Title: "Chromatographic Studies of Smokeless Powders" Manuals for the National Defense Committee

Date/Date Range :   1943 September 25-1945 November 14

Extent: 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

Collection includes three declassified manuals from the National Defense Committee on chromatographic studies of smokeless gunpowders and their feasibility of use in World War II. The studies took place at the University of California Technical School and cover experiments from 1943 September 25 to 1945 November 14.

Call number: MS-2875

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Donated by Glenna Schroeder on October 2, 2002

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Chromatographic Studies of Smokeless PowdersManuals for the National Defense Committee, MS-2875. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of three manuals housed in two folders.

Walter A. Schroeder was a researcher at the University of California Technical School doing work on smokeless gunpowders for the Committe for National Defense in Washington D.C.

The collection consists of two folders which hold three declassified government manuals. Donated by the family of researcher Walter A. Schroeder, the manuals describe chromatographic studies on gunpowder which were done at The University of California Technical School from 1943-1945, and how they pertained to ordnance for World War II.

• World War, 1939-1945.
• Chromotography.