Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1944.

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Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1944.

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Items relate to the organization of a state penal and correctional system, and include various reports to that end. Correspondents are W. H. Burke (chief of the United States Prison Industries Branch) and Lewis Lawes (acting chief of the United States War Production Board).

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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...

Burke, W. H.

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Lawes, Lewis Edward, 1883-1947

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Penologist and warden of Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, N.Y. from 1920-1941. From the description of Papers, 1856-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155489355 Resident of Jefferson County, Ky. From the description of Letter, 1812 May 21. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46613801 ...