Research

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New York (State). Education Department. Examinations and Inspections Division

 

 

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This series consists of candidate lists for scholarships for soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses with military service, or the children of the same who died while in the service. Information includes name; address; age; examination scores in individual subjects; total score; order of merit; county .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

2

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New York (State). Temporary State War Ballot Commission

 

 

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This series consists of records received from service men and women seeking to vote in the 1944 general election. The bulk of the records are post cards requesting absentee ballots or notifying the commission of a change in military address. The series also includes envelopes in which official election .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

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United States. War Industries Board

 

 

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This series contains information on the War Council's efforts to attract women to the nursing profession in order to alleviate the acute shortage exacerbated by World War II, and to assist in the recruitment of nurses into the armed services by keeping a roster of nursing personnel. Included are minutes, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

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New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of claim applications submitted by, or on behalf of, War of 1812 veterans who fought in New York State militia and volunteer units. The records contain detailed information about claimants, both residents and non-residents of New York State, including name; age; residence; rank; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

5

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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

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of an abstract of military service for New York residents (men and women) who enlisted or who were inducted into the armed forces of the United States from 1917 through 1919 during the First World War. The abstracts, (aka service cards), document Army officers and enlisted men; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

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New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs

 

 

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This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Division of Veterans' Affairs..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

9

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New York State Veterans' Home

 

 

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This series consists of case files for individuals who died or were discharged from the New York State Veterans' Home in Oxford (formerly known as the New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home). While the contents of the case files vary, each contains the completed application form for admission into .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

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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

 

11

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New York State Defense Council. Division of Health and Hospitals

 

 

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With the declaration of World War I, the State Department of Health placed its organization and resources at the disposal of the New York State Defense Council and the Adjutant General's Office. This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, lists and reports, census data, and some bulletins and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

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