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Scope and Content Note

This series contains the correspondence and standardized Inventory of Records forms (Inventory Check Sheets) associated with the New York State War Council's records inventory of the holdings of local war councils.

The Inventory Check Sheets contain the following information: creating agency; subdivison; agency of custody; address of depository; title and brief description of series; and inclusive dates; existence of duplicates, frequency of use, method of filing, records form and size, and container type; persons interviewed; and disposition.

Correspondence files maintained by agencies within the local war councils are listed alphabetically on the back of a appropriate inventory check sheets. Files on individual cities and counties vary greatly in scope and content. Particularly rich folders are those for Buffalo, Corning, Ithaca, Nassau, New Rochelle, Monroe, Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Tompkins, and Westchester.