United States. Office of Price Administration. War Price and Rationing Board No. 4. El Paso County, Colorado.
Records, 1942-1946.
Collection Number: CA 12
Size: 1.9 c.f.
ABSTRACT: Correspondence, meeting minutes, enforcement reports, and business files from the El Paso County, Colorado, office of the War Price and Rationing Board. The bulk of the material concerns the enforcement of rationing, and especially violations involving automobiles, in El Paso County during World War II.
Administrative History
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Box and Folder List
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY: The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was created in 1941 to ration scarce commodities and prevent wartime inflation by setting maximum prices for certain goods. Stamps, coupons, tokens, certificates and ration checks were used in rationing, and local volunteer War Price and Rationing boards were set up across the county to enforce ration orders. El Paso County's Board was established in March of 1943. The OPA was abolished in March of 1947.
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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: The records in this collection were created or compiled by War Price and Rationing Board No. 4 of El Paso County, Colorado, in the course of conducting its business. It is likely that the files were maintained by John J. Lipsey, who was Board secretary and to whom much of the correspondence is addressed.
Business Files include newsletters and memos from the OPA, as well as some correspondence between Board No. 4 and the Denver OPA office.
Correspondence includes notices of hearings before the Board and letters to individuals regarding violations of the laws established by the OPA.
Enforcement Reports indicate specific violations by individuals and can serve as an index to
Meeting Minutes which consist largely of transcripts of hearings before the Board. The
Loose-leaf Service books contain flyers and newsletters issued to local Boards by the OPA to give background material and outline the rationing program and its rules, regulations and laws.
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ARRANGEMENT: This collection has been divided into five series according to subject matter. Within series, records have been maintained in their original order. Business files, correspondence and enforcement reports are filed alphabetically, meeting minutes are arranged chronologically and the Loose-leaf Service flyers remain in their original binders.
Series I: Business Files
Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Enforcement Reports
Series IV: Meeting Minutes
Series V: Loose-leaf Service
RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public. However, the researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy and copyright that may be involved in the use of this collection.
PROCESSING: This collection was refoldered and a finding aid written by Donna McCrea in 2002.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:
Rationing - Colorado
United States. Office of Price Administration.
World War, 1939-1945
CITATION: United States. Office of Price Administration. War Price and Rationing Board No. 4. El Paso County, Colorado. Records, 1942-1946. CA 12. Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District.
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BOX AND FOLDER LIST:
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Series 1: Business Files |
Box |
Folder |
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"Applications for Supplemental Mileage Ration," 1943-1944 |
1 |
1 |
|
"Colorado Springs. Police Department Lists of Speeders,"
1943-1945 |
1 |
2 |
|
"Consumers Guide," 1946 |
1 |
3 |
|
"District Attorney, 4th Judicial District," 1943 |
1 |
4 |
|
Miscellaneous, 1943 |
1 |
5 |
|
"Office of Price Administration (El Paso Co.)," 1943 |
1 |
6 |
|
"Office of Price Administration – El Paso Co. Humor," 1944
and undated |
1 |
7 |
|
"Office of Price Administration (State) District Enforcement
Action," 1945-1946 |
1 |
8 |
|
"Office of Price Administration (State) General Information
Sheets," 1943-1946 |
1 |
9 |
|
"Office of Price Administration (State) Lists of Speeders,"
1942-1945 |
1 |
10 |
|
"Posters," undated |
1 |
11 |
|
"Price Control Bill, July 1946," 1946 |
1 |
12 |
|
Price Panel Conference – Consumer Durable Goods, 1946 |
1 |
13 |
|
"Price Panel Conference – Food," 1946 |
1 |
14 |
|
"Price Regulation, General Maximum," undated |
1 |
15 |
|
"Provost Marshal. Peterson Field," 1944 |
1 |
16 |
|
"Sheriff El Paso Co.," 1945 |
1 |
17 |
|
War Ration Books, 1942-1945 |
1 |
18 |
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Series II: Correspondence |
Box |
Folder |
|
Correspondence – A, 1944-1945 |
1 |
19 |
|
Correspondence – B, 1943-1945 |
1 |
20 |
|
Correspondence – C, 1943-1945 |
1 |
21 |
|
Correspondence – D-F, 1945 |
1 |
22 |
|
Correspondence – G, 1943-1945 |
1 |
23 |
|
Correspondence – H-J, 1944 |
1 |
24 |
|
Correspondence – K-L, 1943-1945 |
1 |
25 |
|
Correspondence – M, 1943-1944 |
1 |
26 |
|
Correspondence – N-P, 1943-1944 |
1 |
27 |
|
Correspondence – Q-R, 1943 |
1 |
28 |
|
Correspondence – S, 1943-1944 |
1 |
29 |
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Series III: Enforcement Reports |
Box |
Folder |
|
Enforcement Reports – A, 1943-1945 |
2 |
1 |
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Enforcement Reports – B, 1943-1945 |
2 |
2 |
|
Enforcement Reports – C, 1943-1945 |
2 |
3 |
|
Enforcement Reports – D-E, 1943-1945 |
2 |
4 |
|
Enforcement Reports – F-G, 1943-1945 |
2 |
5 |
|
Enforcement Reports – H, 1943-1945 |
2 |
6 |
|
Enforcement Reports – I-J, 1943-1945 |
2 |
7 |
|
Enforcement Reports – K-L, 1943-1945 |
2 |
8 |
|
Enforcement Reports – M, 1943-1945 |
2 |
9 |
|
Enforcement Reports – N-O, 1943-1944 |
2 |
10 |
|
Enforcement Reports – P-Q, 1943-1945 |
2 |
11 |
|
Enforcement Reports – R, 1943-1945 |
2 |
12 |
|
Enforcement Reports – S, 1943-1945 |
2 |
13 |
|
Enforcement Reports – T-V, 1943-1945 |
2 |
14 |
|
Enforcement Reports – W, 1943-1945 |
2 |
15 |
|
Enforcement Reports – Y-Z, 1943-1945 |
2 |
16 |
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Series IV: Meeting Minutes |
Box |
Folder |
|
Meeting Minutes, March 1943 |
2 |
17 |
|
Meeting Minutes, April 1943 |
2 |
18 |
|
Meeting Minutes, May 1943 |
2 |
19 |
|
Meeting Minutes, June 1943 |
2 |
20 |
|
Meeting Minutes, July 1943 |
2 |
21 |
|
Meeting Minutes, August 1943 |
2 |
22 |
|
Meeting Minutes, September 1943 |
2 |
23 |
|
Meeting Minutes, October 1943 |
2 |
24 |
|
Meeting Minutes, November 1943 |
2 |
25 |
|
Meeting Minutes, December 1943 |
2 |
26 |
|
Meeting Minutes, January 1944 |
3 |
1 |
|
Meeting Minutes, February 1944 |
3 |
2 |
|
Meeting Minutes, March 1944 |
3 |
3 |
|
Meeting Minutes, April 1944 |
3 |
4 |
|
Meeting Minutes, May 1944 |
3 |
5 |
|
Meeting Minutes, June 1944 |
3 |
6 |
|
Meeting Minutes, July 1944 |
3 |
7 |
|
Meeting Minutes, August 1944 |
3 |
8 |
|
Meeting Minutes, September 1944 |
3 |
9 |
|
Meeting Minutes, October 1944 |
3 |
10 |
|
Meeting Minutes, November 1944 |
3 |
11 |
|
Meeting Minutes, December 1944 |
3 |
12 |
|
Meeting Minutes, January 1945 |
3 |
13 |
|
Meeting Minutes, February 1945 |
3 |
14 |
|
Meeting Minutes, March 1945 |
3 |
15 |
|
Meeting Minutes, April 1945 |
3 |
16 |
|
Meeting Minutes, May 1945 |
3 |
17 |
|
Meeting Minutes, June 1945 |
3 |
18 |
|
Meeting Minutes, July 1945 |
3 |
19 |
|
Meeting Minutes, August 1945 |
3 |
20 |
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Series V: Loose-leaf Service |
Box |
|
Bound Loose-leaf Pamphlets, 3 volumes, 1945 and undated |
4 |
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