{"value"=>"VIII.E.1. General Administration and Operations"}
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{"value"=>"<p>These records largely comprise Frank Monaghan's activities as director of the department. Included are progress reports and correspondence with publishers, authors, patriotic societies and educators, as well as letters from the public advancing proposals for special events and exhibits. Special Events files document the staging of a reenactment of George Washington's inaugural journey in the week leading up to the Fair's 1939 opening. Records throughout the series reflect the department's engagement with promotional matters, including its part in developing an attendance survey and in arranging for a promotional tie-in with The New Yorker magazine. Translating Service files include letters from European Jews anxiously seeking visas to the U.S.</p>"}