1,000 million : brief stories about the United Nations, were one thousand million friends of the United States live, work, and fight Pamphlet

Identifier
irn42394
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.501.3
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States Office of War Information (Publisher)
  • United States Government Printing Office (Printer)

Biographical History

The United States Office of War Information (OWI) was created on June 13, 1942, to centralize and control the content and production of government information and propaganda about the war. It coordinated the release of war news for domestic use, and using posters along with radio broadcasts, worked to promote patriotism, warn about foreign spies, and recruit women into war work. The office also established an overseas branch, which launched a large-scale information and propaganda campaign abroad. The government appealed to the public through popular culture and more than a quarter of a billion dollars' worth of advertising was donated during the first three years of the National Defense Savings Program. Victory in Europe was declared on May 8, 1945, and in Japan on September 2, 1945. The OWI ceased operation in September.

Archival History

The pamphlet was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2006.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Scope and Content

Collection consists of seven documents of anti-Nazi propaganda published in the United States circa 1941-1945. Includes speeches by Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Walter Nash, Harold E. Stassen, Raymond Gram Swing, Eric A. Johnston, George W. Norris, and Wendell L. Willkie.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

vi, 49, [1] p. illus. (incl. map) 27 cm. "This pamphlet has been prepared by the staff of the Office of War Information to provide background material on the 28 United Nations at war, with the United States, against the Axis."--verso of cover. Cover title.

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945.
  • United Nations.

Genre

  • Books and Published Materials
  • Object
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