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New York State Education Department Division of Agricultural and Industrial Education Enlistment Papers and Reports of the New York State Boys' Working Reserve (Farm Cadet Program)


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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:
The series consists mostly of narrative final reports of participants in the State Boys' Working Reserve, also known as Farm Cadets, as well as occasional daily logs of cadets' activities, a few enlistment forms by which high school students joined the cadets, and correspondence by district superintendents transmitting reports to the Education Department. This program was created to alleviate a shortage of farm labor caused by mobilization during World War I, and allowed certain high school boys and girls to obtain school credit for their work.
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Title:
Enlistment papers and reports of the New York State Boys' Working Reserve (Farm Cadet Program)
Quantity:

4 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1918
Series Number:
A3112

Administrative History

To alleviate a shortage of farm labor caused by mobilization during World War I, the Board of Regents authorized the release of certain high school students (boys and girls) from school in 1917 and 1918 to serve as farm laborers in a program sponsored by the New York State Food Commission. In 1918 the Department allowed school credit for time spent working, required weekly and final reports of all participants, and provided for on site supervision by district superintendents of schools.

Scope and Content Note

The series consists mostly of narrative final reports of participants in the State Boys' Working Reserve, also known as Farm Cadets.

Also included are occasional daily logs of cadets' activities, a few enlistment forms by which high school students joined the cadets, and correspondence by district superintendents transmitting reports to the Department.

The final reports submitted by cadets give: period of service; location of service; number of hours per day worked; general type of work completed; and a statement of the cadets' impressions of the value and usefulness of the work. The occasional daily logs usually describe in detail the type of work and hours spent by a cadet. The enlistment forms included provide a cadet's name, address, height, weight, age, religious preference, prior farming and mechanical experience, a personal reference, location and type of work preference, and signed approval of parent or guardian.

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Accretion: A3112-77
1918 Arkport 1
1918 Adams Center 1
1918 Addison 1
1918 Albion 1
1918 Alden 1
1918 Alexandria 1
1918 Allegany 1
1918 Altmar 1
1918 Amenia 1
1918 Amsterdam 1
1918 Andes 1
1918 Andover 1
1918 Argyle 1
1918 Attica 1
1918 Auburn 1
1918 Avon 1
1918 Baldwin 1
1918 Baldwinsville 1
1918 Ballston Spa 1
1918 Barker 1
1918 Batavia 1
1918 Bay Flats 1
1918 Beacon 1
1918 Beaver 1
1918 Bedford 1
1918 Belleville, Union Academy 1
1918 Belmont 1
1918 Bergen 1
1918 Berkshire 1
1918 Berlin 1
1918 Binghamton 1
1918 Black River 1
1918 Bolivar 1
1918 Boonville 1
1918 Brasher Falls 1
1918 Briar 1
1918 Briarcliff 1
1918 Bridgehampton 1
1918 Brooklyn, Boy's High 1
1918 Brooklyn, Erasmus Hall High School 1
1918 Brooklyn, Erasmus Hall High School 1
1918 Brooklyn, Erasmus Hall High School 1
1918 Brooklyn, Erasmus Hall High School 1
1918 Brooklyn, Manual Training High School 1
1918 Brooklyn, New Utrecht 1
1918 Brownville 1
1918 Bryant 1
1918 Buchanan 1
1918 Buffalo 1
1918 Buffalo, Lafayette Academy 1
1918 Buffalo, Master Park High School 1
1918 Burdett 1
1918 Bushwick High School 1
1918 Bushwick High School 1
1918 Bushwick High School 1
1918 Cambridge High School 1
1918 Camden High School 1
1918 Canajoharie 1
1918 Canajoharie 1
1918 Canastota 1
1918 Canastota 1
1918 Candor 1
1918 Canistio Academy 1
1918 Canton High School 1
1918 Cape Vincent High School 1
1918 Carmel High School 1
1918 Cairo 1
1918 Carthage 1
1918 Carthage, Augustinian Academy 1
1918 Carthage 1
1918 Cascadilla 1
1918 Castorland 1
1918 Cato 1
1918 Catskill 1
1918 Cattaraugus 1
1918 Cazenovia Union School 1
1918 Cazenovia Seminary 1
1918 Center Moriches 1
1918 Central Square High School 1
1918 Champlain Academy 1
1918 Champlain High School 1
1918 Chaumont High School 1
1918 Chautauqua 1
1918 Chazy Central Rural School 1
1918 Chenango Forks Union School 1
1918 Cherry Valley High School 1
1918 Clarence 1
1918 Clayville 1
1918 Clinton 1
1918 Clyde 1
1918 Cobleskill 1
1918 Colton 1
1918 Constableville 1
1918 Constantia 1
1918 Cooperstown 1
1918 Cooperstown 1
1918 Copenhagen 1
1918 Cortland High School 1
1918 Cortland High School 1
1918 Corwell 1
1918 Coxsackie 1
1918 Cuba 1
1918 Curtis High School 1
1918 Curtis High School 1
1918 Dalton High School 1
1918 Dalton Union School 1
1918 Davenport 1
1918 Dayton 1
1918 De Ruyter High School 1
1918 Delaware Literary Institute and Free School 1
1918 Dewitt Clinton High School 1
1918 Dobbs Ferry High School 1
1918 Downsville 1
1918 Dundee High School 1
1918 Earlville 1
1918 East Bloomfield 1
1918 East Pembroke 1
1918 Eaton 1
1918 Edmeston 1
1918 Egberts High School 1
1918 Ellenburg Union School 1
1918 Ellenburg Center 1
1918 Ellenville 1
1918 Ellicotville 1
1918 Ellington High School 2
1918 Erieville 2
1918 Evander Childs High School 2
1918 Evans School Number 3 2
1918 Evans Hills High School 2
1918 Fair Havens High School 2
1918 Fair Haven High School 2
1918 Far Rockaway 2
1918 Farmingdale 2
1918 Fayetteville 2
1918 Findley Lake 2
1918 Flushing 2
1918 Forestville Free Academy 2
1918 Fort Ann 2
1918 Fort Covington 2
1918 Fort Covington 2
1918 Fort Edward 2
1918 Frankfort 2
1918 Freedom High School 2
1918 Freeport 2
1918 Freeport 2
1918 Frewsburg 2
1918 Frewsburg 2
1918 Fulton 2
1918 Galway 2
1918 Gainesville 2
1918 Georgetown 2
1918 Genesee 2
1918 Genesee Wesleyan Seminary 2
1918 Geneseo 2
1918 Gloversville 2
1918 Gouverneur 2
1918 Granville 2
1918 Granville 2
1918 Granville 2
1918 Great Neck Public School 2
1918 Greenwich 2
1918 Greenwich 2
1918 Greenwood High School 2
1918 Griegsville 2
1918 Groton 2
1918 Haldane 2
1918 Hamburg 2
1918 Hammond 2
1918 Hancock 2
1918 Hartford Union School 2
1918 Hartwick 2
1918 Haverling 2
1918 Helena 2
1918 Herkimer 2
1918 Hermion 2
1918 Highland 2
1918 Highland Falls 2
1918 Hillsdale 2
1918 Hilton Memorial 2
1918 Hinckley Union 2
1918 Hinsdale Union 2
1918 Holland Union 2
1918 Hoosick Falls 2
1918 Honeoye 2
1918 Honeoye 2
1918 Hornell 2
1918 Horseheads 2
1918 Houghton Seminary 2
1918 Hudson Falls 2
1918 Huntington 2
1918 Ithaca 2
1918 Jamestown 2
1918 Jefferson 2
1918 Johnstown 2
1918 Jordan 2
1918 Kendale 2
1918 Knoxboro Union 2
1918 La Fargeville 2
1918 Lafayette 2
1918 Laurens 2
1918 Leicester Union 2
1918 Le Roy 2
1918 Little Falls 2
1918 Little Valley 2
1918 Liverpool 2
1918 Lockport 2
1918 Macedon 2
1918 Madrid 2
1918 Margaretville 2
1918 Marion 2
1918 Martinsburg 2
1918 Maryland 2
1918 Massena 2
1918 Mattituck Union 2
1918 Mayville 2
1918 McGraw 2
1918 Meridan 2
1918 Middle Granville 2
1918 Middleburgh 2
1918 Middleport 2
1918 Middletown 2
1918 Milford 2
1918 Millbrook 2
1918 Millerton 2
1918 Minoa 2
1918 Monroe 2
1918 Montgomery 2
1918 Moravia 2
1918 Morrisville 2
1918 Mount Kisco 2
1918 Mount Morris 2
1918 Mynderse 2
1918 Naples 2
1918 New Berlin 2
1918 New Hartford 2
1918 New Paltz 2
1918 New Woodstock 2
1918 New York City - Eastern District 2
1918 New York City - Morris High School 2
1918 New York City - Stuyvesant High School 2
1918 New York City - Stuyvesant High School 3
1918 New York City - Stuyvesant High School 3
1918 Newark 3
1918 Newark Valley 3
1918 Newcomb Union 3
1918 Newfane Union 3
1918 Newfane Union 3
1918 Nichols 3
1918 Norfolk 3
1918 North Brookfield 3
1918 North Cohocton and Atlanta Union 3
1918 North Lawrence 3
1918 North Rose Union 3
1918 North Tarrytown 3
1918 North Tonawanda 3
1918 Northport 3
1918 Northside 3
1918 Northville 3
1918 Nunda 3
1918 Nyack 3
1918 Oakfield 3
1918 Olean 3
1918 Oneonta 3
1918 Onondaga 3
1918 Ontario 3
1918 Orchard Park 3
1918 Oswego 3
1918 Ovid 3
1918 Oxford 3
1918 Oyster Bay 3
1918 Parishville Union 3
1918 Patterson 3
1918 Pearl River 3
1918 Perryville 3
1918 Pierson 3
1918 Poland 3
1918 Polytechnic Prep 3
1918 Port Chester 3
1918 Port Jefferson 3
1918 Potsdam Normal High School 3
1918 Poughkeepsie 3
1918 Ravena 3
1918 Red Creek 3
1918 Red Creek 3
1918 Red Hook 3
1918 Rensselaer 3
1918 Rhinebeck 3
1918 Richburg 3
1918 Richfield Springs 3
1918 Richmond Hill 3
1918 Ripley 3
1918 Riverhead 3
1918 Rochester 3
1918 Rotterdam 3
1918 Roxbury 3
1918 Rushford 3
1918 Rushford 3
1918 Rushville 3
1918 Sacket 3
1918 Saranac Lake 3
1918 Saratoga 3
1918 Saugerties 3
1918 Schenevus 3
1918 Schenevus 3
1918 Schuyler Lake 3
1918 Seneca Castle 3
1918 Setauket 3
1918 Sherman 3
1918 Sherwood Select School 3
1918 Sidney 3
1918 Silver Creek 3
1918 Sinclairville 3
1918 South Dayton 3
1918 Southhold 3
1918 Spring Valley 3
1918 Spring Water 3
1918 Springville 3
1918 Stamford Seminary and Union Free School 3
1918 State Normal School 3
1918 Stony Point 3
1918 St. John's Academy 3
1918 St. Joseph's Academy, Brasher Falls 3
1918 St. Lucy's Academy 3
1918 St. Mary's Academy 3
1918 St. Regis Falls 3
1918 Syracuse, Central High School 3
1918 Syracuse, Central High School 3
1918 Syracuse 3
1918 Valatie 3
1918 Waddington 3
1918 Warrensburg 3
1918 Washington Academy 3
1918 Washingtonville Union School 3
1918 Waterloo Public School 3
1918 Watkins 3
1918 Weedsport 3
1918 Wellsville 4
1918 West Carthage 4
1918 Westfield 4
1918 Westport 4
1918 Westport 4
1918 Whitney Point 4
1918 Williamson 4
1918 Williamson 4
1918 Willsboro 4
1918 Wilson 4
1918 Wilsonian 4
1918 Windham 4
1918 Windsor 4
1918 Worcester 4
1918 Yonkers 4
1918 Cadet Program/WWI 4
1918 Crops/Particular Varieties 4
1918 Daily Work Descriptions 4
1918 Dairy 4
1918 Difficulty/Respect for Farm Life 4
1918 Farm Techniques/Business 4
1918 Housework/Girl work 4
1918 Humorous/Social Life/City vs. Farm 4
1918 Livestock/Ducks/Chickens 4
1918 Schedule of Crops/Variety of Crops 4
1918 Miscellaneous Reports from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Reports from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Other Documents - Ideas 4
1918 Selected Letters and Reports (some transcribed) 4
1918 Selected Letters and Reports from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters, Journal Entries, and Service Cards 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters and Reports from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Selected Letters from Farm Cadets 4
1918 Service Records 4
1918 Various Documents Relating to Farm Cadets 4
1918 Various Photographs 4