Reports of the United States Strategic Bombing
survey regarding documentation of effects of aerial bombardment of cities and industrial
sites, chiefly in Japan during World War II. Manuals demonstrating the operation and
maintenance of pilot-less aircraft, type JB-2 "buzz" bombs. Reports and memoranda
regarding the construction of a special hangar at Eglin Field, Florida for testing
aircraft under controlled climatic conditions.
Repository:
Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Manuscript Collection
Merrill-Cazier Library Utah State University 3000 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-3000 Phone: 435 797-1663 Fax: 435 797-2880 Email: scweb@usu.edu
Languages:
Collection materials are in English.
Sponsor:
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant,
2007-2008
Biographical Note
Walter H. Gardner was born in Logan, Utah in the 1910s. After graduating from the common
schools of the area, Gardner studied soil physics at Utah State Agricultural College
(now Utah State University) and graduated in 1939 with a B.S. With the advent of World
War II, Gardner served as a member of the Army Air Forces Corporation, eventually
working for the US Military in Japan studying the general effects of war on the soil and
the radioactive contamination of soil near Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After completing his
work in the Pacific Gardner returned to Utah and continued his studies. In 1948 he
received his M.S. and in 1950 his Ph.D in physics. Thereafter, Gardner taught at
numerous universities in the West.
Agronomy News, in August of 1984, published the following
profile of Gardner:
WALTER H. GARDNER, professor emeritus, Washington State University, assumed the office
of president of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. Dr. Gardner is also presently serving as past president of the Soil Science
Society of America. He is widely known for his research and writing in soil physics and
soil-water-plant relations. His time-lapse motion picture, "Water Movement in Soil," is
used worldwide as a teaching aid. (p.5)
When Gardner retired in the 1980s, he returned to Logan where he has since resided.
Content Description
This five box collection contains nearly sixty rare publications about World War II and
various government reports relative to US government projects after of war. Some of the
publications in this collection are connected to Gardner's research. These publications
consist of United States Strategic Bombing Survey reports published during 1944-1947.
The United States Strategic Bombing Survey organization was established in 1944 by the
Secretary of War and examined and amassed statistical and documentary material on World
War II bombing sites in Germany and Japan. Most of the reports in this collection
concern the effects of the United States' bombardment of cities and industrial sites in
Japan, containing numerous graphic photographs and illustrations. These reports yield
detailed information on the effects of bombing raids on the Japanese civilian
population, economy, electrical power structure, food supply, and other similar topics.
box 1 primarily contains reports and memoranda regarding the construction of a special
hangar at Eglin Field, Florida for testing aircraft under controlled climatic
conditions. This box also contains a government publication entitled Guide to Japan, and
a publication on a thermal spring in Japan, published partly in Japanese.
boxes 2-5 contain nearly sixty publications by the United States Strategic Bombing
Survey organization. Booklets 1 and 2 concern the European Theater, but the remaining 57
publications concern the war in the Pacific. These booklets have been organized by the
division that conducted the bombing surveys. United States Strategic Bombing Survey has
also been abbreviated as USSBS.
Following the inventory of this collection, a reference index of subjects and locations
has been provided for the aid researchers.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access : Restrictions
Open to public research.
Restrictions on Use : Copyright
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents
from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of
copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Walter H. Gardner collection must
be obtained from the Special Collections Manuscript Curator and/or the Special Collections
Department Head.
Preferred Citation :
Walter H. Gardner collection, 1944-1947. (COLL MSS 57). Utah State University. Special
Collections and Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Arranged in numeric sequence according to box and folder or book number.
Acquisition Information :
The materials in this collection were donated by Walter H. Gardner in two batches, one
in 1980 and one in 2004.
Related Materials :
Western Society of Soil Science Records COLL MSS 267
Detailed Description of the Collection
Air Forces Proving Ground Command Papers and other
materials
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
1
1
Climatic Hangar Project Memoranda
(A project entailing the construction and operation of a mammoth hangar at
Eglin Field in Florida to house the performance testing of large aircraft under
controlled climatic conditions.)
1944
1
2
Climatic Hangar Project Memoranda
1945
1
3
Climatic Hangar Project. Reports
1
4
Climatic Hangar Project. Specifications.
1
5
Climatic Hangar Project. Misc
1
6
Facilities Branch Proof Division. Report
(The function of this branch of the Army Air Forces Proving Ground Command was
to provide the latest testing methods and broad scientific methods of testing
for the service testing of Army Air Forces aircraft and auxiliary equipment.)
1944
1
7
Pilotless Aircraft Project. Technical Orders
(These manuals demonstrate the methods of assembly, preparation and launching
of the pilotless aircraft type JB-2 jet bomb or "buzz" bomb.)
1945
1
8
Report: The Period of Japanese Advance-Prior to
Allied Invasion of Guadalcanal
1941-1942
1
9
Guide to Japan, Cincpac-Cincpoa Bulletin 209-45
1945 September 1
1
10
Publication on Shirahama Thermal Springs in
Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Bk 11: Nissan Automobile Company
Corporation Report No. XVIII, Aircraft Division, USSBS
1946 November 1
2
Bk 12: Showa Airplane Company
Corporation Report No. XII, Aircraft Division, USSBS
1946 December
2
Bk 13: Underground Production of
Japanese Aircraft Report No. XX, Aircraft Division, USSBS
1947 March
2
Bk 14: Coals and Metals in Japan'
s War Economy, Basic Material Division, USSBS
1947 April
3
Bk 15: The Effects of the Atomic
Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Chairman's Office, USSBS
1946 June 19
3
Bk 16: The Effects of the Atomic
Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Chairman's Office, USSBS
1946 June 30
3
Bk 17: Summary Report Covering
Air-Raid Protection and Allied Subjects in Japan, Civilian Defense
Division, USSBS
1946 March 15
3
Bk 18: Hiroshima, Japan Field
Report, Civilian Defense Division, USSBS
1945 November 15
3
Bk 19: Field Report Covering
Air-Raid Protection and Allied Subjects in Kobe, Japan, Civilian
Defense Division, USSBS
1947 February
3
Bk 20: Field Report Covering
Air-Raid Protection and Allied Subjects in Kyoto, Japan, Civilian
Defense Division, USSBS
1947 February
3
Bk 21: Field Report Covering
Air-Raid Protection and Allied Subjects in Nagasaki, Japan, Civilan
Defense Division, USSBS
1947 March
3
Bk 22: Field Report Covering
Air-Raid Protection and Allied Subjects in Osaka, Japan, Civilian
Defense Division, USSBS
1947 May
3
Bk 23: Field Report Covering
Air-Raid Protection and Allied Subjects in Tokyo, Japan, Civilian
Defense Division, USSBS
1947 March
3
Bk 24: Field Report Covering
Air-Raid Protection and Allied Subjects in Japan, Civilian Defense
Division, USSBS
1947 February
3
Bk 25: The Japanese Construction
Industry, Construction Section, USSBS
1945 November 30
3
Bk 26: Electric Power Industry of
Japan, Electrical Power Division, USSBS
1945 December 3
3
Bk 27: Electric Power Industry of
Japan: Plant Reports, Electrical Power Division, USSBS
1947 May
3
Bk 28: The Japanese Wartime
Standard of Living and Utilization of Manpower, Manpower, Food and
Civilian Supplies Division, USSBS
1947 January
3
Bk 29: The Effects of Atomic
Bombs on Health and Medical Services in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
Medical Division, USSBS
1947 March
4
Bk 30: The Effect of Air Action
on Japanese Ground Army Logistics, Military Analysis Division, USSBS
1947 April
4
Bk 31: Japanese Air Weapons and
Tactics, Military Analysis Division, USSBS
1947 January
4
Bk 32: Japanese Army
Ordnance, Military Supplies Division, USSBS
1946 December
4
Bk 33: Japanese Motor Vehicle
Industry, Military Supplies Division , USSBS
1946 November 1
4
Bk 34: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Two; Airfields,
Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 35: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Three: Computed Bomb
Plotting, Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 36: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Four: Urban Area
Analysis, Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 37: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Five: Camouflage, Concealment,
and Defense, Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 38: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Six: Shipping,
Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 39: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Seven: Electronics,
Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 40: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Eight: Beach
Intelligence, Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 41: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Nine: Coast and Anti-Aircraft
Artillery, Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 42: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Ten: Roads and Railroads,
Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 43: Evaluation of Photographic
Intelligence in the Japanese Homeland: Part Eleven: Industrial
Analysis, Photographic Intelligence Section, USSBS
4
Bk 44: Effects of Incendiary Bomb
Attacks on Japan: A Report of Eight Cities, Physical Damage Division,
USSBS
1947 April
4
Bk 45: Effects of Two Thousand,
One Thousand and Five Hundred Pound Bombs on Japanese Targets: A Report of
Eight Incidents, Physical Damage Division, USSBS
1947 April
5
Bk 46: Comments and Data on
Effectiveness of Ammunition and Accuracy of Firings, Ships
Bombardment Survey Party, USSBS
May 1946
5
Bk 47: Study of the Hakodate
Area: 1945, Ships Bombardment Survey Party, USSBS
1946 April
5
Bk 48: Study of the Hamamatsu
Area: 1945, Ships Bombardment Survey Party, USSBS
1946 April
5
Bk 49: Study of the Kamaishi
Area: 1945, Ships Bombardment Survey Party, USSBS
1946
5
Bk 50: Study of the Muroran Area:
1945, Ships Bombardment Survey Party, USSBS
1946 April
5
Bk 51: Study of the Shimizu Area:
1945, Ships Bombardment Survey Party, USSBS
1946
5
Bk 52: Study of Shionomisaki and
Nojima Saki Areas: 1945, Ships Bombardment Survey Party, USSBS
1946 May
5
Bk 53: The Effects of Air Attack
on Japanese Urban Economy: Summary Report, Urban Areas Report, USSBS
1947 March
5
Bk 54: The Effects of Air Attack
on the City of Nagoya, Urban Areas Report, USSBS
1947 June
5
Bk 55: The Effects of Air Attack
on the City of Nagasaki, Urban Areas Report, USSBS
1947 April
5
Bk 56: The Effects of Air Attack
on the Urban Complex of Tokyo-Kawasaki-Yokohama, Urban Areas Report,
USSBS
1947 June
5
Bk 57: Japanese Electrical
Equipment, Capital Equipment and Construction Division, USSBS
1945 November 30
5
Bk 58: Chemicals in Japan's
War, Oil and Chemical Division, USSBS
1946 February
5
Bk 59: Chemicals in Japan's War:
Appendix, Oil and Chemical Division, USSBS
