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
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