Historical Note
Unit 3900 of the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) was
established by the War Department at Oregon State College in March 1943.
The program provided training for high grade technicians and specialists
needed by the Army for the war effort. Most of the instruction was
provided by regular Oregon State College faculty; E.B. Lemon, as Dean of
Administration, was Coordinator of the ASTP for Oregon State. Enrollment
peaked in the summer of 1943 with more than 1300 ASTP students at Oregon
State College.
Content Description
The Army Specialized Training Program Records document the U.S. Army's
training program at Oregon State College during World War II. The bulk of
the records are time certificates and payrolls and provide detailed
information about the role of Oregon State College faculty as instructors
in the program. The budgets and expense records include some
correspondence pertaining to general administration of the program. Series
III consists of a 1943 publication,
Essential Facts about the Army Specialized Training
Program.
Arrangement
The records consist of three series: I. Time Certificates and Payrolls,
1944-1946; II. Budgets and Expense Accounts, 1943-1944; and III.
Publication, 1943.