The State Library shall maintain a collection of war records, which shall include classifications and indexes of all available material relating to Connecticut participation, public or private, in the First and Second World Wars. The collection shall be as complete and comprehensive as possible and cover not only the activities of the state, its subdivisions and agencies, but also of Connecticut agencies of the federal government, of organizations of private persons and of those individuals who were direct participants in said wars, whether as soldiers, sailors, aviators or otherwise.