Collection ID: Mss. C77-6
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
- Abstract:
- Survey forms, field notes, bulletins and correspondence for a survey of state and local historical records (government and church records, manuscripts, maps and photographs) conducted initially by the State Historical Society but after 1935 by the Works Progress Administration.
- Extent:
- 37 manuscript boxes and (18.5 linear feet)
- Language:
- Collection material in English .
Background
- Scope and Content:
Survey forms, field notes, bulletins and correspondence for a survey of state and local historical records (government and church records, manuscripts, maps and photographs) conducted initially by the State Historical Society but after 1935 by the Works Progress Administration. New York counties covered are Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming.
- Biographical / Historical:
The Works Progress Administration of the New Deal conducted the Historical Records Survey from 1935-1943. Its mission was "discovery, preservation, and listing of basic materials for research in the history of the United States."
- Acquisition information:
- Please see librarian for acquisition information.
- Arrangement:
This collection is arranged in five series:
- I. Survey Records by Country
- II. Maps and Photographs By County
- III. Manuscript Collections (Libraries and Museums)
- IV. Church Records Inventory
- V. Works Progress Administration Administrative Files.
Alphabetical arrangement by county, then by city or town.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using local best practices.
Access
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-873-9644 exlibrary@buffalohistory.org