Division and Field Records.

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Division and Field Records.

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Included are reports, correspondence, statstical data, and reference fiels of the Divisions of Explosives and Regulation, 1917-21, Explosives, 1926-33, Coal Economics, 1907-48, Petroleum and Fuel, 1905-45, Foreign Activities ("foreign company reports files"), 1913-45, Minerals, 1917-53, and Mineral Production Security, 1941-45; and Branches of Non-Metal Economics, 1905-54, Construction and Chemical Materials, 1923-54, and Health and Safety, 1911-49. Miscellaneous records of the Bureau include coal production tabulation sheets, 1900-1937; petroleum information files, 1915-30; blueprints and drawings relating to helium and early helium development; war gas investigation reports, 1917-18; negative microfilm copies (230 rolls) of employment and accident schedules, 1915-35; coal mine inspection releases, 1942-47; and records of the Division of Mineral Resources of the Geological Survey, 1895-1935, the Coal Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 1920-25, the Joint Information Board on Minerals and Derivatives, 1918, and the Committee on Mineral Imports and Exports, 1918.

382 linear ft and 230 rolls of microfilm.

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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SNAC Resource ID: 6719852

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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