Research: Military: They Also Served
They Also Served --- Series Descriptions
War Information Service
A4314. Information Coordination Correspondence with State and War Council Agencies, 1942-1943. 0. 5 cu. ft.
Arrangement: By subject.
This series contains mostly perfunctory correspondence between the War Information Service and other agencies involved in war work as part of the office's duty to coordinate information about home front programs. The correspondence discusses information to be included in annual reports or information which the office was to disseminate in press releases. Some carbon-copy letters exchanged between agencies (apparently sent to the office for informational purposes), requests to federal agencies for various materials, and a small amount of material relating to publicity strategy are also found.
Finding aids: Folder list.
A4315. Public Relations Coordination Files, 1943-1944. 0. 5 cu. ft.
Arrangement: By subject.
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and a small amount of posters, broadsides, and pamphlets detailing several aspects of the service's coordination of public relations for the War Council. The series includes "clipping summaries" which briefly describe a press release and list the newspapers which carried it; files of Alice Tierney Scanlan, an assistant in the service who worked with the War Transportation Committee, containing information on car pooling and tire rationing publicity strategies, in addition to some posters and broadsides; correspondence with other agencies (War Nutrition Services and Emergency Food Commission in particular); some director's material, possibly passed on to assistants for handling; discussions of the "Sappy and Silly Sabotire" comic strip, which was used to promote tire and automobile rationing; internal letters and memoranda regarding the office routine; and other related documents including pamphlets for promoting other War Council activities.
Finding aids: Folder list.
A4316. Official Bulletin Coordination Files, 1941-1944. 2. 25 cu. ft.
Arrangement: By topic.
This series contains correspondence and mailing lists related to the publication of the War Council's Official Bulletin which was published to keep informed all War Council agencies, local war councils, and other agencies involved in war work. Records from the War Information Service director and the Official Bulletin's editor contain the minutia of running a monthly publication including mailing lists, and correspondence with publishers, subscribers, and local war council officers. The majority of the files in this series contain mailing lists and subscribers' correspondence, which provide information on the changing personnel of local war councils. Also found in this series: letters from business people volunteering for war work; the Official Bulletin's editor's files containing information about his work; War Information Service radio scripts and
amusing letters to other War Council colleagues; photographs and posters from various agencies; and requests for reprints of official orders issued by the War Council.
Finding aids: Folder list.
A4317. Media Releases, 1942-1944. 0. 25 cu. ft.
Arrangement: By topic.
This series contains press releases from the War Information Service to inform various media about accomplishments of War Council agencies and members. Topics covered include agriculture, health, and nutrition issues; civil defense; nursing; salvage; and war transportation.
