Yale University military and wartime activities photographs
Scope and Contents
The materials consist of photographs of Army and Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC and NROTC), Signal Corps, Yale Batteries, and Civil Affairs Training program activities at Yale during World War I and World War II. Includes images of drilling instruction, exercises, and artillery practice. There are a few photographs of Yale students during the Spanish-American War.
Dates
- 1898-1946
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged chronologically.
Extent
10.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes, 3 folio folders)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The materials consist of photographs of Army and Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC and NROTC), Signal Corps, Yale Batteries, and Civil Affairs Training program activities at Yale during World War I and World War II. Includes images of drilling instruction, exercises, and artillery practice. There are a few photographs of Yale students during the Spanish-American War.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 42-C (YRG 42-C), Records documenting military and wartime experiences of members of the Yale community.
General
Photograph depicting "military training exercise at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, where students are learning to swim underwater while fully clothed" reported missing in 2014
- Military training camps -- United States
- Photographs
- United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- United States. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Education and the war
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- Yale University -- Students
- Yale University. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
- Yale University. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- Title
- Guide to the Yale University Military and Wartime Activities Photographs
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- July 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511