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- Access & Use
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949
- Title:
- Frank Augustus Scott Papers
- Repository:
- Public Policy Papers
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1n79h432x
- Dates:
- 1912-1954 (mostly 1915-1940)
- Size:
- 8 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-8
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of papers of Scott relating, for the most part, to his positions as chairman of the General Munitions Board during World War I, co-founder and chairman of the War Industries Board (1917), chief of the Cleveland Ordnance District (1924-1928), and adviser to the Army Industrial College (1925).
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
Consists of papers of Scott relating, for the most part, to his positions as chairman of the General Munitions Board during World War I, co-founder and chairman of the War Industries Board (1917), chief of the Cleveland Ordnance District (1924-1928), and adviser to the Army Industrial College (1925). Included are speeches by Scott and others, correspondence (1912-1954) including letters from Newton D. Baker, Palmer E. Pierce, and Bernard M. Baruch, reports, minutes of meetings, journal notes, printed matter, clippings, and photographs of army officers and friends.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Scott, Frank Augustus, 1873-1949
Frank Augustus Scott held the positions of chairman of the General Munitions Board during World War I, co-founder and chairman of the War Industries Board (1917), chief of the Cleveland Ordnance District (1924-1928), and adviser to the Army Industrial College (1925).
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Mrs. Frank A. Scott in 1967 . Available information indicates subsequent additions to the collection from Mrs. Scott in 1968 and 1971.
- Appraisal
No information about appraisal is available for this collection.
- Processing Information
No information about the physical processing of this collection is available. An EAD finding aid was created from MARC record in 2007. An inventory was created in Archivist's Toolkit in 2008.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. Researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
- Credit this material:
Frank Augustus Scott Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1n79h432x
- Location:
-
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd): Box 1-8
