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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

Refreshers Course details and letters, 1943 - 1945

 File
Identifier: EUA IN2/3/1/6
Scope and Contents

As studies were interupted by the outbreak of WWII, the R(D)SVS arranged refresher courses for those students who missed their studies.

This folder contains letters of acceptence and requests to sign up to the courses. There are also examples of programmes of studies and three brochures containging details of a short courses offered to memebrs of the United States and Dominion Forces between 19th - 23rd February, 1945.

Dates: 1943 - 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College / Student Records / Student Administration

Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1943-1945

 Series
Identifier: PJM/SATO/B
Scope and Contents Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization consists of files of correspondence with the following regional groups of the organisation: Agra Group, 1944-1945 Lahore Group, 1944-1945 Bangalore and Madras Group, 1943-1945 Kirkee and Bombay Group,1943-1945 Quetta Group, 1944-1945 Sialkot Group,...
Dates: 1943-1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO)

Roorkee Group: Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/B/17
Scope and Contents

Notice concerning the first meeting of the Roorkee Group of the Service Arts and Technical Organization in India.

Dates: 1944
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Regional Groups of the Service Arts and Technical Organization

Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct: papers and photographs, 1956-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.3.1
Scope and Contents File of papers relating to the St Paul's Cathedral Precinct area of London County Council Comprehensive Redevelopment Area no 1: City of London. The papers include an academic reprint, committee reports, notes and briefs, manuscript and typescript reports on Sir William Holford's proposals for the precinct and a report by the Corporation of London Improvements and Town Planning Committee to the Court of Common Council. The file also contains photographs from an unidentified...
Dates: 1956-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas / Comprehensive Development Areas: City of London / City of London: Saint Paul's Cathedral Precinct

SATO Polytechnic file, 1945

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/D/1
Scope and Contents

Administrative details, course outlines, timetables and lecture notes for the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) 12th Army Polytechnic, South East Asia Command (SEAC). This organised pre-release training across Burma. Includes a letter dated 18 January 1938 to Percy Johnson-Marshall from the Royal Institute of British Architects, telling him that he had passed his examination in professional practice, and an outline map of Bengal.

Dates: 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic

School of Planning and Research for Regional Development (SPRRD): Service Arts and Technical Organization, 1944-1946

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/C/2
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Percy Johnson-Marshall, as General Secretary of the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO), and the School of Planning and Research for Regional Development (SPRRD) concerning arrangements for ensuring that the SATO Polytechnic courses were supported through the provision of lecture materials, text books and exam submissions. The file includes a booklet Town planning: a detailed description of qualifications, training...
Dates: 1944-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Liaison files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization

Service Arts and Technical Organization Headquarters, Rangoon, 1945-1946

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/D/4
Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers relating to the 12th Army Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic in Rangoon. Includes assorted copies of Burma Star ( December 1945-March 1946) published by the Army Educational Corps HQ Twelfth Army: Burma - with SATO lectures highlighted. Also includes a photograph of Major CEJ Riley, SATO Radio Instructor demonstrating modern civil radio repair at the SATO...
Dates: 1945-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic

Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO), 1943-1946

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: PJM/SATO
Scope and Contents

The administration files of the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) consist of:


  1. administration files, 1943-1946
  2. files concerning regional groups, 1943-1945
  3. files concerning liaison with other groups, 1943-1946
  4. material concerning the Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic, Rangoon, 1945-1976
Dates: 1943-1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection

Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic, 1945-1976

 Series
Identifier: PJM/SATO/D
Scope and Contents

Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic consists of:


  1. administrative files for SATO Polytechnic, 1946-1947
  2. miscellaneous course work, including a project entitled " My Village", 1945-1976
  3. photographs of SATO Polytechnic training events, 1945-1951
Dates: 1945-1976
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO)

Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic - photographs, 1945-1951

 File
Identifier: PJM/SATO/D/5
Scope and Contents 2 black and white photographic prints (17.5cm x 22cm), with accompanying captions, of work from the Service Arts Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic. The first shows Percy Johnson-Marshall addressing a meeting of future instructors of the Polytechnic, the second shows Major General Woods and William Tatton Brown at an art exhibition. The photographs are accompanied by a letter from FE Shrosbree, the General Secretary of the Association of Building Technicians, who sent them to Percy...
Dates: 1945-1951
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) / Service Arts and Technical Organization (SATO) Polytechnic

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