Naval science collection, 1941-[ongoing].

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Naval science collection, 1941-[ongoing].

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This collection contains correspondence, news clippings, alumni list, and various reports, including annual and financial of the University of New Mexico Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) and Dept. of Naval Science. There is information on the Wardroom Society, a social organization of the NROTC, various NROTC publications, including the periodicals, Desert voyage, Drydock, Sunline and Mark and a scrapbook containing photographs of the battleship USS New Mexico. The V-12 Naval College Training Program was developed during World War II as one way to fill the need for more officers. This program at the University of New Mexico lasted from July 1943 until June 1946. Records pertaining to this program and the V-5 Flying Cadet Program are found in this collectionn also. These records include building remodel expenses, curriculum information, correspondence with the War Dept., etc.

4 boxes (4 cu. ft)

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7560022

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico. Dept. of Naval Science.

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University of New Mexico. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. V-12 Trainees

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United States. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

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Princeton University's Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program was started in 1946 amidst a wave of enthusiasm for the ROTC that followed World War II. It joined the Army ROTC unit on campus, which had operated since 1919, and was followed by the formation of an Air Force ROTC unit in 1951. By the 1950s however, faculty opposition to the degree-credit granting programs had risen high enough to merit their reformation, and special University-taught courses were added to the curricula....

University of New Mexico.

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The University of New Mexico was established by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico in 1889. It was to be located in Albuquerque. Elias Stover was appointed the first president. The new institution opened in rented rooms as a summer normal school, June 15, 1892, beginning regular instruction on September 21st in the first building erected on the campus. In 1901 Dr. William G. Tight became president. He introduced the "Pueblo Style" architecture for the University buildings. U...

New Mexico (Battleship)

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University of New Mexico. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

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On May 10, 1941, UNM President J.F. Zimmerman was notified by Frank Knox, then secretary of the Navy, that the University of New Mexico would house a unit of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. Chief Gunner's Mate Raymond Clark, Captain J.B. Will and Lt. Commander Brown were the first military representatives to arrive on campus. The first class of recruits comprised 93 students, and instruction began on Aug. 27, 1941. In the 1950s, the unit produced more Rhodes Scholars than...

Navy V-12 Program (U.S.)

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