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Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The records of the Writers' War Board were given to the Library of Congress by the board between 1945 and 1947.
The collection was organized and described in 1949. The finding aid was revised in 2011.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings in the records of the Writers' War Board is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The records of the Writers' War Board are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Writers' War Board Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The records of the Writers' War Board span the years 1941-1945 and consist chiefly of correspondence with writers and government agencies concerning dissemination of information and propaganda during World War II. Included are extracts of minutes of board meetings, correspondence, writings, subject files, scrapbooks, photographs, posters, and other records. Among the writers and individuals represented are Clifton Fadiman, Alan Green, Christopher LaFarge, Margaret Leech, and Rex Stout.
The collection is organized largely as received into twelve series:
Minutes
,
Numerical
File
,
Correspondence I
,
Correspondence II
,
Correspondence III
,
The collection is arranged in twelve series:
Typed extracts from minutes of meetings of the board.
Arranged by numerical folders designated as nos.1-3 through 30-20.
Mainly correspondence relating to the work of the board.
Dossiers are numbered, the first or cardinal digit representing
the type of subject, the second, or subordinate digit representing individual
projects. See
Letters sent and received.
Arranged as received in two groups, Set A and Set B, and alphabetically therein by name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received mainly from 1944-1945.
General correspondence is arranged alphabetically as received by name of correspondent. Includes a subset of correspondence with Clifton Fadiman, 1942-1944, at the end of the series.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged alphabetically as received by name of correspondent.
Letters sent and received by the magazine. Articles are enclosed in some letters.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Mainly letters sent and received.
Name and subject dossiers are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Letters sent and received.
No arrangement.
Miscellaneous letters sent and received and miscellany including printed matter and processed articles.
No arrangement.
Typed or processed manuscripts submitted to the board for use in its work and a few letters sent and received.
No arrangement.
Printed material concerning the work of the board, including posters, clippings, letters, magazines articles, and other printed matter.
References to the scrapbooks are found in the Numerical File and various correspondence series.
Scrapbooks.
Arranged and described according to the series and container from which they were removed.