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Displaying 7 Finding Aids
Title
- Violations register
Series Number
- A4250
Summary
- This series consists of a register of fire code violations in Schenectady, New York. Information includes violation report number; location, including city or town, and county; description of property, including owner, occupant, classification, and address; nature of violation; name of inspector; order of violation, including date inspected, issued, served, and disposition; and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Fire Marshal
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Mayor's Committee on Child Care for Schenectady administrative files
Series Number
- A4282
Summary
- This series illustrates the operation of a local component of the War Council's Committee on Child Care, Development and Protection and its efforts to provide care for the children of working mothers. Material includes correspondence and memoranda, detailed attendance records, budgetary matters, salaries, monthly reports, food cost analysis, and interaction with parents at several child care facilities in Schenectady, New York.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection
Access Restrictions
- Children's attendance records and correspondence with parents regarding children's attendance or behavior are restricted in part pursuant to Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law, Art. 6). Use with supervision of archivist.
Title
- Urban arterial highway route planning files
Series Number
- A0733
Summary
- The series consists of plans, correspondence, graphs, and maps relating to arterial highway planning in 38 cities throughout New York. It was the state's intention to integrate arterial highways in the state highway system and cost share with the federal government for the construction and maintenance of the system, with the remainder of costs for required rights of way assumed by the city. Files are organized by city.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence and working files of the Schenectady County Office
Series Number
- A4187
Summary
- This series consists of administrative and research files maintained by the Schenectady County office of the Federal Writers' Project and used to prepare publications about Schenectady County. Included is information on the county and city of Schenectady's history; genealogical data on early families in the county; and property ownership genealogies in the Stockade Area. Most records are notes and essays by field workers and extracts of local records. Also included are reports, photographs and administrative correspondence of the Schenectady County Supervisor.
Creator
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Local war councils' and field representatives' city and county activity reports
Series Number
- A4324
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and memoranda sent to the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) by its field representatives or local war councils reporting on activities, personnel changes, and organizational issues. The OCM used the reports to monitor problems within the local councils. Topics include projected employment needs, women's role in the local labor market, child care needs, nursing recruitment, and volunteer recruitment.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Social and economic surveys of New York cities
Series Number
- A4343
Summary
- This series primarily contains reports compiled by the federal National Resources Planning Board and the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services detailing conditions in several communities. The reports, which detail each community's conditions in education, health, housing, industry, infrastructure, labor, planning, and transportation - and discuss the impact of the war and military on these areas - were sent to the State War Council to assist with war planning efforts.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Schenectady City School District records
Series Number
- A4756
Summary
- Records found in this series include annual audits and reports; annual budgets; annual directories of officers and teachers; annual reports of the board of education; board meeting minutes; deeds and property sales; student census records; and tax rolls.
Creator
- Schenectady City School District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.