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Displaying 19 Finding Aids
Title
- War plant protection instructional materials
Series Number
- A4386
Summary
- This series contains lecture transcripts, syllabi, correspondence, memoranda, maps, and a test with answer key documenting the Office of Civilian Protection's two-day training institutes held statewide to instruct war industry plant managers in basic defense procedures to avoid damage from enemy attacks. Issues include: training personnel in emergency response; reducing work place hazards; preventing espionage and sabotage; fighting fires from incendiary and other bombs; protection from gas attacks; building camouflage; and in-plant bomb shelters.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Deputy directors' correspondence
Series Number
- A4393
Summary
- This series contains copies of correspondence between the Office of Civilian Protection's (OCP) deputy directors and individuals and organizations involved in civil defense work. The copies were sent to the OCP's director to keep him informed of activities and programs.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Eastern and western district deputy directors' local war council correspondence and directives
Series Number
- A4308
Summary
- The Office of Civilian Protection divided the state into three districts: Eastern District; Western District; and Metropolitan New York City and Long Island. The deputy directors of each district acted as supervisors and liaisons between the federal and state directors of civil defense activities and local war councils. This series contains the Eastern and Western District deputy directors' local war council correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, directives, and informational releases documenting the directors' supervision of and assistance to local war councils.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War Council Division of Civilian Protection Emergency Medical Service survey and planning files
Series Number
- A4286
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, reports, and memoranda relating to the administration and coordination of the War Council's Division of Civilian Protection Emergency Medical Service in its preparedness to respond to medical emergencies in the event of wartime bombings.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Division of Civilian Protection. Emergency Medical Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Director's correspondence with local civilian protection organizations
Series Number
- A4300
Summary
- This series contains correspondence between the Director of the Office of Civilian Protection and officers of local civilian protection organizations concerning the administration of civil defense programs in order to coordinate the protection of life and property from possible bomb attacks. The letters address procedural and organizational issues. Also included are local directors' monthly reports detailing their unit activities.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Civil defense issues correspondence with other states
Series Number
- A4383
Summary
- This series contains material exchanged between the Office of Civilian Protection and other states' civil defense organizations in order to share information on operations, regulations, and issues such as blackouts and airplane spotting. A collection of civil defense newspapers from various states constitutes a large part of the series. Also found are civil defense annual or special reports, newspaper clippings about civil defense activities, and correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets and maps.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Director's defense preparedness coordination correspondence
Series Number
- A4305
Summary
- This series documents the Director of the Office of Civilian Protection's work in coordinating defense preparations. Contained in the series are correspondence, pamphlets, and posters sent between the director and local, state, and federal organizations involved in civil defense. Topics covered by the records include: air raids; blackouts; evacuation plans and procedures; insignia for volunteers; and medical contingencies.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Civil Defense Commission subject files
Series Number
- 13125
Summary
- The series includes correspondence, memoranda, plans, press releases, reports and cost estimates of the Civil Defense Commission activity, through the early 1970s. Activities documented include fallout shelter construction, emergency radio networks, disaster planning, and population evacuation engineering plans, specifications, designs, and cost estimates for planned fallout shelter construction throughout the state. Most of the records relate to shelters at state institutions.
Creator
- New York State Civil Defense Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Administrative surveys, studies, and reports on local law enforcement operations and services
Series Number
- 15620
Summary
- The series consists of surveys, studies, and reports on police services and operations prepared by the Bureau for Municipal Police at the request of chief municipal law enforcement authorities. Records include administrative surveys of police operations; consolidation studies to determine the feasibility of (or to plan for) a unified law enforcement agency; personnel analysis studies of police operations and staff resources and deployment; reports on the organization and services of police or sheriff's departments; and operational plans for new public safety buildings
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau for Municipal Police
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
- 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
- Correspondence with the federal Office of Civilian Defense
Series Number
- A4409
Summary
- This series documents the Office of Civilian Protection's work in coordinating defense preparations. It contains correspondence, pamphlets, bulletins, manuals, and posters sent between the Office of Civilian Protection and the federal Office of Civilian Defense. Topics include: air raids; blackouts; evacuation plans and procedures; fire defense; industrial plant protection; insignia for volunteers; medical contingencies; practice drills; rescue squads; traffic control; and volunteer training and appraisal.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Training and inquiry response correspondence files
Series Number
- A4391
Summary
- This series details the work of F. Wellington Gilcreas, appointed State Gas Consultant following world events that pointed to serious consideration of a gas attack against the United States. Included in the series are correspondence, memoranda, releases, publications, and bulletins detailing Gilcreas's work with training programs and local war councils to instruct individuals on the proper response to enemy gas attacks. Material containing technical details regarding various types of gases used in war is also included.
Creator
- New York State War Council. State Gas Consultant
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War Council Office of Civilian Protection awards committee case files
Series Number
- A4385
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and other materials sent to the Office of Civilian Protection's Committee on Awards from local volunteers who nominated individuals for letters of commendation in recognition of actions taken during emergencies. The case files contain letters, memoranda, photographs, and newspaper clippings.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Volunteers fingerprint identification correspondence files
Series Number
- A4384
Summary
- This series contains materials relating to the procedures and operation of the fingerprint identification program. Because civil defense was considered a national security issue, civil defense volunteers were required to be fingerprinted. The Office of Civilian Protection screened for criminals, and fingerprint identification was conducted by the New York State Department of Correction's Division of Identification. The series includes correspondence, monthly reports, and memoranda.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Newspaper clippings
Series Number
- A4390
Summary
- This series contains newspaper clippings documenting the activities of the Office of Civilian Protection (OCP) in its efforts to instruct people on civil defense procedures to be used in the event of enemy attack. The clippings discuss: air raids (drills and results); blackouts (notices of practice and results); county war council civil defense issues; and OCP administrators' meetings with civilians to discuss civil defense issues.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General administrative files
Series Number
- A4394
Summary
- This series documents the Office of Civilian Protection's (OCP) efforts to establish and monitor adequate civil defense measures for New York State. The series includes correspondence with local war councils documenting personnel, activities, and equipment inventory; monthly reports from deputy directors on local war councils' civil defense organization and status; and bulletins, regulations, and memoranda from the OCP's director to local civil defense directors.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Civil Defense Commission training and publicity films and recordings
Series Number
- B2402
Summary
- These motion picture films and audio tapes document activities of the Civil Defense Commission.
Creator
- New York State Civil Defense Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Civil defense equipment distribution and liquidation records
Series Number
- A4359
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, lists, and forms documenting the State Property Officer's distribution and liquidation of civil defense equipment. The Officer was appointed to oversee the allocation and distribution of protective equipment from the Office of Civilian Defense to the State and nearly 350 local communities. Lists enumerate distribution by community. Correspondence documents the receipt and liquidation of emergency medical equipment, and communities' requests for equipment and the Mutual Aid Allocation program.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Division of Civilian Protection. State Property Officer
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.