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New York State War Council Social and Economic Surveys of New York Cities


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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 primarily contains reports compiled by the federal National Resources Planning Board and the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services detailing conditions in several communities. The reports, which detail each community's conditions in education, health, housing, industry, infrastructure, labor, planning, and transportation - and discuss the impact of the war and military on these areas - were sent to the State War Council to assist with war planning efforts.
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Social and economic surveys of New York cities
Quantity:

0.4 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1942
Series Number:
A4343

Arrangement

Arranged by city.

Scope and Content Note

This series primarily contains reports compiled by the federal National Resources Planning Board and the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services detailing conditions in several communities and sent to the State War Council to assist with war planning efforts. Kept by the Assistant to the State War Plans Coordinator, the reports detail each community's conditions in education, health, housing, industry, infrastructure, labor, planning, and transportation, and discuss the impact of the war and military on these areas. Some maps and photographs are reproduced in the reports.

Also found is correspondence and other reports from State War Council field representatives who reported on items discussed in the federal reports, as well as the status of War Council programs such as scrap drives, rationing, civil defense, and war bond drives.

Reports exist for: Buffalo; Elmira; Lewiston; Massena; Mineville; Newburgh; Orangeburg; Poughkeepsie; Rome-Utica-Ilion; Sampson; Schenectady; Sidney; Syracuse; Watertown; and the western portion of Long Island.

Alternate Formats Available

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

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Processing Information

This series was originally accessioned as half of box 75 of old collection #77, accession -71.

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