New York State War Council Office of Civilian Mobilization Procedure Establishment Letters from the Federal Office of Civilian Defense
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
0.1 cubic feet
Arrangement
Chronological by month.
Scope and Content Note
These letters from the United States Office of Civilian Defense were sent to the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) to establish volunteer activities and to ensure that programs were administered in accordance with federal mandates. The letters discuss: anti-sabotage activities; awards; blackouts; Block Plan (in which volunteers promoted OCM activities on their block); fingerprinting of civil defense volunteers; gas attacks; identification cards; incendiary and anti-personnel bombing; insignia standards; selection of civil defense trainees; and war plant protection.
Processing Information
This series was originally accessioned as part of box 163 of old collection #77, accession -71.
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