Massachusetts. Committee on Public Safety (1940-1945)

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The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety was a direct descendant of the Committee on Safety appointed by the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts in 1774 and dissolved in 1775. The Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety was appointed by Governor Samuel McCall on February 9, 1917 and dissolved on November 20, 1918. It was resurrected by Governor Leverett Saltonstall on August 23, 1940, confirmed by him through Executive Order no. 1, December 31, 1841, pursuant to St 1941, c 718, as an agency of the Executive Department, and dissolved in May 1945. In each case the function of the committee was to organize, supervise, direct and coordinate local committees on public safety in the cities and towns of the Commonwealth during time of war.

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creatorOf Massachusetts. Committee on Public Safety (1940-1945). Agency history record. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Concord (Mass.). War Records Committee. Ephemera collected by the Concord War Records Committee, 1941-1947. Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
creatorOf Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Medical Division administrative files, 1941-1945. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Farley, John Wells, 1878-1959. Papers, 1899-1959. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Minnesota War History Committee. Collected research materials, [1940s]. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
creatorOf Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Services and Supplies Division administrative files, 1941-1944. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts. Committee on Public Safety (1917-1918). Records / Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. State Library of Massachusetts
referencedIn Harold and Romayne Goldberg Papers Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society
creatorOf Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Health and Social Services Division administrative files, 1941-1944. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Papers, 1905-2000 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Burnham family. Burnham Family Papers, 1824-1957. Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Regional Administration Division administrative files, 1941-1944. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. World War II pamphlets and manuals, 1940-1942. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
referencedIn Kennedy, Sinclair, 1875-1947. Papers, 1905-1946 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Executive director's administrative files, 1941-1945. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Planning and Technical Division administrative files, 1940-1943. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
creatorOf Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety. Civilian defense activity forms, 1942-1943. Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives
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