Research

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New York State War Council. Office of War Training

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

62

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

63

Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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The series consists of correspondence files, maintained by Assistant Secretary Frederic E. Foster, relating to general information and functions of the State Defense Council. The bulk of the records consist of of correspondence with civilian relief organizations, patriotic societies, emergency industrial .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

64

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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This series primarily contains reports compiled by the federal National Resources Planning Board and the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services detailing conditions in several communities. The reports, which detail each community's conditions in education, health, housing, industry, infrastructure, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

65

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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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 tran.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

66

Creator:

New York (State). Governor. Deputy Secretary to the Governor

 

 

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The materials in this series were compiled to prepare Governors Nelson A. Rockefeller and Malcolm Wilson and their respective staffs for the National Governors' Conference meetings in 1973 and 1974; and Governor W. Averell Harriman and his staff for meetings held between 1956 and 1958..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

67

Creator:

New York (State). Governor. Secretary to the Governor

 

 

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The series consists of material collected and maintained by Dr. William J. Ronan, secretary to Governor Nelson Rockefeller. It is primarily copies of the governor's subject files (roughly F-P), campaign speeches including the 1964 Presidential campaign, and press releases. There are also indexes to .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

68

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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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

 

69

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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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