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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

Young, Simpson, Hartwell Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2026-015
Content Description This collection consists of approximately 4.5 cubic feet of family correspondence, documents, photographs, ephemera, and other records from the Young, Simpson, and Hartwell families of Rochester, New York. Young family heritage includes lineage of 19th century religous leaders with ties to Hartwick Seminary and College in Oneonta, NY. Simpson family was involved with early 20th century Rochester banking, Genesee Valley Trust Company, Eastman School of Music, and the construction...
Dates: Circa 1864-2024
Found in: Local History & Genealogy Division

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Libraries -- New York (State) -- Rochester 8
Parks--New York (State)--Rochester. 8
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ledgers (account books) 4
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African American abolitionists. 3
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Shoulders to Stand On 31
Mains, Tim (08-04-1948-12-30-2021) 3
Aetna Insurance Company 1
Agnes Ferguson 1
Alfred Hugo Langklotz 1
Atlantic-Beacon Sculpture Commitee 1
Brandon, Abbie H. 1
Brandon, Evelyn (Evelyn Nancy Brandon) 1
Brandon, Golden O. 1
Brandon, Julia 1
Butterick, Ebenezer 1
Calvary Presbyterian Church (Rochester, N. Y.) (1851-1972) 1
Charlene Scaife 1
Citizen's City Planning and Housing Council. 1
Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.) 1
Cohen, Harry Z. 1
Cook Opera House (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Cora Reynolds 1
Dorothy McNeill 1
Emmerling, Fred 1
Emmerling, Leonie 1
Famous Artists Country Playhouse (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Finch, Charles E., Director of Immigrant Education 1
GeVa Theatre (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Genealogy Round Table of Monroe County 1
Green Family 1
John March 1
John W. Reay 1
Jordan Family (Rochester, N.Y) 1
Jordan, Anthony L, Dr. 1
Kodak Genealogical Club 1
Little Theatre (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Louis Ferraro 1
Lyceum Theatre (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
March Family 1
Marjorie Mandeville 1
Mills 1
Mills, George C. 1
Mills, Isaac 1
Mrs. Stirling 1
Phelps, Dodge & Co. 1
Phyllis Ferraro 1
Rochester Association of Performing Arts (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Rochester Broadway Theatre League (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Rochester Community Players (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Roosevelt, Theodore, President of the United States 1
Shepard, Nathaniel 1
Stowell, Thomas P. 1
Swift, Emma 1
Thelma March 1
Town and Country Playhouse (Rochester, N.Y.) 1
Townsend, Fred William 1
Weider Family 1
Whitney 1
Workmen's Circle 1

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