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Displaying 6 Finding Aids
Title
- Defense programs coordination correspondence
Series Number
- A4325
Summary
- This correspondence documents the cooperative efforts of the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM), state and federal agencies, and private organizations as they sought to to coordinate, publicize, and implement programs related to home front activities such as child care, recreation, nutrition, health care, agriculture, and education. This effort was in response to manpower shortages, and because the continuation of volunteer services was crucial to the overall well-being of New Yorkers.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State and War Council agencies and local war councils general reporting files
Series Number
- A4301
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, bulletins, newsletters, and posters sent to the War Council's Executive Secretary reporting on activities of agencies involved in war work and local war councils. Many organizations are represented in this series, including: Emergency Food Commission; Nursing Council; Office of Civilian Mobilization; Office of Civilian Protection; and Salvage Division. Topics discussed include: civil defense; child care; housing; labor; rationing; salvage; and education and training.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War Council Committee on Fire Defense correspondence, bulletins and minutes
Series Number
- A4271
Summary
- This series contains files pertaining to the War Council Committee on Fire Defense's efforts to establish a plan to organize a state-wide administrative framework that would allow for quick and efficient mobilization of firemen, fire equipment and fire-fighting resources of the state in times of war emergencies. The series contains correspondence, minutes, bulletins, press releases, fire equipment lists, and digital images of the original county resource inventory.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Committee on Fire Defense
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Contractors files
Series Number
- A4274
Summary
- This series contains contractors' files for the Mutual Aid Plan for Highway Repair and Debris Clearance. The files provide: name of contractor, name of the person in charge, address, business telephone, and location of equipment or storage. The files also provide lists of contractors' equipment, from air compressors to welding equipment.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War Council executive secretary's correspondence with civil defense administrators
Series Number
- A4362
Summary
- This series contains correspondence between Thomas L. J. Corcoran, the War Council's Executive Secretary, and various state and federal administrators who coordinated civil defense work. Topics covered include: air raids; auxiliary police and fire fighters; blackouts; Civil Air Patrol; information distribution; and fire fighting. A large number of correspondence referral forms kept by Corcoran about letters forwarded to the director of the New York State War Council's Office of Civilian Protection (OCP) are also found.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assistant to the state war plans coordinator's information and coordination files
Series Number
- A4346
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, bulletins, posters, orders to subordinate agencies and local war councils, reports on war programs, draft legislation, and official releases relating to coordination of War Council activities with local, state, and federal agencies.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.