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Custodial History

1943 accession: transferred by the Works Progress Administration of New York to the State Library in 1943; later transferred to the State Archives as part of old collection #550, accession -372.

Erie County road width study:transferred to the State Library at an unknown date after the WPA ceased operating; later transferred to the State Archives as boxes 101-105 of old collection #551, accession -372 (Federal Writers' Project Files).

A4179-00: This accretion was transferred from the State Library and accessioned by the Archives in December 2000.

A4179-10: This original typescript was created from an index compiled by the Works Progress Administration, under the auspices of the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo, N.Y., during the period 1939-1940. The typescript was subsequently transferred to the New York State Library at an unknown date. The original index remained in possession of Erie County. The State Library used the original typescript to create a preservation photocopy, as well as a microfiche copy. These copies were retained by the State Library and the original typescript was transferred to the New York State Archives and accessioned in 2010.