CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. 1917-19. 6 vols. 2 ft. 214 Letters received, copies of letters sent, telegrams received and sent, memoranda, and instructions regarding export and import licensing procedures, license applications, transit cargoes, and shipments of goods contracted for by the Allied Governments. Arranged by subject and thereunder chronologically. CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE WAR TRADE BOARD. Aug. 17, 1917-June 27, 1919. 2 ft. 215 Letters received, copies of letters sent, cables, and instructions from the War Trade Board to special agents stationed at ports outside the continental United States. Arranged alphabetically by name of port and thereunder chronologically. RECORDS OF THE BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION This Bureau was established by a resolution of the members of the War Trade Board on October 15, 1917. Previous to its establishment its functions had been carried on in a limited capacity by its predecessor, the Administrative Division of the Bureau of Export Licenses of the Exports Administrative Board. The Bureau was responsible for personnel management, purchases and supplies, accounting and disbursing funds, renting office space, erecting and maintaining the War Trade Board Building, printing, mail and messenger service, cafeteria operations, and the reception of visitors. Records of the Office of the Director GENERAL RECORDS. 1917-21. 5 ft. 216 Letters received, copies of letters sent, and other papers concerning the appointment of personnel, the organization of the bureaus and branch offices of the War Trade Board, and property and equipment. Included in this series are requisitions for employees, certifications of the Civil Service Commission, and instructions and orders affecting promotions, appointments, and resignations. These records are not arranged. The personnel records themselves are in the Federal Records Center at St. Louis and are described in the appendix. GENERAL REFERENCE FILE. 1917-19. 4 vols. 1 ft. 217 Copies of rules, regulations, instructions, Executive orders, conservation lists, and forms regarding the administrative practices and policies of the War Trade Board, and lists of personnel, arranged by bureau. Volume I contains material on the organization, the jurisdiction, and the personnel of the Bureau of War Trade Intelligence, and a historical sketch of the Bureau; Volume II, material on enemy trade and interbureau and interdepartmental memoranda regarding trade and Bureau procedures; Volume III, proclamations, interpretations on rulings, license application procedures, and other material related to the issuance of licenses; and Vol ume IV, samples of forms, conservation lists, and lists of commodities whose importation or exportation was controlled. The volumes are arranged by subject and thereunder chronologically. RECORDS MANAGEMENT DATA. 1917-19. 6 in. 218 Lists showing the type, quantity, physical arrangement, and location of records, which were prepared by each of the bureaus of the Board. Included are memoranda relating to the transfer of the War Trade Board records to the Department of State. Unarranged. OFFICIAL SEALS OF THE WAR TRADE BOARD. Two identical seals. Records of the Division of Accounts 219 LEDGERS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS. Aug. 27, 1917-June 1, 1921. 18 vols. 4ft. 220 General accounts of the War Trade Board showing appropriations and expenses charged against them. Expenses are broken down by bureau and branch office for payroll, cable and telephone, rent, freight, newspaper and periodical subscriptions, books, travel, printing, building repair and maintenance, and supplies. Arranged in the order listed and thereunder chronologically. ACCOUNTS OF CABLE CHARGES. Oct. 6, 1918-Apr. 2, 1920. 7 vols. 2 ft. 221 Account books maintained by the Disbursing Office as a record of charges and collections for cables sent by the War Trade Board on behalf of importing and exporting firms. Arranged alphabetically by name of firm and thereunder chronologically. JOURNALS. Apr. 1, 1918-Feb. 1921. 3 vols. 5 in. 222 Record of refunds and adjustments, broken down by capital appropriation accounts, bureau, disbursing officer, and sundry and general accounts. Arranged chronologically. VOUCHER RECORDS. Aug. 31, 1917-Oct. 31, 1919. 6 in. 223 Voucher analysis by account and bureau, including summaries of monthly disbursements by bureaus and branch offices. The monthly summaries show the name of the bureau or branch office, amount of account, amount charged to expense accounts, and totals of accounts by months. The voucher analyses are similar in content and give the date, order number, payee, amount of voucher, and distribution. Voucher analyses for each account are arranged chronologically. GENERAL VOUCHER REGISTER. Nov. 1, 1918-May 26, 1921. 1 vol. 3 in. 224 the Treasury Department, which was in control of these record books temporarily. Arranged numerically by voucher number. INDEX TO LEDGER ACCOUNTS. 1917-21. 1 vol. 1 in. 225 An index to the ledger accounts, entry 220, arranged by appropriation, bureau, and branch office. CARD RECORD OF PAYMENTS MADE BY THE BUREAU. 1917-19. 3 in. 226 Record on 5" x 8" cards of payments made by the Board for services and facilities. Each card shows the payee, the address, the date and purpose of the contract, the payments made, and the order and audit numbers. Disarranged. MISCELLANEOUS DISBURSEMENT JOURNALS AND ABSTRACTS. 2 ft. 1917-19. 6 vols. 227 A disbursement journal for November 1918; an abstract of disbursements, primarily pertaining to the Exports Administrative Board; monthly statements of general and bureau accounts showing total disbursements, expenditures, and balances; a few auditor certificates for settlement with supporting vouchers and memoranda; a list of branch office vouchers; the payrolls of the New York branch office; and an abstract of checks received from exporters and importers for cables charged to the War Trade Board. RECORDS OF THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION The Division of Information was originally organized on September 15, 1917, as part of the Bureau of Information. On January 14, 1918, it was made an "executive" Division. Essentially, the function of the Division was to make available, both to the War Trade Board organization and to the general public, information regarding the operation of the Board, its powers, rulings, and other official statements. The Publications Section edited and published in mimeographed, multigraphed, or printed form (1) the Daily Record, a confidential bulletin of the Board; (2) the Daily Digest of the Press; (3) War Trade Board Rulings, daily; (4) the War Trade Journal, monthly; (5) Rules and Regulations of the War Trade Board; (6) the Directory of the War Trade Board; (7) Enemy Trading Lists; (8) the Confidential Suspect List; and (9) the Cloaks List. The Distribution Section distributed material to the Board in Washington, the various branch offices, the press, the general public, and the several Government agencies. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIVISION OF INFORMATION. 1917-21. 2 ft. 228 Letters received, copies of letters sent, reports, office memoranda, telegrams, copies of minutes of meetings, Presidential addresses, directives, and instructions. Also included are materials related to the organization of the War Trade Board and other Government agencies, legislation and international trade, commodity controls, domestic contracts, and worldwide economic conditions. Arranged alphabetically by subject and thereunder chronologically. Records of the Digest of the Press Section Nov. 23, 1917-Mar. 17, 1919. 2 vols. DAILY DIGESTS OF NEWS AND COMMENTS. 5 in. 229 Mimeographed daily digests of news items and editorials appearing in domestic newspapers regarding the activities of the War Trade Board, both in domestic and foreign affairs. This publication appeared every day at noon and contained a summary of articles appearing in 40 daily newspapers and over 200 technical and trade journals, referring either directly or indirectly to the activities of the War Trade Board or dealing with subjects of special interest to members of the organization. The Daily Digest attained a circulation of 300 copies, 190 being distributed within the Board and 110 outside. Arranged chronologically. DAILY RECORD OF THE WAR TRADE BOARD. Sept. 19, 1917-June 30, 1919. 5 vols. 1 ft. 230 Mimeographed Daily Record of official news, announcements, rulings of the War Trade Board, and directives from its bureaus, issued by the Division of Information except for the period before October 15, 1917, when it was issued by the Bureau of Export Licenses. This publication appeared every workday morning and was the confidential bulletin of the Board. It contained the official announcements of the Board and of the directors of the bureaus and other information for the staff of the organization. Its daily circulation reached 550 copies. Arranged chronologically. PRESS RELEASES. Dec. 13, 1918-Feb. 25, 1919; Sept. 3, 1920. 5 in. 231 MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS OF THE WAR TRADE BOARD. 1917-19. 10 in. 232 Printed and processed copies of publications prepared by the Division regarding the Trading with the Enemy Act, negotiations on shipping and trade with other countries, enemy trade lists, and an annual list of merchant vessels of the United States. Unarranged. MOTION PICTURE OF WAR TRADE BOARD BUILDING A ND BOARD PERSONNEL. n.d. 1 reel. 233 A 3-minute, silent, black-and-white, 35 mm. negative film showing the War Trade Board Building in Washington, a large number of employees of the Board in front of the building, and the chairman, Vance McCormick, with other members of the Board. It was apparently produced by the Pathé Co. for release to the American public. RECORDS OF THE WAR TRADE BOARD SECTION In accordance with President Wilson's Executive order of May 12, 1919, the War Trade Board was integrated into the Department of State, effective July 1, 1919. The Armistice, however, had already brought to an end most of the War Trade Board functions. The War Trade Board Section was created in the Department of State to carry on those that remained. Most of the records described below were created after the transfer date of July 1, 1919, and constitute a separate series, which cannot be included in previous series descriptions. It should be noted that although the War Trade Board Section was abolished by an act of Congress of May 27, 1921, records of a later date exist. Most of these later records arose from claims of foreign governments and from research on particular series of War Trade Board records. LETTERS AND MEMORANDA PREPARED BY E. W. VAN DYKE. July 7, 1917-May 25, 1925. 3 vols. 10 in. 234 The War Trade Board Who's Who lists E. W. Van Dyke as a codifier and custodian of the records of the Bureau of Exports until October 31, 1921, when he was placed in charge of all War Trade Board records. The volumes contain memoranda prepared by Mr. Van Dyke interpreting the rulings and instructions of the War Trade Board on exports; memoranda giving instructions or requesting information on records or asking for copies of them; copies of replies by Mr. Van Dyke regarding former employees of the War Trade Board; a copy of testimony in the case of the United States Government vs. Planker et al; and copies of correspondence of the Dye and Chemical Section, Division of Customs, including minutes of hearings granted Joseph Bancroft and Sons Co. and the Pacific Mills on questions relating to the price and quantity of Inda threne yellow dye in the United States. Arranged chronologically. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS REGARDING CONTROL OF TRADE WITH RUSSIA. Apr. 1919Dec. 1927. 5 in. 235 Copies of export licenses and shippers' export declarations used in exporting goods to Russia. Included are copies of minutes of meetings and conferences of the Russian Bureau and War Trade Board minutes relating to trade with Russia. Arranged chronologically, with some disorder. LICENSES ISSUED TO THE TEXTILE ALLIANCE, INC. Nov. 13, 1919-Mar. 4, 1920. in. 236 Original licenses issued on behalf of member consumers to the Textile Alliance, Inc., an organization composed of firms that voluntarily complied with the rules and regulations of the War Trade Board. Arranged numerically. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO DYES. June 11, 1917-Sept. 12, 1922. 5 ft. 237 Letters received, copies of letters sent, memoranda, copies of regulations, invoices, statements, minutes and reports of hearings, bulletins, forms, lists, and an abstract from the treaty of peace with Germany. Also included are statistical material, congressional bills and legislation relating to dyes and United States imports, and minutes of the Allied Committees regarding dyes. Arranged in part chronologically and in part by source or subject. In June 1921 a Dye and Chemical Section was set up in the Division of Customs, Department of the Treasury. It is not clear whether these |