Research


Scope and Content Note

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.