Research

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Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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This series consists primarily of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence - along with smaller amounts of incoming original letters - sent among the New York State Defense Council and other state agencies associated with emergency war efforts, notably the Adjutant General's office, Department of Health, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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This series consists of copies of legislation, organizational charts, requisitions, memoranda, informational circulars, reports, bulletins, minutes, and some correspondence relating to the organization and administration of the New York State Defense Council's war work. Consistent with the council's .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

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These files include correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, clippings, legislative bills, and photographs concerning the participation of New York State residents in World War I. Also included are war histories from other states. The files were collected by State Historian, James Sullivan, in response .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Office of Parks and Recreation

 

 

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This series consists of memoranda, letters, and resolutions sent to county home defense committees from the New York State Defense Council, and also correspondence from the various committees sent to the Council reporting on their organizing and program efforts. Topics include: assuring a workable system .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence between the New York State Defense Council and the Council of National Defense, its parent organization at the federal level relating to methods of conserving food and fuel supplies and administering the labor force during war emergency conditions. Also included .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

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This series contains personal information, service data, newspaper clippings, and photographs of New York State veterans of World War I. Some accounts of home front activities in the state are also included. The series contains a small amount of material documenting the manner in which the State Education .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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The series consists of correspondence files, maintained by Assistant Secretary Frederic E. Foster, relating to general information and functions of the State Defense Council. The bulk of the records consist of of correspondence with civilian relief organizations, patriotic societies, emergency industrial .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives