This series consists of the central files (decimal files) of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, mostly containing correspondence, and much of it concerning the Army Map Service, Army War College, Army Finance School, Army Field Forces, Army Audit Agency, Atomic Energy Commission, Beach Erosion Board, Bonneville Power Administration, Caribbean Command, Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Chaplain Corps School, Chemical Corps School, Chemical Warfare Service, Command and General Staff College, Ordnance School, Quartermaster School, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Civil Aeronautics Board, U.S. Civil Service Commission, U.S. Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Colorado School of Mines, Department of Commerce, Eastern Defense Command, Philippines-Ryukyus Command, Economic Cooperation Administration, Engineer Board, Federal Works Agency, Fish and Wildlife Service, Geological Survey, U.S. Maritime Commission, Marianas-Bonins Command, Military District of Washington, Mississippi River Commission, The National Archives, National Guard Bureau, National Park Service, National War College, Navy Department, New York Harbor Supervisor, Nicaragua Canal Survey Office, Office of Civilian Defense, Post Office Department, Public Housing Administration, Public Health Service, Public Roads Administration, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Branch, River and Harbor Board, Tennessee Valley Authority, Transportation Corps School, United Nations, U.S Military Academy, Veterans Administration, Wage Survey Board, War Assets Administration; Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi; Weather Bureau; Women's Army Corps, Yuma Test Branch, Fort Lewis, Washington; and various other federal agencies, engineer offices, schools, numbered units, and the Engineer Training Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Other subjects include the Pan-American highway, Panama Canal, Danube River basin, Columbia River basin and valley authority; and the Ohio River basin.
Many colleges and universities are represented in the records, including Harvard University, Yale University, Cornell University, Columbia University, New York University, Purdue University, Princeton University, Texas A&M University, West Virginia University, California Institute of Technology, Iowa State College, the University of Iowa, the University of Maryland, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin, the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Colorado, Boulder; the University of Chicago; and the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). Many publications produced by various civilian plants and schools are also included.
