Papers, 1939-1960.

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Papers, 1939-1960.

Materials relating to agriculture and national defense during World War II, including correspondence, pamphlets, and directives about war activities of the Illinois Extension Service; War Board memoranda and minutes; War Food Administration production and distribution orders; War Production Board conservation and limitation orders and priorities; U.S. Dept. of Agriculture bulletins, leaflets, circulars, reports, and publications on wartime food production, planning, manpower, and education; and posters from Office of War Information. Includes reprints of articles on forestry.

1.6 linear ft.

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United States. Office of War Information

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

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...

Spaeth, J. Nelson (John Nelson), 1896-1982

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Professor of forestry, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Papers, 1939-1960. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28412104 ...

University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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United States. War Food Administration

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United States. Dept. of Agriculture. War Board (Ill.)

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