OSS Job Register

Artifact Details

An open book with the pages divided into columns and rows. Various handwriting, colors, and stamps are marked on both pages.

The OSS was a predecessor to the modern CIA. It paved the way for the establishment of a professional intelligence agency.

Discovered in CIA archives, this “job register” of the OSS Research & Development Branch contains entries for all R&D projects undertaken by Chief Stanley Lovell and his talented staff of wizards during the war.

Artifact Specs

26.5 cm x 20.7 cm x 2.5 cm

(L x W x H)

Additional Photos

A closed book with "Record" and "US Government Printing Office Property No. 50177" printed on the cover. A sticker on the cover reads "Job Register."

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Official OSS Exhibition Catalogue

The Office of Strategic Services: America’s First Intelligence Agency