American War Production Mission in China records, 1941-1945, 1944-1945 (bulk)

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American War Production Mission in China records, 1941-1945, 1944-1945 (bulk)

General records consist of correspondence, diaries, memoranda, cables, reports, and related items relating to the establishment of the Chinese War Production Board, production of materials essential to the war effort, and program planning for Free China's factories, mines, and arsenals, 1944-1945; correspondence of Edwin A. Locke, Jr., Donald M. Nelson, James A. Jacobson, and other mission members. Other items include weekly reports prepared by Mission deputies in Chungking with related memoranda and statistics, 1944-1945; a history of the Mission prepared by Mrs. Mabel Taylor Gregg; and publications collected by the Mission about China, 1941-1945. Microfilmed records are those of Mission Specialists consisting of correspondence with the Chinese War Production Board, inspection reports of Chinese factories, mines and arsenals, other reports, and minutes of the Chinese War Production Board, 1944-1945.

17 linear ft., 9 microfilm reels.

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United States. War Production Board

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The War Resources Board was established August 9, 1939, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a civilian advisory group to collaborate with the Joint Army and Navy Munitions Board in formulating economic mobilization policies. It was abolished November 24, 1939. The Advisory Commission to the World War I Council of National Defense was revived, May 29, 1940. Three of its functional divisions (Industrial Production, Industrial Materials, and Labor), responsible for the stockpiling and delivery o...

Gregg, Mabel Taylor.

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Jacobson, James A.

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Locke, Edwin A., Jr.

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Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959

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Donald Marr Nelson (1888-1959), executive vice-president of Sears-Roebuck; director of priorities of the United States Office of Production Management (1941-1942), chairman of the War Production Board (1942-1944), and president of the Society of Independent Motion Producers (1945-1947). From the description of Papers of Donald M. Nelson 1909-1956, (bulk ) 1930-1950. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 301351953 ...

United States. American Production Mission in China.

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The Mission was an advisory board assigned to work with the Chinese War Production Board to assist Chinese industry for war and postwar production. The Mission was sent to China in 1944 and was terminated in December of 1945. From the description of American War Production Mission in China records, 1941-1945, 1944-1945 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155525173 ...