This subseries is by far the largest in the series and is composed of 248 posters created by Hawaii schoolchildren in grades one to twelve from 32 public schools throughout the territory. The posters are organized by size and grade, with folder sizes labeled small, medium, and large. Posters were drawn on a variety of papers (construction paper, cardboard, and poster paper of a variety of thicknesses) and with a variety of materials including crayons, pencils, construction paper cutouts, and poster paint. Posters are in a range of conditions, with tearing, light damage, and paint smudging being the most common problems. All posters require care when handling. While posters from neighbor islands are present, the majority of the posters originated in schools on Oahu. The school with the most posters in the subseries is Manoa School on Oahu. Specifically, 33 posters originated from three teachers of grades three through five at Manoa School. Kauai is also well represented (with 22 posters from Kapa’a High and Elementary School alone). The posters address an assortment of wartime themes, including but not limited to pest control, victory gardens, war bonds, health and nutrition, troop support, resource conservation, safety, and the Red Cross. Many of the wartime themes and slogans mirror those of professional posters of the era including use of the phrases “Work to Win” (referencing the governor’s 1943-1944 program in Hawaii to discourage absenteeism) and “Speak American” (referencing a national campaign encouraging immigrants and children of immigrants to speak English to demonstrate their loyalty). Correspondence in the ADMINISTRATIVE FILES series – with the Department of Public Instruction or with individual schools – does not indicate when these posters were received or who initiated the coordinated effort to obtain them from such a variety of schools. It does suggest that the posters were not part of the HWRD’s major efforts to collect materials from the schools, which focused on school newspapers, student themes or other wartime accounts specific to each school, and lists of alumni who were casualties in the war. A complete inventory of this subseries, which includes poster titles, students, teachers, schools, and general subjects, is available from archives staff upon request.