Research


Scope and Content Note

This series contains correspondence between the War Council (and its predecessor, the Defense Council) and various individuals, agencies, and organizations involved in the coordination of war work. Letters in this series document administrative functions and communications of the War Council during the Second World War. The series also contains a variety of other materials received in the course of routine correspondence including pamphlets, manuals, applications, regulations, contracts, and periodical material. Topics covered include agriculture, wartime rationing and conservation, proposals for defense inventions from individuals, air raids, mayors and metropolitan areas. Agencies well represented in this series include Public Works, Education, Corrections, and the Office of the State Comptroller, as well as a variety of Federal agencies.