• Identification0/20/1
  • Title
    • Guide to the Naval V-12 Program Records
    • Naval V-12 Program Records
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Date1943-1946
  • OriginationNaval V-12 Program
  • Physical Description4.00
  • RepositoryNorthwestern University Archives Deering Library, Room 110 1970 Campus Dr. Evanston, IL, 60208-2300 URL: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives Email: archives@northwestern.edu Phone: 847-491-3354
  • AbstractThe Naval V-12 program was established by the War Department on university campuses during World War II to provide the Navy with a continuous supply of officers. Northwestern's V-12 unit was formed in July, 1943. The records of the V-12 program consist of Regulation and Organization manuals, lists of faculty and their teaching loads, administrative correspondence, clippings, and various class lists and course descriptions. The material is arranged chronologically within folders.

The Naval V-12 program was established by the War Department on university campuses during World War II to provide the Navy with a continuous supply of officers. Northwestern's V-12 unit was formed in July, 1943. The course for pre-officer candidates who entered as freshmen consisted of four terms of sixteen weeks each. As freshmen, the students were required to take classes in math, English, physics, engineering, naval organization, physical training, and historical backgrounds of the war. After the first year, they specialized in one of five areas: engineering, deck, supply, medical or dental officers. Students obtained the equivalent of two years of college work in one and one-half years. Graduates of the program were sent to midshipman's school for 120 days, after which they were commissioned ensigns in the Naval Reserve. The program existed at Northwestern for three years, with the last trainees graduating on June 19, 1946. Overall, a total of 2,777 men completed Northwestern's V-12 program.

The Naval V-12 Program records were removed from the University Archive general files as Accession # 82-15 on January 1, 1982

Debby Wright, January 1982.

See also Series 0/20/2 Military Training Programs Records, 1941-1949.

The records of the V-12 program consist of Regulation and Organization manuals, lists of faculty and their teaching loads, administrative correspondence, clippings, and various class lists and course descriptions. The material is arranged chronologically within folders. The bulk of the series consists of Cost of Instructional Services for Navy V-12 Program forms. They document the costs incurred by Northwestern for classes that were part of the V-12 program. The War Department reimbursed the University for all expenses relating to V-12 instruction. Folders are arranged alphabetically by academic department and professor. Four folders of bulletins, memoranda, and orders added to Box 1 as 4 through 4d , Summer 2006.