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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains clippings collected by the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) documenting the activities of local war councils in home front programs; civil defense work; and sometimes the communities' war-related activities such as war plant production. Typical subjects found in this series .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains memoranda directing, promoting, and explaining the Office of Civilian Mobilization's (OCM) home front activities to local war councils. The OCM would provide suggestions on organization of events, publicity, and activities, such as: "I Am An American Day"; Block Plan; civil defense; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains lists of local war council chairs and officers involved in home front activities related to the Office of Civilian Mobilization. The lists were used by the office to send information to the councils and officers..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains charts enumerating the number of volunteers in each local war council who had been, or were being, trained for specific home front activities. Many, but not all, war councils reported these figures, which the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) collected in order to track local .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains materials relating to the procedures and operation of the fingerprint identification program. Because civil defense was considered a national security issue, civil defense volunteers were required to be fingerprinted. The Office of Civilian Protection screened for criminals, and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series documents the Office of Civilian Protection's work in coordinating defense preparations. It contains correspondence, pamphlets, bulletins, manuals, and posters sent between the Office of Civilian Protection and the federal Office of Civilian Defense. Topics include: air raids; blackouts; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

29

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

30

Creator:

New York State Civil Defense Commission

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These motion picture films and audio tapes document activities of the Civil Defense Commission..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The volumes which comprise this series are condensed from the 31-volume complete version kept in the Office of the Westchester County Clerk, County Court House, in White Plains, New York. These volumes were presented to the New York State War Council in 1946. The condensed version and the larger complete .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

32

Creator:

New York State War Council. Division of Civilian Protection. Emergency Medical Service

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence, reports, and memoranda relating to the administration and coordination of the War Council's Division of Civilian Protection Emergency Medical Service in its preparedness to respond to medical emergencies in the event of wartime bombings..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence, bulletins, posters, orders to subordinate agencies and local war councils, reports on war programs, draft legislation, and official releases relating to coordination of War Council activities with local, state, and federal agencies..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

34

Creator:

New York State War Council. Division of Civilian Protection. State Fire Administrator

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and inventory forms enumerating local war councils' available firefighting personnel and equipment, which was surveyed by the State Fire Administrator to measure the state's capabilities and needs. The State Fire Administrator was appointed to coordinate .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

35

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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: .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

36

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence between Thomas L. J. Corcoran, the War Council's Executive Secretary, and various state and federal administrators who coordinated civil defense work. Topics covered include: air raids; auxiliary police and fire fighters; blackouts; Civil Air Patrol; information distribution; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains material exchanged between the Office of Civilian Protection and other states' civil defense organizations in order to share information on operations, regulations, and issues such as blackouts and airplane spotting. A collection of civil defense newspapers from various states constitutes .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

38

Creator:

New York State War Council. State Gas Consultant

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series details the work of F. Wellington Gilcreas, appointed State Gas Consultant following world events that pointed to serious consideration of a gas attack against the United States. Included in the series are correspondence, memoranda, releases, publications, and bulletins detailing Gilcreas's .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

39

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains resolutions issued by the War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) as part of its mandate to coordinate war time needs. The resolutions cover a range of topics including: appointments to council offices; work of special committees; budget requests to the legislature; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains press releases, bulletins, telegrams, radio address transcripts, correspondence, and meeting minutes released by the Governor Lehman's office to inform the public of War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) activities. Tthe Governor's involvement in these activities .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives