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Displaying 14 Finding Aids
Title
- Civilian defense driver corps instructors organization and training files
Series Number
- A4375
Summary
- The Civilian Defense Driver Corps was formed to train instructors in emergency driving techniques in order to provide civil defense organizations with drivers capable of transporting essential supplies, evacuating children, or ferrying civil defense units. This series contains correspondence and instructional materials documenting the organization of the program, which was administered by the Office of War Training for the Office of Civilian Protection.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bus and truck operators training course administration files
Series Number
- A4374
Summary
- To help to conserve resources for the war effort, the Office of War Training implemented a program aimed at educating truck and bus drivers through trucking company managers. This series contains correspondence, pamphlets, and instructors' manuals documenting the Office's administration of this program to improve truck and bus driver safety and the conservation of resources. Also included are syllabi, including tests, and promotional flyers.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War training institutes organization records
Series Number
- A4378
Summary
- This series contains announcements, program schedules, certificates of attendance, and instructors' manuals and other teaching materials relating to several training institutes conducted by the Office of War Training. The records document the office's efforts to educate civilians for a variety of war time programs. Included are training materials for: air raid wardens; block leaders; fuel conservation; gas reconnaissance officers; general war training, including first aid; and plant protection.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Education Department's resource management files
Series Number
- A4318
Summary
- This series contains a range of materials relating to the management of the State Education Department's resources as it administered its programs during war time. The records relate to automobile rationing procedures, funds for school construction, and the department's financial reports. Also included are newspaper clippings about department projects and a small number of bulletins and journals issued by the department.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Training programs subject files
Series Number
- A4382
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, field reports, pamphlets, tests, and speeches and lectures relating to the office's work of training civilians for possible war time emergencies. Programs represented in this series include firefighting and auxiliary police training, school bus drivers training, gas identification and response training, and public service training. Much of this series details routine travel, attendance reports, payroll, requests for materials, and personnel issues.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Education Department war programs coordinator's files
Series Number
- A4320
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and other materials relating to Dr. Albert Meredith's role as the Education Department's coordinator of war programs and liaison between the department and the War Council. Topics include: school lunch programs, adult education, citizen unity programs, physical education, child care, agricultural education, home economics education, the Youth Services Council, and the Civilian Defense Training Program. The records include exchanges with both federal and local governments concerning these programs.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vocational training manuals
Series Number
- A3089
Summary
- This series contains instruction manuals published by the State Education Department for the Vocational Education Program for National Defense Industries to help prepare citizens for the increasingly complex nature of warfare and the increased demand for skilled workers in defense industries. The manuals cover metal work, carpentry, machine work, and other skills related to manufacturing, and were distributed to vocational and high schools to assist in the technical training of students.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correction
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
- Food and drug chemists institute organization files
Series Number
- A4376
Summary
- This series contains information from two institutes, arranged by the Office of War Training, to teach food and drug professionals about threats to food and drug supplies (contamination, spoilage, improper labelling, etc.). The series contains a transcript of the first two days of the first institute, and registration forms from the second institute. Also found is routine correspondence detailing speakers' arrangements, meeting places, and other organizational details of the two institutes.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War Council Civilian Training Program newspaper clippings
Series Number
- A4293
Creator
- New York State War Council. Civilian Training Program
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Film distribution correspondence
Series Number
- A4380
Summary
- The Office of War Training accumulated a sizable film library encompassing a wide range of topics related to the home front and war education topics. The films were distributed to organizations involved in war work. The correspondence in this series contains requests for specific films from various groups and the office's response. Films requested covered subjects such as: automobile conservation; child care; civil defense; firefighting; physical fitness; safety; salvage; school bus driving; and volunteer activities.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- School bus drivers' training program administration and certification files
Series Number
- A4373
Summary
- To help conserve resources for the war effort, the War Council required all school bus drivers to be certified in the safe and efficient operation of buses. The Education Department was assigned to this task, while the Office of War Training administered the program. This series contains correspondence, memoranda, lists, manuscript drafts, and certification exams documenting the School Bus Drivers' Training Program, as well as correspondence from the War Production Training Office addressing requests for pamphlets, manuals, and information.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Program administration correspondence
Series Number
- A4377
Summary
- This series contains routine correspondence between administrators in the Office of War Training and those involved in specific programs, such as the School Bus Driver Training Program, the Bus and Truck Driver Training Program, and police and fire training. Topics discussed include: certificate distribution; pamphlet requests; equipment distribution; meeting and conference scheduling; instruction sites; and training film distribution.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence with local war councils and other war agencies
Series Number
- A4381
Summary
- This series contains correspondence between the Office of War Training and agencies interested in the office's programs and materials. While Albany and New York City organizations are well-represented, organizations from across the state as well as other states are also represented. The correspondence usually discusses: instructor training and availability; handbook preparation and distribution; film preparation and distribution; certification of individuals for the office's many programs; and preparation and proctoring of qualification tests.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.