New York State War Council Bureau of Rationing Rationed Resources Coordination Correspondence

Arranged by subject.

The short-lived Bureau of Rationing was founded on December 22, 1941 and absorbed by the federal Office of Price Administration in May 1942. Established to act as a liaison between the federal government's rationing program and local rationing boards, the bureau disseminated information, monitored compliance with regulations, and assisted in interpreting instructions.

For more information, consult Karl D. Hartzell's The Empire State at War: World War II, pages 33-35.

This series contains correspondence between the Bureau of Rationing and state agencies and local boards detailing the procedures and requirements of the bureau in its efforts to coordinate rationing procedures. Much of the material documents appeals concerning automobile rationing decisions, but information on coffee, gasoline, rubber, shoes, sugar, and tires is also found.

A fair proportion of the material is routine (such as form requests), but materials dealing with the interpretation of federal and state regulations and a small amount of county-level information is also found. The county-level information details the same issues but usually concerns individuals.

A small amount of material from the OPA contains oaths of office from local officials from New York and Pennsylvania and copies of federal regulations.

This series was originally accessioned as boxes 1-4 of old collection #77, accession -71. These records were transferred to the War Council from the Office of Price Administration (OPA) which assumed the Bureau's responsibilities in 1942. The records were transferred from the New York City Office which served as a regional headquarters. A small amount of records are from the OPA.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.