World War, 1939-1945 -- Civil defense -- New York (State) -- Rochester

Content Description This collection consists of the records of the messenger service that the Rochester Council, Boy Scouts of America, operated as part of the Civil Defense of Rochester from 1942 to 1944. The records consist of meeting minutes, organizational charts and plans, and records of various civil defense drills with which the Boy Scout Messenger Service was involved. The records include in information on additional Boy Scout activities in support of civil defense during World War II, including their...

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This series is comprised of Rochester City Historian Blake McKelvey's research notes used to write his four volume history of Rochester, New York. The materials were assembled between 1937 and 1970. The series includes handwritten transcriptions of newspaper articles and journals; newspaper clippings, source and illustration citations, pamphlets, and notes.