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New York State War Council War Information Publications File


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

Summary:
This series consists of printed annual and special reports, handbooks, pamphlets, posters and training materials issued by state and federal agencies involved in the home front effort. The publications provide civilians with information on numerous war related issues, and deal with a wide range of social and economic issues relating to war efforts underway. Subjects included are: civil defense; commerce; discrimination in employment; economics; education; emergency training; health and nutrition; job recruitment; labor; nursing; physical education; rationing; and war training.
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War information publications file
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5.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1929-1945
Bulk Dates:
bulk 1941-1945
Series Number:
A3091

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Alphabetical by topic or agency publishing material.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of printed annual and special reports, handbooks, pamphlets, posters and training materials issued by state and federal agencies involved in the homefront effort. The publications provide civilians with information on numerous war related issues and deal with a wide range of social and economic issues relating to war efforts underway.

Among the subjects included are: civil defense; commerce; discrimination in employment; economics; education; emergency training; health and nutrition; job recruitment; labor; nursing; physical education; rationing; and war training.

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Accretion: A3091-78
Advanced First Aid for Civilian Defense Air Raid Warden Handbook; List of War Council Pamphlets 1 1
Ag. & Markets - Contaminated Foods 1 2
Child Care Committee: Community Programs of Child Care - Bulletin #1; Community Responsibility for Children in Wartime Day Care; Children of Working Mothers; Guides for Teachers in Children's Play Centers; Hazards to Families When Mothers Work 1 3
Civilian Defense: Civic Education for National Defense for Out-of-School Youth 1 4
Civil Defense: a booklet 1 5
Civil Defense: Instructor's Guide Book (For Training Drivers) 1 6
Civilian Defense: Cooper Union Library (Bulletin) 1 7
Civilian Defense: Industrial Fire Prevention and Protection 1 8
Civilian Defense: Organization and Training of Civilian Auxiliary Fire Fighting Forces 1 9
Civilian Defense: Suggestions for State and Local Fire Defense 1 10
Civilian Defense: Training Program 1 11
Civilian Mobilization: Analysis of Community, Social and Civic Services 1 12
Civilian Mobilization: Community Handbook of Citizen Morale 1 13
Civilian Mobilization: Fighting the War at Home 1 14
Civilian Mobilization: Citizen Morale Leaders Kits on War Problems 1 15
Civilian Mobilization: Volunteer Programs for Village and Rural Areas 1 16
1941 Division of Commerce: Annual Report 1 17
Commerce: Aviation Future (Building an) 1 18
Commerce: Equipment and Facilities of Luggage and Leather Goods Manufacturers 1 19
Commerce: The Expanding Mineral Industry of the Adirondacks 1 20
Commerce: The Hotel and Resort Business in N.Y.S. After the War 2 21
Commerce: Index of Statistical Data Available in N.Y.S. Departments 2 22
Commerce: Industrial Plants Now Available in N.Y.S. 2 23
Commerce: International Trade 2 24
1940-1941 Commerce: Inventory of Idle Plants Outside of N.Y.C. 2 25
1941 Commerce: Inventory of Idle Plants Within N.Y.C. 2 26
1943 Commerce: Inventory of Tug Boats 2 27
Commerce: Miscellaneous Pamphlets Vacation in N.Y.S. 2 28
Commerce: National Defense and the Industrial Resources of N.Y.S. 2 29
Commerce: New York Means Business 2 30
Commerce: New York State at Work for Victory and the Future 2 31
1942 Commerce: Paper and Pulp Industries of N.Y.S. 2 32
1941 Commerce: Recent Trends in Important Manufacturing Industries in N.Y.S. 2 33
Commerce: Sewing Machine and other Equipment of Corset, Girdle and Brassiere Mfgrs. 2 34
1929-1939 Commerce: Trends in Important Manufacturing Industries in N.Y. 2 35
1942 May Commerce: War Agency Handbook 3 36
Commerce: What Does Travel Mean To You? 3 37
Discrimination Committee 3 38
1941 March-1944 July Discrimination Committee: Report 3 39
1944 July-September Discrimination Committee: Report 3 40
1944 December 31 Discrimination Committee: Report, Year ending 3 41
Defense Programs: (N.Y.S. & Local) 3 42
Discrimination Committee: The Negro Integrated 3 43
1941 March-1944 July Discrimination Committee: Report 3 44
Education: Bulletin to the Schools 3 45
Education: Defense Savings 3 46
Education: Extended School Services A Program for Children of Mothers Employed 3 47
Education: Extended School Services Program - Equipment for Play Centers 3 48
Education: Fundamental Principles and Practices in Radio 3 49
Education: High School Victory Corps. 3 50
Education: National Defense Civic Education for Out of School Youth 3 51
Education: Report on Secondary Education 3 52
Education: Secondary Education in Wartime 3 53
Education: Training for Industry 3 54
Education: Training War Production Workers 3 55
Education: Wartime Adjustments in Physical Science 3 56
Education: Wartime Adjustments in Secondary Schools 3 57
Education: Educational Adjustments for Wartime Economic Problems 3 58
Education: War Records Handbook 3 59
Education: Vocational Training for National Defense 3 60
Education: Wartime Problems in Mathematics and Physics 4 61
Education for Civilian Defense: Child Care Development and Protection Suggested Record Forms, etc. 4 62
Education for Civilian Defense: Child Care and Protection 4 63
Education for Civilian Defense: Community Programs of Child Care, Development, & Protection 4 64
Education for Civilian Defense: Guides for Establishing Nursery Schools & Child Care and Development Centers 4 65
Education for Civilian Defense: Home Nursing for Civilian Defense 4 66
Education for Civilian Defense: Parents Prepare: Maintaining Family Morale in Wartime 4 67
Education for Civilian Defense: Parents Prepare: Maintaining Family Morale in Wartime 4 68
Education for Civilian Defense: Preparation for Naturalization of Foreign-Born Adults 4 69
Education for Civilian Defense: Program of Advanced Training for Volunteer Child Health Aides 4 70
Education for Civilian Defense: School Program in Homemaking Education to Meet Wartime Needs 4 71
Education for Civilian Defense: Selection and Training of Volunteers as Child Care Aides 4 72
Education for Civilian Defense: Youth Service Councils 4 73
Emergency Food Commission: Editing the Wartime Platter 4 74
Emergency Food Commission: Feeding Families in Wartime 4 75
Emergency Food Commission: List of Leaflets Distributed by: Pamphlets 4 76
Emergency Food Commission: Pamphlets 4 77
Emergency Food Commission: Pamphlets 4 78
Emergency Food Commission: Pamphlets 4 79
Emergency Food Commission: Pamphlets 4 80
Emergency Food Commission: Pamphlets 4 81
Emergency Food Commission: Posters (Located Map Cabinet #1) 4 82
Emergency Food Commission: Food and Farming 4 83
Emergency Welfare Services: Manual of Policies and Procedures 4 84
Emergency Welfare Services: Training Program 4 85
Farm Labor: Program for New York 4 86
Farm Manpower 4 87
Health Dept: Health and the War 5 88
Health Dept: Emergency Sanitation Services 5 89
Health Dept: Medical Care in N.Y.S. 5 90
Health Dept: Organization of Activities 5 91
Health Dept: Physicians' Board 5 92
Health Dept: Preliminary Survey of Hospital Facilities in N.Y.S. and their Possible Expansion 5 93
Health Dept: Public Water Supplies in N.Y.S. 5 94
Health Dept: The Sanitary Code 5 95
Health Dept: Water Supply Control 5 96
Health Dept: Venereal Disease Information 5 97
Health Dept: Preparedness Commission 5 98
Health Preparedness Commission: Health and Medical Care, Ontario County 5 99
Health Preparedness Commission: Health and Medical Care, Seneca County 5 100
Health Preparedness Commission: Health and Medical Care, Washington County 5 101
1941 Health Preparedness Commission: Health Mobilization for Defense 5 102
1943 Health Preparedness Commission: Health Mobilization for Defense 5 103
1939, 1941 Health Preparedness Commission: Preliminary Report; Special Report 6 104
1939 Health Preparedness Commission: Long Range Health Program: Report 6 105
1941-1942 Health Preparedness Commission: Long Range Health Program: Report 6 106
1943-1944 Health Preparedness Commission: Long Range Health Program: Report 6 107
Health Preparedness Commission: United Action for Health Defense 6 108
1945 March Housing: Report of Commissioner 6 109
1942 January-May Labor Dept: The Industrial Bulletin 6 110
1945 Labor Dept: Placement and Unemployment Insurance Report 6 111
1941 January Legislation - Laws: Governor Lehman's Message to the Legislature 6 112
N.Y.S. Payroll Deduction Plan: Save For Democracy 6 113
N.Y.S. - Report of N.Y.S. Commission Against Discrimination 6 114
University, State of N.Y. Bulletin to the Schools 6 115
ODT: A Plan for the Conservation of Vital War Transportation 6 116
ODT: Conservation of Vital War Transportation 6 117
ODT: Posters (3) 6 118
ODT: Review of Highway Transport and Transit Industries During the War 6 119
ODT: Surveys of Vital Routes and Facilities 6 120
ODT: Transportation Training 6 121
OPA: Price Regulation: Bulletin #2 6 122
OPA: Economics of the Home Front 6 123
OPA: Economics of the Home Front 7 124
OPA: Economics of the Home Front 7 125
OPA: Economics of the Home Front 7 126
OPA: Economics of the Home Front 7 127
OPA: Economics of the Home Front 7 128
OPA: Economics of the Home Front 7 129
OPA: General Maximum Price Regulation 7 130
OPA: How to Buy Food 7 131
OPA: Mileage Rationing: Gasoline Regulations 7 132
OPA: National Defense: Consumer Information Centers 7 133
OPA: New Automobile Rationing Regulation 7 134
OPA: Plan For Trade Registration 7 135
OPA: Rationing: Why and How 7 136
OPA: War Price and Rationing Boards (Handbook For) 7 137
OWI: Battle Stations For All 7 138
OWI: Bishop of Berlin 7 139
OWI: Chronology of the Nazi Record (?) 7 140
OWI: Controlling Careless Talk Working Kit 7 141
Economic Stabilization 7 142
OWI: Facts About The United Nations 7 143
OWI: Negroes and the War (oversized) 7 144
OWI: Quotations From Nazi Sources 7 145
OWI: Releases 7 146
OWI: Tale of a City 8 147
OWI: The Peace For Which We Fight 8 148
OWI: The Thousand Million 8 149
OWI: The Unconquered People 8 150
OWI: Women in the War 8 151
Physical Fitness: Memorials That Live Landscape Plans 8 152
Physical Fitness: Pamphlets 8 153
Red Cross: Pamphlets 8 154
Red Cross: Pamphlets 8 155
Red Cross: Pamphlets 8 156
Red Cross: Pamphlets 9 157
Social Welfare: Democracy Cares 9 158
Social Welfare: The Effects of War on Children 9 159
State Council of Defense: Bulletins 1-5 9 160
State Council of Defense: Aircraft Warning Service 9 161
State Council of Defense: Manual for Local Defense Councils 9 162
State Council of Defense: Organization of Auxiliary Fire Corps. 9 163
State Council of Defense: Organization of Auxiliary Police Corps. 9 164
State Council of Defense: N.Y.S. and Local Defense Programs 9 165
State Council of Defense: Report on N.Y.S. Defense Program 9 166
U.S. Labor Dept: Child-Health Conference 9 167
1943 U.S. Labor Dept: Facts About Child Health 9 168
U.S. Labor Dept: Children's Charter in Wartime, Children in Wartime 9 169
U.S. Labor Dept: Our Concern - Every Child 9 170
War Dept: Military Chemistry and Chemical Agents 9 171
War Dept: Treatment of Casualties From Chemical Agents 9 172
War Manpower Commission: Guide for the Prevention of Health Services 9 173
1941-1943 War Council: Annual Reports 9 174
1944-1945 War Council: Annual Reports 9 175
War Manpower Commission: Posters (oversized) 9 176
War Production Board: Posters (oversized) 9 177
War Training: Air Raid Warden 10 178
War Training: Block Leader 10 179
War Training: Block Service Leader's Kit 10 180
War Training: Civilian Defense Drivers 10 181
War Training: Forest Fire-Fighters Handbook 10 182
War Training: Handbook 10 183
War Training: Instructor-Training Manual 10 184
War Training: Improving Supervisory Practice Through In-Service Training 10 185
War Training: Manual of tactics Air Warden Service 10 186
War Training: N.Y.S. War Film Catalogue and Handbook 10 187
War Training: Reactions of People Under Stress 10 188
War Training: Sanitation and Water Works Manual 10 189
War Training: State War Film Advisory Council 10 190
War Training: Training in the Public Service in N.Y.S. 10 191
War Transportation Committee: War Transportation Conservation Plan, N.Y.S. 10 192
War Transportation Committee: War Transportation Manual 10 193
Youth Training Services in Wartime 10 194
1943-1944 Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service Manuals 11 195
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service Student Nurse Recruitment 11 196
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service Recruitment Pamphlets - Nurses 11 197
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service Recruitment Posters - Nursing 4 (oversized) 11 198
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service Recruitment Pamphlet - Physical Therapy 11 199
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service Distribution of Nursing Service During War 11 200
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service Recruitment: U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. 11 201
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: Publicity Kit 11 202
1944 Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: Rotary Kit 11 203
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: 5 Posters; 3 oversized Publicity Sheets 11 204
Youth Training Services in Wartime N.Y.S. Nursing Council for War Service U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: News 11 205
1943-1944 Youth Training Services in Wartime Nursing Information Bureau Facts About Nursing 11 206