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Historical Note
Scope and Content Note
Organization and
Arrangement
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Series Description
Newsletters, 1944-2007
Papers, 1939-1945, n.d.
V-12 Publications, 1942-1993 Bulk dates:
1942-1945
Photographs, 1944, n.d.
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Collection
Summary
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| Title |
United States V-12 collection |
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| Dates |
1939-ongoing |
| Extent |
3.5 linear feet |
| Collection ID |
MC055 |
| Abstract |
This collection is comprised of material documenting the Navy
College Training Program, known as V-12, located at Bates College,
which trained naval officers for World War II. |
| Repository |
Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library,
Bates College |
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Historical Note
In April of 1943 Bates College was selected as a training site
for the new Navy College Training Program known as V-12. The Bates
program was commissioned on July 1, 1943 and began with 292
trainees; over the course of the program, 782 trainees were
processed.
With the war resulting in a subsequent decline in enrollment,
the program helped to relieve the financial burden on the College.
The College changed to a trimester plan and adapted the curriculum
to meet the needs of the trainees. The program was decommissioned
on November 1, 1945.
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Scope and Content
Note
Among the items in the collection are two different Bates V-12
newsletters--the original one called “The Squall”
(1944-45) and one compiled by Dana Smith, a former Bates V-12
member (1984-present). There is also extensive correspondence
between Bates College administrators and Navy personnel regarding
the establishment of the program and the issues that arose during
its tenure at the College. Also included are various Navy V-12
publications as well as a booklet, compiled by the College,
describing the physical facilities it had to offer the armed
services.
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Organization and
Arrangement
Organized into four series: I. Newsletters; II. Papers; III.
V-12 Publications; and IV. Photographs.
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Restrictions
Access Restrictions
One folder contains restricted
material.
Use Restrictions
The collection is the physical property
of Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library. Bates
College holds literary rights only for material created by College
personnel working on official behalf of the College, or for
material which was given to the College with such rights
specifically assigned. For all other material, literary rights,
including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and
assigns. Researchers are responsible for obtaining permission from
rights holders for publication or other purposes that exceed fair
use.
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Related
Material
Bates College Class Letters, Class of 1945, "Bates '45: the War
Years Class 1941-45" by Keith Wilbur, Edmund S. Muskie Archives and
Special Collections Library, Bates College
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Index Terms
These records are indexed under the following headings in the
Bates College Library catalog. Researchers wishing to find related
materials should search the catalog under these index terms.
Corporate Names:
Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) --
History
United States. Navy. V-12 Program --
History
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Administrative
Information
Acquisition and Custody Information
This collection is comprised of
material gathered from the Batesiana subject files as well as
material donated by Dana Smith, a former Bates College V-12 member.
Accession No.: x-005, et al..
Preferred Citation
United States V-12 collection, Edmund
S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, Bates
College.
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MC055/01:
Newsletters, 1944-2007
1 linear foot |
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Scope and Content Note |
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This series consists of issues of “The
Squall,” (1944-45) a newsletter published by members of the
Bates V-12 program; it reported the news and social events of the
unit. There are also issues of a newsletter compiled by Dana Smith,
a former Bates V-12 member (1984-present). The Dana Smith
newsletters are a mix of the past and present; they contain current
information, letters, and photographs from former V-12 members as
well as photocopies of “The Squall,” personal
photographs and photocopies of photographs from the Bates Historic
Photograph Collection. |
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Organization and Arrangement |
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Arranged chronologically. |
MC055/02:
Papers, 1939-1945, n.d.
2 linear feet |
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Scope and Content Note |
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This series consists of a variety of papers
relating to the Navy V-12 program at Bates College. There is
correspondence between Lt. John Cass, Bates College V-12 Commanding
Officer and various Navy personnel as well as extensive
correspondence between Lt. Cass, various Navy personnel and
President Clifton Gray, Harry Rowe, Assistant to the President, and
President Charles F. Phillips. The correspondence centers around
the establishment of the program at the College and issues that
arose prior to and during its’ tenure here. It also includes
Navy-College contracts, commissioning expenses, bills for books and
engineering drawing supplies, and monthly and term statements. |
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Other items in the series include an
administrative history of the Bates College V-12 program written by
Lt. Cass; a booklet compiled by the College, describing (in text
and photographs) the physical facilities it had to offer the armed
services; a Bates College Bulletin (September 1943) which tells
about the Bates V-12 program and a certificate of commendation
awarded to the College by the Navy Department. Also included is a
regulations manual for the College’s V-12 program, various
V-12 screening forms and a news clipping concerning the 40 year
reunion of Bates V-12 alumni. |
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Organization and Arrangement |
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Arranged alphabetically by folder title and then
chronologically when appropriate. |
MC055/03: V-12
Publications, 1942-1993 , Bulk dates: 1942-1945
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Scope and Content Note |
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This series is comprised of various Navy V-12
publications including five District V-12 Memoranda (July 1944-June
1945), three Navy V-12 Bulletins (1943), a U.S. Navy V-12 Film
Catalogue (undated), an address entitled “The Future of
Officer Training in the Navy (February 1945), a publication
entitled “What College Administrator’s Want to Know
About the Navy’s V-1 Program” (1942) and a booklet
entitled “50th Anniversary of the Navy-Marine V-12
(1993). |
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Organization and Arrangement |
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Arranged alphabetically by folder title. |
MC055/04:
Photographs, 1944, n.d.
1 folder |
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Scope and Content Note |
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This series consists of a few orginal photographs
of the trainees, including Leo J. Ryan, who became a California
Congressman and was killed in Guyana in 1978 during the Jonestown
massacre. |
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Organization and Arrangement |
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By subject. |
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