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Defense Council, 1940 - 1979

 File — Container: Main: Aisle 2 (City Docs)

Scope and Contents

Defense Council: annual reports 1940-41, 44-45, 1979; Air Raid Precution Orgenization Theater COmmittee: Bulletins 1-4; General orders #1-2; Consumer Information Center - Good neighbor auto policy 1942, Are you murdering your tires 1942, Be alert buy wisely, nutrition workers and leaders, Plan ahead for point rationing, How can a housewife help the war (?), Wise buying in wartime, Help to Win Save Your Tin, Meatless Menus, Unr Control in NJ; Youth Auxiallary Bulletin April 1942; Civilian Defense Volunteer Office - Annual report 1943 and 1944, Save the Meat Campaign Dec 2 1942, Dear Victory Gardenerer letter Apr 6 1944, Course of child care volunteers, "Volunteer for Victory" 4/11/42, Information on CDVO Feb 1942, Course information and forms; Misc Card #1 - Operation of the control system in Newark , minutes of the meetings of the Committee of Care of Mothers and Children March May and June 1942, Outline of the committee on Care of Mothers and Children, Members of the Committee on Care of Mothers and Children, War gas instruction, informational letter #7; Misc Card #2 - Parade Notice Aug 7 1942, Proclamation of Mayor March 1942, Emergency directory map, Schedule for collection of tin cans, air raid instructions, Fire course for wardens 1942, Air raid wardens guidebook 1942, Regulations governing control of artificial lighting 1942, instructions for District Wardens; Misc Card #3 - Notice of public meetings Mar 1 1944, Cleveland goes to War, Women hospital aides 1944; Misc Card #4- Things to Do in Newark 1944, Childrens centers and day nurseries for mothers who work (two versions, card #3 and #4), Block leader manual, Air raid instructions, forms devised for operation of Section D, Preliminary report of Historian David Z Jeselsohn 1944; Misc Card 5 - Misc forms etc, Manual for air wardens July 1942, Lean to Shelters for Family Protection Mar 30, 1954, Civil Defense and Disaster Control (?), The H Bomb and You, Master Plan Method of Immediate Operations 1941, Organization of Newark Defense Council (2 documents), Meet Your Air Raid Warden flyer. Summary of work 2/10/44.

Dates

  • 1940 - 1979

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 103 linear feet Linear Feet (50.5 shelves + .75 drawer)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

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