John D. Black Papers, 1915-1960

Container Title
M95-087
Part 3 (M95-087): Additions, 1937-1950
Physical Description: 3.5 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 1 archives box, and 1 oversize folder) 
Scope and Content Note

Additions, 1937-1950, from Black's “Food and Nutrition Files,” created while he was working on a pamphlet for the National Planning Association in 1945, which he later expanded into a published agricultural policy program.

The files include unpublished reports from various government agencies and industry leaders, as well as correspondence with colleagues regarding drafts that he sent out for review. Subjects covered include the production, distribution, and regulation of food in the U.S. during wartime and peace, and nutrition research in the areas of dietary standards, vitamin enrichment, and public health. There is an oversize folder that contains World War II-era food stamp posters and USDA nutrition charts. An index for these files, created by Black, is included in the collection. In addition, there is one folder pertaining to New England milk pricing which includes research, drafts of a pamphlet, and the finished pamphlet.

Note: Index Numbers refer to the index created by John Black, a copy of which can be found in Box 1 in the folder labeled “INDEX.”
Index No.   1.
Series: United States Program: Normal
Box/Folder   1/1-7
Index No.   1.0
General Aspects (, 1942-1946)
Box/Folder   1/8
Index No.   1.10
Nutrition Education (, 1942-1945)
Box/Folder   1/9-13
Index No.   1.11
Consumer Activities (, 1939-1947)
Box/Folder   1/14-19
Index No.   1.12
Direct Distribution (, 1941-1948)
Box/Folder   2/1-4
Index No.   1.12
Direct Distribution (, 1941-1948) (continued)
Box/Folder   2/5
Index No.   1.13
Prices and Expenditures (, 1941-1946)
Box/Folder   2/6-9
Index No.   1.14
Consumption Levels (, 1937-1945)
Box/Folder   2/10-15
Index No.   1.2
Distribution Aspects (, 1941-1948)
Box/Folder   2/16
Index No.   1.3
Production Aspects (, 1939-1946)
Box/Folder   3/1-3
Index No.   1.3
Production Aspects (, 1939-1946) (continued)
Box/Folder   3/4
Index No.   1.31
Home Production (, 1942-1944)
Box/Folder   3/5
Index No.   1.32
Farm Family Living (, 1940-1944)
Box/Folder   3/6-7
Index No.   1.4
Nutrition Program (, 1942-1947)
Box/Folder   3/8
Index No.   1.50
Labor Organizations (, 1943-1945)
Box/Folder   3/9-10
Index No.   1.51
Industrial Feeding (, 1943-1945)
Box/Folder   3/11
Index No.   1.6
Professional Groups (, 1942-1946)
Box/Folder   3/12-13
Index No.   1.7
State and Local Programs (, 1938-1947)
Box/Folder   3/14-15
Index No.   1.8
Domestic Food Supply (, 1942-1945)
Index No.   2.
Series: United States Program: Wartime
Box/Folder   3/16-17
Index No.   2.0
General Aspects (, 1943-1944)
Box/Folder   3/18
Index No.   2.1
Rationing (, 1942-1945)
Box/Folder   3/19
Index No.   2.2
Armed Forces (, 1941-1943)
Index No.   3.
Series: Nutrition
Box/Folder   3/20
Index No.   3.0
General (, 1942-1950)
Box/Folder   3/21
Index No.   3.1
Nutritive Values ( 1936, , 1944-1948)
Box/Folder   4/1
Index No.   3.2
Dietary Standards (, 1941-1945)
Box/Folder   4/2
Index No.   3.3
Research (, 1941-1947)
Box/Folder   4/3-5
Index No.   3.4
Nutritional Assessment U.S. and the World (, 1942-1947)
Box/Folder   4/6
Index No.   3.5
Nutrition and Public Health (, 1944-1947)
Box/Folder   4/7
Index No.   3.6
Infants and Children (, 1948)
Box/Folder   4/8
Index No.   3.7
Food Enrichment (, 1948)
Box/Folder   4/9
Index No.   N/A
New England Milk Price Committee (, 1948-1949)
Oversize Folder  
Posters
Poster: “Orange and Blue Food Stamps Redeemed Here.”
Poster: “Blue Stamps Pledge of Honor”
Small Poster: “Eat Nutritional Food” Food Guide
Poster: “U.S. Needs Us Strong. Eat Nutritional Food.”
Large Poster: U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrition Chart (, 1943) with 7 Food Groups - “...eat some food from each group every day!”