Army Specialized Training Division, Yale University, records
Scope and Contents
The records consist of correspondence, transcripts, photographs, instructional materials, and administrative files documenting the Army Specialized Training Division at Yale, particularly the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) and the Civil Affairs Specialists Training School.
Dates
- 1940-1963
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Arrangement
The records are arranged by accession.
Extent
21 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The records consist of correspondence, transcripts, photographs, instructional materials, and administrative files documenting the Army Specialized Training Division at Yale, particularly the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) and the Civil Affairs Specialists Training School.
Biographical / Historical
The Army Training Schools, comprising the Civil Affairs Specialists Training School, the Military Intelligence Service Language School, and the Army Specialized Training Program, were established at Yale in 1943. The curricula was prescribed by the Army but administered by Yale.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 42-A (YRG 42-A), Records of military training programs at Yale.
- Army Specialized Training Division (Yale University)
- Army Specialized Training Program (U.S.)
- Military education -- United States
- Military training camps -- United States
- 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
- Title
- Guide to the Army Specialized Training Division, Yale University, Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Daniel Hartwig
- Date
- June 2007
- 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