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Creator:

New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers

 

 

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The series consists of typescript copies, with infrequent annotations, of testimony given to the commission and its subcommittees on the question of relief for widowed mothers caring for dependent children. The commission, as authorized by Chapter 588 of the Laws of 1913, called representatives of many .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers

 

 

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The series consists of administrative correspondence of the Secretary of the Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers with state officials and representatives of charitable organizations relating to the commission's investigation and report. Subjects include information on efforts to provide relief .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers

 

 

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The series lists information on cases of children of widows in New York and Bronx counties who were committed to institutions by children's court justices. The extracts include information on children, mostly teenagers, who were committed for theft, assault, truancy, immorality, parental neglect, or .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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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