General correspondence
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Overview of the Records
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New York State Education Department
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Summary:
This series contains correspondence between the War Council, individuals, agencies, and organizations involved in the coordination
of war work. Letters in this series document administrative functions and communications of the War Council during the Second
World War. Also included are pamphlets, manuals, applications, regulations, contracts, and periodical material. Topics include
agriculture, wartime rationing and conservation, proposals for defense inventions from individuals, air raids, mayors and
metropolitan areas.
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Title:
General correspondence
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1940-1945
Series Number:
A3099
Arrangement
Alphabetical by correspondent or subject, and therein by reverse chronological order.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence between the War Council (and its predecessor, the Defense Council) and various individuals,
agencies, and organizations involved in the coordination of war work. Letters in this series document administrative functions
and communications of the War Council during the Second World War. The series also contains a variety of other materials received
in the course of routine correspondence including pamphlets, manuals, applications, regulations, contracts, and periodical
material. Topics covered include agriculture, wartime rationing and conservation, proposals for defense inventions from individuals,
air raids, mayors and metropolitan areas. Agencies well represented in this series include Public Works, Education, Corrections,
and the Office of the State Comptroller, as well as a variety of Federal agencies.
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Custodial History
This series was transferred from the New York State Library in 1978 and accessioned by the Archives in June 2002.
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Detailed Description
Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: A3099-02 |
1940-1943 |
A |
1 |
1940-1942 |
Agriculture, Dept. of |
1 |
1941-1943 |
Air Raid Precautions |
1 |
undated |
Air Raid Warden Survey, blank forms |
1 |
1941-1942 |
Air Raid Wardens |
1 |
1942-1943 |
Allocations of Supplies and Equipment, by cities and towns (Air Raid) |
1 |
1943 |
Alpert, Milton, administrative assistant |
1 |
1941 |
Aluminum plant and Massena area |
1 |
|
American Legions manuals |
2 |
|
Applications for positions |
2 |
|
Baruch, Hon. Bernard M. |
3 |
|
Bell Aircraft Corporation |
3 |
|
Blackout regulations, etc. |
3 |
|
Board of Education, NYC |
3 |
|
Brown, Judge Gary H., Counsel (Public Service Commission) |
4 |
|
Budget, Director of the, (Hon. J. Buckely Bryan) |
4 |
|
Butter and Egg Problem in NYC |
4 |
|
Canneries of New York State |
5 |
|
Chicago Metropolitan Area, Official Bulletin, "Civilian Defense Alert" |
5 |
|
Civil Air Patrol, Beckwirth Havens, Commander |
5 |
|
Congress of Industrial Organizations |
5 |
|
Civil Aeronautics Board |
5 |
|
Compilation of War Legislation, Distribution |
6 |
|
Compatroller, Officer of the State |
6 |
|
Consumers Interests Committee |
6 |
|
Contracts - Defense (empty folder) |
6 |
|
Corrections - County and City Defense Councils |
6 |
|
Correction, Dept. of (John A. Lyons, Commissioner) |
6 |
|
Daly, Mark W., Ex. Vice President (Associated Industries of New York) |
7 |
|
Deaf, Northern New York School for the, (Certificate of Interest) |
7 |
|
Education Dept. (Hon. Ernest E. Cole, Commissioner) |
7 |
|
Employment Service (Federal) (Richard C. Brockway) |
8 |
|
Farm Machinery Repair Program |
8 |
|
Federal Works Agency, H.P. C. Howe, Chief Regional Supervisor |
8 |
|
Financial Aid - Petitions to State for Local Defense Council |
8 |
|
Furney, Oakley, Chief, Bureau of Industrial Education |
9 |
|
Government Reports, Office of |
9 |
|
Guarding, Public and Private Property |
10 |
|
Hinckley, Robert H., Assistant Secretary of Commerce |
10 |
|
Hoade, Martin, National Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
10 |
|
Ickes, Hon. Harold L., Petroleum Coordinator |
11 |
|
Insurance Dept. New York State, Louis H. Fink, Superintendent of Insurance |
11 |
|
Interstate Cooperation: Joint Lergislative Commission on, SEE HArold C. Ostertag |
11 |
|
Inventions - Defense Program |
11 |
|
Jockey Club Blood Bank |
11 |
|
Knudsen, Hon. William S. |
12 |
|
Krimmel, Paul, Director, Syracuse Physical Education |
12 |
|
Kulp, Dr. Claude (State Ed. Dept.) |
12 |
|
Labozzetti, Dr. Charles |
12 |
|
LaGuardia, Hon. Fiorello H., Mayor , NYC |
12 |
|
Laws of 1942, Chapter 445 |
12 |
|
Legislation, 1943 Proposed |
12 |
|
Legislation, Proposed for 1942 re: Defense Matters |
12 |
|
Legislation 1942, bills introduced in the Assembly |
13 |
|
Legislation 1942, bills introduced in the Senate |
13 |
|
Legislation - War and Defense |
13 |
|
Machinery Repair Program (empty folder) |
13 |
|
Manual Defense Council |
13 |
|
Manual, Defense Council |
14 |
|
Manual, Defense Council, postcard requestsa |
14 |
|
Mopes, Frederick A., Procurement Division |
14 |
|
Markets, Dept. of, (N.Y.C.) (empty folder) |
14 |
|
Mayors, Conference of, (William C. Capes) |
14 |
|
Mayors and Sheriffs 1942, list of |
14 |
|
McColdrick, Miss (Personal) |
14 |
|
Inerney, John Jr. (resigned) (Field Representative - N.Y.S. War Council) |
14 |
|
Medical Defense, Washington, D.C. |
15 |
|
Mental Hygiene, Dept. of, New York State, Wm. J. Tiffany, M.D., Commissioner |
15 |
|
Message of the Governor, Annual |
15 |
|
Metropolitan Defense Transport Commission, Minutes of the meetings of |
15 |
|
Metropolitan districts, local councils |
15 |
|
Migratory labor, Conference |
15 |
|
Military highway between Miller Field, Wadsworth |
15 |
|
Mireault, George (Auditor) |
15 |
|
National Assn. Power Engineers, Inc. |
16 |
|
National Youth Administration |
16 |
|
Navy Dept. Hon. Frank Knox |
16 |
|
Negroes in Military Service - Negro Students - VI Program |
16 |
|
Negroes in Military Service |
16 |
|
Neufeld, Dr. Maurice F. (retired) |
16 |
|
New York State Newspaper National Defence |
16 |
|
New York State Optometric Association |
16 |
|
Newspaper publicity list |
16 |
|
Newspapers, daily (list) |
17 |
|
News photos, news reels (lists) |
17 |
|
Nurses Association of New York State |
17 |
|
O.P.A., Price Ceilings, Regulations, Fixing, etc. |
17 |
|
Ostertag, Harold C., Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Interstate Cooperation |
17 |
|
Patterson, Robert, Undersecretary of War |
17 |
|
Pemock, Mrs. Winthrop SEE: Volunteer Participation |
17 |
|
Placement Division and Unemployment Insurance |
18 |
|
PM (releases) (empty folder) |
18 |
|
Port of New York Authority (Austin J. Tobin) |
18 |
|
Port Defense Employment, Committee |
18 |
|
Post Office, United States |
18 |
|
Prison Industries - Prison made equipment, prison labor,, etc. |
18 |
|
Production Speed-up (empty folder) |
18 |
|
Public Work Reserve, A.E. Roche, State Director |
19 |
|
Public Works, Department of (Charles H. Sells, Superintendent) |
19 |
|
Publicity Mailing List (empty folder) |
19 |
|
Rationing Board, Albany County |
19 |
|
Rationing, Federal Bureau - OPA |
19 |
|
Reavy, Grace A., president, Civil Service, Dept. of |
19 |
|
Releases - New York State War Council |
19 |
|
NYS War Council 2nd Annual Report |
19 |
|
"Report on NYS Defense Program - 2nd Edit" |
19 |
|
Research and Statistics, Bureau of (empty folder) |
19 |
|
Resolutions, NYS Council of Defense |
19 |
|
Share the Meat for Victory program |
20 |
|
Sheriffs Association, New York State |
20 |
|
Snow Removal, Mutual Aid, Plan for |
20 |
|
Staff, statements of War Council |
21 |
|
State, Secretary of, New York State |
21 |
|
Standards and Purchase, Division of |
22 |
|
Stoddard, Dr. George S., Commissioner of Education |
22 |
|
Stoddard, Dr. George S., Commissioner of Education |
22 |
|
Transportation - School Buses, Boundary Lines, Bus routes, etc. |
22 |
|
Transportation - School Buses, Boundary Lines, Bus routes, etc. |
22 |
|
truck Traffic Control Centers |
22 |
|
Veterans, Rehabilitation of |
23 |
|
Veterans (rights and benefits) |
23 |
|
Walsh, Lawrence, Assistant Counsel |
23 |
|
War Emergency Act (Amendment) |
23 |
|
War Emergency Committee |
23 |
|
War, Secretary of (Washington, D.C.) |
23 |
|
Westchester County - Control over cities |
23 |
|
Westfield, N.J. - Prepardness plan |
23 |
|
Works Project Administration |
24 |
|
WPA (releases and bulletins) |
24 |
|
War Manpower Commissioner |
24 |
|
War Manpower Commissioner (continued) |
24 |
|
Federal Security Agency (Peter Kasius) Office of the Regional Director |
24 |
|
Federal Securiy Agency (general) |
24 |
|
Office of Price Administration (OPA) (Lee S. Buckingham, Director |
25 |
|
OPA (General) (Wash., D.C.) |
25 |
|
Office of Production Management (Donald M. Nolan)) |
25 |
|
Office of Production Management (Floyd B. Oldun) |
25 |
|
Office of Production Management (Misc. Correspondence) |
25 |
|
Office of Production Management (Maury Maverick, Cheif) |
25 |
|
Office of Emergency Management (Joseph B. Eastman) |
25 |
|
Office of Production Management (General) |
25 |
|
Conservation Dept. (John T. Gibbs) |
25 |
|
Conservation Dept. (James F. Evans) |
25 |
|
War Production Board (Louis Levenson) |
25 |
|
War Production Board (John P. MacGuire) |
25 |
|
War Production Board (General Correspondence) |
25 |
|
OWI (General Correspodence) |
25 |