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America’s Film Vault: A Reference Guide to the Motion Pictures Held by the U.S. National Archives by Phil Stewart
Table of Contents
Foreword . . xix
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi
Introduction . . xxiii
The Civilian Federal Agency Motion Pictures
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Records of the U.S. Food Administration, RG 4 . . . . . . . . 4
Records of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, RG 7 . . . . . . . . . 4
Records of the National Recovery Administration, RG 9 . . . 5
Records of the Office of Education, RG 12 . . . . . . 5
Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, RG 15 . 6
Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, RG 16 . . . . . . 6
Records of District Courts of the United States, RG 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Records of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, RG 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Records of the National Labor Relations Board, RG 25 . . . . . . . . 9
Records of the United States Coast Guard, RG 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Records of the Post Office Department, RG 28 . . . . . . . . 10
Records of the Bureau of the Census, RG 29 . . . . . . . . 11
Records of the Bureau of Public Roads, RG 30… . 12
Records of the Federal Housing Administration, RG 31 . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Records of the Federal Extension Service, RG 33 . . . . . . . . . 12
Records of the Civilian Conservation Corps, RG 35 . . . . . . . . . 14
Records of the U.S. Customs Service, RG 36 . . . . . . . . . . 14
Records of the Bureau of Accounts Treasury, RG 39… . 14
General Records of the Department of Commerce, RG 40 . . . . . . . . . . 15
Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, RG 43 . . . . 15
Records of the U.S. Senate, RG 46 …. 16
Records of the Social Security Administration, RG 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, RG 48 ….. 17
Records of the Bureau of Land Management, RG 49 . ….18
Records of the Bureau of the Public Debt, RG 53 . . . . 18
General Records of the Department of the Treasury, RG 56 . . . 18
Records of the U.S. Geological Survey, RG 57 ….. 19
Records of the Internal Revenue Service, RG 58 …. 20
General Records of the Department of State, RG 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
General Records of the Department of Justice, RG 60 …. 22
Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, RG 64 . . . . 23
Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, RG 65 …. 23
Records of the Work Projects Administration, RG 69 …. 24
Records of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, RG 70… . 25
Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, RG 75 ... 26
Records of the National Park Service, RG 79… . 27
Records of the Federal Reserve System, RG 82… . 27
Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, RG 85 . . . . . . 27
Records of the Women’s Bureau, RG 86 ... 27
Records of the United States Secret Service, RG 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Records of the Food and Drug Administration, RG 88 . . . . . . . 28
Records of the Public Health Service, RG 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Records of the Inland Waterways Corporation, RG 91… . 29
Records of the Forest Service, RG 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Records of the Farmers Home Administration, RG 96 . . . . . . . . . . 30
Records of the Bureau of Labor Standards, RG 100 . . . . . 30
Records of the Children’s Bureau, RG 102 ... 31
Records of the Farm Credit Administration, RG 103 ... 31
Records of the U.S. Mint, RG 104 …. 31
Records of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, RG 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Records of the Bureau of Reclamation, RG 115 …. 32
Records of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, RG 116 . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, RG 117 . 33
Records of U.S. Attorneys, RG 118 . . . . . . . . . 33
Records of the National Youth Administration, RG 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Records of the Public Buildings Service, RG 121 . . . . . . . . . 34
Records of the Office of Territories, RG 126 ….. 34
Records of Joint Committees of Congress, RG 128 . . . . 35
Records of the Bureau of Prisons, RG 129 . . . . . . 35
Records of the White House Office, RG 130 . . . . 36
Records of the Office of Alien Property, RG 131 . . . . . 36
Records of the Tennessee Valley Authority, RG 142 . . . . 37
Records of the Farm Service Agency, RG 145 …. 37
Records of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, RG 146 ….. 37
Records of the Selective Service System, RG 147 . . . . . 38
Records of the Government Printing Office, RG 149 ..….38
Records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, RG 151 … . 38
Records of the Wage and Hour Division, RG 155 . . . . . . . . . . 38
Records of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, RG 167 . . . . . . . . . 39
Records of the Drug Enforcement Administration, RG 170 . . . . 40
Records of the Office of Civilian Defense, RG 171 ….. 40
Records of the Federal Communications Commission, RG 173 . . . . . . . . 40
General Records of the Department of Labor, RG 174 …… 40
Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission, RG 178 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Records of the War Production Board, RG 179…. . 42
Records of the War Trade Board, RG 182 . . . . . . . . . 42
Records of the Panama Canal, RG 185 . ….42
Records of the Office of Price Administration, RG 188 . . . . . . 43
General Records of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, RG 207 . . . 43
Records of the Office of War Information, RG 208 . . . . . . . . 44
Records of the War Relocation Authority, RG 210 . ….50
Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards, RG 220 . . . . . . 51
Records of the Office of the Bituminous Coal Consigners Counsel, RG 223 . . . . . 52
Records of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, RG 227 . . . . . . 52
Records of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, RG 229 . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, RG 233 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Records of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, RG 234 . . . . . . . . 53
General Records of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, RG 235 . . . . 54
Records of the Federal Aviation Administration, RG 237…. 54
National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records, RG 238 . . . . . . . 54
National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, RG 242 . . . . . . . 55
Records of the Office of the Housing Expediter, RG 252 . . . . 62
Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, RG 255 . . . 62
Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, RG 263 . . . . . . . 66
Records of the Securities and Exchange Commission, RG 266 . . . . . . . . . . 68
Records of the Supreme Court of the U.S., RG 267 ….. 68
General Records of the General Services Administration, RG 269 . . . . . . . . 68
President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, RG 272 . . . . 68
Records of Presidential Inaugural Committees, RG 274 …. 68
Records of the National Production Authority, RG 277 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Records of the Agency for International Development, RG 286…. . 69
Records of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, RG 288 . . . . . 70
Records of the Federal Property Resources Service, RG 291 . . . . . 70
Records of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, RG 304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Records of the Bonneville Power Administration, RG 305 . . . . . . . . . 71
Records of the U.S. Information Agency, RG 306 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Records of the National Science Foundation, RG 307 . . . . . . . . 80
Records of the Small Business Administration, RG 309 . . . . . . . 80
Records of the Agricultural Research Service, RG 310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Records of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, RG 311 . . . . . . . 81
Records of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, RG 318 . . . . 81
Records of the Atomic Energy Commission, RG 326 . . . . . . . 82
Records of the National Capital Planning Commission, RG 328 …. 83
Records of Interservice Agencies, RG 334 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Records of the Maritime Administration, RG 357 . . . . . . . 83
Records of the Corporation for National and Community Service, RG 362 . . . . . 83
Records of the Social and Rehabilitation Service, RG 363 . . . . . . . . . 83
Records of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, RG 364 . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Records of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, RG 370 . . . . . . 84
Records of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration, RG 377 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Records of the Economic Development Administration, RG 378 . . . . . . . 84
Records of the Community Services Administration, RG 381 . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Records of the Federal Highway Administration, RG 406 . . . . . . . . . . 86
Records of the Federal Transit Administration, RG 408 . . . . . . . . . 87
Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, RG 412 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Records of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, RG 416 . . . . . . 88
Records of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Collection, RG 421 . . . . . 88
Records of the Energy Research and Development Administration, RG 430 . . . . . . . 88
Records of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, RG 431 . . . . . . . . . . 88
Records of the Economic Stabilization Programs, RG 432 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
General Records of the Department of Energy, RG 434 . . . 89
Records of the Administration on Aging, RG 439 . . . . . . . 90
General Records of the Department of Education, RG 441 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Records of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, RG 442 . . . . . . 90
Records of the National Institutes of Health, RG 443 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
General Records of the Employment Standards Administration, RG 448 . . . . . 90
Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, RG 452 . . . . . 91
Records of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, RG 463 . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Records of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, RG 467 ….. 91
Records of the U.S. Foreign Assistance Agencies, RG 469 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Records of the Office of Personnel Management, RG 478 . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Records of the Office of U.S. Postal Service, 488 . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Records of the International Trade Administration, RG 489 ….. 92
Records of the Peace Corps, RG 490 . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Records of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration, RG 511 . . . 93
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Div, RG 515 ... 93
Records of the U.S. Marshals Service, RG 527 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Records of the Assassination Records Review Board, RG 541 . . . . 93
The Military Federal Agency Motion Pictures
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Records of the Army Air Forces, RG 18 . . . . . . 99
Records of the Bureau of Ships, RG 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, RG 24 . . . . . . 103
Records of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, RG 38 . . . . . . 103
Records of the Bureau of Aeronautics, RG 72 . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Records of the Bureau of Ordnance, RG 74 …. 103
Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, RG 77 . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Records of the U.S. Naval Observatory, RG 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
General Records of the Department of the Navy, RG 80 . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, RG 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, RG 111 . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), RG 112 . . . . . . . . . . 129
Records of the U.S. Marine Corps, RG 127 . . . . 129
Records of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Navy, RG 143 . . . . . . . 130
Records of the Office of the Judge Advocate General Army, RG 153 . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, RG 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Records of the National Guard Bureau, RG 168 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Records of the Chemical Warfare Service, RG 175 . . . 130
Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, RG 181 . . . . . 131
Records of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, RG 218 . . . . . . . . . 131
Records of the Office of Strategic Services, RG 226 . . . . . . . 131
Records of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, RG 243 . . . . 135
Records of U.S. Occupation Headquarters, World War II, RG 260 . . . . . . . . . 135
Records of Naval Operating Forces, RG 313 . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Records of the Army Staff, RG 319 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, RG 330 . . . . . . 136
Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, WWII, RG 331 . ... 137
Records of Headquarters Army Ground Forces, RG 337 . . . . . . . . . 137
U.S. Army Operational, Tactical and Support Organizations WWII, RG 338 . ... 137
Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force Air Staff, RG 341 . . . . . . . . . . 138
Records of US Air Force Commands, Activities,and Organizations, RG 342 … 138
Re cords of the Naval Air Systems Command, RG 343 . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Records of the Naval Electronic Systems Command, RG 345 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Records of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, RG 374 . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, RG 389 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Records of the Bureau of Naval Weapons, RG 402 . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
General Records of the Department of the Navy, RG 428 . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Records of the U.S. Forces in Southeast Asia, RG 472 . . . . . . . . 156
Records of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, RG 526 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Records of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, RG 551 . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
The Donated Material Group Motion Pictures Collections
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
1. A.A. Schecter Associates . . . . . .. . . 163
2. L.F. Adams . ... 163
3. American Antiquarian Society . . . .. . . . 164
4. American Enterprise Institute …. 164
5. American Federation of Government Employees . . . . . . . . . 164
6. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations . . . . 165
7. American Film Institute …. 165
8. Records of the American Heritage Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
9. American Historic and Cultural Society, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
10. Records of the American National Red Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
11. American Picture Service . . . . . . . 166
12. American Social Hygiene Association . . . 167
13. ANSCO . . . . . . 167
14. Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
15. Thomas Armat …. 167
16. Association Films, Inc…. 167
17. Automobile Manufacturers Association …. 168
18. Michael Balzano . . . . . 168
19. John H. Bauman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
20. Bell and Howell Company . . . . . . 168
21. Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. . . . . . 168
22. Margaret Lavender Betzel ….169
23. Marvin Breckinridge . . . . . . . . . 169
24. Mrs. Remsen Brinckerhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 169
25. British Broadcasting Corporation …. 169
26. British Library of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
27. Robert C. Butow . . . . . . . . . . . 169
28. Admiral Richard E. Byrd …. . 170
29. Cadre Films . . . . . . . . . 170
30. Mae Jean Chandler . ….170
31. Alfred Chaudet . ….170
32. Samuel Cicchino . . . . . 170
33. Civic Films, Inc. . . 170
34. Mrs. Edward T. Clark . …171
35. A. H. Cobb, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
36. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. …. 171
37. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. . . . . . . . 171
38. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 172
39. Columbia Pictures Corporation …. 172
40. Corporation for Entertainment and Learning, Inc. . . . 173
41. William Carey Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
42. James W. Cummings . . . 173
43. Lee Dick, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
44. Dominican Republic Settlement Association, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
45. Eastman Kodak Company . . . . . . . . . . . 174
46. Thomas Alva Edison Foundation . . . . . . . . 174
47. Finnish Relief Fund, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
48. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company . . . . . . . . . 174
49. Lucy Flanagan . . . . . . . . 175
50. Ford Motor Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
51. Mark Foreman Films . . . . . . . . . . . 176
52. Fox Movietone News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
53. Fox Movietone News Collection of Silent Newsreels . . . . . . . . . 177
54. R.T. Fries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
55. Frontier Films …… . 177
56. Ken Gerrish . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
57. Esther C. Goddard . ….178
58. Marion E. Grevemberg ….. 178
59. John V. Hansen Motion Picture ….. 178
60. Harmon Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
61. Harms . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
62. Hearst Metrotone News, Inc…… . 180
63. Hearst Metrotone News, Inc. …... 180
64. Hiroshima-Nagasaki Publishing Committee . . . . . . . . 182
65. Frances Jay . . . 182
66. Felton M. Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
67. Roy Knabenshue . . . . 182
68. Mrs. John H. Knowles …… 182
69. Ladies of the Press …… 183
70. James M. Lambie, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
71. Wade Lemmons …… . 183
72. Jack Lieb Collection Commemorative Visits After the War . . . 183
73. Loew’s, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 183
74. Longines Wittnauer Watch Company, Inc…… . 184
75. Pare Lorentz Motion Picture, Sound Recording and Photographic . . . 184
76. March of Time …. 185
77. March of Time . ….186
78. March of Time . ….187
79. March of Time . . . . . . 187
80. March of Time . . . . . . 187
81. March of Time . …..187
82. March of Time ……. 188
83. Naval Photographic Center (Carter Administration) …… 188
84. MCA/Universal Pictures …… 189
85. MCA/Universal Pictures . ….191
86. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures ….. 191
87. James J. McManus . …..191
88. Robert S. McNamara Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
89. Gertrude P. Miller . . . 191
90. Monday Film Production Company . …..192
91. Philippe Mora . . . ….. 192
92. George C. Moreland . . . . . . . . . . 192
93. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
94. Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. . . . . 192
95. Motion Picture Newsreel Films.... 193
96. Moviola Company …… 193
97. Museum of New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . 193
98. Marion Napier...193
99. National 4-H Club Foundation . . . 193
100. National Archives of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
101. National Board of Fire Underwriters . . . . . . . . 194
102. National Broadcasting Company, Inc. . . . . . . 194
103. National Broadcasting Company, Inc. . . . . . 194
104. National Center for Jewish Film . …..195
105. National Geographic Society . . . . . . . . . . 195
106. National Trust for Historic Preservation . . . . 195
107. National Tuberculosis Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
108. Louis Hill Nicholson . . . . . . . . 196
109. Northern Pump Company …… 196
110. Robert Northshield . . . . . . . . . . 196
111. Pan American Institute of Geography and History . …..196
112. Paramount Pictures, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 196
113. Paramount Pictures, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
114. Paramount Pictures, Inc. . . . . . . . . 197
115. Pathe News . . . . . . . . . . 199
116. Helen Grondin Patton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
117. William B. Paul . . . . . . . . . 199
118. Pennsylvania State University ….. 199
119. Mrs. Jule Perlberg . . . . 199
120. Clyde Edwin Pettit, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . 200
121. Mary Pickford . . . . . . . . . . 200
122. Richard H. Poff . . . . . . . 200
123. David L. Quaid . . . . . . . . . . . 200
124. R. C. Raack, Patrick Griffin, and William Malloch . . . . . . . . . 200
125. National Committee for the Bicentennial of the Treaty of Paris ….. 201
126. Records of the National Public Affairs Center for Television . . . . . . . . 201
127. Franklin D. Roosevelt Warm Springs Memorial Commission . . . . . 201
128. William F. Rope . . . 201
129. Isaac Schlossbach . . . . . . . . . 202
130. Homer L. Shantz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
131. L. J. Simonich . . . . . 202
132. Howard W. Smith . . . . . . . . . 202
133. Roger Smith . …..202
134. Dr. Seymour H. Stern . …..203
135. F. Randolph Swartz . . . . . . . . . . . 203
136. Swift and Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
137. Thames Television . …..203
138. Theatre-on-Film, Inc. …… 204
139. Time-Life, Inc. . . 204
140. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
141. Harry S. Truman Audio Visual . . . . . . . . . . . 204
142. U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command . 205
143. United Aircraft Corporation …… 205
144. United Artists Corporation …… 205
145. United Food and Commercial Workers . . . . . . . . . 205
146. United Nations Film . . . . . . . . . 205
147. University of Colorado Medical School . …. 206
148. Janet Veazey and Helen Sturges-Anderson . . . . . 206
149. Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission . . . . 206
150. Robert W. Wagner . . . . . . . . . . 206
151. WAII-TV . ….. 207
152. Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. . . . . 207
153. Washington Video Prod., Inc. …. 207
154. Weiss Films, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
155. White House Naval Photographic Center Films . . . . . . 208
156. Mrs. Sydney Wellborn . . . . 208
157. Western Electric Company …… 209
158. Western New England College . . . . . . 209
159. WGBH Educational Foundation . . . . . 209
160. WPIX, Inc. . . . . . . . . 209
161. Yale University School of Medicine . . . 209
Indexes
Title Index . . . 213
Subject Index . . . . 253
About the Author . . . 281
