New York State Factory Investigating Commission Wage Investigation Planning and Research Files

Arranged by topic or activity.

These files contain correspondence, memoranda, minutes of staff meetings, staff reports, questionnaires and responses, research notes and rough statistical tables, and draft copies of forms relating to the Wage Investigation.

The files include information about the following topics and activities: minutes of staff planning meetings; summary reports on staff work; reports on interviews with employers and employees; lists by type of industry of firms investigated; statistical data compiled from employee questionnaires; reports of the Commission counsel; announcements and agendas for public hearings; transcripts of portions of hearings (no dates or locations given); drafts of data collection card forms and samples of forms used in similar investigations in other states; blank job application forms from various businesses; correspondence regarding plans for the investigation; research notes and reports for general studies of wages and working conditions in wood, pipe, and umbrella manufacturing industries, which were not part of the in-depth investigation; and responses to questionnaires sent to labor representatives, economists, lawyers and other professionals.

Microfilm is available at the New York State Archives through interlibrary loan.

Scanned images of this series are available at the New York State Archives.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.