Restrictions on Access

There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.

Ownership and Custodial History

This collection of letters and documents originated from the office of then-State Techers College President Joseph L. Jarman. It is unknown when this collection was transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives.

Biographical sketch

America participated in the Second World War from 1941-1945. During this time, Americans, and American institutions, underwent a strict rationing program, which included a ration on food, materials such as rubber, wood, and metal, and medicine. To ensure every American was following the rationing program, President Roosevelt created several government bureaucracies to regulate the demand of certain items and the price that items sell for on the market. Each government bureaucracy coordinated with state and private institutions to ensure that the institutions, the employees, and the students, were following these rationing guidelines and to ensure that such institutions could easily adapt to the changes the war was to bring. To ensure the comfort and the effectiveness of the Teachers College, college officials corresponded with the government.

Scope and content

This collection which ranges in date from 1941-1945, contains documents, including typed and written letters from individuals and various organizations, flyers and manuals detailing ordinance from the government, and receipts from various things relating to the school. The documents in this collection vary by 6 folders, in accordance to which government bureaucracy they align with.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Longwood University -- : History -- : 1941-1947.
• Office of Price Administration. Food Rationing Division
• Rationing -- Virginia.
• War Department -- : Virginia -- : Norfolk.
• War Manpower Commission
• War Production Board
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply -- Virginia.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Virginia.