New York State Senator Mary Lou Rath Archived Websites

Senator Mary Lou Rath was elected to the Senate in 1993 while serving as a member of the Erie County Legislature (1978-1993). A Republican, she represented the state's 61st Senate District, which consists of parts of Erie County and all of Genesee County. She chaired the following standing committees: Tourism, Recreation and Sports Development; Children and Families; and Local Government. In 2007, she was appointed to the post of Deputy Majority Leader for State/Federal Relations, making her the only woman in the Senate Republican leadership at that time. She retired in 2008.

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Mary Lou Rath.

B2250-06: This accretion consists of an archival copy of Senator Rath's official website produced on December 22, 2006, shortly before Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. It contains biographical information; photographs; a district map; monthly "Bee" columns that Senator Rath authored (2001-2006); and press releases (2000-2006) concerning legislation that Senator Rath sponsored, regional health care facilities, area tourism programs, and other matters of interest to Senator Rath's constituents. Also included is a joint Senate Committee on Tourism, Recreation, and Sports Development and Assembly Committee on Tourism, the Arts, and Sports Development report, "Connecting the Pieces: Joint Report on the 2005 Statewide Tourism Roundtables."

B2250-08: This accretion consists of a copy of Senator Rath's official website produced on June 12, 2008, shortly after the resignation of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer (2007-2008). It contains biographical information; photographs; a district map; monthly "Bee" columns that Senator Rath authored (2001-2008); and press releases (2008) concerning legislative efforts to enhance veterans' benefits, outlaw staged Internet violence, and other matters of interest to Senator Rath's constituents.

Researchers should note that, owing to the structure of the live site and the limitations of Web archiving technology, some of the information contained within this site could not be captured properly in mid-2008. In addition, some of the navigational links do not work properly. However, identical sets of navigational links appear at the top and the bottom of each page. If the link in one set does not work correctly, click the Web browser's Back button and then click on the corresponding link in the other set.

B2250-08A: This accretion consists of a copy of Senator Rath's official website produced on December 31, 2008, her last day in office. It contains biographical information, photographs, a district map, monthly "Bee" columns that Senator Rath authored, and press releases (2008) concerning legislative efforts to enhance veterans' benefits and outlaw staged Internet violence and other matters of interest to Senator Rath's constituents.

Researchers should note that, owing to the structure of the live site and the limitations of Web archiving technology, some of the information contained within this site could not be captured properly in December 2008. In addition, some of the navigational links do not work properly. However, identical sets of navigational links appear at the top and the bottom of each page. If the link in one set does not work correctly, click the Web browser's Back button and then click on the corresponding link in the other set.

B2197Series B2197, New York State Senate Archived Web Sites, contains copies of the main Senate Website.

The New York State Archives used Web archiving software to copy these websites in order to preserve the information they contained.

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