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New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension

 

 

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This series consists of newspaper clippings, memorandums, notes, and pamphlets documenting the State Education Department's response to changes in voting requirements, including the introduction and administration of the Regents literacy test. Background files discuss immigrant, adult, and rural education. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Division of Water

 

 

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This series from the Division of Water and predecessor units consists of files on the planning and development of sewage waste disposal and treatment systems, and testing done to determine water pollution or contamination at state parks and campsites. The records include memorandums, correspondence, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

43

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, pamphlets, and other materials documenting the activities which promoted physical fitness in one region supervised by the Office of Physical Fitness. The records of New York City Regional Supervisor Boris Von Arnold and Ethel T. Kohlberg, Principal Supervisor, Women's .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

45

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New York State War Council. Farm Manpower Service

 

 

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This series contains the procedure manuals used by County Agricultural Extension Agents in the implementation and operation of the Farm Labor Program, coordinated by the Farm Manpower Service. Included in the manuals are lists of potential sources of labor; budget forms; monthly farm labor report forms; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. Farm Manpower Service

 

 

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This series documents the insurance, training, housing and supervision of the cadets participating in the Farm Cadet Victory Corps Program, an effort to recruit, train, place, house, and employ several thousand high school students as seasonal farm laborers. It includes reports on the arrivals, departures, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York State War Council. Office of War Training

 

 

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This series contains announcements, program schedules, certificates of attendance, and instructors' manuals and other teaching materials relating to several training institutes conducted by the Office of War Training. The records document the office's efforts to educate civilians for a variety of war .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State War Council. Office of War Training

 

 

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This series contains correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, field reports, pamphlets, tests, and speeches and lectures relating to the office's work of training civilians for possible war time emergencies. Programs represented in this series include firefighting and auxiliary police training, school .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

49

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

 

50

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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

 

51

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New York (State). Governor. Secretary to the Governor

 

 

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The series consists of material collected and maintained by Dr. William J. Ronan, secretary to Governor Nelson Rockefeller. It is primarily copies of the governor's subject files (roughly F-P), campaign speeches including the 1964 Presidential campaign, and press releases. There are also indexes to .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

52

Creator:

New York State War Council

 

 

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This series contains correspondence and other materials relating to Dr. Albert Meredith's role as the Education Department's coordinator of war programs and liaison between the department and the War Council. Topics include: school lunch programs, adult education, citizen unity programs, physical education, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities

 

 

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As part of its investigation, the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities (known as the "Lusk Committee" for its chairman Clayton R. Lusk) collected a large quantity of material published in Europe and the United States. These publications (mostly pamphlets) relate to individuals .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives