University of Wyoming
Joshua Bernhardt was an economist specializing in the sugar trade. He served in several positions with the federal government and private companies relating to the sugar industry, including chief of the Sugar Division of the U.S. Tariff Commission from 1923-1924, chief economist for the Sugar Section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration from 1933-1943, chief of the Sugar Branch of the U.S. War Food Administration from 1943-1947 and director of the Sugar Statistics Service. He also wrote the book "Sugar, Wars, and Washington" (1969).
Collection contains materials relating to Bernhardt's career in the sugar trade including professional correspondence (1920-1971); subject files on sugar beets, the sugar trade, the U.S. War Food Board Sugar Branch, sugar refining and legislation involving sugar (1937-1965); 1 scrapbook; miscellaneous photographs; and the galleys for "Sugar, Wars, and Washington."
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There are no known other archival collections created by Joshua Bernhardt at the date of processing.
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