New York State War Council War Transportation Committee School Bus Route Review and Certificate Renewal 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:
As part of the effort to conserve transportation resources, the United States Office of Defense Transportation directed the
War Transportation Committee to review school bus routes to ensure that buses were employed according to regulations designed
to minimize school bus usage, while still providing adequate transportation for school children. This series contains correspondence,
memoranda, maps, and forms documenting the War Transportation Committee's supervision and review of detailed plans of school
bus routes.
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Title:
War Council War Transportation Committee school bus route review and certificate renewal files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1943-1945
Series Number:
A4396
Arrangement
Organized into 2 subseries: Subseries 1, School Bus Route Review Files, 1943, 7 cubic feet; and Subseries 2, School Bus Route
Certificate Renewal Files, 1943-1945, 9 cubic feet.
Both subseries are alphabetical by county, then arranged by school district.
Administrative History
The War Transportation Committee was responsible for promoting and ensuring the efficient use of transportation resources
such as rubber and fuel. As part of this duty, the United States Office of Defense Transportation directed the committee to
review school bus routes to ensure that buses were employed according to regulations designed to minimize school bus usage
while still providing adequate transportation for school children. School districts were required to submit to the War Transportation
Committee detailed plans of their school bus routes each year.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, maps, and forms documenting the War Transportation Committee's supervision
and review of school bus routes.
Subseries 1, School Bus Route Review Files: This subseries contains documents from the first review of school bus routes conducted
by the War Transportation Committee. A typical school district's file includes: 1) a form with the county, local school unit,
and date at the top, which lists: name of school served or destination; bus seating capacity; number of elementary and secondary
school students served (and the number less than two miles from school); the time en route per trip; daily round trip mileage
with and without pupils; and number of days each bus operates per quarter; 2)another form, also with the county, local school
unit, and date at the top, entitled "Data on Mileage, Gallons of Gasoline, and Ownership" which lists mileage by quarters
of 1943 for: routes and trips; inspection and refueling;, and total mileage, The form also lists the total gallons of gas
consumed each quarter, and the war certificate number issued for each bus's operation. Both forms were issued by the Office
of Defense Transportation; 3) road maps, some hand drawn, outlining proposed bus routes; 4) memoranda from a committee staff
member detailing revisions required in the school district's plans; 5) a questionnaire from the War Transportation Committee
used to ensure that efficient practices were employed and that other War Council programs such as the Office of War Training's
Bus Driver Training Program were utilized; 6) requests from school districts for exemptions from the mandated limits stating
the circumstances requiring the exemption and the committee's response; and 7) routine transmittal correspondence between
the committee and the school district (usually the superintendent).
Subseries 2, School Bus Route Certificate Renewal Files: This subseries contains materials identical to those found in Subseries
1, although these materials were used to renew permission for school bus routes which the War Transportation Committee already
had approved. One form containing all the information from the two Office of Defense Transportation forms found in Subseries
1 is found in this subseries. This one form, entitled "Applications For Continuation of Certificates of War Necessity to Operate
School Buses," was issued by the Office of Defense Transportation and contains additional information including the school
superintendent's signature and address and a bus code for each route which was keyed to the map each school district was required
to provide with its renewal request.
Processing Information
This series was originally accessioned as boxes 317-322, 417-419, and 421-425 of old collection #77, accession -71.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: A4396-78 |
1943-1945 |
Albany - Dutchess |
1 |
1943-1945 |
Erie - Monroe |
2 |
1943-1945 |
Monroe - New York City |
3 |
1943-1945 |
Niagara - Otsego |
4 |
1943-1945 |
Putnam - Suffolk |
5 |
1943-1945 |
Sullivan - Wyoming |
6 |
1943-1945 |
Miscellaneous |
7 |
1943-1945 |
Albany - Chenango |
8 |
1943-1945 |
Clinton - Essex |
9 |
1943-1945 |
Franklin - Livingston |
10 |
1943-1945 |
Madison - Oneida |
11 |
1943-1945 |
Onondaga - Otsego |
12 |
1943-1945 |
Putnam - Suffolk |
13 |
1943-1945 |
Sullivan - Wayne |
14 |
1943-1945 |
Westchester - Yates |
15 |
1943-1945 |
Miscellaneous |
16 |