Correspondence and subject files relating to State War Council activities, 1941-1946.

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Correspondence and subject files relating to State War Council activities, 1941-1946.

This series consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, bulletins, press releases, meeting minutes, and payroll records relating to the Education Department's cooperation with the State War Council (see Agency History).

2 cu. ft. (2 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8227875

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University of the State of New York

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New York State Council of Defense

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New York (State). Education Dept. Deputy Commissioner's Office.

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New York State War Council

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Maurice Neufeld worked in New York State's Division of Commerce and became the assistant to the State War Plans Coordinator in 1941 with the creation of the State War Council. Lieutenant Governor Charles Poletti was the first State War Plans Coordinator; later Oswald D. Heck, speaker of the assembly, served. Neufeld served in his position throughout the war, and though he had authority over certain issues, primarily he served to direct decisions to the appropriate agency heads. From ...