Phil Stewart will tour cyber space in April 2009, to promote his book –
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
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