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New York State War Council Progress Reports of War Council and State Agencies

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Overview of the Records

Arrangement

Alphabetical by agency.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains monthly, quarterly, or annual progress reports from many War Council agencies and state agencies involved in war work. The War Council used these reports to monitor the performance and supervise the activities of individual agencies. The reports, sent to the State War Plans Coordinator, candidly detail the progress, problems, and plans of the various agencies.

Some reports are in narrative form; others are completed on a standard form which provides information on: work performed; work contemplated; contacts with communities, war councils, or other public officials; and problems which require the assistance of federal agencies.

Individual agencies vary greatly in their provision of reports for each month. Materials produced by an agency during a particular month or relevant to their work are sometimes appended to progress reports. These include reprints, news releases, publications, charts, tables, maps, minutes and condensations of meetings, and correspondence.

This series is very useful for understanding each agency or subagency's contribution to the war effort, and in some cases, the work of local war 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.

Alternate Formats Available

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

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Folder list is available at the repository.

Processing Information

This series was originally accessioned as boxes 100-103 of old collection #77, accession -71.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Access Terms