Papers, 1939-1965 (bulk 1939-1952).

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Papers, 1939-1965 (bulk 1939-1952).

Collection includes correspondence (1944-1954); memorandums (1940-1965); files of correspondence, notes, minutes, graphs, statistics and reports, many related to industrial location and conversion of wartime production facilities; manuscripts by McLaughlin and others; speeches; and miscellaneous other materials.

1.8 cubic ft.

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United States. Defense Production Administration

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United States. National Security Resources Board

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McLaughlin, Glenn Everett.

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Glenn Everett McLaughlin (b. 1904), an economist, was a faculty member at Colorado College, the University of Pittsburgh, and Hunter College between 1926-1940. He was chief of the U.S. National Resources Planning Board from 1940-1943 and served with the War Production Board from 1941-1945. After World War II, he was a member of the plant disposal division of the War Assets Administration. McLaughlin worked for the Bureau of Reclamation, National Security Resources Board, and Defense Production A...

United States. National Resources Planning Board

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United States. War Assets Administration

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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...