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Displaying 87 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
- 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
- State war plans coordinator's correspondence and information file
Series Number
- A4360
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, telegrams, reports, and various charts exchanged between the Lieutenant Governor, as State War Plan Coordinator; , local and federal War Council agencies; and private organizations and individuals involved in the war effort. Topics and agencies documented include: civil defense; civilian mobilization; fuel; health; health preparedness; housing; nutrition; physical fitness; rationing; war transportation; war information; and war training.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Dispensation records and press releases
Series Number
- B1536
Summary
- The series consists primarily of records pertaining to the War Council's notification of determination and recommendations for renewal of dispensation orders to hire minors during wartime. Also included are letters sent to the War Council and a significant number of press releases, primarily from the governor, pertaining to rationing and conservation; civilian defense; emergency planning; physical fitness; farm labor; use of vehicles and speed limits; promotion of the war abroad; and planning for selective service.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Instructive releases sent to local salvage committees
Series Number
- A4350
Summary
- This series contains releases from the Salvage Division to city and county salvage committees intended to inform and motivate volunteers, with sections devoted to specific items such as waste fat, tin, paper, and scrap metal. Included are collection figures, directions, quotations, national program descriptions, and indications of how these materials were used in the war effort. Also contained are brief letters to all city and county salvage committee chairmen to inform them of salvage needs and to advise on programs.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Salvage Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Local defense council appointment notification and inquiry response correspondence
Series Number
- A4345
Summary
- the secretary of the Council of Defense (predecessor to the New York State War Council), or the Lieutenant Governor and State Defense Coordinator. Correspondence from the local councils usually notified the State Council of Defense of local office of appointments or requested information on policies. In some cases, information on meetings or programs, clarification of regulations, or entire lists of local defense council personnel are found.
Creator
- New York State Council of Defense
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Federal advisory and instructional releases and promotional material
Series Number
- A4351
Summary
- This series documents how the activities of the New York State War Council Salvage Division were directed, coordinated, and informed by the United States War Production Board. The series includes: federal releases describing what materials were to be salvaged, directing the state division on how to proceed with salvage campaigns, and listing available promotional materials; correspondence between the Salvage Division and the War Production Board; bulletins; newsletters; manuals; and promotional and instructional materials.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Salvage Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Local war council volunteer participation information and statistics
Series Number
- A4387
Summary
- This series contains carbon copies of monthly report forms compiled by the state and local war councils. The state and local report forms are both entitled "Civilian Defense Report," and include volunteer participation information and statistics. The forms were sent to the Office of Civilian Protection, which compiled the totals for a consolidated report, and then sent the originals to the United States Office of Civil Defense Statistics Section.
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 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
- War Council citizen assistance and preparation films
Series Number
- A4289
Summary
- This series contains five black-and-white, 16mm films produced by the Department of Health singly or in conjunction with the New York State War Council. These films explain the programs of the Health Department or War Council which offered aid or advice to citizens. With these films, these government bodies hoped to alleviate citizens' concerns about war time disruptions of their lives and to boost efficiency and productivity.
Creator
- New York (State). Nursing Council for War Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual reports and war agency directories
Series Number
- A4302
Summary
- This series contains four annual reports of the New York State War Council and a report from the War Council's predecessor, the Council of Defense, which were assembled and circulated in order to inform all concerned parties of the war work undertaken by the council's many agencies. These reports explain the organization's divisions and the divisions' responsibilities and programs, and list senior personnel. Also included are two directories of federal, state, and "semi-official" agencies involved in the war work.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Official bulletin coordination files
Series Number
- A4316
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and mailing lists related to the publication of the War Council's Official Bulletin, published to keep informed all War Council agencies, local war councils, and other agencies involved in war work. Records from the War Information Service director and the Official Bulletin's editor contain the minutia of running a monthly publication. The majority of the files contain mailing lists and subscribers' correspondence, which provide information on the changing personnel of local war councils.
Creator
- New York State War Council. War Information Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Executive secretary's correspondence with local war councils
Series Number
- A4303
Summary
- The bulk of this series consists of correspondence between the War Council's Executive Secretary, coordinator of all Council activities, and various officers of local war councils. The letters dealt with specific issues and not routine contact with local organizations and the Secretary. Topics include a number of home front issues such as: child care; civil defense; civilian mobilization; food preservation; labor issues; physical fitness; rationing; recreation; transportation; war nutrition; and victory gardens.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly reports to the state war plans coordinator
Series Number
- A4336
Summary
- This series contains monthly reports sent from the Office of Civilian Mobilization's (OCM) director to the Lieutenant Governor, who was in charge of administering defense programs as the State War Plans Coordinator. The reports describe: organization of the local war councils; developments in the local war councils; establishment of community service sections with the cooperation of the State Department of Social Welfare; volunteer office inspections; conferences; cooperative civilian protection efforts; and cooperative agreements with federal agencies.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General correspondence
Series Number
- A3099
Summary
- This series contains correspondence between the War Council, individuals, agencies, and organizations involved in the coordination of war work. Letters in this series document administrative functions and communications of the War Council during the Second World War. Also included are pamphlets, manuals, applications, regulations, contracts, and periodical material. Topics include agriculture, wartime rationing and conservation, proposals for defense inventions from individuals, air raids, mayors and metropolitan areas.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.