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Title: Students' Army Training Corps Records, 1918-1919

ID: RG 060

Primary Creator: United States. Army. Students' Army Training Corps.

Extent: 1.0 reels. More info below.

Arrangement: The records are arranged in six series: I. Financial reports, 1918; II. Correspondence, 1918-1919; III. Commissary reports, 1918; IV. Special claims, 1918-1919; V. Mess Hall reports, 1918; and VI. Rosters, 1918.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) Records document this World War I training program at Oregon Agricultural College. The records include financial reports and contracts; correspondence pertaining to equipment purchases; course descriptions, instructors, and registrations statistics; and rosters of SATC participants.

The Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) Records document the U.S. Army's training program at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) during World War I. The records include financial reports and contracts between the War Department and OAC; correspondence pertaining to equipment purchases; commissary and mess hall reports documenting housing and meal arrangements for the SATC participants; information on the courses offered, lists of instructors, and registration statistics; and rosters of SATC participants.

The establishment of Students' Army Training Corps units was authorized by the Selective Service Act of 1917. The Students' Army Training Corps utilized the facilities, equipment, and faculty of colleges and universities to select and train officer candidates and and provide technical and vocational training during World War I. The unit at Oregon Agricutural College (OAC) formed in early 1918 and included officer trainees as well as draftees to be trained as toolmakers, foundrymen, machinists, auto mechanics, and radio operators. Dissolution of the Corps began with the armistice on November 11, 1918.

More Extent Information: 10 linear feet

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: The records were acquired in the early-mid 1960s and microfilmed in 1967.

Related Materials: Substantial materials pertaining to the SATC are available in the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) file "MC-Students' Army Training Corps." The Army Specialized Training Corps Records (RG 059) document a similar program during world War II. The Ulysses Grant McAlexander Collection (MSS McAlexander) includes materials pertaining to World War I; photographs of military training at OAC during this period are available in Harriet's Photograph Collection (P HC).

Preferred Citation: Students' Army Training Corps Records (RG 060), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

United States. Army. Students' Army Training Corps.

Military education--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon Agricultural College--Students.
United States. Army. Students' Army Training Corps.
University History
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Schools.