Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 3 linear feet and 8 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); World War II periodicals; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Primarily a collection of overseas editions (small formats, light-weight paper, no advertisements) of popular magazines for the Armed Forces distrubuted by the Special Services Division, U.S. Army, and by the Bureau of Navy personnel. Among the titles represented are: Esquire; New Yorker; Newsweek; Time; Pic; Readers Digest; Down Beat; and an array of comic books. In addition, there are guides to foreign countries, War Department education manuals in the G. I. Roundtable Series, books on the organization and administration of an army library, training manuals for army hospital librarians, and a copy of the R.B. [Reference and Recreational Book] LIBRARY CATALOG: AN INDEX TO THE BOOKS INCLUDED IN THE 1945 RECREATIONAL LIBRARIES FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS OVERSEAS (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1944). Also included are two small containers of U.S. Office of Price Administration ration tokens, one red the other blue
- Acquisition information:
- Periodicals: Source of acquisition--Trauman. Method of acquisition--Gift.
- Custodial history:
Gift of Prof. Ray Trautman.
- Processing information:
Periodicals Entered in AMC 12/06/90.
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged into 1 series.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Comic books, strips, etc
Rationing -- United States -- World War, 1939-1945
Tokens
World War, 1939-1945 -- Periodicals
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects
Periodicals
Comic books
Guidebooks
indexes (reference sources)
Manuals (instructional materials)
Periodicals - Names:
- United States. Army. Special Services Division
United States. Office of Price Administration
United States. Navy. Bureau of Navy Personnel
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); World War II periodicals; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu