New York State War Council Office of War Training Program Administration Correspondence
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series contains routine correspondence between administrators in the Office of War Training and those involved in specific programs, such as the School Bus Driver Training Program, the Bus and Truck Driver Training Program, and police and fire training. Topics discussed include: certificate distribution; pamphlet requests; equipment distribution; meeting and conference scheduling; instruction sites; and training film distribution.
Title
- Program administration correspondence
Quantity
- 0.4 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- A4377
Creator
Arrangement
Alphabetical by correspondent.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains routine correspondence between administrators in the Office of War Training and those involved in specific programs, such as the School Bus Driver Training Program, the Bus and Truck Driver Training Program, and police and fire training. Topics discussed include: certificate distribution; pamphlet requests; equipment distribution; meeting and conference scheduling; instruction sites; and training film distribution.
Carbon copies of cover letters to individuals regarding their test results are found, though actual test results are not in this series. Also found are letters of appreciation from Director Albert Hall to employees and other individuals involved in the program expressing his appreciation to them upon the office's termination in 1944.
Processing Information
This series was originally accessioned as part of box 174 of old collection #77, accession -71.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Access Terms
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Petroleum conservation--New York (State)
- World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies
- Truck driving--New York (State)
- World War, 1939-1945--Transportation
- Police training--New York (State)
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--New York (State)
- Fire fighters--New York (State)
- Bus driving--New York (State)
- World War, 1939-1945--War work--New York (State)
- World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war
- World War, 1939-1945--Education and the war