Central subject and correspondence files 1933-1942

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Central subject and correspondence files 1933-1942

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Herbert H. Lehman served three two-year terms and one four-year term as governor of New York. As governor during the bulk of the Great Depression, Lehman's leadership and advocacy were instrumental factors in the state's adoption of the "Little New Deal," a series of state relief and reform programs that closely resembled the federal New Deal. His central subject and correspondence files pertain to the establishment of unemployment insurance; state and federal social security legislation; slum clearance and the establishment of public housing; welfare assistance to communities; limiting of child labor; minimum wage legislation; crime prevention; and legal and constitutional reform.

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