New York State War Council Office of Civilian Mobilization Directives to Local War Councils

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series contains memoranda directing, promoting, and explaining the Office of Civilian Mobilization's (OCM) home front activities to local war councils. The OCM would provide suggestions on organization of events, publicity, and activities, such as: "I Am An American Day"; Block Plan; civil defense; housing; promotional films; rationing; recreation; salvage; and volunteer recruitment and training.
Title
Directives to local war councils
Quantity
0.7 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
A4333
Creator
Arrangement

Alphabetical by subject.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains memoranda directing, promoting, and explaining the Office of Civilian Mobilization's (OCM) home front activities to local war councils. The OCM would provide suggestions on organization of events, publicity, and activities. In some cases, releases from various federal offices would be passed along to the local organization.

Information on the following programs and topics can be found in this series: "I Am An American Day"; Block Plan (in which volunteers promoted OCM activities on their block); civil defense; housing; promotional films; rationing; recreation; salvage; and volunteer recruitment and training.

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Processing Information

This series was originally accessioned as box 162 of old collection #77, accession -71.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

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