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Displaying 11 Finding Aids
New York State War Council Executive Secretaries' Correspondence with State and War Council Agencies
Title
- Executive secretaries' correspondence with state and War Council agencies
Series Number
- A4361
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and other materials between the Executive Secretary and state and War Council agencies primarily concerning the organization of defense-related work. Topics of the letters include war rationing; citizen morale; discrimination in employment; health; labor; and transportation.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Civil Service Merit System Affirmative Action Office subject, correspondence and project files
Series Number
- B0546
Summary
- The Merit System Affirmative Action Office was established by the Department of Civil Service in 1977 to serve as a liaison among state and public agencies concerned with equal opportunity, to handle discrimination complaints and to monitor the affirmative action programs of all state agencies. The records in this series, created by the Office's director and her staff, include reports, policy and procedure documents, minutes, correspondence and memoranda and discrimination complaints. The records reveal the impact of State laws and public policy on ethnic minorities.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Merit System Affirmative Action Office
Access Restrictions
- Researchers shall not reveal names of individuals involved in complaints and grievances for 30 years after creation of records.
Title
- Home front goals promotion and instruction audio-visual materials
Series Number
- A4392
Summary
- These instructional materials, including filmstrips, photographs, slides, posters, and phonograph records, were created to inform the public about home front goals during the Second World War. Goals of the council are represented, such as driver safety and automobile conservation; home canning; fighting discrimination in employment; civil defense; fire defense training; and communal and emergency feeding plans.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Organizational history research file
Series Number
- A4344
Summary
- This series contains records from a wide array of War Council agencies detailing major events in the agencies' formation, the execution of their duties, or appointment of officers. They were apparently culled from other records to document significant aspects of the council's history. Document types include monthly reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, resolutions, programs, pamphlets, sample forms, and memoranda-of-understanding. Subjects include: child care; fire protection; labor safety; nutrition; physical fitness; police reports; production; rationing; salvage; transportation; victory gardens; and vocational training.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abbot Low Moffat's advisory correspondence
Series Number
- A4322
Summary
- This series contains correspondence between War Council member (1941-1943) Abbot Low Moffat, War Council officials, and others involved in state war work relating to many War Council activities which Moffat helped oversee including agricultural aid, child care, civil defense, anti-discrimination work, housing problems, rationing, salvage, and war transportation. Moffat was an assemblyman from New York City (15th District) from 1929 to 1943.
Creator
- New York State War Council
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
- Meeting coordination correspondence files
Series Number
- A4309
Summary
- This series contains notices sent by Governor Herbert H. Lehman announcing War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) meetings, accompanied by replies from council members indicating their intended attendance or absence. These meetings were held at the Governor's home in New York City or at the Executive Mansion in Albany, as part of the coordination efforts of the Governor as chairman of the council. In addition to the correspondence, lists of War Council members and agendas and minutes for some early meetings are also included.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Governor W. Averell Harriman central subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 13682_07
Summary
- W. Averell Harriman's single term as governor represents the only interlude during the period from 1943-1973 in which the Democratic Party held the governorship. Harriman's central subject and correspondence files document the governor's efforts to introduce new programs in the areas of mental health, aging, poverty relief, civil rights, consumer affairs, housing, highways, and aid to education. The records also document the governor's involvement in national politics, especially during the 1956 presidential election.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Division of Human Rights archived websites
Series Number
- B2119
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Division of Human Rights.
Creator
- New York (State). State Division of Human Rights
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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
- Correspondence, reports and testimony on work force composition and affirmative action in state and local government
Series Number
- L0103
Summary
- The New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations' Subcommittee on Affirmative Action researched, compiled information and reported on affirmative action as it related to the employment of women, minorities, Vietnam Era veterans and the disabled in New York State. The records in these files are the result of this five-year investigation which was accomplished through a series of hearings and by polling New York State government at both the state and local levels.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations. Sub-committee on Affirmative Action
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.