Works Progress Administration historical survey records, 1936-1941.

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Works Progress Administration historical survey records, 1936-1941.

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Surveys conducted for the New York Historical Records Survey as part of the Works Progress Administration project of the late 1930s. Surveys list documents, publications, and a wide range of other records located in towns, villages, and cities in Onondaga County. Includes survey forms, lists, inventories, notes, and other forms of enumeration.

1.3 cubic ft. (1-16 in. box; 1-5 in. legal box)

New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)

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