Joseph Lieberman ration card

Identifier
irn49878
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.187.1
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn49878

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Joseph Lieberman

Biographical History

Joseph Isador Lieberman was born on 24 February 1942 in Stamford, Connecticut. He served as a United States Senator representing Connecticut from 1989 to 2013, and during this time he chaired the Senate Committee on Homeland Security (2007-2013), and was a vice-presidential candidate, as running mate to Vice President Al Gore during the presidential election of 2000. A graduate of Yale University and Yale Law School, he was elected to the Connecticut Senate in 1970 and also served as that state's Attorney General from 1983 to 1989.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Senator Joseph Lieberman

Senator Joseph Lieberman donated his ration card to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on January 7, 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of one War Ration Book No. 3 issued circa August 1943 by the United States Office of Price Administration to Joseph Lieberman, aged 19 months.

People

  • Lieberman, Joseph I.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States.
  • Rationing--United States.

Genre

  • Ration books.
  • Document
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