Research

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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This series contains correspondence received by the Office of Civilian Protection (OCP) from war plants requesting exemptions from blackout practices and correspondence from the U.S. War Department listing which plants the OCP was responsible to inspect for civil defense purposes. The OCP shared industrial .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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These survey maps were made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated lands. Most maps depict areas of eastern upstate New York; some show lands bordering on or within Vermont. The maps generally provide: name, location, or number of the town, tract, patent, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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This series contains lecture transcripts, syllabi, correspondence, memoranda, maps, and a test with answer key documenting the Office of Civilian Protection's two-day training institutes held statewide to instruct war industry plant managers in basic defense procedures to avoid damage from enemy attacks. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

 

 

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Abstract:  

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; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives