State Education Department war programs correspondence and field reports, 1941-1944.

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State Education Department war programs correspondence and field reports, 1941-1944.

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This series contains correspondence detailing the Education Department's establishment, supervision, or other involvement with war-time programs related to educating citizens on defense matters. Working under the auspices of the War Council, the department organized several programs including the Civilian Defense Training Program which sought to instruct citizens in first aid, nutrition, public safety (primarily fire fighter training), physical education and recreation (for defense plant workers), the recruitment and training of farm labor, and civic education (primarily for aliens).

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