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Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3016
Dates:
1914
Abstract:
The cost of living report, draft and background notes were used to study the laboring class in New York City. This series contains data on cost of living for single women and men; cost of living for families; workers' living conditions; and workers' earnings and expenditures. The series also contains .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Abstract:
This series consists of files for the Civil Service Commission's security risk program which determined if private organizations or groups were subversive and designated state agencies and individual positions as "security agencies" or "positions." The background and administrative files, subject files .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Civil Service
Title:
Series:
14089
Dates:
1939-1942
Abstract:
A twelve-member legislative Commission on Extension of the Civil Service was created in 1939 to study the problems of extending civil service to local governments. The Commission's investigation resulted in the "Fite Law" which provided for the administration of civil service law and rules in all of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Abstract:
This series consists of a background report on the 1913 department store worker strike in Buffalo, New York. The report deals mainly with wages, although in addition to higher wages, strikers were demanding Saturday night closing of stores, an eight-hour day, and better sanitary conditions. Packard's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Title:
Series:
A3020
Dates:
1914
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence between field agents in Upstate New York and staff in the main office in New York City. The correspondence concerns data cards; instructions to agents; factories and stores under investigation; salaries, and supplies to study Upstate during the Wage Investigation. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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