Research


Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
Alfred E. Smith served four terms as governor of New York. He is best remembered for advocating a comprehensive program aimed at reforming the administration of state government. His central subject and correspondence files pertain to an array of topics of critical importance during the post-World War I era and the 1920s. Topics of special interest include postwar readjustment, reorganization of state government, enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment (prohibition), industrial relations, and Moreland Act investigations of state agencies.
Creator:
Title:
Governor Alfred E. Smith central subject and correspondence files
Quantity:

101 cubic feet

Quantity:

169 35mm microfilm roll(s)

Inclusive Dates:
1919-1920, 1923-1928
Series Number:
13682_53A