Westchester County Council of Social Agencies Records, 1933-1959.

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Westchester County Council of Social Agencies Records, 1933-1959.

Correspondence, memos, minutes and reports. Included are reports from the Joint Committee on Public Assistance, the White Plains Hospital Nursing Service (1948 Annual Report), the Westchester County Library Service--now the Westchester Library Association--(1954), the Westchester County Public Welfare District ("What Your Relief Dollars Bought ..., 1933"), and the Westchester Cerebral Palsy Association (1948). Also included are studies on Foster Care Needs and Facilities in Westchester County (1946), Industrial and Employment Trends in Westchester County (1940), and the Needs of the Aging in Westchester County (1953).

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Westchester County Archives

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United Way

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Pforzheimer, Carl H., Jr., 1907-1996

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Because the appropriation for the Westchester County Commission on Government did not include funds to study the libraries in the county, Carl H. Pforzheimer, the Commission's chair, sought and received a grant from the Carnegie Foundation to conduct such a study. Mr. Pforzheimer directed the study which proposed an umbrella organization, the Westchester County Library System (today, the Westchester Library Association). These are Mr. Pforzheimer's files. From the description of West...