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Displaying 8 Finding Aids
Title
- Widow's pension legislation research files
Series Number
- A3109
Summary
- The series consists of legislative summaries, reports, speeches, conference papers, articles, newspaper clippings, and other material gathered by the commission to aid its investigation into the issue of providing pension relief to mothers. Records include sample legislation and testimony from other states, sample forms and draft reports. Also included is a chart of information on mothers' pension and allied laws in other states. Included is information on states that proposed laws and restrictions and methods used by states to administer state aid.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers transcripts of hearings
Series Number
- A3106
Summary
- The series consists of typescript copies, with infrequent annotations, of testimony given to the commission and its subcommittees on the question of relief for widowed mothers caring for dependent children. The commission, as authorized by Chapter 588 of the Laws of 1913, called representatives of many charitable organizations to confer with commission members on the objectives, policies, and work of their respective organizations in providing such relief.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission to Examine Laws Relating to Child Welfare correspondence and administrative records
Series Number
- A0018
Summary
- The series consists of transcripts and correspondence of the Chair of the Commission to Examine Laws Relating to Child Welfare and reflects the commission's initiatives in investigating the operation and effect of laws relating to child welfare. Also included are statements of expenditures, staff salary statements, expense accounts, memorandums regarding the financial status of the commission, and comptroller's office schedules covering payments made to the commission's account.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Examine Laws Relating to Child Welfare
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes
Series Number
- A0185
Summary
- This series of meeting minutes documents the Commission for the Blind's efforts to improve the condition of blind persons in the state, and to provide recommendations to the governor for ameliorating their condition and for preventing blindness. Early entries outline the Commission's formation; later entries reflect their cooperation with advocacy groups and employers to improve services, working conditions, education and home teaching, advocacy and problems solve. Individual meetings are indexed.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of children of widows committed to institutions by children's court justices in New York and Bronx counties
Series Number
- A3110
Summary
- The series lists information on cases of children of widows in New York and Bronx counties who were committed to institutions by children's court justices. The extracts include information on children, mostly teenagers, who were committed for theft, assault, truancy, immorality, parental neglect, or other reasons. Column headings for information includes case number; sex; age; color; religion; nationality of parent; nationality of child; offense for which committed; source of facts/complaint; and reasons justifying complaint.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers daily log of office staff activities
Series Number
- A3111
Summary
- This series consists of a partial log of activities of the office staff of the Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers along with a tally of office expenses. Entry headings include work; phones (incoming and outgoing calls); calls or reports by staff; and notes of interviews, meetings, and conferences attended. A separate section toward the end of the volume labeled "Financial Accounts" lists (and totals) daily office expenditures, bills, and salaries.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Joint Legislative Committee on Discrimination in Employment of the Middle-Aged subject and survey files
Series Number
- L0021
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, testimony, interviews, reports, charts, and draft legislation on a variety of topics including age discrimination, workers' compensation, health and life insurance, and employee accidents. The information was gathered from industries, labor unions, business organizations, and State and Federal government for an investigation of job discrimination for those over forty. Also included are survey forms from businesses on hiring and firing practices and a summary of a survey of labor unions on age discrimination.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Discrimination in Employment of the Middle-Aged
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers correspondence of the secretary
Series Number
- A3107
Summary
- The series consists of administrative correspondence of the Secretary of the Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers with state officials and representatives of charitable organizations relating to the commission's investigation and report. Subjects include information on efforts to provide relief of the poor, the commission's study of policies and practices of the Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, a report summarizing and commenting on testimony of New York City organizations, and progress of widow's pension legislation.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission on Relief for Widowed Mothers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.