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The material of the Research Projects series runs to two linear feet and includes questionnaires, memoranda and notes, findings, grant proposals, and other papers from five studies. These materials document unevenly the major research thrusts of Newcomb's career and are arranged chronologically according to the starting date of the study. The first is the Bennington Study, a longitudinal study of the influence of college on the attitudes of Bennington and neighboring college students. A follow-up investigation, Bennington Study Revisited, examines the persistence of attitude change and political affiliation over a lifetime. The World War II Studies undertaken in the European theater include interviews with the German high command and surveys of the German populace on the impact of Allied bombing. The fourth subseries is the Group House Project and is the most comprehensively documented aspect of Newcomb's research including drafts and reports created by students working under his direction. This study returns Newcomb to his pre-war milieu, examining college students' attitudes; this time studying the interactions of students sharing the same house. The last study is the Peer Influence Project which looked at the impact of correctional institutions on juveniles.