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Working Documents

 Series
Identifier: OCH-ARC-0005
Dates: 1960 - 1970
Found in: Office of the City Historian

Works Progress Administration Project Records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2014-048
Scope and Content Note

The Works Progress Administration was a federal project of the 1930s, part of the "alphabet soup" of Great Depression public relief projects. It primarily supported public works projects. The materials in this collection cover various topics relating to W.P.A. projects for Monroe County, New York. They include correspondence, geodetic info, resolutions, road costs, the Rush Town Hall, and the Rush Rifle Range. The materials date from 1935 to 1942.

Dates: 1935-1942
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Works Progress Administration Writers' Project Place Names Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-049
Scope and Contents The Works Progress Administration was a federal relief project of the Great Depression era. The Writer' Project provided work for people involved in creative or administrative work by doing writing and or research heavy tasks. The Place Names project involved cataloging and documenting the origins of place names. Materials in this collection include half-sheets of paper with geographical information. They record geographical, political, historical, and geological facts for the counties of...
Dates: 1930s
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

World War I War Effort Ephemera Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2014-013
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of ephemera regarding the local Rochester war effort in the First World War. The materials date between 1914 and 1918, They include flyers, brochures, pamphlets, and posters related to the local war effort.

Dates: 1914-1918
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

World War One Widows, Rochester, New York, Chapter 4 Records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2025-003
Content Description

This collection consists of records of Rochester, New York, Chapter 4, of World War One Widows Inc. The records include meeting minutes, bulletins, and other documentary history of the organization between 1968 and 1977.

Dates: 1968-1977; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1977
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) of Rochester (N.Y.) collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2017-027
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers that document the history of the of the Rochester Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.). The materials date between 1854 and 1981. The papers are comprised of photographs, brochures, reports, periodicals, correspondence, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1854-1981
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

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World War, 1914-1918 11
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World War, 1914-1918 -- New York (State) -- Rochester 10
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City planning -- New York (State) -- Rochester 8
Parks--New York (State)--Rochester. 8
Postcards. 8
Public health -- New York (State) -- Rochester 8
Rochester (N.Y.) -- Social conditions 8
Schools -- New York (State) -- Rochester 8
Banks and banking. 7
Libraries -- New York (State) -- Rochester 7
Societies and clubs 7
Women’s rights -- New York (State) -- History 7
Community development -- New York (State) -- Rochester 6
Community organizations -- New York (State) -- Rochester 6
Department stores -- New York (State) -- Rochester 6
Families--United States History--20th century 6
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Monroe County (N.Y.) 6
Monroe County (N.Y.) -- Politics and government 6
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Rochester (N.Y.) 6
Rochester (N.Y.) -- Newspapers 6
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Soldiers--United States--Correspondence. 6
AIDS (Disease)--Prevention 5
Artists -- New York (State) -- Rochester 5
Commercial real estate. 5
Families--United States History--19th century 5
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Photographers -- New York (State) -- Rochester 5
Physicians--United States. 5
Poetry. 5
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Rochester (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century 5
Rochester (N.Y.)--History. 5
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Wayne County (N.Y.) 5
Women -- Social conditions -- 20th century 5
Women -- Societies and clubs 5
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Flour Mills -- New York (State) -- Rochester 4
Gay choirs 4
Gay pride parades 4
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Lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Biography. 4
Lawyers. 4
Letters. 4
Monuments & memorials -- New York -- Monroe County 4
Naturalization. 4
Ontario County (N.Y.) 4
Philanthropists—New York (State)—Rochester 4
Photographs--1880-1920. 4
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Photography -- History 4
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Pulteney Estate -- New York (State) 4
Rochester (N.Y.) -- Church history 4
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Women -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- History. 4
AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for--United States. 3
Abolitionists. 3
African American abolitionists. 3
Architecture -- 1880-1940 3
Booksellers and bookselling 3
Bridges -- New York (State) -- Rochester 3
Building 3
Choirs (Music)--United States 3
Cities and towns--Growth 3
Clothing industry -- New York (State) -- Rochester 3
Commission merchants. 3
Contracts for deeds 3

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