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United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development.

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Franc D. Ingraham papers

Collection Identifier: H MS c401
Overview: The Franc D. Ingraham papers, 1933-1953 (inclusive), 1940-1949 (bulk), are a product of Ingraham’s research and professional activities, during the period of his service as Assistant in Surgery, Instructor in Surgery, Associate in Surgery, Assistant Professor of Surgery, and Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, as Visiting Surgeon, Acting Head of the Department of Surgery, Surgeon in Chief, and Neurosurgeon in Chief at Children’s Hospital Boston,...

Records of the Underwater Sound Laboratory,

Collection Identifier: UAV 859
Overview:

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.

Records of the Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory, 1940-1972

Collection Identifier: UAV 713.9025 through UAV 713.9269.5
Overview:

The Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory was established in 1940 to conduct research on speech, hearing, and communications during World War II. It continued to operate after the War and in 1962 it was renamed the Laboratory of Psychophysics. These records document the activities of the laboratory.

Records of the Radio Research Laboratory

Collection Identifier: UAV 728
Overview:

The Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) was established in 1942 to develop countermeasures to radar. These records document research projects. Topics include radar, radar countermeasures, microwaves, research methodology, and the relationship of federally-sponsored research to the industrial sector.