Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization
Abstract:
This series contains index cards recording information about local war councils, and the agencies assisting them with local home front programs. The cards served as a central reference file for quick reference on program status and local program needs. Some cards list local war council officers and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
Abstract:
This series illustrates the Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection's efforts in developing child care committees, assisting committees in surveying their needs, providing services and equipment for child care initiatives across the state, and obtaining state and federal funding for child .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
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Series:
A4283
Dates:
1944-1947
Abstract:
This series contains post-World War II day care center field reports and correspondence collected by the Committee on Child Care, Development and Protection to monitor the use and needs of day care facilities within the state. These reports provide a description of the child care centers and the extent .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
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Series:
A4282
Dates:
1942-1947
Abstract:
This series illustrates the operation of a local component of the War Council's Committee on Child Care, Development and Protection and its efforts to provide care for the children of working mothers. Material includes correspondence and memoranda, detailed attendance records, budgetary matters, salaries, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
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, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization
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Series:
A4324
Dates:
1941-1945
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence and memoranda sent to the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) by its field representatives or local war councils reporting on activities, personnel changes, and organizational issues. The OCM used the reports to monitor problems within the local councils. Topics .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization
Abstract:
This series contains quarterly operating report forms sent to the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) by local war councils detailing their home front activities, programs, and personnel. Information about the Volunteer Office, Division of Civilian War Services, the Block Plan, and Office of Civilian .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, financial records, ledger books, and reports which detail the state and local level operations of the War Council's Committee on Child Care, Development and Protection in organizing and supervising the state's child care facilities. Individual child care .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence between the governor's office. and various agencies and organizations involved in the coordination of work during the Second World War. The correspondence largely addresses the initial set-up and administration of New York State War Council activities. Topics include: .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
This series contains monthly, quarterly, or annual progress reports sent to the State War Plans Coordinator from War Council agencies and state agencies involved in war workThe reports document detail the progress, problems, and plans of the various agencies in such areas as agriculture; child care; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Nursing Council for War Service
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Series:
A4319
Dates:
1941-1944
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence detailing the Education Department's involvement with war-time programs related to educating citizens on defense matters. Under the auspices of the War Council, the department organized several programs including the Civilian Defense Training Program. A series of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
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, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
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Series:
A4301
Dates:
1942-1945
Abstract:
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; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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