Correspondence and subject files of George B. Graves, 1922-1928.

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Correspondence and subject files of George B. Graves, 1922-1928.

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The series consists primarily of files created and maintained by George B. Graves during his service to Governor Alfred Smith, first as private secretary and later as assistant to the governor. There is also a small amount of material (1922-1924) dating from the time of Graves' predecessor, George Van Namee. The files consist chiefly of correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, cross references, speech material, newspaper clippings, and some printed material.

33 cu. ft.

New York State Archives

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Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the Efficiency Movement in the United States and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor in the 1920s. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Civil War veteran father, he was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bri...

New York (State). Governor. Assistant to the Governor.

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George B. Graves (1876-1937) served under 14 governors of New York. He was appointed private secretary to Alfred E. Smith on April 5, 1924; later, he became assistant to the governor, a position especially created for him by Governor Smith. Graves ended his 36 years of government service on December 31, 1928, coincident with Smith's retirement. From the description of Correspondence and subject files of George B. Graves, 1922-1928. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 78525...

Van Namee, George.

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Graves, George B., 1876-1937.

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Government official. Graves served 36 years in New York State government, including secretary and assistant to Governor Alfred E. Smith, 1924-1928. From the description of Papers, 1922-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155522687 ...