Recruitment and classification files, 1942-1945.

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Recruitment and classification files, 1942-1945.

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This series contains information on the War Council's efforts to attract women into the nursing profession in order to alleviate the acute shortage exacerbated by World War II and to assist in the recruitment of nurses into the armed services by keeping a roster of nursing personnel.

24.5 cu. ft.Copies: 69 microfilm reels; 35mm.

New York State Archives

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New York State Nursing Council for War Service

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The State Nursing Council for War Service was formed in August 1942 to serve as the coordinating body for New York State nursing programs. These programs included conducting studies and inventories of the number of nurses in the State and recruiting students to nursing schools. The principal objectives of the Nursing Council were to: study nursing needs and resources in the State; keep an up-to-date roster of licensed and auxiliary nursing personnel; plan for and assist ...

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 ...