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Displaying 14 Finding Aids
Title
- Map of National Guard placements
Series Number
- B1568
Summary
- This series consists of a Department of Commerce color map of New York counties annotated to show where units of the New York National Guard were stationed in military districts of the state. The map was probably used for civil defense planning and readiness activities of the State War Council.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstract of military commissions issued
Series Number
- 13728
Summary
- This series provides abstracts of military commissions of officers in the New York State Militia, later National Guard. Information includes: officer's name; office; regiment, brigade or division number; residence; date of commission; and date of rank. Volumes twelve and thirteen of accretion 13728-83 relate to the Civil War commissions.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Resignations of New York State Militia and National Guard officers
Series Number
- B0463
Summary
- This series consists of routine records that usually provide the resigning officer's name; rank; unit to which presently attached; reason(s) for resignation; statement of indebtedness; date; and signature. The disposition of the request is usually noted on either the bottom of the form or its reverse. The series is incomplete; only documents for last names starting with letters A-K are present.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Veterans' readjustment allowance payment records
Series Number
- B2803
Summary
- This series includes records of payments of readjustment allowances to unemployed veterans who served in World War II and the Korean War. These payments were authorized for up to fifty-two weeks by the Federal Readjustments Act of 1944 and subsequent state and federal laws. Each card includes veteran's name, military service number, address, and weekly payments made. These cards are used to verify military service of individuals for whom other records are lacking.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York Naval Militia roster of commissioned officers
Series Number
- 13723
Summary
- This roster of commissioned officers in the New York Naval Militia lists officers by rank for each unit. Each entry gives officer name, office held, division or battery number, commission date, date of rank, address, in whose place appointed, and remarks. There is a unit index but no name index.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of letters received
Series Number
- 13722
Summary
- For each letter received, these registers provide date of receipt; sender's name; file number assigned; addressee's name, place, and date of writing; disposition; and a one line summary of the contents. These volumes serve as the name index to a portion of the correspondence and petitions files in Series B0462.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts of National Guard service in World War I
Series Number
- 13721
Summary
- The series consists of abstracts for officers and enlisted men in units of the New York National Guard who were mustered into the U.S. Army during World War I. Each individual's entry includes: U.S. Army serial number; date and place of commission or enlistment; muster dates (N.Y. and U.S. with rank, company, and regiment); and date, rank, and reason (type of discharge or transfer) for leaving service. Sometimes additional remarks detail service overseas, promotions, or service conduct.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of supernumerary officers
Series Number
- 13727
Summary
- This volume consists of an alphabetical register of officers in the New York State Militia and National Guard who were retired or discharged. Each entry provides the name of officer; office held; regiment number; brigade, division, or corps; residence; date of certificate of discharge; and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- National Guard muster rolls
Series Number
- 13726
Summary
- This series consists of muster rolls for each division and brigade in the New York National Guard, as well as all organizations in the New York Naval Militia. Information provided generally includes: name; rank; whether present or absent at annual muster; date of rank; date and rank of original entry into service; and remarks on any change in status. Each roll also lists names of men gained or lost since the last annual muster, by discharge, promotion, expulsion, transfer, removal, desertion, or death. NOTE: Only Naval Militia muster rolls are available for the period 1942-1954.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Title
- New York National Guard service cards
Series Number
- B2001
Summary
- This series consists of summary service records of members of New York National Guard units. Information typically includes name, date of birth, place of birth, home address, date of enlistment, unit enlisted into, date of separation, how separated (honorable discharge, etc.), and dates of reenlistment.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Enlistment Roll of the Third Battery, Second Division
Series Number
- 13724
Summary
- The Enlistment Roll contains signatures, ages, residences, and dates of enlistment for members of the Third Battery of Artillery, Second Division, New York National Guard, headquartered in Brooklyn.
Creator
- New York (State). National Guard
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Descriptive Roll of the Howitzer Battery, Eleventh Brigade, National Guard
Series Number
- 13725
Summary
- This series consists of a listing of officers and privates in the Howitzer Battery of the Eleventh Brigade, New York National Guard. Information about commissioned and non-commissioned officers include name; date of election or appointment; and remarks on promotion, discharge, or other changes in status. The alphabetical register of privates includes name, age, enlistment information, birthplace, occupation, and remarks on change in status.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York Guard service cards and enlistment records
Series Number
- B2000
Summary
- The New York Guard was created and later reactivated as a state defense force to replace the New York National Guard when the latter was mobilized into federal service during the two world wars. This series consists of service record cards for veterans of the New York Guard. Information varies but minimally includes name, address, date of enlistment, company, and regiment.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm roll no. 61 is partially restricted to protect personal privacy (medical reports).
Title
- Division of Military and Naval Affairs archived websites
Series Number
- B2141
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.