Camouflage Research Project
- HF-ID: HF1942-10
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Harvard Camouflage Committee, Ball, Ernest, Gast, P.R., Grossenbacher, K.A., Smith, A.C., Spurr, S.H., Thimann, K.V., Vlamis, J., Wyman, D.
- Associated Person: Cabot, G.L., Conant, J.B., Loomis, Harold, Lutz, Russell J., Merrill, E.D., Tolman, L.P., Wetmore, R.H.
- Date: 1942-1945
- Location: Harvard Forest, Coconut Grove FL
- Media: Mixed media
- Contents:
- Folder 1: Photographs; Report: “Lasting properties of cut foliage”, drafts and related correspondence; Report: “The preservation of evergreen foliage during the dormant season – A proposed camouflage project by the Maria Moors Cabot Foundation and the Harvard Forest”, related reports, memos, technical manuals; Research notes (Grossenbacher); Inter-staff correspondence; Kodachrome slides index
- Folder 2: Field and experimental notes
- Folder 3: Harvard Camouflage Committee correspondence - includes correspondence with United States Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Marines) and civilians
- Folder 4: Camouflage reprints, technical manuals, booklets
- Folder 5: K. V. Thimann notebook
- Folder 6: Harvard Camouflage Committee Technical Manuals - Using Cut Foliage for Camouflage, August 1943 (3 copies)
- Using Cut Foliage for Camouflage, Supplement on Tropical Pacific Islands, August 1943 (2 copies). 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: botany, cabot foundation, camouflage
- Abstract:
- Under the general guidance of the Camouflage Committee of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Camouflage Section of the Corps of Engineers of the U. S. Army, Harvard Forest researchers conducted experiments in the treatment of vegetation for concealment purposes.
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- Archives Location: Middle Room
- Access: Active