New York State War Council Salvage Division Federal Advisory and Instructional Releases and Promotional Material

Arranged by topic.

This series documents how the activities of the Salvage Division were directed, coordinated, and informed by the United States War Production Board (WPB).

The series includes: federal releases describing what materials were to be salvaged, directing the state division on how to proceed with salvage campaigns, and listing available promotional materials; correspondence between the Salvage Division and the WPB's Washington and regional New York City office regarding questions of policy, the resolution of problems, and the ordering of promotional materials; bulletins from the WPB to field executives detailing administrative procedures and policies on issues such as travel authorization, salaries, and office supplies; bulletins and newsletters about salvage efforts across the nation intended for general audiences; bulletins issued by the WPB's General Salvage Section, Bureau of Industrial Conservation to state chairmen and executive secretaries across the nation to keep them informed of salvage procedures;

index for bulletins 1 through 369 (only bulletins 2 through 200 are included in the series); Manual of Administrative Instructions sent to all executives of the WPB, and sections of another WPB manual regarding the establishment, abolition, and restructuring of policies, procedures, and organization; promotional and instructional materials such as posters, flyers, booklets, newspaper clippings, print advertising mats, and a folder of radio and play scripts; blue print of a machine used to cut and process tin cans, with photographs and negatives of workers operating the device; and a General Dwight D. Eisenhower Award medal (filed under "General MacArthur") which was presented by the WPB to individual Boy Scouts for outstanding paper collection efforts.

Folder list is available at the repository.

This series was originally accessioned as boxes 220, 221, and 228 of old collection #77, accession -71.

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