Central subject and correspondence files, 1943-1954.

New York (State). Executive Dept.

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The Executive Department resulted from the constitutional reorganization of State government in 1925. Prior to reorganization, the executive branch of the government had grown to include nearly 200 administrative departments, boards, and commissions. Constitutional amendments in 1925 and 1927 abolished or significantly consolidated these offices and expanded the power of the executive office. In 1925 an amendment provided for the consolidation of all administrative agencies into not...

New York (State). Dept. of Mental Hygiene.

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For the first fifty years of the State's history, local governments and private agencies were responsible for the care of New York State's mentally ill. In 1836 (Chapter 82), the legislature authorized the construction of the State's first mental health institution, the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, which opened in 1843. By 1890, the State had opened nine additional asylums for the mentally ill. Local governments were responsible for expenses of inmates at these asylums and continu...

Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971

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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. Raised in Owosso, Michigan, Dewey was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for president, but lost the election to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Ha...

New York State Council of Defense

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New York (State). Youth Commission

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New York (State). Governor (1943-1954 : Dewey)

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State university of New York at Stony Brook

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Samuel B. Gould served as Chancellor of the State University of New York from 1964-1970. From the description of Inauguration of Samuel Brookner Gould as President of the State University of New York, 1965. (SUNY Geneseo). WorldCat record id: 173818567 CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The State University of New York (SUNY) provides a State-supported system of higher education for the youth of the State. It accomplishes this through geographically dispersed college and univer...

New York State Civil Defense Commission

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The State Civil Defense Commission was established in 1951 (Chapters 785 and 786) within the Executive Dept. to prepare for the state's defense in the event of attack. Its mandate was to adopt, promulgate, and implement a comprehensive plan for civil defense. In the event of enemy attack, the commission's powers broadened, and it could assume direct operational control of all civil defense forces and resources, control vehicular traffic, appropriate personal and real property, and i...

New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs

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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The Division of Veterans' Affairs is part of a multitiered system that includes the federal Veterans' Administration, city and county veterans' service agencies, and voluntary organizations. The division coordinates programs and activities to aid members of the armed forces, veterans, and their families. The principal function of the division is to counsel veterans and their dependents and survivors in identifying entitlements and preparing claims for federal vete...

New York (State). Crime Commission

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Lithgow Osborne was a member of the Commission. From the guide to the New York State Crime Commission Records, 1942-1953., (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) Lithgow Osborne was a member of the Commission. From the description of Records, 1942-1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 265033300 ...

New York (State). Governor

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Articles I and IV of the State Constitution authorize the governor to grant executive clemency to convicted criminials (Executive Law, Sections 15-19). Among the types of clemency offered is restoration of citizensip rights, by which the governor restores civil rights lost as a result of a conviction (e.g. right to vote, right to hold public office). From the description of Restoration of citizenship rights application ledgers, 1857-1902. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id...