For tutuzdad-ga only.  Re Question id# 155461.  My original question,
#1853634, Subject: War Trade Board Statistics 1914-1918, expired
recently, and I never was able to read your Request for Question
Clarification before expiration.  Study of your research efforts has
been a great help to me in planning a visit to NARA, College Park. 
Your administrator has offered the opportunity to post a separate
question for you, and in that way you will be compensated for your
efforts.  My biggest challege at NARA will be to zero in on the best
shelf full of data.  My inclination is to aim for "Statistics" in
Record Group 182.10, which is advertised at 72 linear feet of space. 
I found this on the same website that you referenced in your research
on my behalf.  If you have any further guidance, I would appreciate it
at your convenience.  My plan is to visit NARA in early June 2003.  I
wish you well.   submariner-ga

Dear submariner-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

The professionalism you have shown by coming back and following up on
your earlier question and my response to it is indeed appreciated and
speaks volumes about your personal integrity. I am very grateful for
both.

As you have seen, the information related to your question is located
in THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA) ARCHIVES:
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/war_trade_board_rg182.html#182.3

Or available in person at one of their many regional locations at:
http://www.archives.gov/facilities/index.html
http://www.archives.gov/facilities/research_centers.html

Through the NARA web site you can contact staff members who can give
you some direction on obtaining the documents you are seeking:
http://www.archives.gov/facilities/staff_contacts.html

If you have a disability or simply have trouble making the web site
work for you, contact the archive assistance staff here:
http://www.archives.gov/global_pages/accessibility.html

I hope that you are able to find all the information you are seeking
and again, I cannot say enough about how much I appreciate your
professionalism.

Below you will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy
for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
that that my research exceeds your expectations. If you have any
questions about my research please post a clarification request prior
to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final
comments and I look forward to working with you again in the near
future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga


INFORMATION SOURCES

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA) ARCHIVES:
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/war_trade_board_rg182.html#182.3


SEARCH STRATEGY


SEARCH ENGINE USED:

Google ://www.google.com


SEARCH TERMS USED:


EXPORT STATISTICS 1914

EXPORT STATISTICS 1915

EXPORT STATISTICS 1916

EXPORT STATISTICS 1917

EXPORT STATISTICS 1918

EXPORT STATISTICS “WORD WAR I”

ALTERNATIVELY REPLACED THE TERM “EXPORT” WITH THE TERM “IMPORT” AND
ALSO PRECEDED EACH SEARCH PHRASE WITH THE TERMS "GLOBAL", "US",
"WORLD", "DOMESTIC", "MILITARY", and "AMERICAN".

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Clarification of Answer by tutuzdad-ga on 05 Apr 2003 14:23 PST

THIS JUST IN ....NARA just announced that they have placed 50 million
documents online for public access.

http://www.archives.gov/aad/ 

lOOKS LIKE YOU WON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP IN PERSON AFTER ALL.

Good luck
tutuzdad-ga

The insights and guidance directions provided by tutuzdad-ga were
superb, and have pointed me toward valuable data at NARA.

Thank you so much for your generous tip and your friendly business. I
look forward to working with you again in the future.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga