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Newark State School (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of posters promoting the programs of the Office of Educational Television and Public Broadcasting. These posters were used to publicize educational television series, including New York Learns and Inquiry, that were created through the collaboration of local public television stations .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

 

 

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Formerly a program of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Empire State Games are conducted as a series of annual Olympic-style competitions for amateur athletes from all over New York State. This series consists of twelve professional quality posters designed .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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This series documents the Director of the Office of Civilian Protection's work in coordinating defense preparations. Contained in the series are correspondence, pamphlets, and posters sent between the director and local, state, and federal organizations involved in civil defense. Topics covered by the .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. War Information Service

 

 

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This series contains correspondence and mailing lists related to the publication of the War Council's Official Bulletin, published to keep informed all War Council agencies, local war councils, and other agencies involved in war work. Records from the War Information Service director and the Official .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Commerce

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence and memorandums; press releases and newspaper clippings; legislative proposals; reports and studies; publications and brochures; and photographs and posters documenting the Department of Commerce's role in hosting the 1980 Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid, New .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. War Information Service

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and a small amount of posters, broadsides, and pamphlets detailing the service's coordination of public relations for the War Council. Included are "clipping summaries" which briefly describe a press release and list the newspapers which carried it; files .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. War Transportation Committee

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, broadsides, posters, and newspaper clippings documenting the War Transportation Committee's efforts to promote the conservation of transportation resources. The correspondence is primarily between the committee and the War Council's public relations agency, the War .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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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; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Manhattan Psychiatric Center

 

 

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This series consists of a poster produced by the Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol reproducing the wall and ceiling murals in the Governor's Reception Room. Accompanying the reproduction is a key that provides detailed explanations and interpretations of each of the individual murals. These .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State Theatre Institute

 

 

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This series includes publicity material for most performances produced by the New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI) and its predecessor bodies, the Empire State Youth Theatre Institute (ESYTI) (1974-1982) and the Empire State Institute for the Performing Arts (ESIPA) (1982-1992). The records consist .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension

 

 

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The Victory Book Campaign was a nationwide effort to collect books for members of the armed forces. New York State's participation in the Victory Book Campaign was coordinated by the Bureau of Library Extension. These records relate to the acquisition, shipping, and distribution of books; publicity .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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United States. War Industries Board

 

 

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This series contains information on the War Council's efforts to attract women to the nursing profession in order to alleviate the acute shortage exacerbated by World War II, and to assist in the recruitment of nurses into the armed services by keeping a roster of nursing personnel. Included are minutes, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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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..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. Salvage Division

 

 

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This series contains releases from the Salvage Division to city and county salvage committees intended to inform and motivate volunteers, with sections devoted to specific items such as waste fat, tin, paper, and scrap metal. Included are collection figures, directions, quotations, national program .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council

 

 

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This series consists of printed annual and special reports, handbooks, pamphlets, posters and training materials issued by state and federal agencies involved in the home front effort. The publications provide civilians with information on numerous war related issues, and deal with a wide range of social .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, memorandums, and reports on individuals and organizations investigated by the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities, known as the "Lusk Committee" for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk. The records pertain to meetings, organizational activities, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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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, .........

 

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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