Detachment, 1943 June-1944 February
Box-folder 2:9
Course Outlines: Courses I-III, 1943-1944
Box-folder 2:10
Course Outlines: Courses IV- V, 1943-1944
Box-folder 2:11
Course V Examinations, 1943 June-1944 January
Box-folder 2:12
Course V Instructors' Notes, 1942-1944
Box-folder 2:13
Course V Instructors' Record Books, 1943-1944
Box-folder 3:1
Course V Student Papers C-J, 1943-1944
Box-folder 3:2
Course V Student Papers N-T, 1943-1944
Box-folder 3:3
Faculty Lists, 1943-1944
Box-folder 3:4
Grades, 1944 February
Box-folder 3:5
Grades, 1944 January
Box-folder 3:6
Grades, 1943 November, December
Box-folder 3:7
Grades, 1943 September, October
Box-folder 4:1
Grades, 1943 August
Box-folder 4:2
Grades, 1943 June, July
Box-folder 4:3
Grades, 1943 May
Box-folder 4:4
Grades, 1943 March, April
Box-folder 4:5
Graduation Information, 1944 February
Box-folder 5:1
Invoices for Textbooks and Supplies, 1943-1944
Box-folder 5:2
Pamphlets and Information, 1943-1944

Series II: General and Navy Files

Box-folder 5:3
Civil Defense Organization, 1942
Box-folder 5:4
Correspondence: from China, 1938 November-1944 September
Box-folder 5:5
Correspondence: Eighth Evacuation Hospital, 1943 March-1945 October
Box-folder 5:6
Correspondence: Lewis Goldstein to William A. Kepner, 1944 September-1945 January
Box-folder 5:7
Correspondence: Alumni in Service to Professors, 1941 December-1945 February
Box-folder 5:8
Correspondence: Lt. Comm. B.F.D. Runk and Lt. Tom Brown to Professors, 1944 April-1945 May
Box-folder 5:9
Correspondence: Alumni A-K to Joseph L. Vaughan, 1944 February-1946 June
Box-folder 5:10
Correspondence: Alumni L-W to Joseph L. Vaughan, 1943 January-1945 December
Box-folder 5:11
Correspondence: Joseph L. Vaughan Newsletters to Alumni, 1945 January-August
Box-folder 6:1
Extension Division Reports, 1943 February-1944 June
Box-folder 6:2
Extension Division Reports, 1941 June-1942 October
Box-folder 6:3
History of the 3317th Army Specialized Training Unit at University of Virginia, n.d.
Box-folder 6:4
Medical Alumni in Service Address Cards A-N, n.d.
Box-folder 6:5
Medical Alumni in Service Address Cards O-Y, n.d.
Box-folder 6:6
Members of Geology B-1 Class Killed in WWII (1926-1945), [1945]
Box-folder 6:7
Minute Men of '40, 1940
Box-folder 6:8
Naval Building Ground Breaking Photo of President Newcomb, University physicists, and Naval Officers, 1946 May
Box-folder 6:9
Naval Marchk of Commendation, V-12 Unit, 1946 June
Box-folder 6:10
Naval Ordinance Development Award for "Guided Missile " and Pin, 1945 December
Box-folder 6:11
Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps, 1942
Naval ROTC Placard concerning Sign-out for meals to be missed, [1943 August 30]

Oversize.
Box-folder 6:12
Navy V-12 Training Unit, 1943
Box-folder 7:1
Fifth Naval District war diary of Captain Edgar M. Williams 1944
Box-folder 7:2
Photographs: "Dawn Patrol, "n.d.
Box-folder 7:3
Photographs: General Activities, [1942]
Box-folder 7:4
Photographs: Third War Loan, University of Virginia, 1943
Box-folder 7:5
Photograph: University of Virginia Corps of Cadets 1941
Box-folder 7:6
Purdue University Preservation Pamphlets, 1942, 1944
Box-folder 7:7
Rural Social Economics Alumni Newsletter, 1943 September-1945 July
Box-folder 7:8
Speech by James Hart on V-E Day, 1945 May 8
Box-folder 7:9
Speech by Lamont Pugh, Rear Admirable Surgeon General of the Navy, "And So It Rolls, "1951 June 8
Box-folder 7:10
Street Map of Bombay, India, n.d.
Box-folder 7:11
Requests for Recommendations and Commissions, etc. sent to Gordon Whyburn, 1942 January-1944 January
Box-folder 7:12
Red Cross Certificate to Roy Land, n.d.