Data from the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) in World War II

This repository provides data collected from archival records of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), a U.S. federal agency which operated between 1940 and 1947 and funded wartime research and development. The repository includes data files on OSRD contracts, contractors, and inventions. These data can be linked to firms on firm name, and to patents on patent number.