{"value"=>"<p>Contains Sprague's records of his work for the civilian advisory board formed by Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, to provide engineering assistance to the Navy during World War I. The papers include correspondence, meeting minutes, committee reports, and scrapbooks, 1915-1923. Also in this section are letters, blueprints, notes, diagrams, sketches, and test reports documenting Sprague's work on fuses, depth charges, and projectiles, 1915-1922. Finally, there is Sprague's correspondence regarding the Navy Pay Bill, 1918-1920.</p>"}