Subject files, 1911-1945.

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Subject files, 1911-1945.

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Correspondence, memoranda, news clippings, reports, photographs, texts of speeches, photocopies of maps, blueprints, and other material of Charles U. Powell and Thomas P. Cunningham. Most files are those of Cunningham. Of special interest are Powell's notes on the history of Topographical Bureau and files concerning improvements made for the New York 1939-1940 World's Fair under the WPA.

17 cubic ft.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Cunningham, Thomas Patrick, 1906-1959

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Powell, Charles Underhill, 1876-1956

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