UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION RECORDS, 1917-1920
6 linear feet, 2 linear inches (14 LGA-S boxes)
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
HISTORICAL NOTE
The United States Food Administration (USFA) was created in 1917 by President Woodrow Wilson with the purpose of providing food from the United States for Allied soldiers and war-torn Europe. Wilson appointed Herbert Hoover to head the Administration. In an effort to secure the cooperation of both the public and private sectors of America, the USFA embarked on an aggressive campaign to convince Americans to participate. Businesses agreed to abide by regulations regarding production and distribution of some food items. Homemakers used substitutes for commodities such as sugar and wheat. Press releases were issued almost daily, offering news of progress toward goals and giving tips on how to further conserve food. The USFA continued its aid efforts after the war until it was transitioned into the American Relief Association on February 25, 1919 by act of Congress.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The United States Food Administration collection is divided into two main sections. The information is organized alphabetically by topic within each section, and chronologically within each topic.
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION FILES deal with the bureaucratic and legal facets of the USFA. It is further divided into two subgroups; General Business Information and the Grain Industry. The Organization and Administration Files include conference notes, license regulations, Statistical Division Information Service bulletins, statistics, and notes on the sugar industry.
FOOD CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN, EDUCATION AND PROMOTION PROGRAMS FILES
This section includes advice for speakers, bulletins, press releases, home cards and pledge cards.
CONTENTS LIST
ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION FILES
Box Contents
1 General Business Information
Annual Report, 1918; Report to Feb. 1918; Food Program for 1919
Bulletins & Forms, Miscellaneous
Conferences – Committee on Prices, Washington, D.C., 1917
Conferences – Jobbers' Profits, Kansas City, 1918; Chevy Chase Club, 1917
Conferences – State Merchant Representatives, NYC, Feb. 4, 1918
Conferences – State Merchant Representatives, Washington, D.C. May 16-18,
1918 (2 folders)
History, Organization, Comment on Archives as Historical Sources
Laws, Legislation
2 License Application Forms
License Regulations, Loose leaf Service, nos. 1-28, 1918
License Regulations, Loose leaf Pages and Booklets, 1918
License Regulations, booklets nos. l-7, 9, 11-17, 24-25, 1918
Official Statements, nos. 1-18, 1918-1919
Organizations and Societies, Resolutions
Proclamations and Addresses by Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover
Press Clippings, 1917-1918; Public Law 41, 65th Congress
Press Releases, Digest of 1917-1918
3 Resume and Descriptions of Food Conservation Program, booklets
Resume of Important Rulings, for District & County Administrators,
Apr-Dec 1918 (2 folders)
Resume of Letters ... to all Federal Food Administrators, 1917-1918
Proclamations
Rules and Regulations: Index Amendments, Operations and Products
Statistical Department. Information Service, Bulletins
Bulletins 1-569, 1917 (2 folders, incomplete)
Bulletins 414-1585, Chronological, 1917-1918
4 Bulletins 570-1,269, 1917-1918 (5 folders)
5 Bulletins 1,270-1,606, 1918 (incomplete, 4 folders)
Statistical Division Information Service (for Federal Administrators) Bulletins
489-515, Nov-Dec. 1918
Statistics: Prices, Fish, General
Statistics: U.S. Wheat Director nos. 1-11, 1919-1920
6 Sugar:
American Sugar Refining Company Booklets
License Regulations, Rules and Regulations
Mobilization of the Sugar Industry, book
Statistical Survey, 1920; Cuban Agreement, 1917-1918 Crop
Grain Industry (wheat, grain, milling, cereals)
Bulletins, Notices, Zones, Instructions...Misc.
Cereal Div. Bulletins: Buffalo Agency MS nos. 44-73, 1918-1919;
Milling Sec. nos. 19-32, 1918
Conferences: Wheat Director, 1919; Grain Corporation, Fire Prevention, 1920
License :Regulations, Rules & Regulations, Plans, Report Forms
Milling Division Rules and Regulations Bulletins, 1917-1918
7 Policies ... Plan of Operations, Information Booklets
St. Louis Agency Bulletins #1-71, to Millers of Zone 11, 1918-1919
Statistics, Prices
Wheat Director Bulletins, 1919-1920
FOOD CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN, EDUCATION AND PROMOTION PROGRAMS
Addresses by Grew, Merrill, Pearl, Smith, Taylor & Wilbur
Agricultural Speaker Service Bulletins #1-26. Information for Speakers
Bakery Products, Bread
Bulletins, 1-17
Cards, Small Display Pieces
Dairy Products, Cheese Milk
8 Food Conservation, General
Food Conservation Notes
Food News Notes for Public Librarians, Vol. I, #1-12
Food Saving and Sharing, Food Guide (booklets)
Home Cards
Hotel & Restaurant Trade, Merchants, Peas, Beans, Potatoes, Vegetables & Ammonia
Leaflets, Inserts
9 Leaflets, Inserts (small)
Meat
National Canners .Association, Canned Food
Posters, Display Cards
Press Releases, Index for States Section, Educational Division #1-400, 1916-1918
(duplicate set)
Press Releases, States Section Education Division. Nos. 1-299 (4 folders)
10 Press Releases, States Section Education Division. Nos. 300-470 (2 folders)
Press Releases, Index for 1-1,000 May 18, 1917-June 6, 1918
Press Releases. Nos. 1-199, Apr 21-Sep 11, 1917 (3 folders)
11 Press Releases. Nos. 200-799, Sep 12, 1917-Mar 30, 1918 (6 folders)
12 Press Releases. Nos. 800-1,400, Mar 30, 1918-Apr 1, 1919 (6 folders)
13 Press Releases, Campaign Pledge #1-17
Press Releases, to Country Weeklies, October - November, 1917
Press Releases, to Farm Journals, October - December, 1917
Press Releases, Memoranda to Educational Directors, Press Lists, Library Publicity
Directors, Publicity Directors, State Merchant Representatives
Press Releases, Miscellaneous
Press Releases; Misc. News Stories, Copy for Editorial Comment, Fillers
Press Releases, Western Newspaper Union pages, 1918
Publicity tear sheets, proofs
Speakers' Bulletin 1-6
States' Bulletins, Activities, Calif.
States' Bulletins, Activities, all except Calif.
Sugar
14 Sugar - Statistical Survey of Sugar Industry & Trade of the U.S.
Weekly Bulletins #1-31 Compiled by Trade & Technical
Wheat, Grain
Miscellaneous Printed Material
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