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Letter requesting information from Foreign Language departments, dated Oct. 11, 1918
This is a letter with a printed letterhead 'War Department Committee on Education and Special Training'. It has a list of Advisory Board members in the upper right hand corner and a list of committee members in the upper left. There is a watermark 'Royal Seal Bond' with 'U.S.A.' underneath between two horizontal lines. The letter is from the District Educational Director, Robert E. Vinson and is to 'The President, Southwestern University, Georgetown Texas'. The body of the text announces that the Committee has appointed a language inspector for institutions with SATC units in the tenth district and requests outlines of foreign language departments from department heads. Written in pencil across the upper left-hand corner of the page is, 'French - Vaden Spanish - Gray German - Lehmberg'. The back of the letter has the watermark 'Royal Seal Bond' with 'U.S.A.' underneath between two horizontal lines. Written across the top of the page in pencil is 'Refer to proper professors.'
The University of Texas, Austin, TX -
Letter requesting information from War Issues Course instructors, dated Nov. 11, 1918
Typed letter on War Department letterhead from the Committee on Education and Special Training to instructors of the War Issues Course. The letter is from R.P. Brooks, District Director of the War Issues Course, to 'Professors in charge of War Issues Course.’ The letter concerns efforts the District Director is making to visit institutions where the War Issues Course is being taught, in order to write a report for the Director of the War Issues Course. The letter includes a questionnaire that professors are asked to complete, to provide data for the report.
Austin, TX -
Letter regarding the future of War Issues Courses, dated Nov. 30, 1918
Typed letter on War Department letterhead from the Committee on Education and Special Training to instructors of the War Issues Course. The letter indicates that courses related to the War Issues Course, including ‘courses on problems of the War, the Peace Conference, and Reconstruction,’ will continue at several educational institutions after demobilization of the SATC. The letter bears the horizontal watermark 'Hammermill Bond.' The letter concludes with the typed signature, 'Committee on Education and Special Training, By FRANK AYDELOTTE, Director of the War Issues Course.'
District of ColumbiaTags 1918, academics, American Association for International Conciliation, American Historical Association, Aydelotte, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Committee on Education and Special Training, Committee on Public Information, National Board for Historical Services, Southwestern University, Student Army Training Corps (SATC), War Department, War Issues Course, World Peace Foundation, World War I -
Brief outline of War Issues Course
Typed letter with 'Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas. Office of the President' in the upper left-hand corner as blue letterhead. The letter has a vertical watermark that reads 'Oriole Linen Bond'. The body of the letter is addressed to President Robert E. Vinson, District Educational Director, SATC, and it regards the “character and organization” of a proposed 'War Issues Course at Southwestern University,' including plans for the Fall, Winter, and Spring terms. It specifies the members of the course planning committee as 'C. A. Nichols, Professor of Education, Chairman, A. S. Pegues, Dean, Professor of Economics, Walter Prichard, Acting Professor of History, J. C. Gobey, Professor of Chemistry.'
Georgetown, TX -
Letter regarding War Issues Course
Typed letter with 'Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas.' in the upper left-hand corner as blue letterhead. Across top of page is written in pencil, 'SATC' and there is a paperclip mark of rust that overlaps part of the letterhead. The body of the letter is addressed to 'President Vinson, University of Texas, Austin, Texas,' and it recommends war-time curriculum changes at educational institutions in the district.
Georgetown, TX -
SATC Certificate for Southwestern University
Certificate issued by the Adjutant General's office and signed by both the Adjutant General and the Assistant Secretary of War (P.G. Harris and J.M. Wainright). There is an eagle insignia at the top of the page. The certificate recognizes Southwestern University’s contributions during World War I by way of its operation of the Students Army Training Corps. There is a seal embossed on the paper. On the back of the certificate, part of the title and the embossed seal are visible. Written across the page is what appears to be a name but is only semi-legible.
District of Colombia -
Third page of SATC Volunteer Signup (Southwestern)
Third page of Volunteer Signup page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (seven of each). The writing is in white on a black background. On the back of third page of Volunteer Signup page, the left ruled column is labeled 'Name' and the right is labeled 'Address' but neither has anything listed beneath. The writing is in white on a black background.
Georgetown, TX -
Second page of SATC Volunteer Signup (Southwestern)
Second page of Volunteer Signup page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (nineteen of each). The writing is in white on a black background. Written on the top of the page is 'Students Army Training Corps.' On the back of second page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (seventeen of each). The writing is in white on a black background.
Georgetown, TX -
First page of SATC Volunteer Signup Sheet (Southwestern)
First page of Volunteer Signup page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (seventeen of each). The writing is in white on a black background. Attached at the top is a paper label that reads, 'Special Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.) Southwestern Volunteer Organization'. On the back of first page, names are in the left-hand column and addresses (city names and states) on the right (sixteen of each). The writing is in white on a black background.
Georgetown, TX -
Seventh page of SATC scrapbook
Seventh page of SATC scrapbook. There are four black and white photos on a black paper background. The photo on the top left-hand side is of an expanse of field in front of campus buildings. Under it is written 'Mood Hall'. The photo on the top right-hand side of the page is of a man standing in a trench dug in a field. Buildings and trees are visible in the background. Under the photo is written 'Private Chadwick'. The photo on the bottom left-hand side is of a man standing and posing by the bayonet run - a row of bundles of twigs and branches hung from a wooden structure. Buildings and trees are visible in the background. The photo on the bottom right-hand side is of the same man in the previous photo, who is standing with one foot propped up on one of the fence posts set up as a barbed wire entanglement. Fence posts and barbed wire are visible on either side of the man and buildings and trees are visible in the background.
Georgetown, TX