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New York State War Council State and War Council Agencies and Local War Councils General Reporting Files


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:
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; 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.
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Title:
State and War Council agencies and local war councils general reporting files
Quantity:

8.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1942-1945
Series Number:
A4301

Arrangement

Alphabetical by county, municipality, or organization name.

Scope and Content Note

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. The reports vary in nature: some are comprehensive and span all the war years; others are skimpy and may cover only one event or program. For most groups reporting, organizational and financial issues are detailed, and sample forms and published materials are provided.

Many organizations are represented in this series, including: Emergency Food Commission; Nursing 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.

Alternate Formats Available

Microform is available at the New York State Archives through interlibrary loan.

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Folder list and roll list are available at the repository.

Processing Information

This series was originally accessioned as boxes 47-58 of old collection #77, accession -71.

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Detailed Description

Contents Box Folder

Accretion: A4301-78
Agriculture & Markets 1 1
Agriculture Defense Committee 1 2
Albany 1 3
Allegany County 1 4
American Women's Voluntary Services 1 5
American Women's Voluntary Services 1 6
Auburn City 1 7
Binghamton 1 8
Broome County 1 9
Canandaigua City-Forms 1 10
Cayuga County 1 11
Child Care-Report of the Day Care of Children of Working Mothers in Buffalo 1 12
Child Care-(Miss Bond's Committee on) 1 13
Child Care-(Miss Bond's Committee on) 1 14
Civil Air Patrol-Memorandums-Orders 1 15
Civil Air Patrol-Correspondence 1 16
Civilian Mobilization-(Bibliography) 1 17
Civilian Mobilization-Community Councils & Local War Councils 1 18
Civilian Mobilization-Community Councils & Local War Councils in New York State 1 19
Civilian Mobilization-Directory, Lists, Forms & Charts 1 20
Civilian Mobilization-Legend Maps 1 21
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Minutes of Staff Conference-July 30, 1942-Ten Eyck Hotel 1 22
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-New York State Report to Mrs. Preston Davie on E.T. Shields Work Accomplishments in New York 1 23
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Chairman of the Local Health Preparedness Committees-January 5, 1942 1 24
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Emergency Medical Service of County & City Defense Councils of New York 1 25
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Instructional Film List Office of War Training 1 26
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-District Health Officers -January 23, 1942 1 27
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-List Manufacturer Licensed to Distribute Official Articles 1 28
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-List of Chairmen County and Local Nutrition Committees for Office of War Nutrition 1 29
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Local Tuberculosis and Health Association 1 30
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-List of War Councils by Counties 1 31
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-List of Regional Meetings 1 32
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Executive Secretaries of County Wartime Extension Councils 1 33
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Territory Assigned to Field Director 1 34
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Chairmen, Recreation Committee 1 35
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Chiefs of Block Leader Service 1 36
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Chairman of the Civilian War Service 1 37
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Chairman of the Volunteer Office 1 38
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Chairman of the Volunteer Office 1 39
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Chairman of the War Council 1 40
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Division of Sanitation of Possible Hazards From Damage to Refrigerators etc. in Case of Bombing 1 41
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Remarks made by the Chairman in an Organization Meeting of the Council on July 29, 1942 (Orleans County War Council) 1 42
Council-Procedure-Set-Up for Feild Men 1 43
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Field Director-Walter Tracey, 353 Broadway, Albany, 7, New York 2 1
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Old Lists-1943 2 2
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-GA Organization-April 21, Rating of Volunteer Participation Chairmen 2 3
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-General 2 4
Council of Defense-New York State-Division of Volunteer Participation 2 5
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Directory 2 6
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Recreation Division-Donald Campbell 2 7
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Objectives and Proposed Plan Operations Etc. 2 8
Civilian Protection-General 2 9
Civilian Protection-General 2 10
Civilian Mobilization-(Office of)-Section on Citizen Unity 2 11
Civilian Protection-John J. Farrell 2 12
Civilian Protection-Mutual Aid Plan For Snow Removal 2 13
Civilian Protection-Rochester Historical Records 2 14
Civilian Protection-State Gas Consultants 2 15
Civilian Protection-State Fire Administrator 2 16
Civilian Protection-Westchester County-Historical Record 2 17
Cohoes City 2 18
Civilian Protection-Western District 2 19
Clinton County 2 20
Commerce-(Department of) 2 21
Commerce-(Department of) 2 22
Commission vs. Discrimination-Report on 2 23
Conservation Department: Forest Fire Fighters Service 2 24
Cornell-New York State Emergency Food Commission Nutrition Division 2 25
Cornell-Farm Machinery Repair Program 2 26
Cornell University-College of Agriculture, College of Home Economics-New York State Extension Service-Geneva Experiment Station-Wartime Activities Archives 2 27
Correction Department 2 28
Discrimination-Committee on 3 1
Dunkirk 3 2
Dutchess County 3 3
Elmira-Chemung 3 4
Emergency Food Commission-(State Agency)-Human Nutrition 3 5
Emergency Food Commission-(State Agency)- Human Nutrition 3 6
Emergency Food Commission-(New York State)-Nutrition Division 3 7
Emergency Food Commission 3 8
Emergency Food Commission-Farm Machine 3 9
Emergency Food Commission-Food & Farming 3 10
Emergency Food Commission-Files-New York State-Ithaca-Collection of "Nutritionists and Extension Workers" 3 11
Emergency Food Commission-File-Ithaca-Food Preservation Training School; April 5-7, 1945-Sponsored for Nutritionists & Extension Workers by New York State College of Home Economics & Emergency Food Commission 3 12
Emergency Food Commission-Files-New York State-Ithaca-Recipe Collections Developed During a Period When Two Canned Foods Appeared in Liberal Supply During Meat Storage 3 13
Emergency Food Commission-Files-Ithaca-Materials Used at Nutritionists' Training School-November 16-18, 1943 3 14
Emergency Food Commission-Files-New York State-Ithaca-Collection of Circular Letters Mailed to Nutritionists and Extension Workers During 1945 Food Preservation Season 3 15
Emergency Medical 3 16
Emergency Medical Service (Health Preparedness Commission) 3 17
Education Department-Adult Extension-Mrs. Fox and Miss Cowan 3 18
Education Department-Agricultural Bureau 3 19
Education Department-Child Care Program 3 20
Education-Civilian Defense Training 3 21
Education-Community Youth Council 3 22
Education Department-General-Dr, L.A. Wilson 3 23
Education Department-Bureau of Home Economics 3 24
Education Department-Physical Fitness Program 3 25
Education Department-Physical Fitness Program 3 26
Education-Dr. Knox-Pre-Induction Courses Division of Secondary Education 3 27
Education Department-(Office of)-Physical Fitness-State Agency 3 28
Education Department-School Lunch Program 4 1
Education Department-Vocational Training 4 2
Education Department-Vocational Training 4 3
Education-Youth Council 4 4
Education-Youth Council 4 5
Essex County 4 6
Education-(Of Men & Women)-Addressograph Method 4 7
Evacuation-"The Cost of" 4 8
Evacuation-Committee General 4 9
Evacuation-Minutes of Evacuation Meetings 4 10
Evacuation-Reports on Evacuation Committee to Governor Lehman 4 11
Farm Cadet Victory Camps 4 12
Farm Cadet Victory Camps 4 13
Farm For Freedom 4 14
Farm ManPower Service-1943-1945 4 15
Farm ManPower Service-1943-1945 4 16
Fire Defense-(New York State)-Committee on 4 17
Fire Mobilization (State) & Mutual Aid Plan 4 18
Farms-Reports-Division of Records 4 19
Franklin County 4 20
Fulton County 4 21
Genesee County 5 1
Geneva-Administrative History-Forms 5 2
Glens Falls & Warren County 5 3
Health-(Department of) 5 4
Health-Milk Sanitation-(Bureau of) 5 5
Health-Department of-(State Agency)-Mutual Aid Water Supply Service (Bibliography) 5 6
Health Preparedness Commission-New York State 5 7
Headquarters-New York State-War Council 5 8
Herkimer County 5 9
Hornell 5 10
Housing-(New York State Division of)-State Agency 5 11
Ithaca-Tompkins County (One Council) 5 12
Jamestown 5 13
Jefferson County & Waterford City 5 14
Johnstown 5 15
Kingston 5 16
Labor Camp 5 17
Labor Department-War Emergency Dispensation 5 18
Lackawanna City 5 19
Lewis County 5 20
Lockport 5 21
Long Beach-Forms 5 22
Mechanicville 5 23
Mental Hygiene-(Department of) 5 24
Mileage Administrator (New York State) 5 25
Monroe County-Consumer News-War Council-Consumer Division 5 26
Monroe County-Bulletins-Consumer Division-War Council 5 27
Monroe County-Office of Civilian Protection-1460 South Avenue-Rochester, New York 5 28
Monroe County 5 29
Monroe County-Office of Mobilization-Rationing Forms and Directions for Use 5 30
Monroe County 5 31
Mount Vernon 5 32
Newburgh 5 33
New Rochelle-War Council 5 34
New York State-Planning Council 5 35
Niagara County 5 36
Niagara Falls-Civilian Defense-City 5 37
Niagara Falls-Civilian Defense 5 38
New York State Nursing-Council for War Service-Check Sheet # 13-Student Recruitment-Directives-(For Your Information)-1 Set-January 1, 1944 to December 31, 1945 5 39
New York State Nursing-For War Service-Directives to Local Nursing Councils 1 Set-January 1, 1943 to December 31, 1945-Check Sheet # 14 6 1
New York State Nursing Council-For War Service-Check Sheet # 12 6 2
Nursing Council-Check Sheet #4-8 6 3
Nursing Council-For War Service-Check Sheet #10 6 4
New York State Nursing Council-For War Service-Check Sheet #11 6 5
New York State Nursing Council-For War Service-Check Sheet #2 6 6
New York State Nursing Council-For War Service-Check Sheet #15 6 7
New York State Nursing Council-For War Service-Check Sheet #13 6 8
New York State Nursing Council-For War Service-Check Sheets #3, 9 & 11 6 9
New York State Nursing Council-For War Service 6 10
Nutrition-Joint Legislative Commission on 6 11
New York State Nursing Council-Procurement & Assignment Service 6 12
New York State Nursing Council-Procurement & Assignment Service 6 13
New York State Nursing Council-Procurement & Assignment Service 6 14
Ontario County-Forms 6 15
Office of Price Administration 6 16
Office of Price Administration Posters 6 17
Ogdensburg 6 18
Orange County 7 1
Orange County 7 2
Oswego County 7 3
Otsego County 7 4
Peekskill War Council 7 5
Police Division-New York State Troopers 7 6
Port of New York Authority 7 7
Poughkeepsie 7 8
Public Service Commission 7 9
Public Service Commission 7 10
Rationing-(New York State Bureau of)-December 22, 1941 to May 16, 1942 7 11
Rationing-(New York State Bureau of)-December 22, 1941 to May 16, 1942 7 12
Rensselaer County 7 13
Releases from State Agencies-(From the Director's Office) 7 14
Releases from State Agencies-(From the Director's Office) 7 15
Salvage Division 7 16
Salvage Division 7 17
Salvage Division 7 18
Salvage Division 8 1
Rome City 8 2
St. Lawrence County 8 3
Saratoga City 8 4
Schenectady 8 5
Schenectady-Citizens Unity 8 6
Schuyler County 8 7
Selective Service System 8 8
Social Welfare (Department of) 8 9
State Automotive Rationing Committee 8 10
Steuben 8 11
Taxation and Finance (New York State Department of) 8 12
Tioga County War Council 8 13
Tompkins County-Civilian Protection 8 14
Tonawanda 8 15
Utica City 8 16
War Bond Unit (Department of Audit and Control) 8 17
War Emergency Dispensation (Labor Department) 8 18
War Information Service 8 19
War Information Service 8 20
War Nutrition Committee-(New York State) 8 21
War Training-(Office of) 8 22
War Training-(Office of) 8 23
War Transportation Committee-State Agency 8 24
War Transportation COmmittee-State Agency 8 25
Washington County 8 26
Watervliet 8 27
War Nutrition Service 8 28
Westchester County 9 1
Westchester County 9 2
Westchester County 9 3
Westchester County-Nutrition-Dr. Guthe-Exhibit Materials 9 4
White Plains 9 5
Women's Land Army 9 6
Yates County-Administrative History Form 9 7
Yonkers 9 8
Public Works-Division of Canals, Etc. 9 9
Putnam County 9 10
Oversized-War Council Map (From Box 2, Folder 12) 10
Oversized: Removed from Box 6, Folder 17 11