Howard Palfrey Jones papers, 1917-1973.

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Howard Palfrey Jones papers, 1917-1973.

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This collection includes press releases, texts of Herbert Hoover's speeches, and reports from the U.S. Food Administration, correspondence, articles, and speeches. The collection also contains reports from legislative committees on municipal finances, law reform, and management and documents related to Jones's career as an officer of the National Municipal League, director of the New York State Commission on Revision of Tax Laws, head of the New York State Civil Service Commission, and a U.S. Foreign Service officer in Germany, China, and Indonesia.

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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University at Albany, University Libraries

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Jones, Howard Palfrey 1899-1973

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