Collection Summary
United States. Office of Education. School and College Civilian Morale Service. Vassar College Key Center of Information and Training
Library of Information Pamphlets
1938-1946
4.5 cubic feet (6 boxes)
Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Pamphlets, reports, clippings, and other printed
materials relating to the Second World War.
Administrative History
During World War II, the U.S. Office of Education designated colleges throughout the
country to serve as "Key Centers" that would make available to people of their
surrounding areas information concerning the war and related issues. In doing so,
each Key Center of Information and Training performed a war service to promote
civilian morale. Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, was one of 11 colleges in New
York State, outside New York City, chosen to serve as a Key Center. With assistance
from the Office of Education's Civilian Morale Service, Vassar maintained a "Library
of Information" which consisted of pamphlets and printed materials from both
government and private sources. Though not officially part of the Vassar Library,
the Library of Information was housed in its central hall and maintained under the
direction of librarian Dorothy Plum.
Scope and Content Note
Pamphlets and other printed materials issued by the U.S. Office of Education's
Civilian Morale Service and distributed by the Key Center of Information and
Training at Vassar College. The materials address a variety of topics pertaining to
World War II and related issues, including the geographical theaters of the war,
military recruitment, wartime production, and civilian morale.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Access
This collection is open for research according to the
regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections
Library without any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must
be obtained as described in the
regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Related Materials
Summary of reports of the New York State Key Centers of Information and Training to June 15, 1942.
Subject Headings
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945--Air operations
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations
World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories
World War, 1939-1945--United States
Document Types:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Newspapers
Pamphlets
Printed ephemera
VCL Categories:
War and War Crimes
Vassar College
Encoding Information
Encoded by Mark Seidl, March 2022. Updated June 2022.
Updated by Emma Gronbeck, February 2025.
Processing Information
Processed by Angelina Papa, February 2022.
Updated with additional materials discovered in Vassar College Libraries storage, February 2025.
Preferred Citation
Library of Information Pamphlets, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Container List
Box 6
Card Index to Library of Information Pamphlets (incomplete),
undated
Box 1
Aeronautic Education,
1940-1943
(6 items)
Box 1
Africa,
1942
(1 item)
Box 1
Air Raids - Protective Measures,
1942-1943
(7 items)
Box 1
Airplanes,
1942-1943
(4 items)
Box 1
Alaska,
1943
(1 item)
Box 1
Aliens,
1942
(2 items)
Box 1
Asia,
1942
(1 item)
Box 1
Australia,
1939-1945
(10 items)
Box 1
Baltic States,
1944
(1 item)
Box 1
Belgian Congo,
1942
(1 item)
Box 1
Belgium,
1945
(8 items)
Box 1
Brazil,
1942
(1 item)
Box 1
Business,
1941
(2 items)
Box 1
Burma,
1942
(1 item)
Box 1
Campaigns, Aerial,
1941-1945
(4 items)
Box 1
Campaigns, Africa,
1942-1943
(2 items)
Box 1
Campaigns, France,
1942
(1 item)
Box 1
Campaigns, Greece,
1943
(1 item)
Box 1
Canada,
1941-1946
(16 items)
Box 1
Censorship,
1943
(3 items)
Box 1
Chemical Warfare,
1943
(1 item)
Box 1
Child Labor,
1942
(2 items)
Box 1
Child Psychology,
1942-1943
(3 items)
Box 1
Child Welfare,
1942-1945
(6 items)
Box 1
China,
1942-1943
(7 items)
Box 1
Churchill, Winston,
1942-1944
(27 items)
Box 1
Civilian Defense,
1940-1941
(2 items)
Box 1
Civilian Defense,
1942
(19 items)
Box 1
Civilian Defense,
1943
(8 items)
Box 1
Civilian Defense,
1944, undated
(4 items)
Box 1
Colleges and Universities,
1940-1942
(11 items)
Box 1
Colleges and Universities,
1943
(7 items)
Box 1
Conscientious Objectors,
1942-1943
(3 items)
Box 1
Conservation of Resources,
1941
(1 item)
Box 1
Czechoslovakia,
1941-1944
(21 items)
Box 1
Democracy,
1940-1943
(13 items)
Box 1
Denmark,
1943
(7 items)
Box 1
Dodecanese Islands,
1943
(1 item)
Box 1
Dutch West Indies,
1944
(1 item)
Box 1
East (Far East),
1942
(2 items)
Box 1
Education,
1941-1944
(4 items)
Box 1
Education, Australia,
1943
(1 item)
Box 1
Education, China,
1943-1944
(2 items)
Box 1
Education, Europe,
1943
(2 items)
Box 1
Education, Netherlands,
1942
(1 item)
Box 1
Education, Russia,
1943
(1 item)
Box 2
Family Security,
1941-1942
(5 items)
Box 2
Finland,
1942
(1 item)
Box 2
Flags, U.S.,
1944
(1 item)
Box 2
Food,
1943
(1 item)
Box 2
Forums, Open,
1939-1943
(4 items)
Box 2
France,
194201945
(5 items)
Box 2
Gardens,
1942-1943
(4 items)
Box 2
Germany,
1940-1943
(8 items)
Box 2
Great Britain,
1939-1944
(16 items)
Box 2
Great Britain, Armed Forces,
1943-1945
(3 items)
Box 2
Great Britain, Army,
1941-1944
(5 items)
Box 2
Great Britain, Empire,
1942-1944
(5 items)
Box 2
Great Britain, Navy,
1942-1945
(7 items)
Box 2
Great Britain, Royal Air Force,
1940-1945
(7 items)
Box 2
Great Britain, Social Conditions,
1942
(2 items)
Box 2
Health,
1942-1943
(12 items)
Box 2
High School Victory Corps,
1942-1943
(3 items)
Box 2
Housing,
1942-1944
(6 items)
Box 2
India,
1942-1943
(21 items)
Box 2
India,
1944-1945
(11 items)
Box 2
Inflation,
1942-1945
(5 items)
Box 2
International Organization,
1942-1945
(23 items)
Box 2
Italy,
1942-1943
(4 items)
Box 2
Labor,
1940-1942
(15 items)
Box 2
Labor,
1943
(16 items)
Box 2
Labor,
1944
(7 items)
Box 2
Language Study,
1942, 1944
(2 items)
Box 2
Lend-Lease Operations,
1941-1943
(6 items)
Box 2
Lend-Lease Operations,
1944-1945
(4 items)
Box 2
Levant (Middle East),
1942-1943
(2 items)
Box 2
Liberty,
1941-1942
(7 items)
Box 2
Libraries,
1942-1944
(10 items)
Box 2
Malta,
1943
(1 item)
Box 2
Medical Aspects,
1942-1943
(5 items)
Box 2
Mental Hygiene,
1943
(1 item)
Box 2
Merchant Marine,
1943
(1 item)
Box 3
Military Service, Compulsory,
1940-1944
(5 items)
Box 3
Military Training,
1941-1942
(3 items)
Box 3
Morale,
1941-1944
(9 items)
Box 3
National Defense,
1938-1942
(12 items)
Box 3
Naval Operations,
1940-1944
(3 items)
Box 3
Netherlands,
1943
(1 item)
Box 3
New Zealand,
1943-1944
(2 items)
Box 3
Norway,
1940-1943
(5 items)
Box 3
Nurses and Nursing,
1941-1943
(23 items)
Box 3
Patents,
1943
(1 item)
Box 3
Peace,
1941-1944
(13 items)
Box 3
Philippine Islands,
1943
(1 item)
Box 3
Poland,
1941
(7 items)
Box 3
Poland,
1942-1944
(16 items)
Box 3
Press,
1942
(1 item)
Box 3
Prices--Regulation,
1942-1943
(12 items)
Box 3
Prices--Regulation,
1944-1945
(11 items)
Box 3
Priorities,
1942
(1 item)
Box 3
Prisoners and Prisons,
1944
(2 items)
Box 3
Propaganda
1942
(2 items)
Box 3
Race Problems
1942-1943
(2 items)
Box 3
Radio Broadcasting,
1942
(1 item)
Box 3
Rationing,
1942-1945
(6 items)
Box 3
Raw Materials,
1941-1943
(5 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-),
1941
(5 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-),
1942
(16 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-),
1943
(24 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-),
1944
(4 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-)--Economic Aspects,
1941-1943
(14 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-)--Economic Aspects,
1944-1945
(9 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-)--Education,
1941-1944
(9 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-)--Great Britain,
1942-1945
(5 items)
Box 3
Reconstruction (World War, 1939-)--U.S.,
1940-1944
(11 items)
Box 3
Recreation,
1942-1943
(6 items)
Box 4
Refugees,
1939-1946
(8 items)
Box 4
Religion,
1940-1944
(20 items)
Box 4
Rural Schools,
1942
(1 item)
Box 4
Russia,
1942-1943
(5 items)
Box 4
Salvage,
1942-1943
(7 items)
Box 4
Science,
1942-1943
(4 items)
Box 4
Schools at War,
1943-1944
(3 items)
Box 4
Service Men, Discharged,
1942-1945
(11 items)
Box 4
Speakers,
1942-1943
(2 items)
Box 4
Technical Literature,
1940-1943
(6 items)
Box 4
Transportation,
1941-1943
(10 items)
Box 4
United Nations,
1942-1944
(14 items)
Box 4
U.S. Armed Forces,
1942-1944
(12 items)
Box 4
U.S. Armed Forces Institute,
1942-1943
(3 items)
Box 4
U.S. Army,
1942-1943
(10 items)
Box 4
U.S. Army -- Women's Army Corps,
1942-1944
(4 items)
Box 4
U.S. Coast Guard,
1942-1943
(2 items)
Box 4
U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation,
1941-1942
(4 items)
Box 4
U.S. Foreign Relations,
1941-1945
(4 items)
Box 4
U.S. Marine Corps,
1942-1944
(8 items)
Box 4
U.S. Maritime Service,
1944
(2 items)
Box 4
U.S. Navy,
1942-1943
(4 items)
Box 4
U.S. Navy -- Women's Naval Reserve,
1942
(2 items)
Box 4
U.S. Office for Emergency Management,
1942
(1 item)
Box 4
Venereal Diseases,
1941-1943
(17 items)
Box 4
Vocational Education,
1941-1944
(8 items)
Box 4
War Aims,
1941-1943
(7 items)
Box 4
War and Children,
1942-1943
(5 items)
Box 4
War and Education,
1942-1943
(5 items)
Box 4
War Finance,
1942-1945
(20 items)
Box 4
War Production,
1941-1942
(15 items)
Box 4
War Production,
1943-1944
(8 items)
Box 4
West Indies,
1943
(1 item)
Box 4
Wilson, Woodrow,
1942
(3 items)
Box 4
World War, 1939-,
1941-1942
(8 items)
Box 4
World War, 1939-,
1943-1944
(8 items)
Box 4
World War, 1939- -- Great Britain,
1939-1945
(18 items)
Box 5
World War, 1939- -- Peace,
1941-1945
(24 items)
Box 5
World War, 1939- -- U.S.,
1940-1942
(8 items)
Box 5
World War, 1939- -- U.S.,
1942-1945
(15 items)
Box 5
Youth,
1940-1944
(12 items)
Box 5
Yugoslavia,
1942-1944
(9 items)