Inventory of the United States Office of War Information miscellaneous records
Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.
Hoover Institution Archives
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Stanford, California 94305-6010
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Inventory of the United States Office of War Information miscellaneous records
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Hoover Institution Archives Staff
- Date Completed:
- 2009
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.
© 2009 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: United States Office of War Information miscellaneous records
Dates: 1941-1945
Collection Number: XX454
Creator: United States. Office of War Information
Collection Size:
8 manuscript boxes
2.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Reports, press releases, memoranda, clippings, and photographs, relating to regulation of the wartime economy in the United
States, and to background information on various countries during World War II and dissemination of American propaganda. Includes
a study entitled "Chronology of Adolf Hitler's Life" (1944), prepared as a reference source for the Office of War Information
staff.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], United States Office of War Information miscellaneous records, [Box number], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
American governmental agency for dissemination of war information and propaganda during World War II.
Scope and Content of Collection
Reports, press releases, memoranda, clippings, and photographs, relating to regulation of the wartime economy in the United
States, and to background information on various countries during World War II, and to dissemination of American propaganda.
Includes a study entitled "Chronology of Adolf Hitler's Life" (1944), prepared as a reference source for the Office of War
Information staff.
Related Materials
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.
National socialism.
Propaganda, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Box: 1-2
Country background documents,
circa 1941-1945
Box/Folder: 1 : 9
Chinese Coast, Hainan Coast
Box/Folder: 2 : 15
Sakhalin-Kurile Islands (Russia)
Box/Folder: 3 : 1
Occupied China situation report
1945
Box/Folder: 3 : 3
"Chronology of Adolf Hitler's Life"
1944
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Japanese Personal Intelligence Volume I
1945
Box/Folder: 3 : 5
Japanese Personal Intelligence Collation Volume I
1945
Box/Folder: 4 : 1
Japanese Personal Intelligence Volume II
1945
Box/Folder: 4 : 2
Japanese Personal Intelligence Volume III
1945
Box/Folder: 4 : 3-6
Operations Intelligence
1944
Box/Folder: 5 : 1-3
Operations Intelligence
1944
Box/Folder: 5 : 4-10
War Production Board
1942
Box/Folder: 5 : 11
War Production Board
1942-1943
Box/Folder: 5 : 12
War Production Board
1943
Box/Folder: 6 : 1-6
War Production Board
1943
Box/Folder: 6 : 7
War Production Board
1944
Box/Folder: 6 : 8-11
War Production Board
1945
Box/Folder: 7 : 1
Washington D.C. press clip sheet
1943
Box/Folder: 7 : 2
Defense Transportation
1942
Box/Folder: 7 : 3
Office of Defense Transportation
1942
Box/Folder: 7 : 4
U.S. Employment Service
1945
Box/Folder: 7 : 5
War Manpower Commission
1942
Box/Folder: 7 : 6-9
War Manpower Commission
1943
Box/Folder: 7 : 10-13
War Manpower Commission
1944
Box/Folder: 7 : 14
War Manpower Commission
1945
Box/Folder: 8 : 1-3
War Manpower Commission
1945
Box/Folder: 8 : 4
Office of Civilian Defense
1941
Box/Folder: 8 : 5
National Defense Mediation Board
1942
Box/Folder: 8 : 6
U.S. Department of Labor
1943
Box/Folder: 8 : 7
National War Labor Board
1942
Box/Folder: 8 : 8
Office of Production Management
1942
Box/Folder: 8 : 9
Office for Emergency Management
1942
Box/Folder: 8 : 10
Office of Price Administration
1941
Box/Folder: 8 : 11-14
Office of Price Administration
1942
Box/Folder: 8 : 15
Office of Price Administration
1943
Box/Folder: 8 : 16
Office of Price Administration
1944
Box/Folder: 8 : 17
Office of Price Administration
1945
Box/Folder: 8 : 18
Office of War Information
1943
Box/Folder: 8 : 19
Office of War Information
1944
