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Central Policy Files, 1940-1945: Files List Part 1

ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE Board

Administrative Committee: Meetings
1945: Dec; Oct; Jun; Apr; Feb
1944: Dec; Oct; Jun; Apr; Feb
1943: Dec; Oct; Jun; Apr; Feb
1942: Dec; Oct; Jun; Apr; Feb
1941: Dec; Oct; Jun; Apr; Feb
1940: Dec; Oct; Jun; Apr; Feb
Administrative Committee
Report of NRC Activities: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940
General: 1942; 1940

American Geophysical Union: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Appointments: Members: 1942; 1940

Army-Navy-NRC Vision Committee: 1945

Civil Service Requirements for Scientists: 1945: Aug; Jan

Committee Advisory to Weather Bureau: 1942; 1941; 1940

Committee on Apparatus Makers & Users: 1943; 1942; 1940

Committee on Anthropoid Ape Research Foundation Inc: Ad hoc: 1945

Committee on Applied Mathematical Statistics
1945
Appointments: Members: 1943; 1942
Beginning of Program: 1942
Conference: Proposed: 1943
Subcommittee on Statistical Quality Control: 1944
General: 1944; 1943; 1942

Committee on Arctic Research: Proposed: 1945

Committee on Bibliographic Service to Central & South America: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942

Committee on Bibliography of American Scientific & Technical Books: 1945; 1944; 1943

Committee on Cooperation between Industrial Research & Medical Research
Proposed: 1940

Committee on Explosions: Special: 1945

Committee on Fatigue of Metals: 1941; 1940

Committee on Fortification Design: 1945; 1944; 1943

Committee on History of NRC: 1945; 1944

Committee on H R 2937 (Lea Bill)
Proposed: 1945

Committee on H R 3366 (Lea Bill): 1941

Committee on Insect Control
Joint w NAS: 1945; 1944
Committee on Latin American Studies: Joint SSRC-ACLS-NRC
1941
Latin American Regional Resources Development Project: 1943
Meetings: 1943; 192
General: 1943; 1942
Committee on Manganese: Technologic
Joint NAS-NRC: 1940

Committee on Microfilming Materials for Research

Advisory Committee on Distribution of Microfilms: 1943; 1942

General: 1942

Committee on Morale
Joint SSRC-NRC-ACE-ACLS: 1941

Committee on Neurobiology: 1945

Committee on Optical Properties of Curved Laminated Glass: 1940

Committee on Pacific Science Handbook
Joint w ACLS: 1945; 1944
Committee on Passive Protection Against Bombing
1943; 1942; 1941
Appointments: Members: 1940
Beginning of Program: 1940
General: 1940

Committee on Patent Policy: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Committee on Problems of Deafness: 1945; 1944; 1943

Committee on Procurement of Foreign Scientific Periodicals: 1945; 1942; 1941

Committee on Publication & Library: 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Committee on Publication of Excerpts from Internatl Critical Tables: 1944; 1943; 1942

Committee on Registry of Scientific Personnel & Facilities: 1940

Committee on Report Procedure: 1944; 1943

Committee on Representation of Federal Govt in NRC: 1945; 1944

Committee on Research Laboratory Priorities
1942
Conference: 1941
Meetings: 1941
General: 1941
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning
1945; 1944
Committee on Microphotography: 1941; 1940
Committee on Visual Fatigue: 1941; 1940
Meetings: 1942; 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Aids for Hard of Hearing Children
Group Hearing Aid Study: Proposed: Fletcher H: 1940
Individual Hearing Aid Study: Proposed: Pintner R: 1940
Supporting Data: 1940
General: 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Aids to Analysis
Design & Construction of Instruments for Stereoscopic Drawings: Rule J T: 1942; 1941; 1940
Development of Machine to Solve Certain Mathematical Problems Incident to Psychological Research: Thurstone L L: 1941; 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Broadcasting
Educational Broadcasting: Tyson L: 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Microphotography
Existence of & Demand for Microfilming Legal Materials: Survey: 1941; 1940
Flat Surface Microfilm Development Program: 1942; 1941; 1940
Microfilm Reader for Individual Scholars: Distribution of Readers: 1942; 1941; 1940
Microfilm Reader for Individual Scholars: General: 1941; 1940
Microfilming of Research Materials: American Documentation Institute: 1941
Microphotography for Scholarly Purposes: Inquiry: 1940
General: 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Motion Pictures
Projectors: School Experience w Motion Picture Projection Equipment: Survey: 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Slides
Slides as Aid to Dental Education: Harvard Dental School: Tozier G H: 1941; 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Sound Recording & Reproduction
Experiment in Use of Phonograph Records as Aid to Learning in Rural Schools: New York State: 1943; 1940
Experimentation on Classroom Usefulness of "Then Came War: 1939" Series: 1940
Recording & Testing Programs for Classroom Use: Cleveland: 1941; 1940
Recording & Testing Programs for Classroom Use: Rochester NY: 1940
School Sound System: Specifications: 1940
Shakespeare Records: Test of Usefulness to Schools: Ginsberg W: 1940
State-wide Record Demonstration: Georgia: 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Sound-recording Equipment
Magnetic Tape Sound Recorder: Determination of Value as Teaching Aid: 1941; 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Sound-slide Films
Production & Testing: Cleveland: 1940
Production & Testing: Harvard U: 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects: Visual Fatigue
Progress Report to Carnegie Corp: 1940
Reading Instruments for Visually Handicapped: 1940
Studies: Behavior of Pupillary Muscles: Bartley S H: 1942
Studies: Factors in Visual Fatigue: Bartley S H: 1942
Studies: Fatigue of Single Visual Sense Cell: Hartline H K: 1942; 1941
Studies: Ocular Fatigue: Fatigue of Accomodation: Berens C & Sells S B: 1942; 1941
Studies: Problem w Glare in Connection w Visual Fatigue: Graham C H: 1941
Studies: Test to Measure Visual Fatigue in Reading: Tinker M A: 1942; 1941
Studies: Visual Fatigue: Harvard U & Tufts College: 1941; 1940
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Projects
General: 1943; 1942; 1941
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning: Reports of Director
Annual: 1942; 1941; 1940
Bimonthly: 1942 ; 1941
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning
Subcommittee on Effect of Group Hearing Aids: 1941
Subcommittee on Evaluation of Individual Hearing Aids: 1940
General: 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940
Committee on Scientific Publications
Background Data: 1940
Cooperation w Board of Economic Warfare: 1943
Cooperation w Board of Economic Warfare: Joint Censorship: 1943
Cooperation w Board of Economic Warfare: Representation on BEW Adv Com: 1942
Cooperation w Board of Economic Warfare: General: 1942
Cooperation w Com on Medical Research: Question re Withholding Preventive Medicine Information: Cattell J McK: 1942
Cooperation w Com on Medical Research: General: 1942
Cooperation w Office of Censorship: 1942
Cooperation w Office of Censorship: Discontinuance of BEW Export Censorship: 1943
Discontinuance of Censorship: OSRD Policy: 1945
Discontinuance of Censorship: General: 1945
Distribution of Unpublished Manuscripts: 1942
Reference Committees: Aeronautics: 1942
Reference Committees: Applied Mechanics: 1942
Reference Committees: Communications: 1943
Reference Committees: Communications: Dist of Unpublished Mss: 1942
Reference Committees: Communications: General: 1942
Reference Committees: Medicine: 1944; 1943
Reference Committtes: Metallurgy: 1942
Reference Committees: Microwave: 1940
Reference Committees: Nuclear Physics: Censorship of Mss: 1941; 1940
Reference Committees: Nuclear Physics: Register 1940-1944: 1944
Reference Committees: Nuclear Physics: General: 1944
Reference Committtees: General: 1943; 1942
Review of Conference Programs: 1941
Survey of Papers Withheld: 1945; 1944
General: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940
Committee on Survey of Research in Industry
Directory of Industrial Research Labs: Revision: 1940
End of Program: 1941
Executive Committee: Meetings: 1940: Sep; Mar
Industrial Research Survey: 1941
Industrial Research Survey: Illustrative Material: 1940
Industrial Research Survey: Progress Reports: 1940
Industrial Research Survey: Questionnaire: 1940
Industrial Research Survey: Supporting Studies: Foreign Research: 1940
Industrial Research Survey: Supporting Studies: General: 1940
Industrial Research Survey: General: 1940
Meetings: 1940: May; Apr
Subcommittees: 1940
General: 1941; 1940
Committee on Survey of Schools of Osteopathy
Meetings: 1944; 1943; 1942
Report: Final: 1944
Report: Taylor C V: 1944
General: 1944; 1943; 1942
Committee on Tin Recovery
Joint NAS-NRC: 1941; 1940
Committee on US Antarctic Expedition
1943; 1942; 1941
Clippings: 1940
Press Releases: 1940
General: 1940

Committee on Utilization of Scientific Personnel: 1942

Committee on War Use of Research Facilities
1943
Canvass of University & Industrial Labs: Forms: 1942
Canvass of University & Industrial Labs: Mailing Lists: 1942
Canvass of University & Industrial Labs: Statistics Derived: 1942
General: 1942

Committee on Work in Industry: 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Concilium Bibliographicum: 1942 ; 1941; 1940

Conference Board of Associated Research Councils
Committee on Latin American Studies: 1945; 1944
Committee on Measurement of Opinion Attitudes & Consumer Wants: 1945
Committee on National Roster: 1945
Meetings: 1945; 1944
Plan for Visiting Professorships: Proposed: 1944
Proposed: 1943
General: 1945; 1944

Conference on Identification of Biological Materials: 1943; 1942

Conference on Research in Comparative Physiology under Natural Conditions: 1945

Conference on Selenium Poisoning: 1941

Conference on Subsistance Agriculture in Latin America: Proposed: 1944

Conference on Substitutes for Standard Tin Plate: 1942

Defense Committees of Scientific & Technical Societies
Directory: Draft: 1941
Directory: General: 1941
Ethnogeographic Board
1945
Army Language Corps: Proposed: 1942
Conference on Pacific Scientific Problems: 1943
Meetings: 1944; 1943; 1942
General: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942

Expenditures for Research in US: 1940

Meetings
1945: Apr
1944: Apr
1943: Apr
1942: Apr
1941: Apr
1940: Apr

Nominating Committee: 1945; 1944

Office of Scientific Personnel
1945; 1944; 1943; 1942
Beginning of Program: 1941
General: 1941
Projects Proposed for Sponsorship
American Horticultural Union: 1944

Survey of Laboratories: Proposed: 1940

General: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

FELLOWSHIPS

Fellowship Board in Natural Sciences: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Lalor Foundation Fellowships: 1941

Medical Fellowship Board
1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1940
Meetings: 1941
Welch Fellowships: 1941
General: 1941
Predoctoral Fellowship Committee
Emergency Program: Conference: Jan 1945
Proposed: 1944
General: 1945

Tax Exemption: 1942

General: 1945; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

GRANTS-in-AID

1944; 1942; 1940

U of Vermont: Seismograph Station: 1945; 1943

General: 1945

INSTITUTIONS Associations Individuals

American Assn for Advancement of Science
Adv Council on Human Relations: 1941
Charter of Democracy: 1941
Office Space in NAS-NRC Building: 1944
American Astronomical Society
1942
Committee on Distribution of Astronomical Literature: 1943

American Committee for International Studies: 1941; 1940

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
1941
Conference on Microcopying Research Materials: 1940
American Geological Institute: Proposed
Constitutional Convention: 1944
Informal Assembly: 1945
Original Meeting: 1943
General: 1945; 1944

American Institute of Physics: 1945; 1944; 1943

American Library Association
Committee on Importations: 1944; 1943; 1940
Committee on Indexing & Abstracting: 1945; 1943; 1942
Latin American Libraries Assistance: 1942

American Mathematical Society: 1942; 1940

American Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Assn
Sixth Annual Award: Award to NRC: 1944
American Philosophical Society
Grantsin-Aid: 1941; 1940
American Standards Association
Committee Z-39: 1942 ; 1940

Arctic Institute of North America: 1945; 1944

Arts Sciences & Professions Inc
Independent Citizens' Committee: 1945

Bermuda Biological Station: 1941

California Institute of Technology
Defense Cooperation: 1940

China Institute of Geography: 1945

Club for Research on Ageing: 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941

Committee Supporting Bush Report: 1945

Conference on Nutritional Requirements of Ageing Population: 1941

Conference on Science Philosophy & Religion: 1940

Conference on Social Control of Subcultural Groups: 1940

Copernicus Quadricentennial Celebration: 1943

Council on War History: Advisory: 1944

Ehlers K: 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Emergency Committee in Aidof Displace Foreign Scholars
1943; 1940
Holtfreter Case: 1942; 1941
General: 1942

Engineers Defense Board: 1941

Geological Society of America: 1940

George Peabody College for Teachers: 1940

Gerontological Society: 1945

Grocery Manufacturers of America Inc
Award: 1944
Horological Institute of America
1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Industrial Research Institute: 1945

Lord &Taylor
American Design Award: 1945
Marine Biological Laboratory: Committee of Review
NAS-NRC Representatives: 1944
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Arctops Project: Proposed: 1945
National Association of Manufacturers
Committee on Patents & Research: 1943; 1942; 1941

National Council on Rehabilitation: 1945

Offers of Assistance in National Defense: 1942; 1941; 1940

Science Service: 1943; 1942 ; 1941

Smaller War Plants Corp: 1943

Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
1945; 1940
Committee on World Regions :1943

Society of American Bacteriologists: 1942

Tropical Plant Research Foundation: 1943; 1942

Type Culture Collection Research Institutions: Proposed: 1942

Washington Biophysical Institute: 1942; 1941; 1940

World Calendar Association: 1942

General: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

LEGAL Matters

Attorneys: 1941; 1940

ORGANIZATION

Activities Reports: 1945; 1944; 1941; 1940

Appointments: Chairman NRC: 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Articles of Organization & By-laws: 1941

Committees Related to Govt Agencies: List: 1943

Conferences NRC 1936-1941: List: 1941

Executive Secretary: Barrows A L
Office Memoranda: Listing 1940-1942: 1942
Office Memoranda: Nos 1401-1431: Oct 1942
Office Memoranda: Nos 1201-1400F: Jun 1942
Office Memoranda: Nos 1001-1200: Jan 1942
Office Memoranda: Nos 801-999: Jun 1941
Office Memoranda: Nos 601-791: Jan 1940
Relationship of NRC to Industrial Research: 1941

File Control: 1943; 1941; 1940

Historical Data
1945; 1944; 1940
Barrows A L: 1943; 1942
General: 1943; 1942

Library: 1944; 1943

Members NRC
Appointments: Govt Representatives: 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940
Formal Listing: 1944; 1942; 1940
Geographic Lists of NRC & Committee Members: 1942; 1941; 1940
Societies Affiliated w NRC: Listing: 1945; 1944; 1942; 1940

ORGANIZATION: NAS

Committee Adv to Navy Dept on Research
Subcommittee on Submarine Detection: 1941; 1940
General: 1940
Committee on Atomic Fission
Appointments: Members: 1941
Meetings: Minutes: 1941
Some Remarks on Production of Energy by Chain Reaction in Uranium: Fermi I: 1941
General: 1942; 1941

Committee on Buildings & Grounds: 1945; 1942; 1941

Committee on Gas Turbines: 1940

Committee on Guided Missiles
Adv to Ordnance Dept: 1945
Committee on Mathematics: Jt w NRC
1945; 1944; 1943
Aid to Navy Bureau of Ships: 1942
General: 1942

Committee on Motion Picture & Sound Recording Collections in National Archives: 1941

Committee on Nomination Procedure & Tenure of Office of President: 1940

Committee on Post-War Treatment of German Research & Engineering: 1945

Committee on Priorities for Wind Tunnel Construction: 1942

Committee on Representation of Applied Mathematics in Membership of NAS: 1945; 1944

Committee on Scientific Problems of National Parks: 1940

Committee to Advise on Supersonic Wind Tunnel at California Institute of Technology

  • Jt w NRC: 1942; 1940

Committee to Nominate US Geological Survey Director & Advisory Committee: 1943

Conference Series: Proposed: 1945

Council of the Academy: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Meetings: Annual
1945
1944: Scientific Sessions: Science from Military Standpoint: Invitations & Responses
1944: General
1943
1942
1941: Scientific Sessions: Papers: Abstracts
1941: General
1940: Scientific Sessions: Papers: Abstracts
1940: General
Meetings: Autumn
1945
1944: Scientific Sessions: Science & War: Papers
1944: General
1943
1942
1941: Scientific Sessions: Papers: Abstracts
1941: General
1940: Scientific Sessions: Papers: Abstracts
1940: General

Members: 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Nomination of Acting of Bureau of Mines: 1940

Pilgrim Trust Lectures: Jt w Royal Soc of London
1945; 1944; 1943; 1941; 1940
Projects Proposed
Linear Accelerator for U of California/Berkeley & Use of War Surplus War Dept Radar Sets: 1945

Register of Research Facilities in Educational Institutions: 1940

Research Board for National Security
1944
Conference on RBNS Personnel: 1945
Contract w Military: Draft: 1945
Contract w Military: Negotiations: 1945
Dinner: Mar 1945
Discussion of Congressional Bills: 1945
Executive Committee: Meetings: 1945
Meetings: 1945
NRC Panels: 1945
Projects Proposed to Board: 1945
General: 1945

General: 1945; 1944; 194; 1942 ; 1941; 1940

ORGANIZATION

NAS-NRC Reorganization: 1945

Projects & Appropriations 1919-1941: Welpley N: 1941

Projects Proposed for Sponsorship
Adv Services for Army Chemical Warfare Svc: 1941
Army Air Force Eglin Field Library: 1942
Atmospheric Pollution: 1945
Brown U Mathematics Program: 1941
Dental Research Project: 1942
Earthquake Project: 1945
Fisheries South Pacific: 1945
Latex Vessels in Vitro: 1942
Marine Plankton Research: 1941
Microfilming Historical Documents: 1940
Nerve Regeneration Project: Weiss P: 1942; 1941
Sea Water Investigations: 1943; 1942
Survey of R&D on Strategic & Substitute Materials: 1941

General: 1943; 1942; 1940

Staff: 1945; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

General: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

PROTECTION

1940

Security Regulations: 1942; 1941

Subversive Activities: Sabotage: 1942; 1941

PUBLIC Relations

Inaugurations Ceremonies Speeches
Frank A Howard Lectures on Industrial Research: 1945

Publicity: 1945; 1943; 1941; 1940

PUBLICATIONS

Biological Abstracts: 1942; 1941

Chemistry of Penicillin: 1945

Chinese Scientific Papers: 1944; 1943

NAS Proceedings: 1945; 1944

NRC: Industrial Research Labs of US: 1945; 1941; 1940

Russian Scientific Publications: 1942

General: 1945; 1944; 1943; 1942; 1941; 1940

Central Policy Files 1940-1945 files list Part 2
Central Policy Files 1940-1945 files list Part 3

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