Office of Price Administration
(OPA)
in World War II

Administrative Histories of World War II
Civilian Agencies of the Federal Government
Office of Price Administration (OPA)

• ...Activities of the Office of Price Administration in Puerto Rico.
  [n.p.]. 1944
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--Puerto Rico.
  Jorge L. Cordova, Territorial Director.
       Reel: 19, No. 159
  
• ...Activities of the Office of Price Administration in the Panama Canal Zone.
  [n.p.]. 1946
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--Canal Zone.
  E.C. Lombard, Chairman of the Board.
       Reel: 19, No. 158
  
• ...Activities of the Office of Price Administration in the territories and island possessions, 1942-1946.
  [n.p.]. 1945
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
       Reel: 19, No. 155
  
• ...Activities of the Office of Price Administration in the Territory of Alaska.
  [n.p.]. 1944
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--Alaska.
  Mildred R. Hermann, Territorial Director, June 1, 1944.
       Reel: 19, No. 156
  
• ...Activities of the Office of Price Administration in the Territory of Hawaii.
  [n.p.]. 1944
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--Hawaii.
  Melvin C. Robbins, Territorial Director.
       Reel: 19, No. 157
  
• ...Activities of the Office of Price Administration in the Virgin Islands.
  [n.p.]. 1944
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--Virgin Islands of the United States.
  Jacob A. Robles, Territorial Director.
       Reel: 19, No. 160
  
• Analysis of the work of OPA's Training Branch, June 1942 to August 1945.
  [Washington]. [n.d.]
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  Egbert S. Wengert.
       Reel: 16, No. 143
  
• ...Chronology of the Office of Price Administration, January 1941-November 1946.
  Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office. 1946
  Price Regulation--United States; United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  Prepared by Laurence E. Tilley under the direction of Harvey Claflin Mansfield, 1905-, Chief, Policy Analysis Branch.
       Reel: 16, No. 139
  
• Evolution of operating relationships between the Office of Price Administration and the Division of Central Administrative Services of the Office for Emergency Management.
  [Washington]. [n.d.]
  United States. Office of Price Administration; United States. Office for Emergency Management; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  by John H. Burchard.
       Reel: 16, No. 145
  
• The federal rationing program in the Second World War.
  [Washington]. 1944
  Rationing, Consumer--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  A report prepared for the Bureau of the Budget's historical Records by Paul Martin O'Leary, 1901-, Deputy Administrator in Charge of Rationing, Office of Price Administration, May, 1942 - October, 1943.
       Reel: 17, No. 148
  
• ...The historical records of the Office of Price Administration.
  [Washington]. [1944?]
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  William Jerome Wilson, 1884-.
       Reel: 16, No. 141
  
• History of Office of Price Administration, Region V. Dallas, Texas.
  January 31, 1947
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--Texas--Dallas.
  John H. Kaney.
       Reel: 18, No. 154
  
• The history of regional administration of price control in New England.
  [n.p.]. [n.d.]
  Price Regulation--New England; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  Ayers Brinser.
       Reel: 17, No. 150
  
• History of the Office of Price Administration in Region III.
  Cleveland. 1947
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  consisting of the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia. ...by Ben Harrison Darrow, R.E. Bristol, and Hale Sturges.
       Reel: 18, No. 152
  
• A history of the Office of Price Administration in Region IV-Atlanta, Georgia.
  [Atlanta, Ga.]. [1947]
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--Georgia--Atlanta.
  George C. Kaulbach; by members of the staff.
       Reel: 18, No. 153
  
• A history of the review and clearance of surveys and reporting requirements in the OPA.
  [Washington]. [n.d.]
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  by Joseph Morris Selove.
       Reel: 16, No. 144
  
• A letter to the historian of the OPA from J.K. Galbraith, Sometime assistant and Deputy Administrator for Price of the OPA.
  [Washington]. 1943
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-.
       Reel: 16, No. 140
  
• ...Price control and public understanding, A history of OPA's Information Department (OPA shield).
  [Washington]. 1947
  Price Regulation--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States--Public Opinion--United States.
  Prepared by James Edgar Mendenhall, 1903-, under the direction of Harvey Claflin Mansfield, 1905-, Chief Policy Analysis Branch.
       Reel: 16, No. 146
  
• Price control of international commodities: inclusive of Lend-Lease.
  [Washington]. 1947
  Price Regulation; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  by Seymour Edwin Harris, 1897-, Harvard University, Formerly Director, Office of Export-Import Price Control of Office of Price Administration.
       Reel: 17, No. 147
  
• ...Region II. History of operations.
  [n.p.]. [n.d.]
  United States. Office of Price Administration; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  V. Roger Wood.
       Reel: 17, No. 151
  
• Rubber tire industry and its prices.
  [Washington]. [1947]
  Tire Industry--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  by Richard Brooks Heflebower, 1903-.
       Reel: 17, No. 149
  
• Some administrative experiences in rationing (A contribution to the history of the Office of Price Administration).
  [Washington]. n.d
  Rationing, Consumer--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Economic Aspects--United States.
  by Louis J. Kroeger.
       Reel: 16, No. 142

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Reference and Background Material

• Ration Book Holder [Office of Price Administration]