World War I letters and reports, 1917-1919.

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World War I letters and reports, 1917-1919.

Letters and reports from Buffalo Selective Service boards in response to request for names of board members and lists of registrants during 1918; also letter from New York State adjutant general, 1917 Dec. 29, concerning changes in names, organization and duties of troops during 1917.

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United States. Selective Service System

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Huey Pierce Long was born on August 30, 1893, in Winnfield, La. He briefly attended the University of Oklahoma School of Law in Norman, Okla., and later Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, La. He practiced law in Winnfield and later in Shreveport, La. Long was a member of the Louisiana Railroad Commission (later the Louisiana Public Service Commission) (1918-1928), governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), and U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1932-1935). Charismatic and immensely popular for his s...

Hill, Henry Wayland, 1853-1929

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Prominent attorney and civic leader; served in New York State Senate; president of the Buffalo Historical Society. From the description of World War I letters and reports, 1917-1919. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33310881 State senator, president of the Buffalo Historical Society, and expert on New York State waterways. From the description of Speeches and petition : typescripts, 1901-1929. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 33428862 ...

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

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It is unclear exactly how these volumes came into the State's possession. They may have been forwarded to the Adjutant General who in turn transferred them to the State Library; the State Library then transferred the volumes to the State Archives in the spring of 1978. A second possibility is that the volumes could have been donated to the Bureau of Military Statistics. In 1911 and 1912 the Adjutant General's Office transferred a large number of items collected by the bureau to the State Library...