Research

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee

 

 

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This series contains contractors' files for the Mutual Aid Plan for Highway Repair and Debris Clearance. The files provide: name of contractor, name of the person in charge, address, business telephone, and location of equipment or storage. The files also provide lists of contractors' equipment, from .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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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

 

3

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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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

 

4

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New York State War Council. Committee on Fire Defense

 

 

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This series contains files pertaining to the War Council Committee on Fire Defense's efforts to establish a plan to organize a state-wide administrative framework that would allow for quick and efficient mobilization of firemen, fire equipment and fire-fighting resources of the state in times of war .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

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New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

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This correspondence documents the cooperative efforts of the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM), state and federal agencies, and private organizations as they sought to to coordinate, publicize, and implement programs related to home front activities such as child care, recreation, nutrition, health .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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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