Papers, 1927-1971.

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Papers, 1927-1971.

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Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, reports, orders, news releases, and other papers relating to Boyd's activities as an Army officer during World War II, director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, administrator of the Defense Minerals Administration, and chairman of the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee on Minerals Research.

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Harry S. Truman Library

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United States. Bureau of Mines

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Boyd, James, 1904-

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Educator, army officer, government official, and mining corporation executive; director, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1947-1951; d. 1987. From the description of Papers, 1927-1971. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70958933 ...

United States. Defense Minerals Administration

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National Science Foundation (U.S.). Advisory Committee on Minerals Research

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