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New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs

 

 

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This series consists of records documenting the payment of state-awarded bonuses to World War I veterans and their beneficiaries. Included are microfilmed cards that record the veteran's name, service number, branch of service, period of service, address at time of entry into service, and other related .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Military Training Commission. Bureau of Technical Military Training

 

 

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Military training of elementary and secondary school boys was administered by the Military Training Commission's Bureau of Technical Military Training. This series consists primarily of weekly training reports, but also includes annual reports, special orders, and correspondence. Also included is information .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series documents payment to State Engineer and Surveyor employees for the differential between their military pay and their state salaries, and mostly consists of monthly payrolls providing: name; state title; military rank; monthly state salary; monthly military pay; amount due from state; and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Military Training Commission

 

 

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This series contains general administrative records of the Military Training Commission, including enrollments of boys, related correspondence, and documentation of cooperation with federal efforts to increase the labor pool of farm workers which had been depleted by service in World War I. Also included .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of bound special orders issued by the Adjutant General and commanding officers of specific military units (usually divisions). Unlike general orders, which deal with the State's military system as a whole, special orders deal with specific units and individuals. The orders in this .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of 16mm negative microfilm of card files that were apparently part of the process to award bonus payments to New Yorkers for military service in the United States armed forces during World War I. The cards contain basic military service data, but do not show the amount of individual .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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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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New York (State). Legislature

 

 

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This document is an original typed resolution issued by both houses of the New York State Legislature upon the return of the 332nd Infantry Regiment (part of the 83rd Division) of the American Expeditionary Force from the Italian front in World War I. The resolution was issued to recognize the "conspicuous .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Office of Parks and Recreation

 

 

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This series consists of memoranda, letters, and resolutions sent to county home defense committees from the New York State Defense Council, and also correspondence from the various committees sent to the Council reporting on their organizing and program efforts. Topics include: assuring a workable system .........

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Defense Council

 

 

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The series consists primarily of original correspondence sent to the New York State Defense Council regarding service in the U.S. Public Service Reserve, and copies of responses sent to the applicants. The state U.S. Public Service Reserve worked in cooperation with the New York State Defense Council .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists of bound volumes of bimonthly muster rolls registering officers and enlisted men from New York National Guard units that served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Some memoranda are interspersed within the volumes. Filed in the Adjutant General's Office, these rolls were used .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives