World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Camp Chonokis Records

 Collection
Identifier: 90-86
Abstract Chonokis was a girls' camp at Stateline, South Lake Tahoe, California from 1927-1952. The camp was owned by Mabel Winter Whitney and co-managed by Gladys G. Gorman. Records include correspondence, subject files, camp brochures, enrollment forms, financial records, daily schedules, architectural drawings, sketches and paintings, photographs, 16 mm home movie film, log books of poetry and prose, and Whitney's personal files of letters, school records, and Barley Food Products (Morgantown,...
Dates: 1908-1982; Majority of material found within 1921-1980
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Camp Chonokis Records

Gordon Griswold Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC451
Abstract Records of Griswold's sheep ranches, his terms as president and board member of the Nevada Livestock Production Credit Association, the National Advisory Board (for the Taylor Grazing Act), National Wool Council, Nevada Wool Growers' Association, the Nevada Selective Service Board, and the U. S. D. A. War Board, and as coordinator of Operation Haylift in Nevada, 1949. Topics discussed include droughts in Nevada, grazing lands, sheep, the effect of World War II on local food production, and...
Dates: 1926-1954
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Gordon Griswold Papers

Leo S. Levy Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC537
Abstract

World War II ration book and tokens; souvenir covers (envelopes) pertaining to Virginia City, Nevada; and a poster for the opening of the Comstock Station (gas station) in Virginia City.

Dates: 1943-1964
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Leo S. Levy Papers

United States Office of Price Administration Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC614
Abstract

Records of transactions of the Minden and Sparks, Nevada, boards of the OPA, including correspondence regarding preservation of the records in a local depository, checks, and rationing accounts.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / United States Office of Price Administration Records

War Bonds Posters

 Collection
Identifier: 90-11
Abstract

Posters issued to encourage the American public to buy war bonds and to follow food and commodities rationing programs. The collection contains material from 1942-1943 created by the United States Office of War Information Bureau of Public Inquiries.

Dates: 1942-1943
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / War Bonds Posters