New York State War Council Office of Civilian Mobilization Local War Councils Newspaper Clippings File A4329

New York State War Council Office of Civilian Mobilization Local War Councils Newspaper Clippings File

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series contains clippings collected by the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) documenting the activities of local war councils in home front programs; civil defense work; and sometimes the communities' war-related activities such as war plant production. Typical subjects found in this series include: Block Plan (in which volunteers promoted OCM activities in their neighborhoods); child care; civil defense; farm labor; first aid; nursing; nutrition; salvage; volunteer recruitment; war training; and women's volunteer activities.

Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

Title:

Local war councils newspaper clippings file

Quantity:

2 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1941-1945

Series Number:

A4329

Arrangement

Organized into two parts: the first is alphabetical by subject, the second is alphabetical by county or city.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains clippings collected by the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) documenting the activities of local war councils in home front programs. In addition to OCM activities, civil defense work is also documented, and sometimes the communities' war-related activities such as war plant production.

Typical subjects found in this series include: Block Plan (in which volunteers promoted OCM activities in their neighborhoods); child care; civil defense; farm labor; first aid; nursing; nutrition; salvage; volunteer recruitment; war training; and women's volunteer activities.