Research

1

Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence and other materials sent to the Office of Civilian Protection's Committee on Awards from local volunteers who nominated individuals for letters of commendation in recognition of actions taken during emergencies. The case files contain letters, memoranda, photographs, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains newspaper clippings documenting the activities of the Office of Civilian Protection (OCP) in its efforts to instruct people on civil defense procedures to be used in the event of enemy attack. The clippings discuss: air raids (drills and results); blackouts (notices of practice .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

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

 

4

Creator:

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

 

 

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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

 

5

Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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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

 

6

Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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This series consists primarily of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence - along with smaller amounts of incoming original letters - sent among the New York State Defense Council and other state agencies associated with emergency war efforts, notably the Adjutant General's office, Department of Health, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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Abstract:  

The series consists primarily of original correspondence sent to the New York State Defense Council regarding service in the U.S. Public Service Reserve, and copies of responses sent to the applicants. The state U.S. Public Service Reserve worked in cooperation with the New York State Defense Council .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence between the New York State Defense Council and the Council of National Defense, its parent organization at the federal level relating to methods of conserving food and fuel supplies and administering the labor force during war emergency conditions. Also included .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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Abstract:  

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