Records of the War Manpower Commission [WMC]
(Record Group 211)
1936-47
Table of Contents
- 211.1 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY
- 211.2 GENERAL RECORDS
1942-45
- 211.3 RECORDS OF THE CHAIRMAN
1942-45
- 211.4 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN (LABOR
RELATIONS)
1943-45
- 211.5 RECORDS OF THE MANAGEMENT LABOR POLICY COMMITTEE
1942-46
- 211.5.1 General records
- 211.5.2 Records of the Office of the Executive Assistant to
Management Members (OEAMM) and the Office of the Executive
Assistant to Labor Members (OEALM)
- 211.6 RECORDS OF THE WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
1942-45
- 211.7 RECORDS OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE ON DEFERMENT OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES
1942-47
- 211.7.1 Records of the CSC Committee on Occupational Deferment
- 211.7.2 Records of the President's Committee on Deferment of
Federal Employees
- 211.7.3 Records of the Review Committee on Deferment of
Government Employees
- 211.8 RECORDS OF THE OFFICES OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN 1942-45
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- 211.8.1 Records of the Office of the Executive Director
- 211.8.2 Records of the separate and consolidated offices of the
Executive Director and the Deputy Chairman
- 211.8.3 Records of the Office of the Deputy Chairman
- 211.9 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF,
EXECUTIVE SERVICES
1942-45
- 211.10 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
1942-43
- 211.11 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
1942-45
- 211.12 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR FIELD SERVICE
1942-45
- 211.13 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
1942-45
- 211.14 RECORDS OF THE ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
1942-45
- 211.15 RECORDS OF THE REPORTS AND ANALYSIS SERVICE
1939-46
- 211.15.1 General records
- 211.15.2 Records of the Historical Analysis Section, Analysis
Division
- 211.15.3 Other records of the Analysis Division
- 211.16 RECORDS OF THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1942-45
- 211.17 RECORDS OF THE LEGAL SERVICE
1937-45
- 211.18 RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
1941-45
- 211.18.1 Records of the Administrative Service
- 211.18.2 Other records
- 211.19 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF PLACEMENT
1939-46
- 211.19.1 General records
- 211.19.2 Records of the Employment Office Service Division and
its predecessor, the Industrial and Agricultural Employment
Division
- 211.19.3 Records of the Industrial Allocation Division
- 211.19.4 Records of the Rural Industries Division
- 211.20 RECORDS OF THE PROCUREMENT AND ASSIGNMENT SERVICE
1941-46
- 211.21 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF MANPOWER UTILIZATION
1936-45
- 211.22 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF TRAINING
1939-45
- 211.22.1 Records of the Office of the Director
- 211.22.2 Records of the Professional and Technical Training
Division
- 211.22.3 General records of the Training Within Industry Service
(TWIS)
- 211.22.4 Records of the Office of the Associate Director, TWIS
- 211.23 RECORDS OF WMC FIELD OFFICES
1942-45
- 211.23.1 Records common to all WMC field offices
- 211.23.2 Records of Region I (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
- 211.23.3 Records of Region II (NY)
- 211.23.4 Records of Region III (DE, NJ, PA)
- 211.23.5 Records of Region IV (DC, MD, NC, VA, WV)
- 211.23.6 Records of Region V (KY, MI, OH)
- 211.23.7 Records of Region VI (IL, IN, WI)
- 211.23.8 Records of Region VII (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC, TN)
- 211.23.9 Records of Region VIII (IA, MN, NE, ND, SD)
- 211.23.10 Records of Region IX (AR, KS, MO, OK)
- 211.23.11 Records of Region X (LA, NM, TX)
- 211.23.12 Records of Region XI (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- 211.23.13 Records of Region XII (AZ, CA, NV, OR, WA)
- 211.23.14 Records of the Hawaii Territorial office (Honolulu, HI)
Established: In the Office for Emergency Management (OEM) by EO 9139, April 18, 1942, under chairmanship of the Federal Security Administrator. Consisted of representatives of the following agencies: War Department; Departments of Agriculture, Labor, and the Navy; Federal Security Agency (FSA); War Production Board (WPB); Selective Service System (SSS); and Civil Service Commission (CSC).
Predecessor Agencies:
National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel (NRSSP), Natural Resources Planning Board (NRPB, 1940); NRSSP, NRPB and CSC (joint administration, 1940-42)
Office of Procurement and Assignment, Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, OEM (1941-42)
Labor Division (labor supply functions only), WPB, OEM (1942)
Committee on Fair Employment Practice (CFEP), Office of Production Management (OPM), OEM (1941-42); CFEP, WPB, OEM (1942)
Division of Information, Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (BIN), Department of Commerce and Labor (1907-13); Division of Information, BIN, Department of Labor (DOL, 1913-18); U.S. Employment Service (USES), DOL (1918-39); USES, Bureau of Unemployment Security, Social Security Board, FSA (1939-42)
Apprenticeship Section, Division of Labor Standards, DOL (1937- 42); Apprentice Training Service (ATS), FSA (1942)
Training Within Industry Service (TWIS), Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense (1940-41); TWIS, OPM, OEM (1941- 42); TWIS, WPB, OEM (1942); TWIS, FSA (1942)
National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (1935-39); NYA, FSA (1939-42)
Selective Service System (SSS, 1940-42)
Functions: Recruited labor for war and essential civilian industries, trained labor for jobs essential to the war effort, analyzed manpower utilization practices to increase labor efficiency, and accumulated national labor market information.
Abolished: By EO 9617, September 19, 1945.
Successor Agencies: By EO 9617, the Procurement and Assignment Service was attached to the FSA, and all other functions were transferred to the Department of Labor.
Finding Aids: Charles Zaid, comp., Inventory of the Records of the War Manpower Commission, Inv. 6 (1973).
Security-Classified Records: This record group may include material that is security-classified.
Related Records: Record copies of publications of the War Manpower Commission in RG 287, Publications of the U.S. Government.
Subject Access Terms: World War II agency.
211.2 GENERAL RECORDS
1942-45
History: War Manpower Commission initially made responsible for
the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel, the
Office of Procurement and Assignment, and the labor supply
functions of the Labor Division, WPB, by EO 9139, April 18, 1942.
Committee on Fair Employment Practice transferred to WMC by
Presidential letter, effective July 30, 1942. (CFEP remained
under WMC until, by EO 9346, May 27, 1943, it was superseded by
an independent agency of the same name.)
U.S. Employment Service, Training Within Industry Service,
Apprentice Training Service, National Youth Administration, and
units of the Office of Education dealing with loans to technical
and professional students, education and training of defense
workers, and visual war training aids transferred from FSA to
WMC, by EO 9247, September 17, 1942. NYA abolished by an act of
July 12, 1943 (57 Stat. 539), which also returned the education
units to the Office of Education.
Selective Service System placed under WMC as the Bureau of
Selective Service, by EO 9279, December 5, 1942. Independent
status of SSS restored, effective December 5, 1943, by EO 9410,
December 23, 1943. SEE 211.1.
Textual Records: Verbatim minutes of WMC meetings of May 6 and
13, 1942. Summary minutes of, agendas for, and documents to be
considered at meetings, 1942-45. Railroad labor contracts for
transportation and employment of unskilled Mexican labor, 1943-
45.
211.3 RECORDS OF THE CHAIRMAN
1942-45
Textual Records: General correspondence, 1943-45. Correspondence
with government officials and Members of Congress, 1942-45; and
with WMC regional directors, 1944. Speeches, radio addresses,
interviews, transcripts of press conferences, and statements of
Chairman Paul V. McNutt and other WMC officials, 1942-45.
211.4 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN (LABOR RELATIONS)
1943-45
Textual Records: Records relating to manpower requirements, women
workers, job stabilization programs, reemployment of veterans,
and reconversion to a peacetime economy, 1943-45.
211.5 RECORDS OF THE MANAGEMENT LABOR POLICY COMMITTEE
1942-46
History: Established by WMC order, May 1942, and confirmed by EO
9279, December 5, 1942, to advise the WMC on basic manpower
policy, promote acceptance of WMC policies, review regional
committee recommendations, and make recommendations in appeals
cases. Terminated September 19, 1945.
211.5.1 General records
Textual Records: Minutes of national committee meetings and
summary minutes of regional, state, and area committee meetings,
1942-45, with indexes. Field unit administrative reports, 1945.
National committee appeals case files, 1943-45. Miscellaneous
records, 1942-46.
211.5.2 Records of the Office of the Executive Assistant to
Management Members (OEAMM) and the Office of the Executive
Assistant to Labor Members (OEALM)
Textual Records: OEAMM general correspondence, 1943-45; and
letters and memorandums to management members, 1944-45. OEALM
general correspondence, 1942-45; and regional correspondence,
1943-45.
211.6 RECORDS OF THE WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
1942-45
History: Established by WMC order, August 31, 1942, and confirmed
by EO 9279, December 5, 1942. Advised the WMC in matters of
policy regarding women in war industry, employment of youth under
18 years of age, and employment in industry of women with young
children. Terminated September 19, 1945.
Textual Records: Minutes and agenda for meetings, 1942-45.
Correspondence of Chairman Margaret A. Hickey and the executive
secretary, 1942-45. Speeches and radio addresses by the chairman,
1943-45. Reports, statements, and news releases issued by the
committee; and issuances originating in other agencies relating
to the employment of women in industry, 1942-45.
211.7 RECORDS OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE ON DEFERMENT OF GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES
1942-47
History: Established in the WMC by EO 9309, March 6, 1943, on
recommendation of President's Committee on Deferment of Federal
Employees, assuming functions of the CSC Committee on
Occupational Deferment. Transferred to Department of Labor by EO
9617, September 19, 1945, and to Office of War Mobilization by EO
9744A, June 29, 1946. Operations suspended, May 1947.
211.7.1 Records of the CSC Committee on Occupational Deferment
Textual Records: Correspondence and other records submitted by
federal agencies seeking deferment of key personnel, 1942.
211.7.2 Records of the President's Committee on Deferment of
Federal Employees
Textual Records: Records used by the committee in preparing its
February 1943 report to the President, 1942-43. Agency emergency
deferment requests submitted to the President, 1942-43.
211.7.3 Records of the Review Committee on Deferment of
Government Employees
Textual Records: Agency reports on selective service status of
employees, lists of key positions, and employee deferment case
files, 1943-47.
211.8 RECORDS OF THE OFFICES OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN 1942-45
History: Established as separate units, May 5, 1942;
consolidated, June 16, 1943; and again separated, February 5,
1945. Holders of the deputy chairman's and executive director's
positions belonged to, and occasionally chaired, such interagency
committees as the Production Executive Committee, established by
WPB, December 9, 1942; the National Manpower Priorities
Committee, established by WMC, June 10, 1944; and the Washington
Policy Group Joint Program Information Committee, established
jointly by WPB and WMC, March 1945.
211.8.1 Records of the Office of the Executive Director
Textual Records: Minutes and agendas for staff meetings and
regional directors' conferences, 1942-45. Summary minutes and
other records of the Production Executive Committee and its field
units, 1943-45. Summary minutes of the National Manpower
Priorities Committee and its field units, 1944-45.
211.8.2 Records of the separate and consolidated offices of the
Executive Director and the Deputy Chairman
Textual Records: Correspondence, memorandums, reports, minutes,
and related materials, 1943-45.
211.8.3 Records of the Office of the Deputy Chairman
Textual Records: Correspondence with regional directors, 1943-45.
Records relating to regional and local Joint Program Information
Committees, 1945.
211.9 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF,
EXECUTIVE SERVICES
1942-45
Textual Records: Reports, correspondence, and other records of
the WMC and other agencies, 1942-45.
211.10 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
1942-43
Textual Records: Summary minutes and agendas of staff meetings,
June-December 1942. Weekly progress reports, October-December
1942. Correspondence relating to labor piracy complaints, 1942-
43. Records relating to the WPB's Committee on Concentration of
Production, 1942-43.
211.11 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
1942-45
Textual Records: Summary minutes of staff meetings, March-July
1944. Manuals and issuances, 1942-45. Materials relating to a
survey of unemployment compensation claims, April 1944. Files of
the assistant to the deputy executive director, 1943-44. Letters sent by (Acting) Deputy Executive
Director James H. Bond, 1943-44.
211.12 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR FIELD SERVICE
1942-45
History: Field Management Division, USES, and field duties of
Director of Operations, WMC, consolidated into new Field
Management Division, WMC, November 23, 1942; assigned to an
assistant director for field operations, December 1942. Field
Management Division superseded by Office of the Assistant
Executive Director for Field Management, January 28, 1943.
Redesignated Office of the Assistant Executive Director for Field
Service, June 1943. Terminated September 19, 1945.
Textual Records: Office files of successive Assistant Executive
Directors for Field Service, 1943-45. Office files of the special
assistant, 1942-45. Reports of regional directors, 1942-45. Field
service publications, 1943-45.
211.13 RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
1942-45
History: The Bureau of Program Planning and Review, established
under the executive director, December 21, 1942, superseded and
consolidated the USES Reports and Analysis Division; part of the
WMC Industrial and Agricultural Employment Division; WMC's
Planning, Statistical, and Industrial Operations Consultants
Services; and the Housing and Transportation Consultant Service.
Name changed to Bureau of Program Requirements, March 29, 1943.
Abolished July 19, 1943, and staff and functions transferred to
Office of the Assistant Executive Director for Program
Development, which coordinated all WMC policy and program
development activities and supervised the work of the Reports and
Analysis Service, Information Service, and Legal Service.
Terminated September 19, 1945.
Textual Records: Office files of the Assistant Executive Director
for Program Development, 1942-45. Periodic reports of regional
activities, 1942-44. Office files of Assistant to the Director
Julius J. Joseph, 1942-43. Staff memorandums, 1942-43. Files of
the Planning Committee and the Planning Board, 1943-45.
211.14 RECORDS OF THE ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE
1942-45
History: Developed from the Interdepartmental Committee on
Essential Activities, established July 1942. Attached to the
Office of the Assistant Executive Director for Program
Development. Composed of one representative each from the War,
Navy, and Agriculture Departments; the WMC; the WPB; and the
Bureau of Selective Service. Reviewed and kept current lists of
essential activities, essential occupations by activity, and
critical occupations.
Textual Records: Summary minutes and agendas, 1942-45.
Memorandums to members and regional directors, 1943-45.
Correspondence, 1942-45. Exhibits file of materials submitted
with requests for inclusion in the List of Essential Activities,
1942-45. Case files relating to applications for the designation
of local trades, services, and industries as essential, 1943-45.
211.15 RECORDS OF THE REPORTS AND ANALYSIS SERVICE
1939-46
History: Established under the Assistant Executive Director for
Program Development, July 1943, superseding the Area Analysis,
Industry Program, Labor Market Planning, and Statistics Divisions
of the Bureau of Program Requirements. Terminated September 19,
1945, except for Historical Analysis Section, which was
transferred to the Department of Labor and redesignated WMC
History Project in the Reports and Analysis Division, USES. WMC
History Project terminated for lack of funds, June 30, 1946.
211.15.1 General records
Textual Records: Reading file, progress reports, and staff
memorandums of the Office of the Chief of the Service, 1941-44.
Statistical charts, 1943-44, and monthly operating reports, 1943-
45, of the Reports Division.
211.15.2 Records of the Historical Analysis Section, Analysis
Division
Textual Records: Records collected from WMC units and other
agencies, 1940-46. Draft chapters of the unpublished WMC history
of labor mobilization for war production, 1944-46. Recruiting
campaign records, 1945. Excerpts from WMC field reports, 1944-46.
Clippings from newspapers and other publications relating to
manpower, 1939-42.
211.15.3 Other records of the Analysis Division
Textual Records: Issuances concerning employment trends and
cutbacks in war industries, 1942-45. Files of the Area Section
relating to war housing, 1942-44. Industry labor market reports
of the Industry Section, 1942-44. Files of the Special Studies
Section, 1942-44. Records of the Foreign Labor Market Section,
consisting of source materials on foreign labor, 1939-44; and
manpower reports, 1940-44.
211.16 RECORDS OF THE INFORMATION SERVICE
1942-45
History: Established June 1942, to coordinate WMC activities in
areas of public relations, media campaigns, and publicity.
Terminated September 19, 1945.
Textual Records: Records of the Office of the Director, 1942-45.
Records of the News Division, 1942-45. Records of the Program
Division, including office files of officials who served as
managers of publicity campaigns for manpower programs or as
information specialists, 1942-45; collections of human interest
stories, 1942-43; and radio broadcast scripts, 1943. Records of
the Field Division, including office and publicity files, 1942-
45; reference publications, 1944-45; and regional office reports,
1942-45. Records of the Special Services Office, consisting of
information materials submitted for clearance, 1943-45.
211.17 RECORDS OF THE LEGAL SERVICE
1937-45
History: Established as the Office of General Counsel by WMC
order, June 1942, to replace legal services provided by the
Office of the General Counsel, FSA. Renamed the Legal Service,
July 19, 1943. Terminated September 19, 1945.
Textual Records: General file, 1942-45. Office files of general
counsels, 1942-44. Regional attorneys' monthly activity reports,
1942-45. Records relating to procedural matters and special
problems of WMC agencies, 1942-45. Legislative and policy
reference files, 1942-45. Records relating to Social Security
Board grants, 1937-42.
211.18 RECORDS OF THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BUSINESS
MANAGEMENT
1941-45
211.18.1 Records of the Administrative Service
Textual Records: WMC central files, 1942-45 (68 ft.), with an
index (42 ft.). Central reading file, 1942-45. Administrative
manuals, publications, and issuances, 1943-45.
211.18.2 Other records
Textual Records: General files of the Office of the Director,
1944-45. Records of the Budget and Finance Service, 1941-45.
Reports and correspondence of the director of the Personnel
Service, 1942-45.
211.19 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF PLACEMENT
1939-46
History: Established, December 1942, to coordinate federal
civilian recruitment activities and to develop WMC programs and
policies with respect to recruitment, placement, transfer, and
clearance of workers. Consolidated the Industrial and
Agricultural Employment Division, Minority Groups Service,
National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel,
Veterans' Employment Service, and Procurement and Assignment
Service. Largely disbanded, August 1945. NRSSP and units of the
Industrial Allocation Division dealing with labor transfer and
foreign workers were assigned to the Office of Operations.
Procurement and Assignment Service and Veterans' Employment
Service became independent WMC offices. Remaining units became
the Division of Employment Office Standards and Methods. Upon
termination of WMC, September 19, 1945, most bureau functions
were recentralized in USES and transferred to the Department of
Labor.
211.19.1 General records
Textual Records: Reading file of the Office of the Director,
1942-43. Reports, correspondence, and press releases concerning
Legal Service and Bureau of Placement appraisals of state and
regional office employment stabilization plans, 1943-45. Records
concerning employment of prisoners of war, 1944-46. Publications
of the NRSSP describing specialized work in various professions;
and workbooks, discussion outlines, and instructors' guidebooks
issued by the USES and the Bureau of Placement, 1942-45.
211.19.2 Records of the Employment Office Service Division and
its predecessor, the Industrial and Agricultural Employment
Division
Textual Records: USES operations and information bulletins, 1942-
43. Office files of the Chief of the Field Service, Ohio State
Employment Service, 1939-42.
211.19.3 Records of the Industrial Allocation Division
Textual Records: General file, 1943-45. Records of the Office of
the Chief relating to the manpower situation in certain
industries and companies, 1943-45. Records of the Industry
Section, 1943-45. Files relating to manpower and production in
the steel, forge and foundry, mining, and cotton textile
industries, 1943-45. Office files of the Foreign Labor Section
representative in Mexico, 1943-46. Records of the Recruitment and
Transportation Section relating to the transportation of foreign
workers; labor recruitment efforts for railroads and shipyards;
and interregional labor recruitment, 1944-45. Copies of USES form
"Request for Clearance" submitted to local USES offices by
employers, 1941-43. Office files of Charles V. Kidd, 1942-44,
including speeches, memorandums, and reports.
211.19.4 Records of the Rural Industries Division
Textual Records: Office files of the Chief of the USES Farm
Placement Service, 1940-43. General records of the USES Farm
Placement Service, 1939-43. USES farm labor market reports, 1941-
43.
211.20 RECORDS OF THE PROCUREMENT AND ASSIGNMENT SERVICE
1941-46
History: Established as the Office of Procurement and Assignment
in the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, OEM,
October 31, 1941, with responsibility for maintaining lists of
health care professionals available for government service.
Transferred as the Procurement and Assignment Service to the
Professional and Technical Employment and Training Division, WMC,
by EO 9139, April 18, 1942. Assigned to the Bureau of Placement,
December 1942. Transferred to the FSA upon termination of WMC,
September 19, 1945. Discontinued June 30, 1946.
Textual Records: Minutes and agendas of meetings and conferences,
1941-46. Budget estimates, press releases, lists of Medical Corps
appointments, and other records, 1941-46. Field correspondence,
1942-46. Field reports, 1944-45. Statistical data relating to the
training, recruiting, and classifying of nurses, 1944-45. Card
index to members in state and local committees, 1942-43. Files of
the executive officer, 1942-45. Records of the Field Service
Section, 1942-45.
211.21 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF MANPOWER UTILIZATION
1936-45
History: Established January 1943, on the recommendation of the
Management-Labor Policy Committee, to develop programs and
policies for maximum use of manpower by industry, agriculture,
and the government.
Textual Records: General records, 1943-45. Records of the Office
of the Director relating to conferences and meetings, 1942-43.
Manpower utilization survey reports of the Industrial Division
and its predecessor, the Division of Industrial Consultants,
1943-45. Publications and issuances of the Division of
Occupational Analysis and Manning Tables (formerly a part of
USES), including interviewing aids, job descriptions, industry
manning tables, and job analysis manuals, 1936-45. Records of the
Industry Associations Committee and its predecessor, the Special
Industrial Division, relating to contacts with trade
associations, 1943-45.
211.22 RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF TRAINING
1939-45
History: Established November 1942, to consolidate and coordinate
WMC training functions with those transferred from the FSA under
EO 9247, September 17, 1942. Included the National Youth
Administration, Apprenticeship Training Service, Training Within
Industry Service, and defense training units of the Office of
Education. Developed procedures and standards and assisted field
offices in training matters.
211.22.1 Records of the Office of the Director
Textual Records: Records of the Office of the Director of Defense
Training, FSA, relating to defense training courses, 1941-42.
Letters sent relating mainly to surveys of occupational and
training needs and to training projects in operation, 1942-43.
Issuances and publications, 1943-45, prepared by the Bureau of
Training and its constituent and affiliated agencies.
211.22.2 Records of the Professional and Technical Training
Division
Textual Records: Fragmentary records relating to problems of
youth and defense training, and to war emergency training
facilities and services, 1939-43. Bureau operations handbook,
April 30, 1943. Miscellaneous issuances relating mainly to
training for war production and to occupation classification,
1940-43.
211.22.3 General records of the Training Within Industry Service
(TWIS)
History: Established under the Advisory Commission to the Council
of National Defense, August 22, 1940. Transferred to the Labor
Division, OPM, by OPM Regulation 5, March 17, 1941; to the WPB by
WPB General Administrative Order 2, January 26, 1942; to FSA by
EO 9139, April 18, 1942; and to WMC by EO 9247, September 17,
1942. Terminated September 19, 1945.
Textual Records: Subject file, 1940-45. Letters sent, 1942-43.
Files relating to field office organization and operations, 1940-
45. Records of the principal training specialist, 1941-45.
Records of the Office of the Director, 1940-45. Records of
assistant directors, including general correspondence; program
development reports; and records relating to the OPM Labor Supply
Committee, 1941-45. Correspondence of the Office of Labor
Consultant, 1941-45. Administrative Service budget estimates and
justifications; records relating to "without compensation"
personnel; and job descriptions, 1942-45.
211.22.4 Records of the Office of the Associate Director, TWIS
Textual Records: Final report of TWIS and supporting documents,
1940-45. Records documenting the training programs developed by
TWIS, 1941-45. Supervisory selection bulletins, 1942-44. Records
concerning the Red Cross home nursing course, 1943-45. Records
relating to meetings and conferences, 1940-45. Correspondence
with foreign governments, organizations, and individuals relating
to training programs, 1941-45. Policy and procedural issuances,
1941-45. Publications, 1941-45. Publicity material, 1940-45.
211.23 RECORDS OF WMC FIELD OFFICES
1942-45
211.23.1 Records common to all WMC field offices
History: Field offices established, 1942, with numbered regional
offices encompassing the 48 states and the District of Columbia,
and a territorial office for Hawaii. No territorial office
established for Alaska.
Textual Records (in the repositories noted for the records
described under 211.23.2-211.23.14): Central files and
organizational materials, 1942-45. Records relating to
applications for civilian production, 1942-45. Appeal case
records arising from employment stabilization programs, 1943-45, with index, 1942-45.
Reports, tabulations, and compilations pertaining to the labor
market, 1942-45. Manpower utilization surveys and case histories,
1943-45.
211.23.2 Records of Region I (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
Textual Records (in Boston): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Records relating to
"essential" and "locally needed" activities and to housing
construction, 1942-45. Press releases, speeches, newspaper
clippings, and radio scripts, 1942-45. State office field
supervisors' narrative monthly and annual reports analyzing the
operations of local USES offices, 1942-45. Records of the housing
and transportation consultant, 1942-45. Additional Region I
records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.3 Records of Region II (NY)
Textual Records (in New York): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Records relating to
"essential" and "locally needed" activities and to housing
construction, 1942-45. Press releases, speeches, newspaper
clippings, and radio scripts, 1942-45. State office field
supervisors' narrative monthly and annual reports analyzing the
operations of local USES offices, 1942-45. Additional Region II
records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.4 Records of Region III (DE, NJ, PA)
Textual Records (in Philadelphia): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Records relating to
"essential" and "locally needed" activities and to housing
construction, 1942-45. Press releases, speeches, newspaper
clippings, and radio scripts, 1942-45. State office field
supervisors' narrative monthly and annual reports analyzing the
operations of local USES offices, 1942-45. Additional Region III
records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.5 Records of Region IV (DC, MD, NC, VA, WV)
Textual Records: Regional and state office publications, 1943-45.
Training material for regional and state office staffs, 1943-44.
Additional Region IV records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.6 Records of Region V (KY, MI, OH)
Textual Records (in Chicago): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Regional and state office
publications, 1943-45. Records relating to "essential" and
"locally needed" activities and to housing construction, 1942-45.
Press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, and radio scripts,
1942-45. State office field supervisors' narrative monthly and
annual reports analyzing the operations of local USES offices,
1942-45. Files of William J. Muldoon, Chief of Field Operations
in Ohio, 1942-45. Training material for regional and state office
staffs, 1943-44. Records relating to WMC training programs, 1943-
45. Additional Region V records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.7 Records of Region VI (IL, IN, WI)
Textual Records (in Chicago): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Regional and state office
publications, 1943-45. Records relating to "essential" and
"locally needed" activities and to housing construction, 1942-45.
Press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, and radio scripts,
1942-45. State office field supervisors' narrative monthly and
annual reports analyzing the operations of local USES offices,
1942-45. Additional Region VI records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.8 Records of Region VII (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC, TN)
Textual Records (in Atlanta): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Records relating to
"essential" and "locally needed" activities and to housing
construction, 1942-45. Press releases, speeches, newspaper
clippings, and radio scripts, 1942-45. State office field
supervisors' narrative monthly and annual reports analyzing the
operations of local USES offices, 1942-45. Records of the
Training Division, 1942-45. Additional Region VII records
described under 211.23.1.
Finding Aids: Typescript box and folder list for Region VII
records (including those described under 211.23.1) available in
Atlanta.
Subject Access Terms: Labor surveys, Region VII; Mopac reports
(monthly), Region VII; labor market reports, Region VII; minority
discrimination case files, Region VII.
211.23.9 Records of Region VIII (IA, MN, NE, ND, SD)
Textual Records (in Chicago): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Records relating to
"essential" and "locally needed" activities and to housing
construction, 1942-45. Press releases, speeches, newspaper
clippings, and radio scripts, 1942-45. State office field
supervisors' narrative monthly and annual reports analyzing the
operations of local USES offices, 1942-45. Correspondence,
memorandums, and other records of the Reports and Analysis
Service, relating to manpower needs in urgency plants, 1942-45.
Records relating to agricultural labor and rural industry, 1942-
45. Additional Region VIII records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.10 Records of Region IX (AR, KS, MO, OK)
Textual Records (in Kansas City): Records of the Division of
Manpower, 1942-45. Records relating to agricultural labor and
rural industry, 1942-45. Additional Region IX records described
under 211.23.1.
Finding Aids: Typescript series listing of Region IX records
(including those described under 211.23.1) available in Kansas
City.
211.23.11 Records of Region X (LA, NM, TX)
Textual Records (in Fort Worth): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Regional and state office
publications, 1943-45. Records relating to "essential" and
"locally needed" activities and to housing construction, 1942-45.
Press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, and radio scripts,
1942-45. Records of the Legal and Information Services, 1942-45.
Records of the Training and Placement Divisions, 1942-45. Records
relating to agricultural labor and rural industry, 1942-45.
Training material for regional and state office staffs, 1943-44.
Records relating to manning tables and to WMC training programs,
1943-45. Additional Region X records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.12 Records of Region XI (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
Textual Records (in Denver): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Regional and state office
publications, 1943-45. Records relating to "essential" and
"locally needed" activities and to housing construction, 1942-45.
Press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, and radio scripts,
1942-45. State office field supervisors' narrative monthly and
annual reports analyzing the operations of local USES offices,
1942-45. Records of the Training Division, 1942-45. Training
material for regional and state office staffs, 1943-44. Records
relating to WMC training programs, 1943-45. Additional Region XI
records described under 211.23.1.
211.23.13 Records of Region XII (AZ, CA, NV, OR, WA)
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Regional and state issuances,
minutes, and progress reports, 1942-45. Regional and state office
publications, 1943-45. Records relating to "essential" and
"locally needed" activities and to housing construction, 1942-45.
Press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, and radio scripts,
1942-45. State office field supervisors' narrative monthly and
annual reports analyzing the operations of local USES offices,
1942-45. Records of the Legal Service, 1942-45. Records of the
Divisions of Program Analysis and Review and of Manpower
Utilization, 1942-45. Records of the Training and Placement
Divisions, 1942-45. Records relating to agricultural labor and
rural industry, 1942-45. Training material for regional and state
office staffs, 1943-44. Records relating to WMC training
programs, 1943-45. Additional Region XII records described under
211.23.1.
211.23.14 Records of the Hawaii Territorial office (Honolulu, HI)
Textual Records (in San Francisco): Regional and state office
publications and issuances, 1942-45. Progress reports, 1942-45.
Records relating to "essential" and "locally needed" activities
and to housing construction, 1942-45. Records containing
publicity information and materials, 1942-45. Records relating to
agricultural labor and rural industry, 1942-45. Records relating
to WMC training programs, 1943-45. Additional Hawaii Territorial
Office records described under 211.23.1.
Bibliographic note: Web version based on Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. Compiled by Robert B. Matchette et al. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995.
3 volumes, 2428 pages.
This Web version is updated from time to time to include records processed since 1995.
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