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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness
Abstract:
This series contains requisition forms from junior and senior high schools to the Office of Physical Fitness listing the names of the students who should receive physical fitness certificates. Information regarding male and female students' abilities in various sports and activities such as gymnastics, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. War Emergency Dispensation Committee
Abstract:
This series contains recommendations compiled by Labor Department representatives for members of the committee summarizing the investigation into different companies' requests for child labor dispensations. These dispensations usually involved the time and number of hours per week permitted to work .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, field reports, and pamphlet distribution lists held by the director of the Office of Physical Fitness as part of his role to supervise and assist the office's field representatives as they promoted, developed, and assisted the Physical Fitness Program. While much .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness
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Series:
A4369
Dates:
1940-1945
Abstract:
This series documents the activities of the War Council's Office of Physical Fitness and the director's administration of its various programs. While some of the records document office routine, most relate to its programs encouraging physical fitness. Materials include correspondence with related agencies .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, press releases, manuscripts, and reports documenting the supervisory role of Francis J. Moench, the deputy director of the Office of Physical Fitness. Working in conjunction with Director Hiram A. Jones, Moench oversaw field representatives and worked .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
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Series:
A4283
Dates:
1944-1947
Abstract:
This series contains post-World War II day care center field reports and correspondence collected by the Committee on Child Care, Development and Protection to monitor the use and needs of day care facilities within the state. These reports provide a description of the child care centers and the extent .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
Abstract:
This series illustrates the Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection's efforts in developing child care committees, assisting committees in surveying their needs, providing services and equipment for child care initiatives across the state, and obtaining state and federal funding for child .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness
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This series consists of clippings from various newspapers throughout the state, mostly found in envelopes addressed to Dr. Hiram Jones at the State Education Department and sent from Capital City News Bureau in Albany. The clippings address a range of physical fitness topics. A number of articles cover .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness
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Series:
A4367
Dates:
1942-1945
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence detailing the supervision and assistance of the State Physical Fitness Program by the Office of Physical Fitness. The bulk of the series consists of correspondence between the deputy director, Francis J. Moench, and school officials involved in the Physical Fitness .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
This series contains resolutions issued by the War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) as part of its mandate to coordinate war time needs. The resolutions cover a range of topics including: appointments to council offices; work of special committees; budget requests to the legislature; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
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Series:
A4282
Dates:
1942-1947
Abstract:
This series illustrates the operation of a local component of the War Council's Committee on Child Care, Development and Protection and its efforts to provide care for the children of working mothers. Material includes correspondence and memoranda, detailed attendance records, budgetary matters, salaries, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Nursing Council for War Service
Abstract:
This series contains five black-and-white, 16mm films produced by the Department of Health singly or in conjunction with the New York State War Council. These films explain the programs of the Health Department or War Council which offered aid or advice to citizens. With these films, these government .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness
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Series:
A4306
Dates:
1942-1945
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, pamphlets, and other materials documenting the activities which promoted physical fitness in one region supervised by the Office of Physical Fitness. The records of New York City Regional Supervisor Boris Von Arnold and Ethel T. Kohlberg, Principal Supervisor, Women's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
This series contains notices sent by Governor Herbert H. Lehman announcing War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) meetings, accompanied by replies from council members indicating their intended attendance or absence. These meetings were held at the Governor's home in New York City .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
This series contains monthly, quarterly, or annual progress reports sent to the State War Plans Coordinator from War Council agencies and state agencies involved in war workThe reports document detail the progress, problems, and plans of the various agencies in such areas as agriculture; child care; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Nursing Council for War Service
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Series:
A4319
Dates:
1941-1944
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence detailing the Education Department's involvement with war-time programs related to educating citizens on defense matters. Under the auspices of the War Council, the department organized several programs including the Civilian Defense Training Program. A series of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, financial records, ledger books, and reports which detail the state and local level operations of the War Council's Committee on Child Care, Development and Protection in organizing and supervising the state's child care facilities. Individual child care .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
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, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
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Series:
A4301
Dates:
1942-1945
Abstract:
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
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