Research

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

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This series contains tally lists of the number of volunteers working on various civilian mobilization programs within the local war councils. This information allowed the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) to monitor the local organizations' successes or needs. Less than ten percent of the local .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York State War Council. Division of Records

 

 

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This series contains publications about home front activities such as salvage, child care, education, and collection and preservation of war records. These records were kept as part of the organization's efforts to document the war effort on the home front. The series includes a nearly complete run .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

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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

 

 

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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

 

5

Creator:

New York State War Council. Division of Public Relations

 

 

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This series contains over thirty-six printer's offset plate negatives set on woodblocks. The negatives were used in the publication of the Official Bulletin and Defense Digest, both published to keep volunteers and administrators informed of War Council activities. The reversed halftone images depict .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains resolutions, official bulletins, correspondence, and booklets documenting events and actions taken by the Council of Defense and the War Council, which were collected to document the work of these organizations. Many, if not all, of the documents found in this series duplicate records .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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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

 

8

Creator:

New York State War Council. Division of Records

 

 

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This series contains correspondence between State Historian Albert Corey and numerous county and local historians regarding the disposition of home front war records. This operation was undertaken as part of the State Historian's role to help preserve the State's heritage. The letters discuss the appointment .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains over 300 black-and-white photographs (most 8 x 10) taken to document the activities of, and the individuals who worked for, the New York State War Council. Photographs depict: the Emergency Food Commission; salvage collection; the Physical Fitness Office; U.S. Cadet Nurses; the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

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This series contains personal information, service data, newspaper clippings, and photographs of New York State veterans of World War I. Some accounts of home front activities in the state are also included. The series contains a small amount of material documenting the manner in which the State Education .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

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