Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Maternity, Infancy, and Child Hygiene

 

 

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The Sheppard-Towner Act funded a variety of activities to upgrade maternal and childcare in local communities. This series includes an accounting of State and Federal funds expended under the act as well as budget estimate, fund balances, and cash balances..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

2

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New York State War Council. War Emergency Dispensation Committee

 

 

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This series contains recommendations compiled by Labor Department representatives for members of the committee summarizing the investigation into different companies' requests for child labor dispensations. These dispensations usually involved the time and number of hours per week permitted to work .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

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New York (State). State Board of Charities

 

 

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This series consists of examination records of children aged 2 -16 residing in county poorhouses and almshouses at the time of a special census. Examination form provides date; county in which facility is located; examination number(s); and answers to 26 questions on child identity, personal/family .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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Abandoned children of slaves were to be supported at the state's expense by the local overseers of the poor. This series consists of a warrant to pay the Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Mamaroneck for the support and maintenance of children born of slaves and abandoned by their respective masters, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Board of Social Welfare

 

 

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This series consists of inspection reports, correspondence, and related material documenting the monitoring and oversight of foster care agencies, including institutional homes for children and orphanages. Files prior to the 1920s consist almost exclusively of inspection reports of private institutional .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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

 

 

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The series consists primarily of memoranda and preliminary subcommittee reports (often including statistical summaries and charts) produced by the Committee on Special Classes which made recommendations for future programs, examined, commented on and set provisions for the education of "exceptional" .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives