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Central Policy Files, 1919-1923: Files List

ADMINISTRATION

EXECUTIVE Board
Appointments: Members: 1919-1923

Committee on Amendment of By-Laws: 1920-1921

Committee on Cooperation with Research Corp: 1921-1923

Committee on General Policy & Solicitation of Funds: 1919-1920

Committee on Industrial Personnel Research
1921; 1919
Conference: Report: Nov 1920
Conference: General: 1920
General: 1920

Committee on Investigation of International Critical Tables: 1923

Committee on Letterheads for NRC: 1919

Committee on Membership: 1919

Committee on Metric System of Weights & Measures: 1921-1922

Committee on National Research Foundation: 1922

Committee on Nominations: 1920-1922

Committee on Organization of Divisions: 1922

Committee on Patent of Roger Adams: 1922

Committee on Patent Office: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1919-1920

Committee on Patentable Discoveries: 1923

Committee on Policy: 1922-1923

Committee on Projects & Appropriations: 1922

Committee on Publication: 1921-1922

Committee on Publication & Publicity: 1919-1923

Committee on Publicity: 1919-1921

Committee on Raising of Funds: 1920

Committee on Relation of Science to School Curriculum: 1923

Committee on Stabilizing Scientific Funds: 1922

Committee on Travel Expenses: 1921

Committee to Consider Resumption of Study of German: 1921

Committee to Consider Revision of Administrative Committees Concerned with Finances: 1922

Executive Committee on Natural Resources: Joint with NAS & American Assn for Advancement of Science
Meetings: Minutes: 1921-1922
Projects: Survey of Organizations & Researchers Interested in Conservation: 1920-1922
Projects: General: 1920-1922
General: 1922; 1920-1921
Interim Committee
Mail Votes: Special Communications: Nos 1-13: 1921
Meetings: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919
Resolution: American Archeological Work in Egypt: 1923
General: 1922-1923

Meetings: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; Jul 1919; Jan 1919

Members: Address Lists: 1920-1923

Projects
Consideration of Congressional Bills for Engineering Experiment Stations: 1919-1923
Organic Evolution: 1922-1923

Summer Executive Committee: 1923; 1922

Trustees & Editorial Board for Publication of Critical Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants
Board of Editors: 1920-1922
Board of Trustees: 1922
Board of Trustees: Solicitation of Funds: 1921
Board of Trustees: Statement of H K Moore: 1921
Board of Trustees: Statement of J Stieglitz: 1921
General: Jun 1921; Jan 1921
Trustees & Editorial Board for Publication of International Critical Tables
Board of Trustees: Meetings: 1922-1923
Board of Trustees: Solicitation of Funds: 1922-1923
Board of Trustees: General: 1923
History: 1923
General: 1922-1923

General: 1919-1923

FELLOWSHIPS

Board of National Research Fellowships in Biological Sciences: 1921-1923

Corning Glass Works Fellowship: 1921

Medical Fellowship Board: 1923; 1921-1922

Non-NRC: Ramsay Memorial Fellowship: 1921-1923

Research Fellowship Board in Physics & Chemistry

Meetings: 1920-1923; 1919

General: 1920-1923; 1919

Rosenwald Fellowship: Fellow: Just E E: 1919-1923

Seed Germination Fellowship: 1923

Sulphur Fellowships: 1922-1923

General: 1921-1923

INSTITUTIONS Associations Individuals

American Association for Advancement of Science: 1919-1923

American Bureau of Welding: 1919-1923

American Ceramic Society: 1922

American Chemical Society: 1919-1923

American Committee to Aid Russian Scientists with Scientific Literature

Aid for Russians in Berlin: 1922-1923
Publicity: 1922-1923
Response to Appeals: 1922-1923
Shipping Lists: 1922-1923
General: 1922-1923

American Council of Learned Societies: 1919-1923

American Council on Education: 1919-1923

American Engineering Standards Committee
Standardization of Abbreviations & Symbols: Proposed: Joint with NRC et al: 1919-1923

American Petroleum Institute: 1920-1921

Assoc of Scientific Apparatus Makers of America
Cooperation between Makers & Users of Apparatus in America: 1922

Bureau of Vocational Education: 1921-1922

Chemical Foundation: 1919-1922

Cosmos Club: 1921-1923

Engineering Foundation
Conflict re Overlap of Functions of Division of Engineering: 1921-1923
Meetings: 1922-1923; 1919-1921
General: 1920-1921; 1919

Goddard R H: Rocket Gun: 1919

Horological Institute of America: 1921-1923

Maryland Academy of Sciences: 1921

Mayo E: 1922-1923

National Institute of Inventors: 1919-1920

National University Publishing Organization: Proposed: 1921-1922

Personnel Research Federation
Journal of Personnel Research: 1921-1923
General: 1923; 1922; 1921

Research Corp: 1920-1921

Science Service: 1919-1923

Sigma Xi: 1921-1923

University Center for Research in Washington: 1921-1923

Washington Academy of Sciences

1923

Committee to Aid Russian Scientists with Scientific Literature: 1921

General: 1919-1923

LEGAL Matters
Opinion re NAS-NRC Relationship
Attorney General: 1919-1921
Wilson N: 1919
Opinion re NRC-Council of National Defense Relationship
Attorney General: 1919

ORGANIZATION

Activities: 1919

Articles of Organization & Bylaws: 1919-1923

Digest of Actions: 1920

History & Description: NRC & Its Relation to Public Welfare: 1919

Lecture Series
Reserves of Chemical Warfare Service: Herty C H: 1921
Science & Industries: Carty J J: 1920

National Academy of Humanistic Research: Proposed: 1919

NAS
Committee on Organic Evolution: 1922-1923
Committee on Relationship between NAS & NRC: 1919-1923
Committee on Weights Measures & Coinage: 1921-1923
Foreign Exchange List: 1922
Meetings: Annual: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919
Meetings: Autumn: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919
Officers & Members: Formal Listing: 1919
General: 1919-1923

NRC Seal: Proposed: 1923

Officers: 1919-1922

Organization & Members: Listing
Divisions & Committees: 1919
Geographical Distribution: 1919-1923
Index: 1921-1923

Policy: 1919-1923

Relationships with Government
War Department: Post-War Liaison with NRC: 1919
General: 1919-1920

Reorganization: 1919-1920

Rules & Regulations: Proposed: 1919-1923

Staff
Directory: 1919-1923
Listings: 1919
General: 1919-1923
Trust Funds: William Ellery Hale Lectures
Curtis-Shapley Debate: 1920

General: 1921-1923; May 1920; Jan 1920; 1919

PUBLIC Relations

Exhibits
Chemical: 1920-1921
Wireless: 1919-1922
General: 1919-1923
Inaugurations Ceremonies Speeches
Speeches: Angell J R: 1919-1923
Speeches: General: 1919-1923

PUBLIC Relations

Newspaper & Magazine Articles: 1919-1923

Press Releases: 1919-1923

General: 1919-1923

PUBLICATIONS

Bibliography of American Natural History: Proposed: 1921

Listing: 1920-1922

NAS Biographical Memoirs
Committee on Biographical Memoirs: 1923
NAS Proceedings
Editorial Board: 1920-1923
General: 1922-1923; 1921; 1920; 1919
NRC
Bulletin Series: 1919-1923
Reprint & Circular Series: 1919-1923

Popular Science Journal: Proposed: 1919-1920

Science: 1919-1920

General: 1919-1923

DIVISIONS OF THE NRC

ANTHROPOLOGY & Psychology

BIOLOGY & Agriculture

EDUCATIONAL Relations

FOREIGN Relations

PHYSICAL Sciences

STATES Relations

CHEMISTRY & Chemical Technology

Activities: 1919-1920

Appointments
Chairmen: 1920-1923
Members: 1919-1923

Beginning of Division: 1919

Committee on Chemistry of Colloids
Institute for Research in Chemistry of Colloids: Proposed: 1923
1920-1921

Committee on Contact Catalysis: 1912-1923

Committee on Explosability of Ammonium Compounds: 1922

Committee on Explosives Investigations: 1922-1923; 1920-1921; 1919

Committee on Organic Analysis: 1920

Committee on Pharmaceutical Research: 1920-1923

Committee on Publication of War Data & Information: 1912-1923

Committee on Sewage Disposal: 1921-1922

Committee on Synthetic Drugs: 1920

Committee on Theory of Reactions of Non-Electrolytes: 1922

Committee on Use of Caustic Soda as Substitute for Potash: 1923

Committee on War Training for Chemists & Chemical Engineers: 1919

Directory: 1919-1923

Executive Committee: Meetings: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1919

Meetings: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919
Bound Compilation: 1919

Newsletter: Vol I: 1922-1923

Projects
Asphyxia Research: Proposed: 1923
Bibliography of Electro-Organic Chemistry: 1923
Central Laboratory for X-Ray Diffraction Analysis: Proposed: 1922
Critical Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants: Board of Trustees: Solicitation of Funds: 1920
Critical Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants: Board of Trustees: General: 1920
Critical Tables of Physical & Chemical Constants: General: 1919
Determination of Boiling Points of Salt Solutions: 1920-1922
Development of Monochromatic Ultraviolet Light Source: 1923
Laboratory for Thermochemical Investigations: Proposed: 1923
Research Problems in Chemistry: Assignment to Universities: 1923
Research Problems in Chemistry: Solicitation of Problems from Industry: 1923
Research Problems in Chemistry: 1922; 1919
X-Ray & Electron Diffraction: 1922
General: 1919-1923

Reports to NRC Chairmen: 1921-1922

General: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919

ENGINEERING
Activities: 1919-1922

Appointments: Members: 1921-1923; 1919-1920

By-Laws: 1919-1923

Committee on Electrical Core Loss: 1912

Committee on Electrical Insulation: 1920-1922

Committee on Fatigue Phenomena of Metals: 1919-1921

Committee on Hardness Testing of Materials
Symposium on Hardness Testing: Proceedings: 1922

Committee on Marine Piling Investigations: 1923; 1921-1922

Committee on Molding Sand Research: 1921-1923

Conference on Heat Transmission: 1922

Directory: 1919-1920

Executive Committee: Meetings: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919

Highway Research Board
Meetings: Annual: 1923; 1922
General: 1923; 1922
1921; 1919-1920
Meetings: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919
Bound Compilation: 1921-1922; 1919-1920
Projects
Dead Beat Pendulum: 1922
Index: 1920-1921
Wood Finishing Research: 1921-1922

Relations with Engineering Foundation: 1923; 1922; 1919-1921

General: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919

FEDERAL Relations
Appointments: Members: 1921-1923; 1919-1920

Beginning of Program: 1919

Committee on Scope of Government Service: 1921

Meetings: 1919-1921

General: 1919-1923

GEOLOGY & Geography
Appointments: Members: 1919-1923

Committee on Development of Geographical Sciences: 1919-1923

Committee on Financial Resources: 1919-1923

Committee on Geography: 1919

Committee on Geology & Paleontology
Subcommittee on Road Materials: 1919

Committee on Reconstruction: 1919

Committee on Sedimentation: 1919-1923

Committee on Seismology: 1919-1922

Executive Committee
Meetings: 1919-1923
General: 1919-1923

Meetings: Annual: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919

Projects
Board of Surveys & Maps: Proposed: 1919
Listings: 1919-1923
Study of Health Related to Climate: Proposed: 1920
Visual Materials for Courses in Geography & Geology: 1919-1923
General: 1919-1923

Reorganization: 1919

Societies Cooperating with Division: 1919-1923

General: 1919-1923

MEDICAL Sciences
Activities: Administrative Summary: 1919-1923

Appointments: Members: 1919-1923

Chairmen of Division: 1919-1923

Committee on Abstracting Medical Literature: 1922-1923

Committee on Anatomy: 1919

Committee on Dental Investigations: 1919-1923

Committee on European Nutritional Investigation: 1921

Committee on Hot Springs Investigation: 1923

Committee on Improvement of Transfusion Methods: 1919

Committee on Industrial Physiology: 1919-1920

Committee on Industrial Poisonings: 1919

Committee on Infectious Abortion
Joint with Division of Biology & Agriculture: 1922-1923

Committee on Medical Problems of Industry: 1919

Committee on Medical Zoology: Subcommittee on Protozoology
Projects: Hookworm Investigation: 1919

Committee on Neurology & Psychiatry: 1919

Committee on Nominations: 1921-1923

Committee on Physiology
Subcommittee on Shock: 1919
General: 1919
Committee on Pre-Clinical Sciences
Questionnaire: 1919-1920
General: 1919-1920

Committee on Prevalence & Distribution of Goiter: 1921-1923

Committee on Production of Pure Protein for Medical Research: 1919-1923

Committee on Standardization of Medical Publications: 1923

Committee on X-Ray: 1919-1920

Conference on Biophysics & Medical Sciences

Joint with Divisions of Physical Sciences & Chemistry & Chemical Technology: 1920

Conference on Contagious Abortion: 1921

Conference on Organizing Research Programs at Child Welfare Society & Women's Welfare Society: 1921

Conference on Therapeutic Value of Waters of Hot Springs Arkansas: 1923

Executive Committee
Meetings: Minutes: 1919-1923
General: 1919-1923

Funding: 1919-1923

Meetings: Annual: 1919-1923

Projects
Cooperation with Social Hygiene Board on Research Grants to Support Venereal Disease Studies: 1919-1920
Disposition of Statistical Library of Prudential Insurance Co: 1922-1923
Dreyer Method of Testing Typhoid Immunity: 1919
Fermentation Reactions of Streptococci: 1919
Heart Disease Studies: 1922
Increased Supply of White Mice for Army Laboratories: 1919
Investigation of Therapeutic Value of Radium & Roentgen-ray Treatment in Deafness: Proposed: 1923
Leprosy Studies: Proposed: 1923
Nephritis Studies: Proposed: 1919-1923
Opposition to Anti-Vivisection Movements: 1919-1922
Pharmacology Studies: Proposed: 1922
Pressure Waves Due to Gun Discharge: 1919
Psychological Rating of Army Medical Officers: 1919
Publication of American Anatomical Memoir Series: Proposed: 1919-1920
Radium Supply for Future Research & Therapeutic Purposes: 1919-1920
Statistical Study of Tuberculosis Mortality in Colorado: 1921-1923
Studies of Anaerobic Bacteria Using Rare Sugars: 1919-1920
Studies of Influenza & Pneumonia: Proposed: 1919-1920
Study of Mechanisms Regulating Body Weight: Proposed: 1920
General: 1919-1922

Reorganization: 1919

Reports to NRC Chairmen: 1919-1923

Resolution in Support of Institute for Drug Research: 1920

Societies Cooperating with Division: 1919-1920

General: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919

RESEARCH Extension
Activities: 1919-1923

Appointments: Members: 1919-1923

Beginning of Division: 1919

Conference of Makers & Users of Scientific Apparatus: 1923

Fundraising for Institutions Associations Individuals
American Cotton Research Institute: Proposed: 1920-1923
American Textile Research Institute: Proposed: 1920-1923
Eigenmann C H: 1920-1921
Georgia Institute of Technology: 1920-1921
Fundraising for NRC Divisions: Biology & Agriculture
Advisory Board of American Institute of Baking: 1919
Advisory Board of National Canners Assn: 1921
Committee on Bibliography & Publications: Botanical Abstracts: 1920-1921
Committee on Forestry: 1919-1920
Crop Protection Institute: 1920-1923
Fundraising for NRC Divisions: Engineering & Industrial Research
Committee on Marine Piling Investigation: 1921-1922
Fundraising for NRC Divisions: Research Extension
Committee on Alloys Research: 1921-1922
Committee on Alloys Research: Alloys Research Assn: Proposed: 1920; 1919
Committee on Alloys Research: Alloys Research Information Service: Proposed: 1920
Committee on Alloys Research: Bibliography of Ferro Alloys: Proposed: 1919-1920
Committee on Alloys Research: General: 1919-1920
Committee on Conference of Scientific Apparatus Makers & Users: 1923; 1922
Committee on Establishment of Tanning School: 1920-1921
Committee on Glass Research: Advisory: 1921-1922

Meetings: Minutes: 1919-1923

Projects
Dyes: 1920-1921
Research Associations: 1919-1920
Tobacco: 1920-1921
Wheat: 1920
Relations with Division of Engineering
Conflict Concerning Overlapping Projects: 1919-1923

General: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919

RESEARCH Information Service
Abstracts
Conference on Engineering Abstracts: 1922
Rules for Abstracts Published with Original Articles: Proposed: 1920
Suggestions re Chemical Abstracts: Aug 1919
Suggestions re Science Abstracts: 1919
General: 1919-1922
Appointments
Members: 1919-1923
Scientific Attaches: Designation by State Dept: 1919
Scientific Attaches: General: 1919
Bibliographies
Bibliography of Electro-Organic Chemistry: 1923
Index of Blue Heat Brittleness of Steel: 1919
Manuscript Bibliographies in Chemistry & Chemical Technology: 1922
Periodical Bibliographies & Abstracts for Scientific Journals of World: 1920
Standardized Tests in Academic Institutions: 1923
General: 1919-1923

Brochures: 1919-1922

Committee on Future Development of Research Information Service: 1922

Exchange of Information & Documents: Foreign Govts
Britain: 1919-1920
Italy: 1919-1920
General: 1919
Exchange of Information & Documents: Govt (US)
Agriculture Dept: 1919
Commerce Dept: Bureau of Standards: 1919
Interior Dept: Bureau of Mines: 1919
Interior Dept: Geological Survey: 1919
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: 1919
Navy Dept: Bureau of Construction & Repair: 1919
Navy Dept: Bureau of Ordnance: 1919-1920
Navy Dept: Bureau of Steam Engineering: 1919
Navy Dept: Naval Experiment Station: 1919
Navy Dept: Naval Intelligence Office: 1919
Navy Dept: General: 1919-1920
War Dept: Air Service: 1919-1920
War Dept: Bureau of Aircraft Production: 1919
War Dept: Chemical Warfare Service: 1919
War Dept: Division of Military Aeronautics: 1919
War Dept: Division of Military Intelligence: 1919
War Dept: Engineer Corps: 1919
War Dept: Ordnance: Engineering Division: 1919
War Dept: Ordnance: General: 1919
War Dept: Signal Corps: 1919
War Dept: Surgeon General's Office: 1919
War Dept: General: 1919
General: 1919

Exchange of Information & Documents: NRC: 1919

Exchange of Information & Documents: Non-Govt
Associations: American Society of Mechanical Engineers: 1919
Associations: General: 1919
Companies: 1919-1920
Individuals: 1919
Institutions: 1919

Executive Committee

Meetings: Minutes: 1919-1923

General: 1919-1923

Foreign Offices
Continuation: Proposed: 1919
London: Report of Activities: 1918-1919: 1919
London: General: Jun 1919; Apr 1919; Jan 1919
Paris: Report of Activities: 1918-1919
Paris: General: Apr 1919; Jan 1919
Rome: Apr 1919; Jan 1919

Funding: 1919-1923

Information Files
Doctorates Conferred: 1920-1923
Forms: 1919-1921
Funds Available for Scientific Research: 1920-1923
Industrial Research Laboratories: 1919-1923
Patent Office Chemical Index: Proposed: 1921-1923
Scientific Personnel: 1919-1923
General: 1919-1922
Meetings

Annual: 1920-1923

Organizational: 1919

Organization & Functions: Memoranda
Classification Schemes: 1922
Conservation of Scientific Knowledge: 1922
General: 1919-1923

Projects

Cooperation with Union List of Serials: Proposed: 1922-1923
Eclipse Observations by Wireless: 1919
Helium Supply for European Scientists: 1919
Information re Govt Plans to Publish Results of War Research: 1919-1920
Publication of History of Technology: Proposed: 1923
Publication of New World of Science: 1919-1921
General: 1919-1923

Report of Activities 1918-1919: Manuscript

Comments: 1920
General: 1920

Staff: 1919-1923

Surveys

Salaries in Govt Service Education Institutions & Industrial Organizations: 1923
Scientific & Technological Information Agencies of World: 1922
General: 1921-1923

General: 1919-1923

FINANCE & ACCOUNTING

ACCOUNTING

Auditing Committee: 1923; 1922; 1921

BUDGETS

Committee on Budget: 1922-1923

Committee on Organization & Budget: 1919-1922

General: 1919-1923

CONTRACTS

Highway Research Board: Cooperative Road Investigations

Agreement with Dept of Agriculture: 1921-1923

FINANCE

Finance Committee: 1919-1920

Financial Reports & Statements: 1923; 1922; 1921; 1920; 1919

Funds: Appropriations for NRC Activities 1917-1923

  • Listing: 1923

Funds: Grants

Building Fund: 1919
Carnegie Corp of New York: NRC General Purposes: 1919-1923
Commonwealth Fund: 1919-1920
Keen W W: 1919
Rockefeller Foundation: NRC Fellowship Program: 1919-1923
Rockefeller Foundation: General: 1919-1923
General: 1919-1923

Funds: General: 1919-1923

GENERAL

1919-1923

GOVERNMENT

AGENCIES & Departments

Agriculture

Bureau of Chemistry: Question re Publishing Abstracts on Dye Patents: 1920-1921
General: 1919-1923

Commerce

Bureau of Standards: 1919-1923

General: 1919-1923

Interior: 1919-1923

Navy: 1919-1923

Smithsonian Institution: 1919-1923

State: 1919-1923

Treasury: Public Health Service: 1919-1922

War

Chemical Warfare Service: 1919
Conference on Training of Youth: 1922
Military Intelligence Division: 1919-1922
Ordnance Dept: 1919
Surgeon General's Office: Division of Psychology: Analysis of Medical Officer Records: 1919-1920
General: 1919-1923

General: 1919-1923

CONGRESS

Joint Commission on Reclassification of Salaries: 1919

Bills: 1919-1923

General: 1919-1923

EXECUTIVE

Board of Surveys & Maps: 1920-1923

General: 1919-1923

FOREIGN Governments

British Dept of Scientific & Industrial Research: 1919

MUNICIPAL Governments

Philadelphia: John Scott Medal & Premium: 1919-1922

STATE Governments

1919-1923

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