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United States. War Department (1789-1947)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1789 - 1947

Parallel Names

  • United States. War Office

Historical

found: LC man. auth. cd.(hdg.: U.S. War Dept.; created by act approved Aug. 7, 1789: the supervision of naval affairs which was orig. assigned to this department was transferred to the Navy dept. at its estab. in 1798; jurisdiction in the matters of public lands, military pensions, and Indian affairs was transferred to the Dept. of the Interior when that dept. was created in 1849; superseded by the Dept. of the Army which was estab. by the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947)

Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:

"Use of Balsa Wood for Fairing" (Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A, Vol. I, No. 1), 1918-06

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.001
Identifier: 20140701
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. I, No. 1 (dated June 1918. This section on pages 132 through 135.Scope: Report by Aeronautical Research Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes information about balsa wood "Tried as a...
Dates: Publication: 1918-06

"Veneer Fuselage Construction and Tests, Part I" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 1), 1918-10

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.005
Identifier: 20140705
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 1 (dated October 1918). This section on pages 5 through 29.Scope: By Aeronautical Research Section. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Investigations of a Series of...
Dates: Publication: 1918-10

"Veneer Fuselage Construction, Part 2" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 3) [Photocopy], 1918-12

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.007
Identifier: 20140707
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 3 (dated December 1918). This section on pages 5 through 26.Scope: By the Experimental Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Manufacture of Veneer and...
Dates: Publication: 1918-12