Army Specialized Training Program

Army Specialized Training Program was established in 1942 by the United States War Department to meet wartime personnel needs for technically trained junior officers and soldiers. The program was conducted at 227 American universities, where instruction was offered in engineering, foreign languages, medicine and other fields.

At Harvard University, most of the academic instruction of the trainees was overseen by faculty members under the overall direction of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. However, programs in medicine was overseen by faculty members of the Harvard Medical School under the overall direction of that School's Dean.

Archival Collections: Army Specialized Training Program

Army Specialized Training Program examinations, 1943-[1944?]. (1 accordion folder). [Call number: HUE 4.3003]

Army Specialized Training Program course outlines, syllabi, etc., 1943. (1 box). [Call number: HUE 4.3004]

Army Specialized Training Program notices and forms, [1943?]-[1944?]. (1 pamphlet binder). [Call number: HUE 4.3005]

Army Specialized Training Program leaflets, [1943?]-[1944?]. (1 pamphlet binder). [Call number: HUE 4.3006]

Cross, Samuel H.  Notes for Army Specialized Training Program course in Army Russian, 1942-1943. (1 pamphlet binder). [Call number: HUE 4.3142]. 

Report on contract test constructed for the Army Specialized Training Division: Geography 163, 1944. (2 volumes). [Call number: HUE 4.3143]

Army Specialized Training Program Engineering curriculum course materials, 1943-1944. (1 half document box). [Call number: HUE 4.3143.24]

Harvard University Army Specialized Training Program examinations, 1943-1944.  (1 pamphlet folder and 1 microfilm box). [Call number: HUF 158.6 (Pamphlet folder) and HUF 158.6 MF (Microfilm)]
 

Harvard University Army Specialized Training Program course materials, circa 1943-1944.  (1 pamphlet folder). [Call number: HUF 158.7]

Ward, Lauriston. Army Specialized Training Program Lecture Notes for Far Easterm Area I and II, 1943-1944. (1 card box). [Call number: HUF 158.143.92]

Cross, Samuel H. Army Specialized Training Program Lectures, 1943-1944.  (1 pamphlet folder). [Call number: HUF 158.143.15]
 

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Student folders for men in the Army Specialized Training Program who were not candidates for degrees in Harvard College, circa 1943-1946. (20 boxes). [Call number: UAIII 15.88.22]

  • Access note: University records pertaining to individuals (such as student records) are closed for a minimum of 80 years. The bulk of these records may be closed at least until July 1, 2026.

 

United States. Army. Specialized Training Unit (Harvard University). Records of the Army Specialized Training Unit, 1943-1945. (5 containers):

  • Army Specialized Training Program - Grades, Feb.-June 1944. (1 box). [Call number: UAV 157.7235]
  • Student grades for course ASTP-405, by C.H. Berry: internal combustion engines for Army civil engineers, 5th term, advanced phase, 12/13/1943-3/4/1944. (1 folder). [Call number: UAV 157.7235.7]
  • Roster of officers and enlisted personnel on duty with Army Specialized Training Program and ROTC, undated. (1 folder). [Call number: UAV 157.7277].
  • Army Specialized Training Program - Roster of students, by companies, undated. (1 folder). [Call number: UAV 157.7278]
  • ASTP contract: instructional expenses, 6/11/1943-3/11/1944 and 4/26/1944. (1 folder). [Call number: UAV 157.7344].


Harvard Information Office. Army Specialized Training Program information cards, 1943-1945. (1 box). [Call number: UAV 460.205]

 

Harvard University. Department of Hygiene. Records Related to the Army Specialized Training Program, 1943-1944. (12 boxes):

  • Army Specialized Training Program records, 1943-1944. (10 boxes). [Call number: UAV 458.205]   
  • Army Specialized Training Program records: miscellany, including U.S. Army Medical Dept. individual records, undated. (2 boxes). [Call number: UAV 458.205.8]

 

Harvard University. School for Overseas Administration. Records related to the Army Specialized Training Program--

Grades: Army Specialized Training Program, 1943-1944. (1 box). [Call number: UAV 663.235]

Curriculum material, examinations, and tests, 1943-1945. (10 boxes):

  • Chinese lessons: Army Specialized Training Program, Far Eastern Area, undated. (4 boxes). [Call number: UAV 663.214].
  • Japanese language lessons and examinations: Army Specialized Training Program, undated. (3 boxes). [Call number: UAV 663.241].   
  • Miscellaneous material relating to Army Specialized Training Program, 1943-1945. (1 box). [Call number: UAV 663.257].
  • Reading material reproduced for use in Army Specialized Training Program and Civil Affairs Training School courses, undated. (1 box). [Call number: UAV 663.275]
  • Tests, Russian and German: Army Specialized Training Program, undated. (1 box). [Call number: UAV 663.285].