Harvard University -- History -- World War, 1939-1945

Scope and Contents: Between 1940 and 1941, Harvard Business School professor Franklin E. Folts taught Reserve Officers' Industrial Training Course Organization for Management Section, Industrial Mobilization, and Introduction to National Defense as part of officer training conducted jointly by the United States Armed Services and HBS. The papers consist of classrom teaching materials including tests, quizzes, reports, war time cases, syllabi, course information, student seating charts, and grade...

Scope and Contents: This collection includes the papers of Harvard Business School professor Leo A. Schmidt, documenting his curriculum development for the United States Navy Supply Corps School’s navy accounting courses at HBS from 1942-1947. The bulk of papers contain correspondence with personnel from the Navy Bureau of Supplies and Accounts and the Naval Supply Center at Pearl Harbor, requesting materials for case studies. Some materials from the United States Navy are also present, including records of...