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- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--New York (State) (23)
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Displaying 35 Finding Aids
Title
- Hospital staff draft status classification and recruit screening files
Series Number
- A4284
Summary
- In conjunction with, and under the auspices of, the War Council, the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene assisted with various wartime mental health-related tasks during World War II; primarily, it conducted psychological screening of recruits for the Selective Service. This series contains records detailing the department's work in the screenings, in addition to correspondence and memoranda between staff relating to the department's efforts to prevent its hospital personnel from being drafted by classifying them as essential to operations.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Governor's correspondence with citizens on war issues
Series Number
- A4291
Summary
- This series contains correspondence from New York citizens to the Governor requesting assistance with war-related concerns, including draft board issues and problems; requests for exemptions from rationing; matters relating to home front activities such as civil defense; and family military concerns. The Governor, the nominal head of the War Council, responded as part of his role as the liaison between the public and the government. A copy of his (or an assistant's) reply often is attached to the correspondence.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Progress reports of war council and state agencies
Series Number
- A4312
Summary
- This series contains monthly, quarterly, or annual progress reports sent to the State War Plans Coordinator from War Council agencies and state agencies involved in war workThe reports document detail the progress, problems, and plans of the various agencies in such areas as agriculture; child care; citizen morale; civil defense; civilian mobilization; commerce; discrimination in employment; education; health issues; housing; labor; nursing; police training; rationing; salvage; vocational training; war training; and war transportation.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Photographs of War Council agency activities
Series Number
- A4299
Summary
- This series contains over 300 black-and-white photographs (most 8 x 10) taken to document the activities of, and the individuals who worked for, the New York State War Council. Photographs depict: the Emergency Food Commission; salvage collection; the Physical Fitness Office; U.S. Cadet Nurses; the War Bond program; migrant labor camps; the Home Accident Prevention program; Chinese labor as part of the Farm Manpower Service; publicity activities; War Council officers and personnel; victory gardens; and child care institutions.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Resolutions
Series Number
- A3085
Summary
- This series contains resolutions issued by the War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) as part of its mandate to coordinate war time needs. The resolutions cover a range of topics including: appointments to council offices; work of special committees; budget requests to the legislature; allocation of funds to various programs; civil defense issues (including National Guard matters); and changes to and rescindment of resolutions.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War information publications file
Series Number
- A3091
Summary
- This series consists of printed annual and special reports, handbooks, pamphlets, posters and training materials issued by state and federal agencies involved in the home front effort. The publications provide civilians with information on numerous war related issues, and deal with a wide range of social and economic issues relating to war efforts underway. Subjects included are: civil defense; commerce; discrimination in employment; economics; education; emergency training; health and nutrition; job recruitment; labor; nursing; physical education; rationing; and war training.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State records program organization files
Series Number
- A4298
Summary
- This series contains copies of evaluations and reviews of plans conducted in order to establish a records program at the State War Council. This set was held by Division of Records Director Karl Hartzell, possibly as a model for the War Council's record collection program.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Organizational letters and releases presenting issues and guidelines
Series Number
- A4310
Summary
- This series contains letters and other enclosures sent out by the New York State Council of Defense that reflect those issues that Governor Herbert H. Lehman or Lieutenant Governor Charles Poletti, the State Defense Coordinator, emphasized to the members of the State Council and local defense councils. The State Council was established by Governor Herbert H. Lehman to prepare the State for war. Issues presented include: social issues; civil defense; organization; and conservation.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Agendas and minutes
Series Number
- A4304
Summary
- This series contains agendas and minutes from meetings held as part of the War Council's effort to coordinate statewide home front activities, and to organize the state in a time of crisis. Chaired by the Governor, and consisting of prominent business, community, and legislative leaders, the council met once or twice a month at the Executive Mansion in Albany to discuss issues relating to new and existing programs, and the organization of the State War Council and local War Councils.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Defense Council history files
Series Number
- A3080
Summary
- This series consists of information on the State Defense Council, which administered war related efforts during World War I. The War Council staff collected these files for reference in beginning their own efforts. The files relate to organization, activities, finances, and legislation.
Creator
- New York State War Council
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
- Social and economic surveys of New York cities
Series Number
- A4343
Summary
- This series primarily contains reports compiled by the federal National Resources Planning Board and the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services detailing conditions in several communities. The reports, which detail each community's conditions in education, health, housing, industry, infrastructure, labor, planning, and transportation - and discuss the impact of the war and military on these areas - were sent to the State War Council to assist with war planning efforts.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Personnel records
Series Number
- A4358
Summary
- This series contains correspondence sent to the War Council's executive secretary, administrator of the organization's daily operations, by War Council agencies. Most letters document appointments while others announce resignations or note salary changes.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Scrapbooks
Series Number
- A4365
Summary
- This series contains resolutions, official bulletins, correspondence, and booklets documenting events and actions taken by the Council of Defense and the War Council, which were collected to document the work of these organizations. Many, if not all, of the documents found in this series duplicate records in other War Council series.
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.