Research

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Creator:

Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains administrative files of the State Director of the Federal Writers' Project mostly from District Number 2 (Albany, Rensselaer, Greene, and Ulster Counties). Records include correspondence about administrative issues; WPA personnel record forms which include name, address family members, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains copies of cards (WPA form 22 HR) compiled for the American Imprints Inventory, a project under the Historical Records Survey. The cards give basic cataloging data on books and pamphlets printed in the United States before 1877. They were compiled by field workers who surveyed most .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of handbills, newsletters, and a few memorandums or bulletins related to unionizing activities in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of New York City. Most of these publications were distributed by organizations on the political left and relate to WPA cultural projects..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence, memorandums, reports, travel orders, supply requisitions, time sheets ("employee depositions") and occasional employment applications ("personnel questionnaires"). These records were used by the district supervisors of the Historical Records Survey and were periodically .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and radio program transcripts concerning the inventory of church archives conducted by the Historical Records Survey. The correspondence and memoranda are between the editor and Historical Records Survey district supervisors, field workers, members .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of three subseries, each concerning a different survey conducted by the Historical Records Survey (HRS). They contain: Subseries 1, correspondence concerning survey of town and village records; Subseries 2, correspondence concerning survey of county records; Subseries 3, correspondence .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of correspondence concerning the administration of the Historical Records Survey in New York State. It contains: Subseries 1, correspondence with district supervisors; Subseries 2, correspondence with state and national officials; Subseries 3, correspondence concerning distribution .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of printed half tones charts and maps, and negative photostats of maps prepared by the Historical Records Survey for publications. Included are half-tones of colonial and revolutionary era buildings; organization charts of the colonial and state court system and county government; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Office of the State Historian

 

 

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Abstract:  

The markers documented in this series were created by a special initiative to commemorate the route that General Henry Knox used to conduct an artillery train and supplies from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the winter of 1775-1776. Record types include applications, articles, correspondence, and other .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives