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New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

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This series contains correspondence and memoranda sent to the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) by its field representatives or local war councils reporting on activities, personnel changes, and organizational issues. The OCM used the reports to monitor problems within the local councils. Topics .........

 

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...councils' reports contain: detailed lists of programs, including the number of volunteers involved; lists of procedures used for civil defense activities; organizational charts; personnel changes; and sample forms and pamphlets for various activities. The field representatives' reports include observations concerning operational problems, personnel conflicts, and program deficiencies, often with suggested plans of action to rectify them. These reports include logs listing who the representative met with, when, and what was discussed. Topics discussed include projected employment needs, women's role in the local labor market, the need for child care, nursing recruitment, and volunteer recruitment. Initially, many local officers confided to the field representatives that enlisting volunteers for anything but civil defense was problematic. Arrangement Alphabetical by city or county. Conditions Governing Access There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material. Existence and Location of Copies Microform is available at the New York State...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council

 

 

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The bulk of this series consists of correspondence between the War Council's Executive Secretary, coordinator of all Council activities, and various officers of local war councils. The letters dealt with specific issues and not routine contact with local organizations and the Secretary. Topics include .........

 

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...councils; and 6) municipalities' news bulletins, copies of resolutions, correspondence, resignations, or clippings about events and activities. Arrangement Alphabetical by city or county. Conditions Governing Access There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material. Subjects and Indexing Terms Administering citizen participation Child care--New York (State) World War, 1939-1945--Manpower--New York (State) World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--New York (State) Civil defense...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains correspondence between War Council member (1941-1943) Abbot Low Moffat, War Council officials, and others involved in state war work relating to many War Council activities which Moffat helped oversee including agricultural aid, child care, civil defense, anti-discrimination work, .........

 

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...state war work relating to many War Council activities which Moffat helped oversee including agricultural aid, child care, civil defense, anti-discrimination work, housing problems, rationing, salvage, and war transportation. Moffat was an assemblyman from New York...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains correspondence and other materials relating to Dr. Albert Meredith's role as the Education Department's coordinator of war programs and liaison between the department and the War Council. Topics include: school lunch programs, adult education, citizen unity programs, physical education, .........

 

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...Defense Training Program University of the State of New York New York State War Council....
...New York (State) Civil defense Correspondence Physical education for children with disabilities--New York (State) Children with disabilities--New York (State) Rationing World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--New York (State) Adult education--New York (State) Physical education for children--New York (State) New York (N.Y. ) School milk programs Posters World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--New York (State) Stress in children--New York (State) Naturalization--New York (State) Coordinating education New York (State). Governor (1933-1942 : Lehman) New York (State). Committee to Study the Evacuation of Cities in Target Areas Meredith, Albert Barrett, 1871- New York (State). Education Department Conference on Democratic Processes in the State of New York New York (State). Education Department. Youth Services Council...
...Council, and the Civilian Defense Training Program. Exchanges with both federal and local governments concerning these programs are found, in addition to reports to the Lieutenant Governor from Meredith on the status of these programs, sometimes with small amounts of financial information. The materials include discussions of: school lunch programs and federal assistance for the school milk program; adult education, which details alien registration, and English and citizenship classes; the Section on Citizen Unity program which promoted war goals to the general public; physical education: pre-war pamphlets list regimens for all ages, and include one for handicapped children; child care issues, including curriculum guides, and notes from a conference on war strain in children; and rationing procedures, including a poster explaining use of rationing coupons. Informational releases from the New York City Board of Education concerning war issues and their effect on schools, and press releases from the governor's office on war issues in general are also found. Minutes and other materials from the Committee to Study the Evacuation of Cities in Target Areas, a special committee appointed by the governor to examine the possibility of evacuating New York's cities and on which Meredith served, are included. Materials from other programs in which Meredith was involved are found, including the Conference on Democratic Processes. Arrangement Arranged by topic. Conditions Governing Access There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material. Subjects and Indexing Terms World War, 1939-1945--Children--New York (State)...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains correspondence between the governor's office. and various agencies and organizations involved in the coordination of work during the Second World War. The correspondence largely addresses the initial set-up and administration of New York State War Council activities. Topics include: .........

 

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...New York State War Council activities. Topics include: civil defense;...
...Council activities, the letters are predominantly authored by Herbert H. Lehman or his aides, though Thomas E. Dewey and his administration are also represented. Topics covered include: civil defense (including the formation of the New York Guard and the defense of specific sites in New York, such as the canals); appointments to draft and draft appeals boards (including third party recommendations); morale issues; child care; discrimination; war bonds; war contracts; women's roles in the labor pool; farm labor; conservation issues; migrant workers; Fifth Columnists, Japanese-Americans, and "loyal" aliens. Correspondence with other states...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

 

 

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This series contains quarterly operating report forms sent to the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) by local war councils detailing their home front activities, programs, and personnel. Information about the Volunteer Office, Division of Civilian War Services, the Block Plan, and Office of Civilian .........

 

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...council officials. Arrangement Alphabetical by county or municipality. Conditions Governing Access There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material. Existence and Location of Copies Microform is available at the New York State Archives through interlibrary loan. Subjects and Indexing Terms Child care--New York (State) Volunteers--New York (State) Salvage (Waste, etc. )--New York (State) Health Coordinating citizen participation Reports Recycling (Waste, etc. )--New York (State) Civil defense...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Nursing Council for War Service

 

 

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This series contains correspondence detailing the Education Department's involvement with war-time programs related to educating citizens on defense matters. Under the auspices of the War Council, the department organized several programs including the Civilian Defense Training Program. A series of .........

 

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...defense plant workers), the recruitment and training of farm labor, and civic education (primarily for aliens). The department worked closely with other state agencies or War Council offices, including War Training, Civil Protection, and Salvage, among others, in these endeavors. In particular, the department worked with the Departments of Health, Labor, Mental Hygiene, and Social Welfare to produce a series of pamphlets published for the War Council to educate the general public on war-related issues. These pamphlets are also found in this series. The department was also involved in other programs either in an organizational or coordinating capacity for other state or War Council agencies. In addition to correspondence, this series contains field reports from Education Department personnel who visited war programs (youth services, agricultural education, home economics, physical fitness, child care, or adult education) around the state. The field reports were sometimes contained in memoranda, but predominantly a standard printed form was used. In both cases, they enumerate: organization met with; date and location of the meeting; purpose of the meeting; persons interviewed; and results. Statements describe with varying amounts of detail the results of the meetings. The child care field reports usually contain two or three sentences. The other areas typically contain more substantial summaries of the meetings and the programs investigated. Arrangement Arranged by topic. Conditions Governing Access There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material. Subjects and Indexing Terms Agricultural education--New York (...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains monthly, quarterly, or annual progress reports sent to the State War Plans Coordinator from War Council agencies and state agencies involved in war workThe reports document detail the progress, problems, and plans of the various agencies in such areas as agriculture; child care; .........

 

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...councils as it related to the larger agencies. Topics covered include: agriculture; child care; citizen morale; civil defense; civilian mobilization; commerce; discrimination in employment; education; health issues; housing; labor; nursing; police training; rationing; salvage; vocational training; war training; and war transportation. Arrangement Alphabetical by agency. Conditions Governing Access There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material. Existence and Location of Copies Microform is available at the New York State...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, bulletins, newsletters, and posters sent to the War Council's Executive Secretary reporting on activities of agencies involved in war work and local war councils. Many organizations are represented in this series, including: Emergency Food Commission; Nursing Council; .........

 

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...Council of Defense-New York State-Division of Volunteer...
...New York (State) Civil defense World War, 1939-1945--Manpower--New York (State) Documenting citizen participation Newsletters Volunteers--New York (State) Nursing--New York (State) World War, 1939-1945--Women--New York (State) World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--New York (State) World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--New York (State) Public relations--New York (State) Rationing--New York (State) New York State War Council....
...Council; Office of Civilian Mobilization; Office of Civilian Protection; and Salvage Division. Topics discussed include: civil defense; child care; housing; labor; rationing; salvage; and education and training. Arrangement Alphabetical by county, municipality, or organization name. Conditions Governing Access There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material. Existence and Location of Copies Microform is available at the New York State...

 

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains notices sent by Governor Herbert H. Lehman announcing War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) meetings, accompanied by replies from council members indicating their intended attendance or absence. These meetings were held at the Governor's home in New York City .........

 

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...New York City or at the Executive Mansion in Albany, as part of the coordination efforts of the Governor as chairman of the council. In addition to the correspondence, lists of War Council members and agendas and minutes for some early meetings are also included. A4309 Materials are written in: English Scope and Contents This series contains notices sent by Governor Herbert H. Lehman announcing War Council (and its predecessor, the Council of Defense) meetings, accompanied by replies from council members indicating their intended attendance or absence. These meetings were held at the Governor's home in New York City or at the Executive Mansion in Albany, as part of the coordination efforts of the Governor as chairman of the council. In addition to the correspondence, lists of War Council members and agendas and minutes for some early meetings are also included. Similar notices and materials are also found for the following War Council sub-agencies and committees: Child Care; Committee on Discrimination in Employment; Labor Dispensation Committee; Physical Fitness; Office of Price Administration--Butter and Eggs Subcommittee; and Section on Citizen Unity. During the early development of the War Council, Governor Lehman invited interested parties who were not members of the council to participate in several larger conferences on defense issues such as: speeding defense production; national, state...

 

 

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New York State Archives