Abbreviations
| AAF | Army Air Forces |
| AC | Air Corps; assistant chief |
| ACofS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
| Acq | Acquisition |
| Actg | Acting |
| Adm | Administrative |
| Adv | Advisory |
| A-E | Architect-engineer |
| AEF | American Expeditionary Force |
| AEM | Architect-engineer-manager |
| AFL | American Federation of Labor |
| AGC | Associated General Contractors of America |
| AGF | Army Ground Forces |
| AIA | American Institute of Architects |
| AIC | Army Industrial College |
| ANMB | Army and Navy Munitions Board |
| Appns | Appropriations |
| AR | Army regulation |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASF | Army Service Forces |
| Asgmt | Assignment |
| ASN | Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
| ASW | Assistant Secretary of War |
| B&G | Buildings and Grounds |
| B&Q | Barracks and quarters |
| Bd | Board |
| Bks | Barracks |
| BOB | Bureau of the Budget |
| BOWD | Budget Officer, War Department |
| Br | Branch |
| Bull | Bulletin |
| C | Chief |
| CA | Corps area |
| CAA | Civil Aeronautics Authority |
| Canton | Cantonment |
| CAQM | Corps area quartermaster |
| CBI | China-Burma-India |
| CBR | California Bearing Ratio |
| CCC | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| CE | Corps of Engineers |
| CEW | Clinton Engineer Works |
| CG | Commanding general |
| Chm | Chairman |
| CIO | Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| Circ | Circular |
| CofEngrs | Chief of Engineers |
| CofOrd | Chief of Ordnance |
| CofS | Chief of Staff |
| Comd | Command |
| Comm | Committee |
| Compl | Completion |
| Conf | Conference |
| Constr | Construction |
| Corresp | Correspondence |
| Cp | Camp |
| CPA | Central Procuring Agency, Civilian Production Administration |
| CPFF | Cost-plus-a-fixed-fee |
| CQM | Constructing quartermaster |
| CSC | Civil Service Commission |
| CSigO | Chief Signal Officer |
| CWA | Civil Works Administration |
| DA | Department of the Army |
| DCofEngrs | Deputy Chief of Engineers |
| DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Def | Defense |
| Dep | Deputy |
| Dev | Development |
| D/F | Disposition form |
| Dir | Director |
| Distr | Distribution |
| Div | Division |
| DL | Department of Labor |
| DO | District office |
| DPC | Defense Plant Corporation |
| DS | Disposition sheet |
| DSM | Development of substitute materials |
| EHD | Engineer Historical Division |
| Engrg | Engineering |
| ENR |
Engineering News-Record |
| Equip | Equipment |
| ExecO | Executive officer |
| FBM | Feet board measure |
| FCA | Farm Credit Administration |
| FF | Fixed-fee |
| Fin | Finance |
| Fld | Field |
| F.R. | Federal Register |
| FWA | Federal Works Agency |
| G-3 | Operations and Training Division, War Department General Staff |
| G-4 | Supply Division, War Department General Staff |
| GLD | Great Lakes Division |
| GMP | General Mobilization Plan |
| GO | General order |
| Gp | Group |
| Grnd | Ground |
| GS | General Staff |
| HEW | Hanford Engineer Works |
| HRB | Highway Research Board |
| ICC | Interstate Commerce Commission |
| IG | Inspector General |
| IMP | Industrial Mobilization Plan |
| Ind | Indorsement; industrial |
| Ins | Insurance |
| Insp | Inspection |
| Interv | Interview |
| JAG | Judge Advocate General |
| JAGO | Judge Advocate General’s Office |
| LASL | Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory |
| Legis | Legislation; legislative |
| LMVD | Lower Mississippi Valley Division |
| LR | Labor Relations |
| MAD | Middle Atlantic Division |
| M&E | Materials and Equipment |
| MG | Maritime Commission |
| MDO | Manhattan District Office |
| MED | Manhattan Engineer District |
| Mil | Military |
| Min | Minutes |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Mobl | Mobilization |
| MRC | Mississippi River Commission |
| MRD | Missouri River Division |
| MtD | Mountain Division |
| Mtg | Meeting |
| Mun | Munitions |
| NA | National Army |
| NAD | North Atlantic Division |
| Nat | National |
| ND | Navy Department |
| NDAC | Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense |
| NED | New England Division |
| NG | National Guard |
| NPD | North Pacific Division |
| NPWDA | National Public Works Department Association |
| O | Office; officer |
| OASW | Office of the Assistant Secretary of War |
| OCE | Office, Chief of Engineers |
| OCMH | Office, Chief of Military History |
| OCofAC | Office, Chief of the Air Corps |
| OCofOrd | Office, Chief of Ordnance |
| OCofS | Office, Chief of Staff |
| OD | Ordnance depot |
| ODCofS | Office, Deputy Chief of Staff |
| OEM | Office for Emergency Management |
| OIC | Officer in charge |
| OP | Ordnance plant |
| OPA | Office of Price Administration |
| OPM | Office of Production Management |
| Opns | Operations |
| OQMG | Office of The Quartermaster General |
| ORD | Ohio River Division |
| Ord | Ordnance |
| Orgn | Organization |
| OSRD | Office of Scientific Research and Development |
| OTIG | Office of The Inspector General |
| OUSW | Office of the Under Secretary of War |
| OW | Ordnance works |
| OZCQM | Office of the Zone Constructing Quartermaster |
| P&E | Procurement and Expediting |
| PD | Pacific Division |
| Pers | Personnel |
| Plng | Planning |
| PMP | Protective Mobilization Plan |
| POE | Port of Embarkation |
| Pr | Proving |
| PR | Progress report |
| Proc | Proceedings |
| Proj | Project |
| PS&T | Purchase, Storage, and Traffic |
| PubRelO | Public relations officer |
| PWA | Public Works Administration |
| QMC | Quartermaster Corps |
| RA | Regular Army Rad Radiogram |
| R&H | Rivers and Harbors |
| R&R | Routing and record |
| R&U | Repairs and Utilities |
| Rcd | Record |
| RDX | Research department explosive (cyclonite) |
| RE | Real Estate |
| Reorgn | Reorganization |
| Reqmts | Requirements |
| RFC | Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
| Rpt | Report |
| SAD | South Atlantic Division |
| SCQM | Supervising constructing quartermaster |
| Sec | Section |
| Secy | Secretary |
| SGO | Surgeon General’s Office |
| SGS | Secretary of the General Staff |
| SO | Special orders |
| SOS | Services of Supply |
| Sp | Special |
| SPAB | Supply Priorities and Allocations Board |
| Sup | Supply |
| Svc | Service |
| SvcC | Service command |
| SW | Secretary of War |
| SWD | Southwestern Division |
| TAG | The Adjutant General |
| TD | Treasury Department |
| Tel conv | Telephone conversation |
| Telg | Telegram |
| TIG | The Inspector General |
| Tng | Training |
| TO | Theater of Operations |
| T/O | Table of organization |
| Tps | Troops |
| TQMG | The Quartermaster General |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| TWX | Teletype message |
| UMVD | Upper Mississippi Valley Division |
| USED | United States Engineer Department |
| USEO | United States Engineer Office |
| USES | United States Employment Service |
| USO | United Service Organizations |
| USW | Under Secretary of War |
| WAAC | Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps |
| WCD | War College Division, War Department General Staff |
| WD | War Department |
| WDPAB | War Department Price Adjustment Board |
| WDGS | War Department General Staff |
| WES | Waterways Experiment Station |
| WPA | Works Progress Administration |
| WPB | War Production Board |
| WPD | War Plans Division, War Department General Staff |
| ZCQM | Zone constructing quartermaster |