PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY collection, 1933-1945.

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PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY collection, 1933-1945.

Consists of correspondence and printed matter of PUBLISHERS' WEEKLY, the periodical published by the R. R. Bowker Company, and correspondence of Frederic G. Melcher, company president and editor of the weekly.

3.15 cu. ft. (7 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8251515

Princeton University Library

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United States. Office of War Information

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Council on Books in Wartime

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The Council on Books in Wartime was an organization established during World War II by a group of American publishers, booksellers, authors, and librarians for the purpose of mobilizing the book industry behind the war effort in the interest of military and civilian morale. From the description of Council on Books in Wartime archives, 1942-1945. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 81511856 The Council on Books in Wartime was a non-profit organiza...

United States. Office of Alien Property Custodian

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The office of Alien Property Custodian was created by the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917. According to the act the right to seize enemy property was vested in the president, which was then delegated to the Alien Property Custodian. During the Second World War the Alien Property Custodian was reinstituted. Patents held by German and Japanese nations were defined as alien property and seized. From the description of Records, 1943-1946. (Hagley Museum & Library). Worl...

United States. National Recovery Administration

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Book Industry Committee for Roosevelt.

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Victory Book Committee.

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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...

Melcher, Frederic Gershom, 1879-1963

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Publisher and editor. From the description of Papers of Frederic Gershom Melcher, 1930-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448861 ...

R.R. Bowker company

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Publisher, New York. From the description of Evening mail book reviews : notebooks, 1869, 1871-1874. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660269 ...