Clarence D. Brenner World War II V-Mail Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Brenner, Clarence D.
topic: label: Topic
content: Microphotography -- History
label: Topic
content: Postal service
label: Topic
content: V-mail
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.  Found in collections.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brenner, Clarence D.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: V-mail was a mailing system, using microfilm, provided to World War II soldiers by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. It was encouraged and promoted because regular mail consumed cargo space.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1945
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0571
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1940-1950
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: V-mail and related ephemera: letters, envelopes, printed material promoting the use of V-mail, printed information about how V-mail worked, a photograph of a V-mail station, targets for microfilming, labels for shipping, and microfilm roll boxes.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Archival Materials
content: The History of Photography Collection (now Division of Work and Industry) has additional V-mail materials and examples.