War Production Board Records
name: label: Creator
content: United States. War Production Board.
topic: label: Topic
content: Clocks and watches
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: United States. War Production Board.
setName: label: See more items in
content: War Production Board Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Records of the War Production Board concerning watches (including clocks and timers) so that both the civilian population and the military would be supplied with adequate and reliable timepieces.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The War Production Board (WPB) was established in the Office for Emergency Management by an Executive order of January 16, 1942, which transferred to it the functions of the Supply Priorities and Allocations Board and the Office of Production Management (both established in 1941).

The function of the WPB was to exercise general direction over the war procurement and production programs of all federal departments and agencies. The WPB was terminated November 3, 1945.

The Consumers Durable Goods Division of the War Production Board was concerned with the regulation, production, and allocation of timepieces during 
World War II.

Source

Guide to the National Archives and Record Services, General Service Administration, Washington: 1974, PP. 687 689).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.5 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1943-1945
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This collection was donated to the NMAH's Division of Mechanics (now Division of Work and Industry) sometime prior to 1974, and was transferred to the Archives Center shortly after it opened in 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0341
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Reports
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Statistics
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into five series. 

Series 1: Watches by Type

Series 2: Correspondence: Manufacturers

Series 3: Reports for Watch Industry

Series 4: War Production Board Records/Reports

Series 5: War production Board Requirements
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Ageton, 1989
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Reports -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Statistics
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of records of the War Production Board concerning watches (including clocks and timers) so that both the civilian and the military would be supplied with adequate and reliable time mechanisms as well as timers for military purposes.  The activities ranged from control over
aspects of production to allocation of material used in manufacturing along with references to foreign importation of watches and a technical survey of clock and watch factories in Europe.