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New York State War Council Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection General Correspondence


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:
This series illustrates the Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection's efforts in developing child care committees, assisting committees in surveying their needs, providing services and equipment for child care initiatives across the state, and obtaining state and federal funding for child care services during the Second World War. Material in the series includes correspondence, applications for grants, expenditures, budgets, and pamphlets and publications produced by the Committee.
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General correspondence
Quantity:

2.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1942-1946
Series Number:
A3100

Arrangement

Arranged roughly by subject or correspondent, and then by reverse chronological order.

Scope and Content Note

This series illustrates the Committee's efforts in developing child care committees, assisting committees in surveying their needs, providing services and equipment for child care initiatives across the state, and obtaining State and federal funding for child care services during the Second World War. Material in the series includes: correspondence, applications for grants, expenditures, budgets, and pamphlets and publications produced by the Committee.

The series documents the appointment of individual teachers, the financing and administration of federal grants, the administration and operation of local facilities, and statistical results, arranged by county, regarding mothers employed or seeking employment in war work. Discussions in the correspondence illuminate such issues as the role of the state in the aid and maintenance of parochial institutions, offers of cooperation from other institutions and agencies, and continuation of child care programs after the Second World War.

Acquisition Information

This series was transferred to the State Archives from the State Library in 1978 and was accessioned during June 2002.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: A3100-02
1945-1946 Child care programs 1 1
1945 Child care programs, Dunkirk 1 2
1944 Child care programs, Village of Groton 1 3
1943-1945 Child care programs, City of Lackawanna, Village of Kenmore, Vote on child care project 8/44 1 4
1943-1944 Child care programs, Niagara Falls 1 5
1943-1944 Child care programs, City of Oswego 1 6
1943-1945 Child care programs, Village of Sydney 1 7
1945 Child care programs, City of Syracuse 1 8
1944 Child care programs, Village of Tarrytown 1 9
1944 Child care programs, Tonawanda 1 10
1944 Child care programs, Yonkers 1 11
1944-1945 Child care programs, New York City 1 12
1943-1944 Child care appointment letters 1 13
1944 Child care programs, food distribution administration 1 14
1944 Child care programs, renewals for upstate budgets 1 15
1944-1945 Child care programs, use of state cars 1 16
1944 Child care programs, miscellaneous correspondence 1 17
1942 Child care programs, child care resolution 1 18
1944 Child care programs, Dept. of Education 1 19
1943-1944 Child care programs, Subcommittee on Child Care 1 20
1944-1945 Recommendations of Subcommittee on Child Care 1 21
1945 Projects receiving Lanham Act Funds 1 22
1943 Rickcord, Mr. R. V. [Sperry Corp.] 2 1
1943 Vote of Committee members on $6000 allocation 2 2
1944 Miscellaneous 2 3
1944 Vote on child care projects, 2/19/44, 3/21/44 2 4
1943 Continuation of WPA nurseries (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 2 5
1943 Legal opinions (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 2 6
1943-1944 Elsie M. Bond (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 2 7
1943 Protests re: Attorney General opinions 2 8
1943 New York City (N.Y.C. Budget) (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 2 9
1943 Legislation (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 2 10
1942-1943 General correspondence (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 2 11
1943 General correspondence (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 2 12
1943-1945 General correspondence (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 2 13
1943 General correspondence (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 1
1943 General correspondence (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 2
1943 General correspondence (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 3
1943 General correspondence (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 4
1944 General correspondence (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 5
1943 Bills (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 6
1943 Lanham Act (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 7
1943 Vacancies for Centers (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 8
1943 Applications for positions (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 9
1943 Desire to establish child care centers 3 10
1943 Requests of allocation for funds (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 11
1943 Offers of cooperation (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 3 12
1943 Newspapers and clippings (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 4 1
1943 Pamphlets and publications (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 4 2
1943 Releases (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 4 3
1943 Form letters (Charles A. Winding, Administrator) 4 4
1943 Disapprovals of amounts in legislative budget 4 5
1943 Statistical results 4 6
1943 Statistics, counties A-M 4 7
1943 Statistics, counties N-Z 4 8
1943 War Manpower Commission survey 4 9
1946 January-February Milton Alpert - General Correspondence 5 1
1945 October-December Milton Alpert - General Correspondence 5 2
1945 August-October Milton Alpert - General Correspondence 5 3
1945 November-December Milton Alpert - General Correspondence 5 4