Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Division of Records
Abstract:
Amendment to the War Emergency Act authorized the War Council to provide a uniform method for the care, custody, control, and disposition of records maintained by the 108 local war councils in New York State during World War II. This series contains the correspondence and standardized Inventory of Records .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council
Abstract:
This series consists of a Department of Commerce color map of New York counties annotated to show where units of the New York National Guard were stationed in military districts of the state. The map was probably used for civil defense planning and readiness activities of the State War Council..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Section for Citizen Unity
Abstract:
These correspondence files contain material on conferences, annual and monthly reports, bibliographies, catalogs, kits, finances, and correspondence with city and county Councils of Citizen Unity and Citizen Morale Committees. These entities were part of the Section for Citizen Unity, which was formed .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee
Abstract:
This series contains personnel files for the Mutual Aid Plan for Highway Repair and Debris Clearance. The files provide names, addresses and telephone numbers for Zone Coordinators. They also provide a roster of the number of personnel available, such as laborers or truck drivers for individual towns .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee
Abstract:
This series contains inventories created by Zone Coordinators working for the Mutual Aid for Highway Repair and Debris Clearance, which was organized to repair highways or streets or to remove debris in the event of an enemy attack. The inventories include all equipment and material owned by the State, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension
Abstract:
This series consists of correspondence files of and reports received by Dr. Tolman, Director of the Division of Adult Education and Library Extension, relating to his service as State Library Campaign Chairman of the Library War Bond Campaign. The Campaign was an effort to involve local libraries in .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Deputy Commissioner's Office
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Series:
A2095
Dates:
1941-1946
Abstract:
This series consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, bulletins, press releases, meeting minutes, and payroll records relating to the Education Department's cooperation with the State War Council. Many of these records are transmittals and copies of reports of cooperative efforts by the state .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee
Abstract:
This series contains general correspondence files relating to the planning and implementation of the Mutual Aid Plan for Highway Repair and Debris Clearance in the event of a wartime emergency. The War Council's Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee developed a plan patterned after London's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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New York (State). Nursing Council for War Service
Abstract:
This scrapbook, labelled "Sample newspaper clippings, September 1943 to April 1944," is comprised solely of clippings from New York State publications. It was collected by the Nursing Council to partially document the many activities with which it was involved. Each clipping has the name and date of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs
Abstract:
This series consists of records documenting the payment of state-awarded bonuses to World War II veterans and their beneficiaries. Included are copies of payments and rejected applications. These records were maintained to verify veteran's military service and for reviewing applications from veterans/beneficiaries .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs
Abstract:
This series includes records of payments of readjustment allowances to unemployed veterans who served in World War II and the Korean War. These payments were authorized for up to fifty-two weeks by the Federal Readjustments Act of 1944 and subsequent state and federal laws. Each card includes veteran's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
United States. War Industries Board
Abstract:
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, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner George D. Stoddard
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Series:
W0101
Dates:
1939-1949
Abstract:
The collection consists of correspondence, publications, reports, meeting minutes, and other materials related to the operation of the New York State Education Department under Commissioner of Education George D. Stoddard. Included are records relating to efforts of the State Education Department to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner James E. Allen
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Series:
W0104
Dates:
1939-1976
Abstract:
Commissioner James Edward Allen's subject files consist of correspondence, memoranda, meeting materials, reports, clippings, speeches, press releases, and other materials documenting the activities of the New York State Education Department (NYSED). Topics addressed include administration and financing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Fire Defense
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Series:
A4271
Dates:
1941-1944
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of bound special orders issued by the Adjutant General and commanding officers of specific military units (usually divisions). Unlike general orders, which deal with the State's military system as a whole, special orders deal with specific units and individuals. The orders in this .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Committee on Discrimination in Employment
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Series:
A4278
Dates:
1941-1945
Abstract:
In March 1941, the Committee on Discrimination in Employment was formed for the purpose of encouraging complete utilization in defense work of all individuals without consideration of race, color, creed, or national origin. This series contains minutes, correspondence, reports, memoranda, newspaper .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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