• THE VIETNAM CENTER AND ARCHIVE
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 Finding Aid: John Rowan Collection Item Number: 8500000000

Individual Collection
Location: D049.1B, D049.3A, Periodical Collection, Poster Collection, Cold Storage Vault, Library


Scope & Content:

  • Approximately eight and a half linear feet of material deals with the issue of homeless veterans, particularly Vietnam veterans in the New York-New Jersey area in the in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection contains correspondence, news clippings, audio cassettes, and official and photocopied documents from various organizations and New York City and State offices including: The Vietnam Veterans of America, Queens Chapter #32 and the New York State Council of the Vietnam Veterans of America; the Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans; the New York City Coalition for Fairness to Veterans; the Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs and the City of New York's Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs; the City of New York Human Resources Administration; the New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans; the Veterans Upgrade Center of New York; the New York State Council of Veterans Organizations; and the New York State Department of Labor.

Biographical Note:

  • John Rowan is a Vietnam veteran who served with the United States Air Force Security Service. He has worked on homeless veteran issues since a report. "Missing in America," was issued by the New York City Comptroller in 1982. Rowan was one of the chief developers of the first shelter designated strictly for veterans in the United States, the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence in Long Island City. Rowan also served on the New York State Temporary Commission on the Readjustment Problems of Vietnam Veterans and chaired the Homeless Veterans Subcommittee, which outlined programs for rehabilitating homeless veterans.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
D049.3A1Vietnam Veterans of America Conventions 
1
1983 Convention rules
2
1983 Convention resolutions
3
1985 Convention material
4
1985 Convention delegates
5
1985 Convention elections
6
1985 Convention resolutions
7
1985 Convention misc. materials
8
1986 Convention materials
9
1987 Convention materials
10
1987 Convention materials
11
1988 Convention materials
2Vietnam Veterans of America Board of Directors material 1983-1989 
1
Visit of Soviet veterans of the war in Afghanistan visit the United States
2
Establishing the Structure of the Vietnam Veterans of America
3
Strategic Directions for the Vietnam Veterans of America
4
Vietnam Veterans of America visit to Central America
5
Vietnam Veterans of America chapter guidebook
6
U.S. Congress charters the Vietnam Veterans of America
7
Correspondence
8
Vietnam Veterans of America National Updates, Agendas, Minutes and Press Releases
9
Correspondence
10
Correspondence
11
Economic Development
12
Financial
13
Legal
14
Government Affairs
15
Incarcerated Veterans
16
Legal Services
17
Legal Services
18
Membership
19
Minority Affairs
20
New Jersey Chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America
31
Other Vietnam Veteran organizations
2
Prisoners of War/Missing in Action
3
Prisoners of War/Missing in Action
4
Community Service Projects
5
Vietnam Veterans of America Region II
6
Vietnam Veterans of America correspondence with state and local chapters
7
Vietnam Veterans of America travel
8
Veterans Affairs
9
Veterans Affairs
10
Vietnam Veterans of America and Dollar Dry Dock Bank Visa Card
4Homeless Veterans 
1
Borden Avenue Shelter
2
Harlem Shlter Employment Project
3
HRA Veterans Liaison Desk Aid
4
Los Angeles Veterans Project
5
New York City Mayor Ed Koch on homeless veterans
6
Council of the CIty of New York Report of the Select Committee on the Homeless Report on the Homelss Crisis
7
Massachusetts Homeless Veterans Projects
8
New Jersey Agent Orange Commission Homeless Proposal
9
New York State Temporary Commission on the Readjustment Problems of Vietnam Veterans
10
Veterans Administration Advisory Committee on Readjustment Problems of Vietnam Veterans
11
A Program Draft for the Action to Rehabilitate Community Housing Training Center's Homeless Veterans Outreach for Employment and Training
12
Albany Housing Coalition
13
Australian Veterans Projects
14
Disabled Veterans Affirmativ Action Outreach Program, Grant Assistance for a Grassroots Affirmative Action
15
Eagle's Paradise
16
Bronx Homeless Veterans Project
17
Matt XXV Project
18
Project Safe Haven
19
Swords into Plowshares
20
Spanish War Veterans Project
21
Upstate Foundation for Vietnam Veterans
22
Veterans Outreach Center, Greenfield, MA
23
Veterans Transition House, Boston, MA
24
Western New York Veterans Housing Coalition
25
Vietnam Veterans of America statements and proposals concerning homeless veterans
26
Brooklyn, NY Vietnam Veterans of America Housing Assistance Program
27
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans of America proposal to the state of New Jersey
28
Response to December 1968 article concerning homeless veterans
29
Veterans Housing Foundation, Toledo Ohio
30
New York City ad hoc Committee on Homeless Veterans
31
New York City Council Select Committee on the Homeless
32
New York City Veterans Symposium
33
New York CIty Council Homeless Legislation
34
Goldin Report and the Veterans Administration response
35
New York City Council Select Committee on the Homeless reports
36
New York City Council on Homeless Veterans
37
Homeless Veterans Project
38
Queens New York Vietnam Veterans of America Shelter
39
New York City Vietnam Veterans of America Homeless Veterans Committee correspondence
40
New York City Vietnam Veterans of America Homeless Veterans Committee correspondence
41
New York City Vietnam Veterans of America Homeless Veterans Committee expenses
42
New York City Vietnam Veterans of America Homeless Veterans Committee letter to the editor
43
New York City Vietnam Veterans of America Homeless Veterans Committee reports and minutes
44
newsclippings
51
New York City Council Oversight Hearing on the Homeless with Testimony by Non-profit Organizations and the Public
2
Proceedings of the Symposium on Homelessness, 1987
3
Reaching Out: A Manual for Shelter Volunteers
4
New York Department of Social Services: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Family Shelters
5
Comprehensive Plan to Shelter the Homeless
6
Helping the Homelss: A Resource Guide
7
Homelessness in Ohio: A Study of People in Need
8
Homelessness: A Complex Problem and the Federal Response
9
Manhattan Borough President's Task Force on Housing for Homeless Veterans
10
New York City Mayor's Advisory Task Force on the Homeless
11
Coalition for the Homeless
12
Vietnam Veterans of America legal actions to help the homeless
13
New York State Homeless Housing and Assistance Program
14
New York City request for proposals to Provide Shelters for Homeless Families
15
New York City Human Resource Administration report: The Homeless Mentally Ill, Substance Abusers, Youth, Elderly and Employables in New York City Shelters
16
New York City Human Resource Administration Length of Stay Supplementary Analysis
17
New York City Human Resource Administration report The Homeless in New York City Shelters
18
New York City Human Resource Administration report New Arrivals-First Time Shelter Clients
19
New York City Human Resource Administration One Day Study of Shelter Utilization
20
An Investigation of the Shelter Care Center for Men Operations and Clientele
21
New York City Human Resource Administration report Harlam Shelter One Day Study: Family as a Resource for Shelter Clients
22
New York City Human Resource Administration report Harlam Shelter One Day Study: Family as a Resource for Shelter Clients
23
New York City Human Resource Administration monthly shelter report
24
New York City Human Resource Administration Chronic and Situational Dependency: Long-term Residents in a Shelter for Men
25
U.S. Senate Sub-committee on Housing and Urban Affairs: Problems of Homeless Persons
26
Homeless Eligibility Clarification Act
27
Congressional Report Homeless and Unemployed Veterans
28
U.S. House of Representatives sub-committee hearings on the Homeless
29
Department of Defense Homeless Program
30
Federal Legislation on Homeless Veterans
31
Stewart McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
32
Department of Labor Jobs for Homeless Veterans Program
33
Veterans Administration Homeless Veterans Information
34
Brooklyn, New York Veterans Administration Medical Center Transitional Living Proposal
35
Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill Veterans Demonstration Projection
36
Misc. homeless veterans information
61
Black Veterans' for Social Justice - Intensive/Supportive Case Management Programs, April 22, 1996
2
California Division of Veterans Services - Veterans Benefits Referral Program, 1989
3
City Committee for Veterans Affairs
Letter from City Committee for Veterans Affairs to Speaker Peter F. Vallone, February 7, 1994
Letter from City Committee for Veterans Affairs to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, January 23, 1994
New York City Office of Veterans Affairs
Annual Report of the New York City Division of Veterans' Affairs, 1963
The Veteran's Post Newsletter, June 1967
Photocopied news articles, 1993-1994
4
The City of New York
Letter from Linda R. Fisher, Executive Deputy Administrator of the New York City Human Resources Administration, to Leo J. Delgado, October 29, 1990
Fax from Oliver J. Gray, City of New York Department of Business Services, to John Rowan: Testimony of Commissioner Wallace L. Ford II before the City Council Committee on Contracts Regarding Intro. No. 53, May 5, 1992
5
City of New York Human Resources Administration - Life and Work in the City Shelters: Homeless Residents and Organizational Dynamics at the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence, May 1991
6
City of New York - Mayor's Office on Homelessness
7
City of New York's Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, 1987-1989
8
City of New York's Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs, 1989-1990
9
Commission on the Homeless - Letter to Mayor David Dinkins, February 21, 1992
10
Commission on the Homeless - The Way Home: A New Direction in Social Policy, February 1992
11
Comprehensive Services Program for Homeless Veterans
12
A Continuum of Care for Homeless Veterans in the NYC Shelter System: A Partnership of HRA and NYC Homeless Veterans' Service Community, September 1991
13
Correspondence - Letter from Jown Rowan to the Vietnam Archive
14
The Council of the City of New York Committee Report - Patterns of Inefficiency in the City's Programs to Rehabilitate Housing for the Homeless, November 19, 1992
15
Department of New York - Disabled American Veterans, 1992
16
Department of Veterans Affairs - Touching the Lives of Homeless Veterans, August 30, 1990
17
Distribution of Veterans Working in New York State by Agency and Gender, 1996
18
Education Activity Reports Concerning New York State Veterans' Participation in the Montgomery G.I. Bill, Part 1
19
Education Activity Reports Concerning New York State Veterans' Participation in the Montgomery G.I. Bill, Part 2
20
"Homelessness: New England and Beyond," New England Journal of Public Policy
21
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, 1990
22
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, 1990
23
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, 1990
24
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, 1990
25
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, 1990-1991
26
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, 1991
27
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, 1991-1992
28
Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs, 1990-1991
29
Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs - Proposed Int. No. 682-A
30
Mental Health Project, 1993-1994
31
Military Law Pension Proposal, 1989
32
New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans, 1992
71
New York City Coalition for Fairness to Veterans, 1993-1994
2
New York State AFL-CIO Health Care Bulletins, 1995
3
New York State Assembly
4
New York State Council of Veterans Organizations, 1995-1996
5
New York State Department of Labor - Report to the Governor: Policy Framework for New York's Workforce Development System, February 1996
6
New York State Office of Mental Health, 1993
7
New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans, 1987-1989
8
New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans, 1987-1989
9
New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans, 1989-1990
10
New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans - Draft of Readjustment Problems of Vietnam Veterans, Final Report, March 1989, Part 1
11
New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans - Draft of Readjustment Problems of Vietnam Veterans, Final Report, March 1989, Part 2
12
New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans - Final Report
13
New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans - Final Report, Executive Summary, July 1989
14
New York State Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans - Final Report, Appendix I, July 1989
15
New York Vets - Stand-Down NYC "94"
16
Outline for Testimony of Kevin O'Connell, December 18, 1995
17
Pamphlets from Veterans Organizations
Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs - Veterans' Improvement Program
Department of Veterans Affairs - Domiciliary Care Program
Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Industries
Food for Life - Veterans Residence & Resource Center
Homeless Veterans Base Camp, Inc.
The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
Project Hospitality
Shore Veterans Foundation, Inc.
State of Wisconson Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Rehabilitation Program
Transitional Housing for Veterans Council of Minnesota
Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program - Career Advising and Job Placement Assistance for All Veterans
18
Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, 1992
19
Robert Leon Powell vs. State of New York
20
Programs for the Homeless in New York State, January 1989, Part 1
21
Programs for the Homeless in New York State, January 1989, Part 2
22
Project Transition: Assistance for Economically Disadvantaged Veterans and Their Families
23
Public Forum on Services to Veterans, 1995-1996
24
Public Forum on Services to Homeless Veterans, December 19, 1995
25
Public Forum on Services to Veterans, February-March 1996
26
Public Forum on Services to Veterans, February-March 1996
27
Public Forum on Services to Veterans, March 12, 1996
28
Public Forum on Services to Veterans, March-April 1996
29
Public Forum on Services to Homeless Veterans - Council Hearing Record, December 19, 1995
30
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - Healthcare Issues, 1995-1996
31
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - Invitations from the New York State Council of Veterans Organizations, 1995-1996
32
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - New York State Council of Veterans Organizations, 1995
33
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - New York State Council of Veterans Organizations, February-March 1996
34
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - New York State Council of Veterans Organizations, March-April 1996
35
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - New York State Council of Veterans Organizations
36
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - New York State Council of Veterans, March 12, 1996
81
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - Report of Findings and Recommendations from the New York State Council of Veterans Organizations, Memorial Day Week, 1996
2
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - Report of Findings and Recommendations from the New York State Council of Veterans Organizations, Memorial Day Week, 1996
3
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - Report of Findings and Recommendations from the New York State Council of Veterans Organizations, Memorial Day Week, 1996
4
Statement Offered at the Public Forum on Services to Veterans, December 19, 1995
5
Statement Offered at the Public Forum on Services to Veterans, December 19, 1995
6
Statement Offered at the Public Forum on Services to Veterans, December 19, 1995
7
Statement Offered at the Public Forum on Services to Veterans, December 19, 1995
8
Public Forum on Services to Veterans - Testimony of Lewis Campbell, Director of Special Projects, New York State Office of Mental Health, April 23, 1996
9
Resume for Peggy Ann Jones
10
RPC - Testimony of Mike Supernant
11
The Salvation Army
12
Statement of John Eiffe, Resident at RPC Vet Facility, to New York State Council of Veterans Organizations Legislative Representatives, December 16, 1995
13
Senator Michael J. Hoblock Hearing on Veterans Affairs, Tuesday, April 23, 1996
14
State of New York, 1995-1996, Regular Sessions in Senate, April 12, 1995
15
United Labor Agency, 1988-1989
16
United Labor Agency, 1989
17
United Labor Agency, 1989-1994
18
U.S. Congress - Speaker's Task Force on Homelessness: Findings and Recommendations, December 1993
19
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Priority: Home! The Federal Plan to Break the Cycle of Homelessness
20
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Programs of HUD, 1989-1990
21
U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans' Employment and Training Service - Experience and Attitudes: Employer and Veteran Users of the Job Service, January 24, 1996
22
The Veteran - Report of Operations, July 1950-June 1955: Veterans and Reconversion Training Program
23
Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1996 - Uncorrected Proofs, Prepublication Copy
24
Veterans Administration - Programs to Assist Homeless Veterans, January 1989
25
Veterans Affairs Committee, 1990-1991
26
VA National Summit on Homelessness Among Veterans, 1992-1994
27
VA National Summit on Homelessness Among Veterans, February-March 1994
28
VA National Summit on Homelessness Among Veterans, February-March 1994
29
VA National Summit on Homelessness Among Veterans, February 24-25, 1994
30
VA National Summit on Homelessness Among Veterans, February 24-25, 1994
31
Veterans Affairs Group - Black Sheep Corps, 1988-1990
32
Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse
33
Veterans Preference Int. 53, 1990-1992
91
Veterans Upgrade Center of New York, 1978-1992
2
Veterans Upgrade Center of New York, 1979-1986
3
Veterans Upgrade Center of New York, 1982-1987
4
Veterans Upgrade Center of New York, 1983-1987
5
Veterans Upgrade Center of New York, 1986-1992
6
Vietnam Veterans of America - Homeless Veterans Project
7
Vietnam Veterans of America - New York State Council, 1996
101
Newsletters
Council Communique, June 1990
Veterans Voice, Volume 45, Summer 1992
2
Photocopied Articles, 1992-1994
3
Assorted Documents, 1987-1996
Unemployment and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Rates for Vietnam Theatre Veterans Selected Groups, November 1987
Cover Sheets for Final Reports of the Temporary State Commission on Vietnam, July 1989
Department of Veterans Affairs News Release
News Release from the Institute of Medicine - Agent Orange Update Supports Association between Herbicides and Veterans' Diseases, March 14, 1996
Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1996 - Uncorrected Proofs, Prepublication Copy
Preliminary Report of the Temporary State Commission on Vietnam Veterans, Veterans Day, 1987
Findings of the Employment Working Group of the NYS Temporary Commission of Vietnam Veterans
Letter from the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, April 17, 1996
Testimony of James P. Hanlon, Associate Commisioner, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) before the Public Forum on Services to Veterans, April 23, 1996
4
Assorted Documents, 1989-1992
Letter from the Advisory Fund for the Veterans of the Borden Avenue Veteran's Residence, July 26, 1989
New York Vets, Vol. 1 No. 3, Summer 1989
New York Vets, Vol. 1 No. 4, Fall 1989
Program Alert - The Interagency Council on the Homeless, July 1989
Vietnam Veterans of America Memorandum: Agent Orange, PTSD and Incarcerated Veterans Legislation, August 16, 1989
P.O.W./M.I.A. Unaccounted for
Letter to Mike Gold, President of the National Association of Concerned Veterans, from Tom Lewis, Director of the State of New York Division of Veteran Affairs, August 17, 1990
Letter from Richard J. Conners, Chairman of the Assembly Veterans' Affairs Committee, to Sheldon Silver, Chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, February 26, 1992
Letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs to Barbara J. Sabol, Commissioner of the City of New York Human Resources Administration, March 18, 1992
Imaginative Community Programs, March 1992
Program Alert - Interagency Council on the Homeless, March 1992
Letter from the Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, April 3, 1992
Job Descriptions for the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, March 23, 1992
State of New York in Senate, March 19, 1992
Photocopy of "City Sellling Peddlers on Vending-Zone Plan," Daily News, April 1, 1992
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans - Agenda for April 21, 1992 Meeting
Photocopy of News Article Excerpt, "Prison or Shelter," October 8, 1992
Corrrespondence between the Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans and Stan Diglio, July-October 1992
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans - Report by Vinnie Muscari at 10-12-92 Meeting
Minutes of the Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans Monthly Meeting, August 11, 1992
Letter from the Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans, October 22, 1992
Flyer for the 5th Anniversary of the Salvation Army Borden Ave. Veterans Residence, November 11, 1992
Photocopy of News Article, "Church Shelter for Veterans Sought"
Joint Veterans Council on Homeless Veterans Agenda, November 10, 1992
City of New York Memorandum: SSFA Reorganization and Directory
Photocopy of "Jail or Homeless Shelter... No Choice for Ozone Park," Queens Chronicle, October 8, 1992
Office of Oversight and Investigation: Intra-Office Memorandum, May 7, 1992
Letter from Joseph H. Flom, Chairman of the Living Memorial Fund Committee, to John P. Rowan, Program Coordinator of the Veterans Upgrade Center of New York, October 20, 1992
Good Quote - Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist in a decision reaffirming the special rights of veterans, May 23, 1983
Phone Memo from Richard Dawson to John Rowan,
New York Nonprofits, Volume 9 Number 2, June 1992
5
Assorted Documents, 1991-1995
Photocopy of Citation to the Saratoga County Rural Preservation Company from Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York, March 13, 1991
Photcopy of "Road to Rebuilt Lives Takes Troubled Veterans to Quiet Village Home," Times Union, October 7, 1995
Photcopy of "Veterans Housing Opens in Wilton," The Saratogian, November 23, 1991
Photocopy - For the Record, "A Matter of Simple Fairness"
6
Assorted Documents, 1992 and undated
Project Transition - Vietnam Veterans of America, Ohio State Council
Handwritten Note, October 6, 1992
Minutes of Meeting of Stan Diglio, Barbara Kleiman, Stanlry Epstein and John Rowan, October 6, 1992
7
Assorted Documents, 1995-1996
List of People Active in Homeless Veterans Programs, December 7, 1995
Photocopy of "Vets' Advocates Clamor for Funding," Times Union, April 24, 1996
Letter from Robert Duffey, April 16, 1996
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care - Background, May 7, 1996
Letter from Kelli Willard West, Director of Government Relations for the Vietnam Veterans of America, May 17, 1996
Release from the New York State Council of Veterans Organization, May 21, 1996
Memorandum from the Department of Veterans Affairs: Mental Health Services Provided by VA Facilities in New York State, May 17, 1996
Memorandum from Linda Angello on behalf of the Governor's Task Force on Work Force Redeployment: Section 55b and c Appointees, May 30, 1996
Report of Findings and Recommendations of the Public Forums on Services to Veterans, Memorial Day Week 1996
8
Assorted Documents, 1995-1996
Sign in Sheet
Excerpt from a Letter to S. W. Melidosian, Charman of the Veterans' Claims Adjudication Commission, November 16, 1995
Veterans Benefits Administration - Duties and Responsibilities of PTSD Coordinators in the Regional Offices, February 14, 1996
The Proposed Closure of Kingsboro Psychiatric Center: The Governor's Proposal, Background, and Recommendation Against Closure, February 20, 1996
9
Assorted Documents, 1996
News Release from the Vietnam Veterans of America New York State Council - Legislature Asked to Investigate State Agencies Commitment to Veterans, February 7, 1996
Letter from Richard P. Mills to Ralph DeMarco, New York State Council of Veterans' Organizations, March 29, 1996
Sign in Sheet
10
Assorted Documents, 1996
Letter from John Rowan, President of the Vietnam Veterans of America New York State Council, to the Editor of the Albany-Times Union, June 6, 1996
Letter from the Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A., Department of New York, July 22, 1996
Letter from Daniel A. Ludwig, National Commander of The American Legion, to Marvin Runyon, Postmaster General, July 17, 1996
Letter from Steve Robertson, Director of the National Legislative Commission of The American Legion, July 18, 1996
Photocopy of Letter from Marvin Runyon, Postmaster General: Veteran Preference Legislation, June 18, 1996
Briefing for Assistant Secretary Preston M. Taylor, Jr. on PY '96 IV-C Grant Award Process by Jon B. Guay, Chair, IV-C Review Panel, July 18, 1996
ICESA FY 1995-96-97 Budget Comparison [in Millions of Dollars], June 14, 1996
Handwritten Note, May 20, 1996
Photocopy of "Committee OKs Amended Bill on Vet's RIF Rights," Federal Times, July 1, 1996
From the Desk of Preston M. Taylor Jr. - Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training
Photocopy of "Congressional Hearings Focus on Army Issues," Army, May 1996
Photocopy of News Article, "Veterans Preference: Empty Promise?"
Memorandum from Linda Angello on behalf of the Governor's Task Force on Work Force Redeployment: Section 55b and c Appointees, May 30, 1996
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Used Folders
D049.1Oversize 12
News Articles
"Black Sheep," The Sunday Record, October 7, 1990
"Navy Yard May Be Home to Homeless," Newsday, October 19, 1991
"Housing in Brooklyn for Mentally Ill Veterans"
Excerpts from Vietnam Veterans of America Newsletter (Texas State Council)

Separated Materials:

Books:Homelessness in America: A Forced March to Nowhere by Mary Ellen Hombs and Mitch Snyder.
Posters:Equal Employment Opportunity Is the Law (Section 13 Drawer 14).
Audio:14 audio tapes on the New York State Council of Veterans organizations' hearings on the progress of the Temporary Commission on Vietnam Veterans.
Newsletters:Coalition Close-Up: Newsletter of the Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy (Fall 1984).
 Council on Economic Priorities Newsletter (June 1985).
 National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia Newsletter numbers: 42 (November 1984), 43 (December 1984), 47 (September 1985), #49 (December 1985), 50 (January 1986), 51 (March 1986), 52 (May 1986), 54 (August 1986), 55 (October 1986), 56 (December 1986), 57 (February 1987), 58 (April 1987), 59 (July 1987), 60 (October 1987), 61 (December 1987), 62 (February 1988), 63 April 1988), 66 (October 1988).
 Populist Message: Volume 1, Number 1 (February 1986) Volume 1, Number 2 (April 1986).
 Safety Network: Newsletter of the Coalition for the Homeless: April 1984 (Volume 3-1), March/April 1986 (Volume 4-12).
 Vet Center Voice Volume 8 Number 2 (1987).
 Veterans Rights Newsletter: Vol. 4, Number11-12 (March-April 1985), Vol. 5, Number 1-2 (May-June 1985), Vol. 5, Number 11-12 (March-April 1985).
 Veterans of the Vietnam War: Volume 5 Number 1, Volume 6 Number3/4 (May/June 1987), Volume 6 Number 6 (November/December 1987).
 Veterans Update: New York State Senate Committee on Veterans (April 1985).
 Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 116.
 Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 228 (Volume 2, Numer 1 January 1986).
 Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 12 (Volume 3, Number 2 February 1986).
 Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 118.
 Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 184 (February 1984).
 Vietnam War Newsletter (Volume 6, Number 71).
Periodicals:The American Legion (February 1986).
 City Journal, Winter 1994.
 The Stars and Stripes National Tribune (26 July 1984).
 Safety Network: National Coalition for the Homeless: April 1985 (Volume 2-10), April 1986 (Volume 3-10), June 1986 (Volume 3-12), December 1986 (Volume 4-4), February 1987 (Volume 4-6), August 1987 (Volume 4-12).
 VVA Veteran December 1983, August 1984, November 1985.
 The Veteran: Vietnam Veterans Against the War (Spring 1987, Volume 17 number 12).

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