Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Abstract:
This series documents the Director of the Office of Civilian Protection's work in coordinating defense preparations. Contained in the series are correspondence, pamphlets, and posters sent between the director and local, state, and federal organizations involved in civil defense. Topics covered by the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Division of Civilian Protection. Emergency Medical Service
Title:
Series:
A4286
Dates:
1940-1945
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, reports, and memoranda relating to the administration and coordination of the War Council's Division of Civilian Protection Emergency Medical Service in its preparedness to respond to medical emergencies in the event of wartime bombings..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Abstract:
This series contains material exchanged between the Office of Civilian Protection and other states' civil defense organizations in order to share information on operations, regulations, and issues such as blackouts and airplane spotting. A collection of civil defense newspapers from various states constitutes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Division of Public Relations
Abstract:
This series consists of publications from national, state (including other War Council agencies), and private organizations involved in war work collected by the Office of War Information to assist the office when informing citizens about war-related activities on the home front. Pamphlets, booklets, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. War Information Service
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and a small amount of posters, broadsides, and pamphlets detailing the service's coordination of public relations for the War Council. Included are "clipping summaries" which briefly describe a press release and list the newspapers which carried it; files .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Salvage Division
Abstract:
This series contains releases from the Salvage Division to city and county salvage committees intended to inform and motivate volunteers, with sections devoted to specific items such as waste fat, tin, paper, and scrap metal. Included are collection figures, directions, quotations, national program .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Salvage Division
Title:
Series:
A4354
Dates:
1942-1945
Abstract:
This series reveals how the Salvage Division coordinated the activities of various businesses, agencies, publicity organizations, schools, waste processors and dealers, and individuals involved in salvage efforts across the State. Included are: letters detailing policies and procedures and describing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Abstract:
This series documents the Office of Civilian Protection's (OCP) efforts to establish and monitor adequate civil defense measures for New York State. The series includes correspondence with local war councils documenting personnel, activities, and equipment inventory; monthly reports from deputy directors .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Abstract:
To help to conserve resources for the war effort, the Office of War Training implemented a program aimed at educating truck and bus drivers through trucking company managers. This series contains correspondence, pamphlets, and instructors' manuals documenting the Office's administration of this program .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Abstract:
This series contains announcements, program schedules, certificates of attendance, and instructors' manuals and other teaching materials relating to several training institutes conducted by the Office of War Training. The records document the office's efforts to educate civilians for a variety of war .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York State War Council. Office of War Training
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, field reports, pamphlets, tests, and speeches and lectures relating to the office's work of training civilians for possible war time emergencies. Programs represented in this series include firefighting and auxiliary police training, school .........
Repository:
New York State Archives