History of the United States Food Administration in New Jersey : during the period from March 8, 1918 to December 31, 1918 : mimeograph copy, 1919.

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History of the United States Food Administration in New Jersey : during the period from March 8, 1918 to December 31, 1918 : mimeograph copy, 1919.

A history of the activities of the United States Food Administration in New Jersey from the appointment of William S. Tyler as administrator in March 1918. According to the foreward, the history was compiled "by members of the Food Administration staff--their several contributions being assembled and merged into one composite whole." Of several appendices called for in the text, only the photographs are present.

1 v. (53 leaves).

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United States Food Administration

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American food regulatory agency. From the description of Food Administration records, 1917-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866949 Organized in 1917; managed civilian food production, distribution, conservation and pricing during World War I; using both volunteers and a paid staff, accomplished its work in New Jersey through an enforcement division, through committees representing different food trades, through county-level food administrators and through publicity ef...

Tyler, W. S. (William Seymour), 1810-1897

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Tyler grew up in Harford, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1810. He went to Hamilton College before coming to Amherst College for a year and graduating from Amherst in 1830. Afterwards, he attended Andover Theological Seminary while intermittently teaching at Amherst Academy, 1830-1831, and tutoring at Amherst College, 1832-1834. He pursued his theological course until 1836 when he became professor of Latin and Greek Languages and Literature at Amherst College, 1836-1847, and subsequently of G...