Introduction

Produced by the Federal Defense History Program (Committee on Records of War Administration), this collection was assembled to document the administration of civilian life, particularly the economy, during wartime. Topics include war production, price stabilization, transportation and shipping, manpower and rationing.

Location

Government Publications. Film 23885 [World War II] consists of 56 reels containing 423 documents. Film 23884 [Korean War] consists of 12 reels containing 179 documents.

Finding Aids

Administrative histories of World War II civilian agencies of the Federal Government; Administrative histories of U.S. civilian agencies, Korean War: a guide to the microfilm collections.

World War II section of guide consists of fascimiles of catalog cards in dictionary catalog order, i.e. a merged catalog with main entries (usually the issuing agencies), added entries, title and subject entries. The Korean War section is an enumeration of the microfilm reels and the documents contained on each reel, no other entry points provided.

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