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Title: United States Office of War Information miscellaneous records
Date (inclusive): 1941-1945
Collection Number: XX454
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8 manuscript boxes
(2.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Reports, press releases, memoranda, clippings, and photographs relating to regulation of the wartime economy in the United
States, and to background information on various countries during World War II and dissemination of American propaganda. Includes
a study entitled "Chronology of Adolf Hitler's Life" (1944), prepared as a reference source for the Office of War Information
staff.
Creator:
United States. Office of War Information
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], United States Office of War Information miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
American governmental agency for dissemination of war information and propaganda during World War II.
Scope and Content of Collection
Reports, press releases, memoranda, clippings, and photographs relating to regulation of the wartime economy in the United
States, and to background information on various countries during World War II, and to dissemination of American propaganda.
Includes a study entitled "Chronology of Adolf Hitler's Life" (1944), prepared as a reference source for the Office of War
Information staff.
Records of the Office of War Information [OWI], Record Group 208, National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/208.html
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
Propaganda, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
National socialism
World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945