Each article treats a single agency and stands by itself. First the title of the agency in capital letters, in an inverted form if necessary to bring out the key words. The name of the superior, if one existed, follows immediately. As a rule the title or titles are used are the ones under which the unit functioned at the height of its activity during the war period. Earlier or later titles are usually mentioned in the article. The text of the article is divided into three parts: 1. History, 2 functions, and 3. records.
Excerpt from Handbook of Federal World War Agencies and Their Records, 1917-1921 This Handbook was planned in the spring of NM by the present writer, who was then serving as Director of Research and Publications, with the assistance of members of his office staff; and its prepara tion was approved by the Archivist of the United States, R. D. W. Connor, on June 7, 19141. Since January 1, 19142, the responsibility for continued planning and supervision of the project has rested on Oliver W. Holmes, Director of Research and Records Description. Carl L. Lokke assisted the successive Directors in planning and ad ministering the project, and he and Marion L. Rice did most of the work of coordinating, editing, and supplementing the material sub mitted by the compilers. The preparation of drafts of the individual articles, however, was in large measure the work of members of the staffs of the records divisions who were familiar with the records of the agencies they were describing or who because of interests and training possessed special competencies in certain fields. Many of them are now in the amed forces or have transferred to other Govern ment agencies. The names of all compilers, including those who as sisted in the work of editing, are listed on the following page. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Excerpt from Alphabetical List of Federal World War Agencies, 1914-21 The following list of agencies, arranged in alphabetical order regardless of size or importance, is intended to be used with the recently issued List of Federal World'war Agencies, lglgr20, 'which showed the units in their hierarchical relationship. It is hoped that it may also have independent value. Both lists have been pre pared primarily for use as working tools in connection with the comp pilation of a Handbook of federal'worldar Agencies, l914 2l, which is now under way. This Handbook will contain brief descriptive statements on the organization, functions, and records of each of the agencies appearing in this list. $ince several additional months 'will be required to complete the Handbook, it was felt that the issuance of this list might meanwhile serve a useful purpose. An effort has been.made to increase its value to officials concerned 'with the records of the war of 1914-18 by placing an asterisk before names of those agencies whose records, in whole or in part, are known to be in The National Archives at the present time. It should be kept in mind, however, that additional records of this period are being transferred almost daily and also that The National Archives can often furnish information as to the present location of records not in its custody. Records of all the major'emergency agencies of the war of are now in The National Archives, with the single exception of those of the war Trade Board. An asterisk could be placed before the names of such agencies without hesitation. It has often been difficult, however, to determine the situation with respect to the files of lesser units within an agency, especially where the records were consolidated into central files or where large accessions, supposedly representing the remaining records of a major agency, have not been thoroughly ana lyzed. In many instances the names of lesser units within such agencies have been marked with an asterisk because there is a reasonable cer tainty that the records are in the building. It should.be observed also that where the actual records of an agency are missing, informa tion concerning the activities of that agency can almost certainly be found in the records of superior units in the hierarchy or among the informational files of other agencies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
