Material relating to National Selective Service registration, 1940-1941.

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Material relating to National Selective Service registration, 1940-1941.

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Printed and mimeographed materials distributed to students and registrars at Harvard Law School. Includes: Proclamation by Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding registration under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 --Bulletin of information for persons registered (Form 5, U.S. Selective Service System, 1940) --Memoranda bearing on occupational deferment of students registered under Selective Training and Service Act (1941) --Registration Instruction Placard; Massachusetts Selective Service headquarters "Check-off list for registrars", etc. Also in folder is newspaper clipping from the Boston Daily Globe (Oct. 16, 1940) with photograph of Law School dean James M. Landis registering Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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