Correspondence of the secretary, 1913-1915.

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Correspondence of the secretary, 1913-1915.

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The series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the commission's secretary, Richard Newstadt, and to a lesser extent of its assistant secretary, Anna B. Fox. The correspondence is not complete; the bulk of it represents administrative correspondence relating to commission requests to various state officials and representatives of chartiable organizations for information on efforts to provide relief of the poor. Legislation authorized a full inquiry into charitable practices and policy, both governmental and private, and the commission particularly attempted to ascertain the results of similar investigations in other states and the accomplishments of actual relief work with widowed mothers and their children.

0.3 cu. ft. (1 microfilm reel)

New York State Archives

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Fox, Anna B.

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Newstadt, Richard.

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Levy, Aaron J.

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New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers.

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The commission was established by authority of Chapter 588 of the Laws of 1913 to investigate and report on the practicability and appropriate method of providing by statute for pensions or other relief for widowed mothers. Its work included an investigation of the circumstances affecting widowed mothers which would show the necessity or propriety of providing relief, and it was required to submit a report to the 1914 legislature on its findings, including recommendations on proposed legislation...