They Also Served: New Yorkers on the Home Front A Guide to Records of the New York State War Council New York State Archives 1994 Table of Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 8 History of the New York State War Council.................................................................................. 9 Office of Civilian Mobilization .................................................................................................. 9 Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection......................................................... 11 Office of Physical Fitness ......................................................................................................... 12 Office of Civilian Protection..................................................................................................... 12 Emergency Medical Service ..................................................................................................... 13 Committee on Discrimination in Employment......................................................................... 14 Farm Manpower Service........................................................................................................... 15 War Emergency Dispensation Committee................................................................................ 15 Office of War Training ............................................................................................................. 16 War Transportation Committee ................................................................................................ 16 Salvage Division ....................................................................................................................... 17 Nursing Council for War Service ............................................................................................. 18 Series Descriptions........................................................................................................................ 20 Executive Offices...................................................................................................................... 20 A4304. Agendas and Minutes, 1942-1945 ................................................................... 20 A3085. Resolutions, 1941-1945. .................................................................................. 20 A4302. Annual Reports and War Agency Directories, 1942-1944. ............................. 21 A3086. Printed Copies of Orders Issued, 1942-1946. .................................................. 21 A4288. Petitions to the Attorney General to Restrict Access to Defense Installations, 1941-1944. .................................................................................................................... 21 A4291. Governor's Correspondence with Citizens on War Issues, 1942-1945............ 22 A4295. Governor's Office Correspondence on War Issues, 1940-1945....................... 22 A4294. Governor's Media Releases, 1941-1942. ......................................................... 23 A4303. Executive Secretary's Correspondence with Local War Councils, 1942-1945.23 A4301. Agencies and Local War Councils General Report Files, 1942-1945. ............ 24 A4345. Local Defense Council Appointment Notification and Inquiry Response Correspondence, 1940-1941 ......................................................................................... 24 A4358. Personnel Records, 1942-1945. ....................................................................... 24 A4309. Meeting Coordination Correspondence Files, 1940-1945 ............................... 25 A4310. Organizational Letters and Releases Presenting Issues and Guidelines, 1941- 1942............................................................................................................................... 25 A4312. Progress Reports of War Council and State Agencies, 1941- 1945................. 25 A4343. Social and Economic Surveys of New York Cities, 1942 ............................... 26 A4346. Assistant to the State War Plans Coordinator's Agency Activity Coordination and Information Files, 1941-1945 (bulk 1942)............................................................. 26 A4360. State War Plans Coordinator's Correspondence and Information File, 1941- 1942............................................................................................................................... 27 A4361. Executive Secretaries' Correspondence with State and War Council Agencies, 1940-1945 ..................................................................................................................... 27 2 A4362. Executive Secretary's Correspondence with Civil Defense Administrators, 1942............................................................................................................................... 28 Division of Civilian Mobilization............................................................................................. 29 A4338. Division and Office Staff Conference Minutes, 1942-1944 ............................ 29 Office of Civilian Mobilization ............................................................................................ 29 A4339. Program Coordination Meeting and Conference Agendas, Minutes, and Correspondence, 1941-1944 ......................................................................................... 29 A4340. Lists of Local War Council Chairs and Officers, 1943-1945 .......................... 29 A3084. Correspondence With Local War Councils And Volunteer Agencies, 1942- 1945............................................................................................................................... 30 A4324. Local War Councils' and Field Representatives' City and County Activity Reports, 1941-1945....................................................................................................... 30 A4325. Defense Programs Coordination Correspondence, 1941-1945........................ 31 A4326. National Defense and Civilian Services Cooperative Activities Programs Coordination File, 1941-1945....................................................................................... 32 A4327. Organization and Program Coordination Correspondence File, 1941-1945.... 33 A4328. Volunteer Participation Conferences and Meetings Coordination Correspondence and Publicity Files, 1941-1945 .......................................................... 33 A4329. Local War Councils Newspaper Clippings File, 1941-1945 ........................... 34 A4330. Local War Council Operating Reports, 1942-1944 ......................................... 34 A4331. Field Directors' Local War Council Master Reports, 1942- 1944 ................... 35 A4332. Address Lists of State War Council Agency Directors and Local War Council Officers, 1941-1945 ...................................................................................................... 36 A4333. Directives to Local War Councils, 1941-1945................................................. 36 A4334. Procedure Establishment Letters from the Federal Office of Civilian Defense, 1941-1945 ..................................................................................................................... 36 A4335. Director's Organization and Responsibilities Memoranda, 1941-1944 ........... 36 A4336. Monthly Reports to the State War Plans Coordinator, 1942- 1944 ................. 37 A4337. Summary Charts of Volunteer Assignment Reports Received from Local Offices, 1943-1944 ....................................................................................................... 37 A4341. Civilian War Services and Civilian Protection Training Charts, 1943............ 37 A4342. Local War Council and Subordinate Agencies Card File, 1942-1943............. 38 State Education Department ............................................................................................. 38 A4318. Department Resource Management Files, 1941-1943. 0.5 cu. ft..................... 38 A4319. War Programs Correspondence and Field Reports, 1941- 1944. 3 cu. ft. ....... 38 A4320. Department War Programs Coordinator's Files, 1937-1943. 2 cu. ft............... 39 Section for Citizen Unity .................................................................................................. 40 A4270. General Correspondence, 1942-1943. 2 cu. ft. ................................................ 40 Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection..................................................... 40 A3100. General correspondence, 1942-1946. 2.5 cu. ft. .............................................. 40 A4379. Local Child Care Organization and Assistance Files, 1942- 1945 .................. 41 A4282. Mayor's Committee on Child Care for Schenectady Administrative Files, 1942-1947 ..................................................................................................................... 42 A4283. Post-World War II Day Care Center Field Reports, 1944- 1947..................... 43 Office of Physical Fitness ..................................................................................................... 43 A4366. Director's Administrative Correspondence, 1942-1945................................... 43 3 A4369. Director's Program Administration Subject Files, 1940-1945......................... 44 A4371. Director's Office Administration Files, 1942-1945 ........................................