2016-10-14 Guide to the Samuel Renshaw Microfilmed Documents on Aircraft Spotting, circa 1940s RG.40.98 Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod

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 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-05-13T10:45-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Samuel Renshaw Microfilmed Documents on Aircraft Spotting RG.40.98 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.01 Cubic feet circa 1940s Samuel Renshaw was a professor in the Department of Psychology at Ohio State University. The Samuel Renshaw Microfilmed Documents on Aircraft Spotting contain a roll of microfilm concerning aircraft spotting. (1) 35 mm microfilm box English Renshaw, Samuel, 1892-1981 Arrangement of Materials

The materials are arranged in the order they were received.

 Acquisitions Information

Accession Number UA.1979.0017

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Samuel Renshaw Microfilmed Documents on Aircraft Spotting, RG 40.98, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

(1) roll of 35mm microfilm

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Finding aid written by Zoe MacLeod, 2016 October

 Biographical Note

Samuel Renshaw (1892-1981) was a professor in the Department of Psychology at Ohio State University. In his work as an experimental psychologist, he became famous for a brief period during WWII when he taught military personnel how to identify enemy aircraft in a split second.

 Scope and Contents

The Samuel Renshaw Microfilmed Documents on Aircraft Spotting contain a roll of microfilm concerning aircraft spotting, a project which Renshaw worked on during WWII.

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(1) roll of 35mm microfilm