Inventor Name
Unknown
Repository
Harvard University Archives
Pusey Library
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
617-495-2461
http://hul.harvard.edu/huarc/
Physical Description
53 boxes and 3 folders
Summary
The Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory was operated by the University from 1941 to 1949 under contract to the National Defense Research Committee/Office of Scientific Research and Development. Research at the Lab focused on the improvement of equipment for the detection of underwater sound and the design of new equipment. The records document experiments, apparatus, and Lab administration. Topics include underwater acoustics and sonar. Includes administrative records of Director and Associate Director; correspondence with various companies concerning placement of laboratory personnel after project completion; photographs of experiments and apparatus, blueprints; staff memoranda; personnel records; a 1946 staff roster; and 1945 project report. Files of Director F.V. Hunt contain correspondence, memoranda, personnel lists, contracts, minutes and related Administrative Council documents, office logs, clippings, manuscript history of the Laboratory, and items relating to its dismantling after termination of its contract.
Finding Aid
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua15001
