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Central Policy Files, 1914-1918: Files List

ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE Board

Appointments: Members: 1918

Committee on Gases Used in Warfare: 1918

Committee on Patent Office: 1918

Committee on Publicity & Publications: 1918

Committee on Review of Draft Cases of Research Men: 1918

Interim Committee: Meetings: 1918; 1917

Meetings: 1918

Projects

Admission of German Scientific Literature to US: 1918

Consideration of Congressional Bills for Engineering Experiment Stations: 1918

Nomination of Engineers for Submarine Duty: 1918

Placement Service for Exiled Russian Scientists: Proposed: 1918

Plan for Promotion of Research in Physics & Chemistry by Rockefeller Foundation: 1918

Scientists for Service in Allied Laboratories: Proposed: 1918

General: 1918 Jul; 1918 Jan

EXECUTIVE Committee

Appointments: Members: 1916-1917

Committee on Aeronautics: 1917

Committee on Agriculture

Projects: Production of Phosphate Fertilizer without Sulphuric Acid: 1917

General: 1916-1917

Committee on Anatomy: 1917

Committee on Anthropology: 1917

Committee on Astronomy

Subcommittee on Daylight Savings Time: 1917

General: 1916-1917

Committee on Botanical Raw Products: 1917

Committee on Botany

Projects: Cotton Substitute for Manufacture of Explosives

Subcommittee on Forestry: 1917

General: 1916-1917

Committee on Census Research

Census Blanks: 1917

General: 1916-1917

Committee on Chemistry

Projects: 1917

Reorganization: 1917

Subcommittee on Analytical Chemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Biochemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Carbohydrates: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Cellulose & Paper: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Cements & Related Building Materials: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Ceramics: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Chemical Apparatus: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Dyestuffs & Textiles: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Electrochemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Explosives: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Fats Fatty Oils & Soaps: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Fermentation: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Food Chemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Forest Products: 1917

Subcommittee on Fuels: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Gases Used in Warfare: 1917

Subcommittee on Glass: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Glue & Other Colloids: 1917

Subcommittee on Inorganic Chemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Leather & Tanning: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Metallurgical Chemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Mineralogical & Geological Chemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Nitrates & Ammonia: 1917

Subcommittee on Organic Chemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Paints Varnishes & Resins: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Pharmaceutical Chemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Physical Chemistry: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Potash: 1917

Subcommittee on Rubber: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Soils & Fertilizers: 1916-1917

Subcommittee on Synthetic Drugs: 1917

General: 1916-1917

Committee on Cooperation with Government Committee on Ocean Surveys & Ice Patrols: 1916

Committee on Engineering

Meetings: Minutes: 1917

Memoranda: Weekly: 1917

Projects: Submarine Warfare: Concealment of Ships with Water Spray: 1917

Projects: Submarine Warfare: General: 1917

Projects: Substitute for Lead in Shrapnel Bullets: 1917

Projects: General: 1917

Subcommittee on Protective Body Armor: 1917

General: 1916-1917

Committee on Food: 1917

Committee on Forestry: 1917

Committee on Gases Used in Warfare :1917

Committee on Geography: 1916-1917

Committee on Geology & Paleontology

Pacific Coast Subcommittee on Geology

Subcommittee on Cantonments & Topographical Instruction in Training Camps: 1917

General: Aug 1917; Jan 1917

Committee on Hygiene: 1916-1917

Committee on Mathematics: 1916-1917

Committee on Medicine & Hygiene

Subcommittee on Psychiatry: Projects: Study of Shell Shock in France: Proposed: 1917

Subcommittee on Psychiatry: Projects: General: 1917

Subcommittee on Sterilization of Water: 1917

General: 1917

Committee on Navigation & Nautical Instruments: 1917

Committee on Nitrate Supply: 1916-1917

Committee on Noxious Gases: 1917

Committee on Office & Secretary in Washington: 1916-1917

Committee on Office in Engineering Societies Building in New York: 1916

Committee on Optical Glass: Jul 1917; Mar 1917

Committee on Optical Instruments: 1917

Committee on Orgainzation of Research in Anthropological & Sociological Sciences: 1916

Committee on Patent Office: 1917

Committee on Physics

Projects: Centrifugal Gun: 1917

Projects: Dark Light Signaling: 1917

Projects: Propellant for Torpedoes: 1917

Projects: Use of High Pressure in Manufacture of Guns: 1917

Projects: General: 1917

Subcommittee on Aeronautical Instruments: Projects: 1917

Subcommittee on Aeronautical Instruments: General: 1917

Subcommittee on Binoculars vs Monoculars: 1917

Subcommittee on Camouflage: 1917

Subcommittee on Location of Invisible Aircraft: Aug 1917; Apr 1917

Subcommittee on Meteorology: Proposed: 1917

Subcommittee on Naval Range Finder: 1917

Subcommittee on Prevention of Static Charges on Airships: 1917

Subcommittee on Range Finder for Anti-Aircraft Service

Subcommittee on Sound Ranging: 1917

Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: Chicago: 1917

Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: Madison: 1917

Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: Magnetic Detection: 1917

Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: Nahant: 1917

Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: New London: 1917

Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: New York City: 1917

Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: San Pedro: 1917

Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: General: 1917

Subcommittee on Wireless: 1917

General: 1917

Committee on Physiology

Projects: Effect of Altitude on Pilots: 1917

Subcommittee on Hemorrhage Control: 1917

Subcommittee on Industrial Fatigue: 1917

Subcommittee on Shock: 1917

Subcommittee on Transfusion after Hemorrhage: 1917

Subcommittee on General: 1916-1917

Committee on Preventative Medicine: 1916

Committee on Promotion of Industrial Research: 1916-1917

Committee on Psychology

Meetings: Minutes: 1917

Projects: Deception Test: 1917

Subcommittee on Incapacity Reeducation & Vocational Training: 1917

Subcommittee on Methods for Psychological Examination of Recruits: 1917

Subcommittee on Military Training & Discipline Problems: 1917

Subcommittee on Problems of Aviation: 1917

Subcommittee on Tasks of Special Skill: 1917

Subcommittee on Visual Problems: 1917

General: Jul 1917; Apr 1917

Committee on Relations w State Research Councils: 1917

Committee on Representation of Various Scientific Activities in NRC Membership: 1917

Committee on Research in Educational Institutions

Suggestions for Research: George Washington U: 1917

General: 1916-1917

Committee on Signaling: 1917

Committee on Synthetic Organic Chemistry: 1916

Committee on Toxicity of Preserved Foods: Advisory: 1916-1917

Committee on Zoology & Animal Morphology: 1916-1917

Committee on Zoology

Projects: Location of Submarines w Seagulls & Seals: 1917

General: 1917

Committee to Confer with Special Committee of Engineering Foundation concerning EF-NRC Relationships: 1917

Committee to Cooperate with Council of National Defense (CND): 1917

Foreign Service Committee: Jul 1917; Mar 1917

Interim Committee: Appointments: Members: 1917

Meetings: 1916-1917

Military Committee

Projects: Military Uniform & Blanket Specifications: 1917

Projects: Research Information Committee: Beginning: 1917

Projects: Twenty-four Problems from Naval Bureau of Construction & Repair: 1917

Subcommittee on Electrical Communications: 1917

Subcommittee on Smokeless Powder: 1917

Subcommittee on Utilization of Confiscated Opium: 1917

General: 1916-1917

Projects

Admission of German Scientific Literature to US: 1917

Cartridge Primer Investigation: 1917

Consideration of Congressional Bills for Engineering Experiment Stations: 1916-1917

Ear Protectors: 1917

Helium Production: 1917

Military Status of Scientists & Technicians: 1916-1917

Proposed: 1917

Recommendations of Twenty-five Scientists & Technicians for Service in French Laboratories: 1917

Recommendations Concerning Personnel & Organization of Gas Warfare Units: 1917

Submarine Chasers: 1917

General: 1917

General: Sep 1917; Sep 1916

FELLOWSHIPS

1916-1918

INSTITUTIONS Associations Individuals

American Association for Advancement of Science: 1917-1918

American Psychological Association

Committee on Psychological Examination of Recruits: Jul 1917; Apr 1917

Committee on Psychological Literature: 1917

Committee on Psychological Problems of Aviation: 1917

General: 1918; Jun 1917; Jan 1917

Association of State Geologists: 1917-1918

Committee on Provision for Feeble-Minded: 1918

Engineering Council: War Committee of Technical Societies: 1917-1918

Engineering Foundation: 1918

Beginnings: 1915

Goddard R H: Rocket Gun: 1918

Hale G E: Personal Papers: 1917-1918

Millikan R A: Personal Papers

Sep 1918; Jul 1918; Apr 1918; Jan 1918

Sep 1917; May 1917

Mount Wilson Observatory: War Work: 1917-1918

National Association of Cotton Manufacturers: 1918

National Committee for Mental Hygiene: 1917-1918

National Institute of Inventors: 1917-1918

Research Corp: 1916

Science Service: Proposed: 1917

Throop College of Technology: 1917-1918

Western Electric Company: 1917-1918

General: 1917-1918

INTERNATIONAL Relations

Academies & Councils Abroad

Canadian Honorary Advisory Council for Science & Industrial Research: 1917-1918

General: 1917-1918

Institutions Associations Abroad

College des Etats Unis: Proposed: 1918

Inter-Allied Exchange of Information

French & British Scientific Mission to US: Notes on British Submarine Detection Work: 1917

French & British Scientific Mission to US: General: 1917

Italian Military Mission to US: 1917-1918

General: 1916-1918

International Congresses

Inter-Allied Conference on International Scientific Organizations: London: Planning: 1917

Inter-Allied Conference on International Scientific Organizations: London: Statement Submitted by NAS: 1918

Inter-Allied Conference on International Scientific Organizations: London: Statement Submitted by Royal Society: 1918

Inter-Allied Conference on International Scientific Organizations: London: General: 1918

Inter-Allied Conference on International Scientific Organizations: Paris: 1918

International Organizations

International Association of Academies: 1917

International Geodetic Association: 1915-1918

General: 1918

General: 1915-1918

LEGAL Matters

Patents: 1918

ORGANIZATION: NAS

Committee of Fifty on International Cooperation in Science

Joint with American Association for Advancement of Science: 1915

Committee on Amendment to Act of Incorporation: 1914

Committee on Biographical Memoirs: 1916-1917

Committee on Collection of Historical Portraits Manuscripts & Instruments: 1914-1915

Committee on Nitric Acid Supply: 1916

Committee on Organizing NRC: 1915-1916

Committee on Panama Canal Slides: 1916-1917

Committee on Synthetic Organic Chemistry: 1916

Conference Committee of NAS & National Engineering Societies: Joint: 1916

Constitution & Rules: 1915-1917

Concil of the Academy: Meetings: 1918; 1917

Future of NAS: 1914

Meetings

Annual: 1918; 1917; 1916; 1915

Annual: Business Session: Minutes: 1914

Annual: Dinner: Speeches: Transcript: 1914

Annual: General: 1914

Autumn: Members Petition to Congress Concerning League of Nations: 1918

Autumn: General: 1918

Autumn: 1917; 1916; 1915; 1914

Officers: Home Secretary: 1917

Officers & Members: Listing: 1917

Sections

Engineering: 1914-1918

Geology & Paleontology: 1915-1917

General: 1917

Trust Funds

Consolidation of Funds for Investment Purposes: 1916

William Ellery Hale Lectures: 1914-1918

General: 1917-1918

General: 1914-1918

ORGANIZATION: NRC

Activities: Report to Engineering Foundation

Criticism by Naval Consulting Board: 1917

General: 1917

Appointments: Members: 1916-1917

Committee Chairmen: Meeting: Mar 1917

Meetings

Third: Apr 1917

Second: Nov 1916

First: Sep 1916

Offers of Assistance & Requests for Science-Related Military Positions: May 1918; Jan 1918; 1917

Officers

Chairmen: 1916-1918

Secretary: 1916-1917

Vice Chairman & Director of Research: Millikan R A: 1916-1917

General: 1916-1917

Organization & Members: Listing: Oct 1918; Nov 1917

Reorganization

  • Post-War: Committee on Organization: 1918
  • Post-War: General: 1918
  • War: 1918; 1917

Staff

Listings: 1917-1918

General: 1917-1918

ORGANIZATION

Policy: 1916-1918

Relationship: NAS-NRC: 1917-1918

Relationships with Government

Franking &Telegraph Privileges: 1917-1918

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: 1917-1918

War Department: Post-War Liaison with NRC: 1918

General: 1917-1918

Relationships with Professional & Scientific Organizations

American Association for Advancement of Science: 1916-1918

Engineering Groups: 1918; 1917; 1916

General: 1915-1918

PROTECTION

Oath of Office: 1918

Security Questions Concerning American Scientists: 1917

General: 1916-1918

PUBLIC Relations

Brochures: NAS: Description of Activities

Membership & Financial Needs: 1915

Brochures: NRC

Basis of Organization & Means of Cooperation with State Councils of Defense: 1917

Origin Scope & Organization: 1917

Inaugurations Ceremonies Speeches: Speeches

Campbell W W: International Cooperation in Science: 1917

Carty J J: Relation of Pure Science to Industrial Research: 1916

Conklin E G: Organic Evolution: 1917

Durand W F: Aspects of Aeronautics: 1917

Hale G E: National Engineering Society & NRC: 1918

Hale G E: War Activities of NRC: 1918

Rutherford E: Constitution of Matter & Evolution of Elements: Final Manuscript: 1915

Rutherford E: Constitution of Matter & Evolution of Elements: Transcript: 1914

Newspaper & Magazine Articles: 1916-1918

Press Releases: 1916-1918

General: 1916-1918

PUBLICATIONS

Annual Tables of Constants & Numerical Data: 1917-1918

International Catalogue of Scientific Literature: 1916-1918

NAS Proceedings

Creation: 1914-1915

Publication of NRC Material: 1917-1918

General: 1916-1918

Science: 1917-1918

General: 1915-1918

DIVISIONS OF THE NRC

AGRICULTURE Botany & Zoology

Collaborators with Committees

Official Recognition by Executive Board: 1918

Committee on Agriculture: 1918

Committee on Botanical Raw Products

  • Gas Mask Charcoal: 1918
  • General: 1918

Committee on Botany: 1918

Committee on Fertilizers: 1918

Committee on Fisheries: Fish Salting Investigations: 1918

Committee on Forestry: 1918

Committee on Physiological Salt Requirements of Plants

Appeal for Cooperation: 1918

General: 1918

Committee on Sisal & Sisal Substitutes: 1918

Committee on Zoology

Chairmanship: 1918

Conference on Cooperation Between Government & Laboratory Zoologists: Proceedings: 1918

Conference on Cooperation Between Government & Laboratory Zoologists: General: 1918

Executive Committee

Appointments: Members: 1918

Meetings: 1918

Formation: Jan 1918

Projects

Deferred Classification: 1918

Diatoms: Mann A: 1918

Reconstruction of Instruction & Research: 1918

War Emergency Board of Plant Pathologists: 1918

Reorganization: 1918

General: 1918

CHEMISTRY & Chemical Technology

Activities: Listing: 1918

Appointments: Members: 1918

Committee on Ceramic Chemistry: 1918

Committee on Chemical Engineering: 1918

Committee on Explosives Investigations: 1918

Committee on Nitrate Investigations: 1918

Committee on Primers: 1918

Committee on Synthetic Drugs: 1918

Committee on Textile Coatings: 1918

Committee on War Training for Chemists & Chemical Engineers: 1918

Executive Committee: 1918

Meetings: 1918

Projects: 1918

Reorganization: 1918

General: 1918

ENGINEERING

Projects

Proposed: Steinmetz J A: 1918

Super-Tank Development: 1918

Sections

Electrical Engineering: Subcommittee on Welding Research: Meetings: Minutes: Nov 1918; Sep 1918; Aug 1918; Jun 1918

Electrical Engineering: Subcommittee on Welding Research: General: 1918

Electrical Engineering: General: 1918

Mechanical Engineering: Projects: 1918

Mechanical Engineering: General: 1918

Metallurgy: Committee on Body Armor: 1918

Metallurgy: Committee on Fatigue Phenomena: 1918

Metallurgy: Committee on Improvement of Metals at Blue Heat: 1918

Metallurgy: Committee on Manganese: 1918

Metallurgy: Committee on Pyrometers: 1918

Metallurgy: General: 1918

Prime Movers: 1918

General: 1918

GENERAL Relations

Appointments: Chairman: Angell J R: Proposed: 1918

Committee on Relations with Government Research Personnel: 1918

Research Information Service: Appointments

Commercial Attaches: Proposed: 1918

Government Representatives: 1918

Scientific Attaches: Designation by State Dept: 1918

Scientific Attaches: General: 1918

Research Information Service: Exchange of Information & Documents

Foreign Governments: Britain: 1918

Foreign Governments: Italy: 1918

Foreign Governments: General: 1918

Government: Agriculture Dept: Bureau of Chemistry: 1918

Government: Agriculture Dept: General: 1918

Government: Commerce Dept: Bureau of Standards: Oct 1918; Jan 1918

Government: Fuel Administration: 1918

Government: Interior Dept: Bureau of Mines: Experiment Station: American U: 1918

Government: Interior Dept: Bureau of Mines: General: 1918

Government: Interior Dept: Geological Survey: 1918

Government: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: 1918

Government: Navy: Bureau of Construction & Repair: 1918

Government: Navy: Bureau of Ordnance: 1918

Government: Navy: Bureau of Steam Engineering: 1918

Government: Navy: Naval Experiment Station: 1918

Government: Navy: Naval Operations Office: 1918

Government: Navy: General: 1918

Government: War Dept: Bureau of Aircraft Production: 1918

Government: War Dept: Bureau of Insular Affairs: 1918

Government: War Dept: Chemical Service Station: 1918

Government: War Dept: Chemical Warfare Service: 1918

Government: War Dept: Division of Military Aeronautics: 1918

Government: War Dept: Division of Military Intelligence: 1918

Government: War Dept: Engineer Corps: 1918

Government: War Dept: Ordnance: Engineering Division: 1918

Government: War Dept: Ordnance: General: 1918

Government: War Dept: Quartermaster General's Office: 1918

Government: War Dept: Signal Corps: Engineering & Research Division: 1918

Government: War Dept: Tank Corps: 1918

Government: War Dept: General: 1918

Government: War Industries Board: 1918

Government: General: 1918

NRC: Individuals Engaged in War Research: 1918

NRC: General: 1918

Non-Govt: Assns: American Society of Mechanical Engineers: 1918

Non-Govt: Assns: Engineering Foundation: 1918

Non-Govt: Assns: General: 1918

Non-Govt: Companies: Curtiss Engineering Corp: 1918

Non-Govt: Companies: General Electric: 1918

Non-Govt: Companies: Western Electric: 1918

Non-Govt: Individuals: 1918

Non-Govt: Institutions: Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research: 1918

Non-Govt: Institutions: General: 1918

Research Information Service: Foreign Offices

London: Beginning of Program: 1918

London: General: Sep 1918; Jun 1918; Mar 1918

Paris: Beginning of Program: 1918

Paris: General: Oct 1918; Jul 1918; Mar 1918

Rome: Beginning of Program: 1918

Rome: General: 1918

Research Information Service

Meetings: 1918

Recognition by Military: 1918

Staff: 1918

Use of Special Mail Pouches: 1918

General: 1918

Sections: Educational Relations

Committee on Education & Special Training: 1918

Fellowships at Colleges & Universities: Listing: 1918

Plans to Offset Faculty Reductions Due to Decreased War-Time College Enrollments: Proposed: 1918

General: 1918

Sections: Foreign Relations: 1918

Sections: Industrial Research

Advisory Committee: Jun 1918; Apr 1918

Committee on Promotion: Joint with Engineering Foundation: 1918

Projects: Cooperative Research: Zinc Industry: 1918

Projects: Inventory of Laboratories: 1918

Projects: General: 1918

General: 1918

Sections: State Council Relations: 1918

General: 1918

GEOLOGY & Geography

Committee on Geography: 1918

Committee on Geological Training in Army Camps

YMCA Lectures: 1918

General: 1918

Committee on Geology & Paleontology

Subcommittee on Geology of Cantonments: 1918

Subcommittee on Road Materials: 1918

General: 1918

Committee on Reconstruction

Joint with Divisions of Engineering & Agriculture: 1918

Committee on Student Army Training Corps Courses

Course Outlines: 1918

Requests: 1918

General: 1918

European Representative: Johnson D W: 1918

Executive Committee

Appointments: Members: 1918

Meetings: 1918

Projects

Army Geological Service: Proposed: 1918

Census of Earth Sciences Personnel & War-Related Research: 1918

Coal Production Problems: 1918

Cooperation with War Dept Intelligence Section: Lists of Experts: Mexico: 1918

Cooperation with War Dept Intelligence Section: Lists of Experts: Siberia & Russia: 1918

Cooperation with War Dept Intelligence Section: Monograph Work: Proposed: 1918

Cooperation with War Dept Intelligence Section: General: 1918

Distribution of Information on Western Europe: 1918

Reconstruction Problems in Earth Sciences: 1918

General: Aug 1918; Jun 1918; Jan 1918

MEDICINE & Related Sciences

Activities

Listing: 1918

Summary: 1918

Committee on Anatomy: 1918

Committee on Anthropology

Reorganization: 1918

Subcommittee on Anthropometry in Army: 1918

Subcommittee on Race in Relation to Disease: 1918

Survey of Problems: 1918

General: Apr 1918; Jan 1918

Committee on Biochemistry: 1918

Committee on Improvement of Transfusion Methods :1918

Committee on Industrial Poisonings

Beginning of Program: 1918

Meetings: 1918

General: Sep 1918; Jun 1918

Committee on Medical Zoology

Subcommittee on Entomology: Louse Investigation: 1918

Subcommittee on Entomology: General: 1918

Subcommittee on Helminthology: 1918

Subcommittee on Protozoology: 1918

General: 1918

Committee on Medicine & Hygiene: 1918

Committee on Neurology & Psychiatry

Projects: Analysis of Army Discharge Records: 1918

General: 1918

Committee on Physiology

Projects: Lungmotor Investigation: 1918

Subcommittee on Fatigue in Industrial Pursuits: 1918

Subcommittee on Shock: Concussion Shock Study: 1918

Subcommittee on Shock: General: 1918

Subcommittee on Solutions Adapted for Transfusion After Hemorrhage: 1918

General: 1918

Committee on Psychology

Appointments: Members: 1918

Meetings: 1918

Projects: Auditory Problems: Listeners' School Requirements: 1918

Projects: Auditory Problems: General: 1918

Projects: Aviation Problems: 1918

Projects: Deception Test: 1918

Projects: Emotional Fitness for Warfare: Conference: 1918

Projects: Emotional Fitness for Warfare: General: 1918

Projects: Military Training Problems: Re-education for the Disabled: 1918

Projects: Military Training Problems: Requests for Funds: 1918

Projects: Military Training Problems: General: 1918

Projects: Morale: Conference: 1918

Projects: Morale: General: 1918

Projects: Propaganda: 1918

Projects: Psychological Examination of Recruits: 1918

Projects: Psychology Course for Student Army Training Corps: 1918

Projects: Re-education Problems: 1918

Projects: Selection of Skilled Men: 1918

Projects: Visual Problems: Gas Mask Studies: 1918

Projects: Visual Problems: Lookout School: 1918

Projects: Visual Problems: General: 1918

Projects: General: 1918

Reorganization: 1918

Requests for Funds: 1918

General: 1918

Committee on Toxicity of Preserved Foods: 1918

Committee on Treatment of Chronic Anemia: 1918

Executive Committee

Appointments: Members: 1918

Meetings: Agendas :1918

Meetings: Minutes: 1918

Meetings: Summary of Actions: 1918

Funding: 1918

Organization & Functions: Memoranda: 1918

Projects

Analysis of Proprietary Preparations: 1918

Bibliographies of War-Related Research: 1918

Bibliographies on Streptococcus: 1918

Development of Mask to Prevent Droplet Infection: 1918

Effect of Common Antiseptics on Tissues: 1918

Fermentation Reactions of Streptococci: 1918

Immunized Skin Grafts: 1918

Increased Supply of White Mice for Army Laboratories: 1918

Investigations of Edema in Infants: 1918

Medical Aspects of Gas Warfare Investigations: 1918

Medical Education: Pathology & Epidemiology Courses: 1918

Medical Education: Recommendations Concerning Lab Work for Interns in Pennsylvania: 1918

Medical Education: Student Army Training Corps: 1918

Medical Education: General: 1918

Medical Personnel for Army Service: Pathologists: 1918

Medical Personnel for Army Service: Women Laboratory Technicians: 1918

Medical Personnel for Army Service: General: 1918

Neurosurgical Laboratory: Proposed: 1918

Research Information Service: Exchange of Information & Documents: Foreign Offices: 1918

Research Information Service: Exchange of Information & Documents: General: 1918

Research Information Service: Medical Representative at Paris: Perkins R G: 1918

Research Personnel in Base Hospitals Abroad: Survey: 1918

Research Personnel in Base Hospitals Abroad: General: 1918

Streptococci in Cheese as Possible Source of Camp Infections: 1918

Studies of Anaerobic Bacteria Using Rare Sugars: 1918

Studies of Influenza: 1918

Studies of Streptococcus Infection & Empyema: 1918

Substitute for Petri Dish: 1918

Supply & Medical Uses of Chemicals: Colloidal Silver: 1918

Supply & Medical Uses of Chemicals: Hemostatic Substances: 1918

Supply & Medical Uses of Chemicals: General: 1918

Support for Army Medical Museum: 1918

Survey of Division's Usefulness to Government Agencies: 1918

Survey of Sanitary Conditions in Turkey & Tropical Africa: 1918

Survey of War Research Problems: Institutional Summary: 1918

Survey of War Research Problems: Topical Summary: 1918

Survey of War Research Problems: General: 1918

General: 1918

General: 1918

MILITARY Division

1918

PHYSICAL Sciences

Activities

Listing of Projects: 1918

Organization Chart: 1918

Summary of Projects: Mar 1918

Committee on Astronomy: 1918

Committee on Navigation & Nautical Instruments: 1918

Committee on Optical Glass: 1918

Conferences of NRC & Military Representatives

Joint with Division of Engineering: Agendas: 1918

Joint with Division of Engineering: General: 1918

Executive Committee

Appointments: Members: 1918

Meetings: 1918

Projects: Student Army Training Corps: Physics Courses: 1918

Projects

Aerial Torpedo: 1918

Aeronautical Instruments: Bombsights & Stabilizers: 1918

Aeronautical Instruments: Field Starter: 1918

Aeronautical Instruments: General: 1918

Airplane Dope Solvent Alcohols: 1918

Airplane Power Plants: Carburetors: 1918

Airplane Power Plants: Dual Control: 1918

Airplane Power Plants: Engines: 1918

Airplane Power Plants: General: 1918

Anti-Aircraft Gunnery: 1918

Aviation Field Lighting: 1918

Aviation Fuel: Benzol Testing: 1918

Aviation Fuel: Narrow-Cut Process: 1918

Aviation Fuel: Solidified: 1918

Aviation Fuel: Substitutes: 1918

Aviation Fuel: General: 1918

Balloons: Ammonia Balloons: 1918

Balloons: Electrostatic Problems: 1918

Balloons: Helium Production: 1918

Balloons: Hot Air Balloons: 1918

Balloons: Small Balloons for Propaganda: 1918

Balloons: General: 1918

Bridgman Gun: 1918

Camouflage: Airplane Camouflage: 1918

Camouflage: Filters for Detection: 1918

Camouflage: Smoke Screens from Airplanes: 1918

Camouflage: General: 1918

Cartridge Primer Investigations: Pressure Gauge: 1918

Cartridge Primer Investigations: General: 1918

Centrifugal Gun: May 1918; Jan 1918

Coincidence Range Finder: 1918

Dry Cell Improvements: 1918

Ear Protectors: 1918

Electroplated Bullet Jacket: 1918

Flares: 1918

Helicopters: 1918

High Speed Radio: 1918

Infrared Detection: 1918

Infrared (Dyscrasite) Signaling: 1918

Kites: 1918

Lamp Signaling: 1918

Leak-Proof Fuel Tank for Airplanes: 1918

Liquid Gas Containers: 1918

Mines: 1918

Monoculars vs Binoculars: 1918

Muzzle Velocity of Projectiles: 1918

Navigation of Airplanes: 1918

Night Binoculars: 1918

Parachutes: 1918

Photoelectric Receiver: 1918

Photography: Aerial: 1918

Photography: General: 1918

Pigeon Signaling: 1918

Pressure Waves Due to Gun Discharge: 1918

Range Finder for Binoculars: 1918

Searchlight Investigation: 1918

Shop Work at Carnegie Institute of Technology: 1918

Signaling Telescope: 1918

Sound Ranging: Location of Aircraft by Sound: Apr 1918; Jan 1918

Sound Ranging: Patent Question: 1918

Sound Ranging: Seismologic Investigations: 1918

Sound Ranging: General: 1918

Submarine Detection: Crystal Detectors: 1918

Submarine Detection: Echo Method: 1918

Submarine Detection: Magnetic Detection: 1918

Submarine Detection: Proposals: 1918

Submarine Detection: Quartz Supply: 1918

Submarine Detection: Rieber Laboratories: 1918

Submarine Detection: Supersonics: 1918

Submarine Detection: Visual Detection: 1918

Submarine Detection: General: 1918

Ultraviolet (Marsha) Signaling: 1918

General: 1918

General: 1918

FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

FINANCE

Finance Committee: Meetings: 1914-1918

Financial Reports & Statements: 1918

Funds: Grants

Adams E D: 1917

Carnegie Corporation of New York: NRC General Purposes: 1917-1918

Council of National Defense: NRC General Purposes Grant: 1917-1918

Engineering Foundation: 1916-1918

Keen W W: 1917-1918

Rockefeller Foundation: Division of Medicine & Related Sciences: 1917-1918

General: 1916-1917

General: 1917-1918

TAXES

1918

GOVERNMENT

AGENCIES & Departments

Agriculture

Weather Bureau: 1916-1918

General: 1917-1918

Commerce

Bureau of Standards: 1916-1918

General: 1917-1918

Food Administration: 1917-1918

Interior

Bureau of Mines: 1916-1918

Geological Survey: 1916-1918

Joint Information Board on Minerals & Derivatives: 1918

General: 1917

Labor: Committee on Hazardous Occupations: 1918

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: 1915-1918

Navy

Bureau of Construction & Repair: 1916-1917

Bureau of Ordnance: 1917-1918

Bureau of Steam Engineering: 1916-1918

Navy Consulting Board: Committee on Industrial Preparedness: 1916

Navy Consulting Board: Special Problems Committee: 1917

Navy Consulting Board: General: 1915-1918

Special Board on Anti-Submarine Devices: 1917-1918

General: 1916-1918

Shipping Board: 1917-1918

Smithsonian Institution: 1917-1918

State: 1916-1918

Treasury: 1916-1918

War

Adjutant General's Office: Committee on Classification of Personnel: Forms:1917-1918

Adjutant General's Office: Committee on Classification of Personnel: General: 1917-1918

Bureau of Aircraft Production: Science & Research Dept: Travel Orders: 1918

Bureau of Aircraft Production: Science & Research Dept: General: 1918

Chemical Service Section: 1917

Chemical Warfare Service: 1918

Committee on Education & Special Training: Student Army Training Corps: Mental Testing: 1918

Committee on Education & Special Training: General: 1918

Engineer Corps: Sound & Flash Ranging Section: 1917-1918

Engineer Corps: General: 1917-1918

Ordnance Department: 1916-1918

Signal Corps: European Research & Investigation Mission: 1917

Signal Corps: Meteorological Section: 1917-1918

Signal Corps: Science & Research Division: Exchange of Information & Documents with War Dept Divisions: 1918

Signal Corps: Science & Research Division: Staffing: 1917-1918

Signal Corps: Science & Research Division: General: 1917-1918

Surgeon General's Office: Army Neuro-Surgical Laboratory at Johns Hopkins Medical School: 1918

Surgeon General's Office: Psychological Examination of Recruits: Tests & Forms:1918

Surgeon General's Office: Psychological Examination of Recruits: General: 1918

Surgeon General's Office: General: 1918

General: 1916-1918

General: 1917-1918

CONGRESS

Acts

Authorizing NAS to Receive & Hold Trust Funds: Amendment: 1914

Dues: International Geodetic Association: 1916

Bills: Establishment of Engineering Experiment Stations: 1916-1918

General: 1915-1917

EXECUTIVE

Council of National Defense

General Medical Board: 1916-1918

General Munitions Board: 1917

Membership Lists: 1917

War Industries Board: 1917

General: 1918; May 1917; Jan 1917; 1916

Executive Orders & Directives: EO 2859: NRC:1918

General: 1916-1918

FOREIGN Governments

1916-1918

INTERNATIONAL Relations

League of Nations: 1918

MUNICIPAL

Philadelphia: John Scott Medal & Premium: 1917

STATE Governments

California: State Council of Defense: Committee on Scientific Research: 1917-1918

General: 1917

PROPERTY & EQUIPMENT

REAL Estate

Buildings

NAS-NRC: Committee on Building: Meetings: 1918

NAS-NRC: General: 1914-1918

NRC: Office Space: 1916-1918

GENERAL

1917-1918

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