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The United States Economic Census: 1940s

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The 1940 Census (publications were released from 1942-1948)

Ratio analysis of selected 1947 census of manufactures figures for industries and industry groups; percentage changes since 1939, Ralph G. Wells, editor; Ronald M. Hawkins, statistician, Boston University, Bureau of Business research, Boston 1950.

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Ratio analysis of selected 1947 census of manufactures figures for industries and industry groups; percentage changes since 1939, Ralph G. Wells, editor; Ronald M. Hawkins, statistician,  Boston University, Bureau of Business Research, 1950.

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Census of Manufactures

Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940: Manufactures: 1939. Prepared under the supervision of Thomas J. Fitzgerald, chief statistician for manufactures, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, U.S.Govt.Print.Off., 1942.

Contents: I. Statistics by subjects. - II. Reports by industries. 2 v. - III. Reports for states and outlying areas.

HD9724 .A4 1939q   v. 1 - 3   (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Alphabetical list of products. Census of manufactures: 1939. Sixteenth decennial census of the United States. Prepared under the supervision of Thomas J. Fitzgerald, chief statistician for manufacturers, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1940.

Cotton ginning machinery & equipment in the United States, 1940. Prepared under the supervision of D. L. Floyd, chief statistician for cotton and oils, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, U.S. Govt. print. off., 1941.

 

1947 Census of Manufactures

Census of Manufactures: 1947. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1949-1950.
Contents: v. 1. General summary.--v. 2. Statistics by industry.--v. 3. Statistics by states.

HD9724 .A4 1947q vol. 1-3 (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Census of manufactures, 1947 : Product supplement: quantity and value shipments and/or production for more than 6,000 products manufactured by United States industryU.S. Bureau of the Census. 1950.

HD9724 .A42 1947q    (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Census of manufactures: 1947. Indexes of production, manufacturing production indexes for 1947 relative to 1939, based largely on Census of manufactures data, Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1952.

HD9724 .A3 1947  (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Census of manufactures, 1947. Fuels and electric energy consumed., U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, 1949 [i.e. 1950]

HD9724 .A43 1947  (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

 Census of manufactures : 1947. Classes of products by state. Value of shipments for 890 classes of manufactured products.

 HD9724 .A43 1947  (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Progress in productivity and pay, all U.S. manufacturing, 1914-1947; a continuing research report based on the official U.S. census of manufactures, Eddy, Rucker, Nickels Company, Cambridge, Mass., 1952.

HD9724 .E4 1952 (RECAP)

  

Census of Business

Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940. Census of business: 1939, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, U.S.Govt.Print.Off., 1941-43.
Contents: I. Retail trade. pt. 1. United States summary and types of operation, credit sales and receivables, monthly employment and other subjects. pt. 2. Commodity sales and analysis by sales size. pt. 3. Kinds of business by areas: state, counties, and cities 3 v.--II. Wholesale trade.--III. Service establishments, places of amusement, hotels, tourist courts and tourist camps.--IV. Construction.--V. Distribution of manufacturers’ sales.
HF3007 .A3 1939q    v. 1-3  (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940. Census of business: 1939. Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico; retail trade, wholesale trade, service establishments, places of amusement and hotels. Prepared under the supervision of Fred A. Gosnell [and] John Albright , U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, U.S. Govt. Print Off., 1943
HF3007 .A32 1939q   (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940. Census of business: 1939. Wholesale trade. Commodity sales. Sales analyzed by commodities or lines of merchandise. Prepared under the supervision of Fred A. Gosnell, chief statistician for business, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, U. S. Govt. print. off., 1942.
HF3007 .A3 1939a   (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

1948 Census of Business

United States census of business, 1948, Washington, D.C., 1952-Contents: v. 1. Retail trade, general statistics, pt. 1.--v. 2. Retail trade, general statistics, pt. 2, and merchandise line sales statistics.--v. 3. Retail trade, area statistics.--v. 4. Wholesale trade, general statistics and commodity line sales statistics v. 5. Wholesale trade, area statistics.--v. 6. Service trade, general statistics.--v. 7. Service trade, area statistics.

 

Sixteenth Census :1940

Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, U.S. Govt. print. off., 1947

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Sixteenth census of the United States. Mineral industries: 1939, U.S. Bureau of the  census, Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1934.

HD9506.U6 A2 1939   (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Sixteenth census of the United States: 1940. Manufactures: 1939... Prepared under the supervision of Thomas J. Fitzgerald, chief statistician for manufactures, U.S. Bureau of the Census,  Washington, U.S.Govt.Print.Off., 1942.

Contents:   I. Statistics by subjects.- II. Reports by industries. 2v.- III. Reports for states and outlying areas.

HD9724 .A4 1939 v. 1-3  (DOCSC) Economic Census - Firestone

Instructions to enumerators for business and manufactures, 1939. Sixteenth decennial census of the United States ...U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1939.