The records document the conscription process and present information on individual registrants as well as neighborhoods, communities and cities. M 121 CUBA, 1902-1906. M 51 CUBA, 1844-1906. Useful source of demographic and individual information for the period 1790-1920. Census records are arranged by year, state, county, and location.
Indexes can help locate individuals.
Administrative records and case files are available. As WWII demanded more able bodies to participate in combat, war industries also demanded resources to sustain America's war effort. To increase production of war supplies, black Americans were hired in unprecedented numbers and utilized in unprecedented ways. Records of the War Manpower Commission can be used to document policies regarding the use of this pool of labor from 1942 to 1945.