Guide to the Naval Radar School Records, 1941-1946
Record of student grades restricted for 75 years from date of creation.
Naval Radar School: Records, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
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Material related to the Naval Radar School at Bowdoin College from 1941 to 1946. According to the President's Report, the Naval Radar School at Bowdoin College utilized Bowdoin College facilities but was in no way connected to the College. The collection includes data sheets on each member of each class which typically contained between fifty and one hundred naval reserve officers recently out of College. The data sheets contain basic information on each student. There are also curricula for both the Naval Radar School at Bowdoin as well as the advanced course taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where many of the officers went following their time at Bowdoin. The Naval Radar School records also include syllabi for Naval courses as well as class photos for several of the classes at the Naval Radar School. Finally, the records also include biographical cards for Naval Reserve officers with last names from the letter P to the letter Z.
Course material for the Naval Radar School at Bowdoin College including course curriculum and syllabi as well as class photos for each class. There is also the curriculum for an advanced radar course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chronological record of Naval Training School
Class photos
Clerk steno
List of Navy wives
M.I.T. curriculum
National Archives correspondence
Navy course syllabus
Radar course syllabus
Record of grades
Data sheets for each member of every class at the Naval Radar School. These data sheets filled out by the officers include name, rank, hometown, health insurance benefactor, religious preference, previous Naval assignments and preference for next duty assignment after the course at Bowdoin.
Staff data sheets
Class 1-41
Class 2-41
Class 3-41
Class 1-42
Class 2-42
Class 3-42
Class 4-42
Class 5-42
Class 6-42
Class 7-42
Class 8-42
Class 9-42
Class 10-42
Class 6-43
Class 7-43
Class 8-43
Class 9-43
Class 10-43
Class 11-43
Class 12-43
Class 1-44
Class 2-44
Class 3-44
Class 4-44
Class 5-44
Class 6-44
Class 7-44
Class 8-44
Class 9-44
Class 11-44
Class 12-44
Class 13-44
Class 1-45
Class 2-45
Class 3-45
Class 4-45
Class 5-45
Class 6-45
Class 7-45
Class 8-45
Class 9-45
Class 10-45
Class 11-45
Class 12-45
Class 1-46
Class 2-46
Biographical cards for students at the Naval Radar School with last names starting with P to last names starting with Z. These biographical cards filled out by the officers include name, rank, hometown, which class they were in as well as their prior Naval assignment.
Cards P-Z
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