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War Service Bureau Records
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: University Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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The War Service Bureau was established early in 1943 as a means of maintaining contact with all Princeton undergraduate students, and some graduate students, during their war service. The Bureau was headed by Maurice Kelley and Minot C. Morgan, and had its headquarters at 305 Nassau Hall. Corresponding secretaries were established for each class. Secretaries were responsible for maintaining individual contact with students and making sure that each student received a copy of the Princeton Alumni Weekly and the War Service Bureau's monthly newsletter Tiger Tales. Secretaries also took care of the routine business matters of each class while so many students were away, and took over the publication of the Nassau Herald. The Bureau published the War Service Bureau Bulletins, a series of eleven pamphlets written to Princeton students serving in the military in order to address many of the concerns about the University while he was away and what would await him when he returned.
Consists of the records of the Bureau. Included in the documentation are biographical, military, and school-related information; correspondence between students and University staff, faculty, and students; and subject files from the Bureau's office. While there are only information cards for Class of 1943 members, there are individual folders for most men in the Classes of 1944 through 1949. There are also questionnaires containing academic and personal information, and issues of TIGER TALES, the Bureau's monthly newsletter.
Finding aid created in 2006.
Organization
- United States. Army
- Princeton University
- Princeton University. Class of 1943
- Princeton University. Class of 1944
- Princeton University. Class of 1945
- Princeton University. Class of 1946
- Princeton University. Class of 1947.
- Princeton University. Class of 1948
- Princeton University. Class of 1949
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- Publisher
- University Archives
- Finding Aid Date
- 1998
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The collection is open for research use.
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Collection Inventory
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Series 1: Records of Men consist of records of individual Princeton University students who served in the military from the Class of 1943 through the Class of 1949. There are single cards for each individual on which is noted biographical information, military rank, home address, service address, and other related information. There are also folders for individuals which include correspondence between Princeton University faculty and staff of the War Service Bureau office, as well as other materials relating to that student's class. For the Class of 1943 there are only cards, but for the Class of 1944 through 1949 there are individual folders for most men. The records are arranged chronologically by class, and alphabetically within each class. In general, the cards appear at the beginning of the chronological run.
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Series 2: Subject Files are arranged alphabetically by subject and consist of the office files of the War Service Bureau. A great deal of the material is routine, but included here are the class business files and corresponding secretary files, as well as issues of Tiger Tales, the newsletter published by the Bureau, and files on students who were deceased, prisoners of war, wounded, or missing in action.
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Series 3: Questionnaires (1944-1949) are arranged chronologically by class, and alphabetically within each class. The questionnaires consisted of a series of questions and categories for academic and personal information.
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