Tag: War Production Board
As the US involvement in World War II heightened, the nation faced many critical shortages. Certainly sugar and butter come to mind, as do images of children collecting bottle caps and pieces of glass. But “Mrs. Housewife” was called to her patriotic duty to conserve another good: household fats. The Conservation Division of the War [...]
Posted by Robin Waldman on May 27, 2011, under Archives II, Civil Records, Reference.
Tags: Conservation Division, fat salvage, ration points, RG 188, United States Department of Agriculture, War Advertising Council, War Production Board, World War II
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Today’s post is written by Robert Fahs, a processing archivist who works with civilian textual records. This is the second post in an occasional series. For the first post, go here. W. Averell Harriman, Jr. (1891-1986) played a leading role in President Truman’s Point Four agencies, first as the United States Special Representative (1948-1950) responsible [...]
Posted by Guest Blogger on December 29, 2010, under Reference.
Tags: Economic Cooperation Administration, Foreign Assistance, Illinois Central Railroad, Korean War, Mutual Security Act, Mutual Security Agency, National Recovery Administration, New Deal, Organization for European Economic Cooperation, Point Four Agencies, President’s Committee on Foreign Aid, RG 469, Robert Fahs, Union Pacific Railroad, W. Averell Harriman, War Production Board
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