Bureau of Military Information, Yale University, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 816
Scope and Contents
The records consist of administrative files, memoranda, reserve program information, correspondence, letters of recommendation, and student files documenting the operations of the Yale Bureau of Military Information.
Dates
- circa 1942-1947
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for materials authored or otherwise produced as official business of Yale University is retained by Yale University. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Arrangement
The records are arranged by subject.
Extent
11.5 Linear Feet (26 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The records consist of administrative files, memoranda, reserve program information, correspondence, letters of recommendation, and student files documenting the operations of the Yale Bureau of Military Information.
Biographical / Historical
The Yale Bureau of Military Information served as a liaison between Yale students and the U.S. Armed Forces.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 42-A (YRG 42-A), Records of military training programs at Yale.
Processing Information
Yale University records are arranged and described at the accession level by the creating office. The University Archives creates collection level descriptive records, but typically does no further arrangement and description at the accession level.
- Soldiers -- Education, Non-military -- United States
- Universities and colleges -- Administration
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Schools
- Yale University -- Administration
- Yale University -- Students
- Yale University. Bureau of Military Information
- Title
- Guide to the Bureau of Military Information, Yale University, Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Daniel Hartwig
- Date
- September 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
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