Quartermaster Corps Outfitted to Fight: Video Documentation
name: label: Speaker
content: Vining, Margaret
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Speaker
content: Gregory, Edmund B.
label: Speaker
content: Heller, Edward L., 1912-2007
label: Speaker
content: Anders, Steven
topic: label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
label: Topic
content: Armed Forces -- 1940-1950
label: Topic
content: Quartermasters -- 1940-1950
label: Topic
content: Soldiers -- 1940-1950
label: Topic
content: Military supplies -- 1940-1950
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
creator: label: Speaker
content: Vining, Margaret
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Speaker
content: Gregory, Edmund B.
label: Speaker
content: Heller, Edward L., 1912-2007
label: Speaker
content: Anders, Steven
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content: Quartermaster Corps Outfitted to Fight: Video Documentation
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1995 August 24
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: This videohistory was created by the Lemelson Center and NMAH staff member Margaret Vining (Division of History of Technology) this program. Transferred to Archives Center, July 8, 1997.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0608
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videotapes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into three series. 

Series 1: Original Videos

Series 2: Master Videos

Series 3: Reference Videos
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 1997.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Videotapes -- 1990-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This video history documents the research and development of the Quartermaster Corps during World War II, highlighting materials used to create gear for combat soliders in various terrains and weather conditions.,Lt. Col. Edward L. Heller, U.S.A. Ret., discusses the Quartermaster Corps' inventive research and development work in an afternoon panel discussion with fellow veterans and quartermasters Steven Anders and Edmund B Gregory. Discussions focus on their experiences of combining new materials with innovative thinking.