U.S. Crop Corps Certificate of Service
Citation
United States. Department of Agriculture. War Food Administration , “U.S. Crop Corps Certificate of Service,” Digital Collections, accessed March 16, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/40552.
Title
U.S. Crop Corps Certificate of Service
Description
U.S. Crop Corps Certificate of Service issued to Esther Gilliland, June 1, 1943, "for patriotic service on a farm or in a food processing factory." Signed by U.S. War Food Administrator, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission, and State Director of Agricultural Extension. Certification allowed farm to employ workers during night shifts during World War II, so that farms could keep up during the labor shortage created by the War.
Date
1943-06-01
Source
Rights
Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Relation
Growing Community (NEH Common Heritage Project)
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