New York State Governor Central Subject and Correspondence Files

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series consists of the central subject and correspondence files of New York State governors. The files cover the entire twentieth century with the exception of the periods 1900-1904 and 1911-1918. Files contain original correspondence received by the governor's office from individual constituents; federal, state, and local government officials; executive chamber staff; and representatives of corporations and institutions. In some cases copies of outgoing responses from the governor's office are also included. Topics vary over time and by administration, but encompass all aspects of state government administration.
Title
Governor central subject and correspondence files
Quantity
1145.5 cubic feet; 2060 16mm microfilm roll(s); 388 35mm microfilm roll(s)
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
13682
Arrangement

Series 13682 consists of multiple discrete subseries of records arranged, decribed, and accessed by individual gubernatorial administration:

13682_05 Charles Evan Hughes, 1905-1910 13682_53A Alfred E. Smith, 1919-1920, 1923-1928 13682_78B Nathan Miller, 1921-1922 13682_82A Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1929-1932 13682_53 Herbert Lehman, 1933-1942 13682_55;_13682_55A Thomas E, Dewey, 1943-1954 13682_07 and 13682_96 W. Averell Harriman, 1955-1958 13682_78 Nelson Rockefeller, 1959-1973 13682_96B Malcolm Wilson, 1973-1974 13682_82;_13682_83 Hugh Carey, 1975-1982 13682_96D;_13682_97 Mario Cuomo, 1983-1994 13682_08 Eliot Spitzer, 2007-2008

The following finding aids describe records arranged by gubernatorial administration:

13682_05 Charles Evan Hughes, 1905-1910 13682_53A Alfred E. Smith, 1919-1920, 1923-1928 13682_78B Nathan Miller, 1921-1922 13682_82A Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1929-1932 13682_53 Herbert Lehman, 1933-1942 13682_55;_13682_55A Thomas E, Dewey, 1943-1954 13682_96 W. Averell Harriman, 1955-1958 (microfilm version) 13682_07 W. Averell Harriman, 1955-1958 13682_78 Nelson Rockefeller, 1959-1973 13682_96B Malcolm Wilson, 1973-1974 13682_82;_13682_83 Hugh Carey, 1975-1982 13682_96D;_13682_97 Mario Cuomo, 1983-1994 13682_08 Eliot Spitzer, 2007-2008

Access Restrictions

In cases where microfilm copies are available, researchers are directed to these as first-use copies. Original records are accessed as necessary.

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