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Displaying 13 Finding Aids
Title
- Attica class action litigation files
Series Number
- B1811
Summary
- This series consists of records resulting from a 1974 class action suit filed against state officials or their estate by inmate survivors of the 1971 Attica uprising. The records were created by private counsel hired by the state to defend state officials. Types of records include trial transcripts; complaints; reports of other investigations; interviews; testimonies; depositions; summaries; pleadings; briefs; photographs; and attorney work notes. Records are partially restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law
Access Restrictions
- Medical files are restricted to protect personal privacy.
- B1811-10: Restricted; contains confidential interview notes and grand jury minutes.
- B1811-13: Portions of these records are exempt from disclosure under the New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL, Public Officers Law Art. 6).
Title
- Governor public information photographs
Series Number
- 13703
Summary
- These photographic images were used as public relations vehicles for New York's governors. The photographs helped to publicize their official, and occasionally unofficial, activities. Most of the images reveal the routine activities that the governors' photographers were assigned to photograph. Records tend to be arranged by gubernatorial administration for the following governors: Thomas E. Dewey, W. Averell Harriman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Malcolm Wilson, Hugh L. Carey, Mario M. Cuomo, and Eliot Spitzer.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Report on inmates' medical treatment after the retaking of Attica Correctional Facility
Series Number
- B2506
Summary
- This series consists of a ten-page report by John L. Stainthorpe, containing detailed summaries of interviews with National Guard personnel and medical workers at the retaking of Attica Correctional Facility in 1971. The interviews focused on the subject of medical treatment of inmates after the event. Interviewees appear to have volunteered to talk, rather than be systematically selected. The report is labeled "Attica Brothers Trial Office."
Creator
- New York (State). Division of State Police
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy of individuals.
Title
- Department of Law special investigation files relating to the Attica uprising
Series Number
- W0100
Summary
- This series consists of digital versions of documents compiled by the Attorney General's Office in response to the class action lawsuit filed against state officials or their estates in 1974 by inmate survivors of the Attica Correctional Facility uprising of 1971. Records in the series include hearing transcripts, trial excerpts, exhibits, court filings, news articles, and other items documenting the prolonged legal action that resulted from the controversial decision to retake the facility by force.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Law Litigation Bureau landmark case files
Series Number
- 19352
Summary
- This series consists of landmark case files from the Department of Law. Files must meet at least one of these criteria: the files document cases that resulted in landmark decisions, rulings, or orders and therefore provide evidence of precedents; pertain to notorious figures or organizations that are likely to be the subject of ongoing research; involve prominent individuals who will likely be the subject of future research; define a shift or are illustrative of a major department policy or initiative.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law. Litigation Bureau
Access Restrictions
- Designated records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute or common law. Requests for access to designated records are reviewed by staff of the State Archives and the Office of the Attorney General (Department of Law). In certain circumstances, designated records or portions of records may be withheld.
Title
- Ballistics reports prepared after the retaking of Attica Correctional Facility
Series Number
- B2502
Summary
- This series contains photocopies of analyses of firearms and ammunition used during the retaking of Attica Correctional Facility, as well as forensics reports. These documents were presumably prepared by State Police personnel as part of the investigation following the retaking of the facility.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of State Police
Access Restrictions
- This series is entirely restricted to protect personal privacy and "public interest privilege," and because records were created for confidential law enforcement purposes.
Title
- Special Commission on Attica audiotapes and transcripts of commission hearings
Series Number
- B1341
Summary
- This series includes audio tape recordings and transcripts of public hearings of the New York State Special Commission on Attica. Transcripts include testimony before the commission of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Robert R. Douglass (secretary to the governor), T. Norman Hurd (Director of State Operations), Major General A.C. O'Hara (military chief of staff to the governor), Howard Shapiro (first assistant counsel to the governor), and Michael Whiteman (counsel to the governor). Audio tapes include testimony of State Assemblyman Arthur O. Eve, Lynn Johnson (correction officer and hostage), William Kunstler (defense attorney for prisoners), State Senator John Dunne, Russel Oswald (Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services), and Walter Dunbar (Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services).
Creator
- New York (State). Special Commission on Attica
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Seized Attica inmate documents
Series Number
- 22421
Summary
- This series consists of paper records that were gathered as evidence by the Division of State Police in the aftermath of the Attica Correctional Facility uprising of September 9-13, 1971. State Police personnel tagged the documents as evidence for the investigation and eventual prosecution of acts considered to be criminal. Most of the documents had been in the possession of inmates prior to the retaking of the facility by state authorities.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of State Police. Troop A, Batavia
Access Restrictions
- Portions of this series are restricted to protect personal privacy and attorney-client privilege.
- Most of the material in this series suffered severe water damage prior to seizure. Access to materials in boxes 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 is restricted until the records receive conservation treatment.
Usage Restrictions
- Records in this series may be protected by U.S. Copyright. Consult with archivist to obtain more information.
Title
- Attica Task Force draft report
Series Number
- B2364
Summary
- This series consists of a draft report created in September 2003 by the Attica Task Force. Based on petitions from the Forgotten Victims of Attica (FVOA) group, the report addresses compensation for employee injuries and deaths from the Attica Correctional Facility riot of 1971; right to conduct an annual memorial service on Attica grounds; counseling for those involved in the riot and retaking of the facility; opening of the state's records to public scrutiny; and an apology from the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Attica Task Force minutes of public hearings
Series Number
- 22425
Summary
- This series consists of transcribed testimony of former hostages taken in the uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in September 1971. The testimony was given between May and August 2002 before a task force appointed by Governor George Pataki, which was charged with investigating issues raised by The Forgotten Victims of Attica (FVOA), an organization composed of former hostages and their survivors; and to make recommendations based on the task force's findings.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Police motion picture film and videotapes
Series Number
- 22427
Summary
- This series consists mostly of motion picture film collected or produced by the Division of State Police for training and educational purposes. Topics include horsemanship; accident investigations; highway safety; drug and alcohol impairment and detection; bicycle safety; child and pedestrian safety; rescue breathing and CPR; emergency obstetrics; crowd control; criminal procedure; stress awareness; search and seizure; Communists and Communism; and management and supervision techniques. Noteworthy items include films about the Attica prison uprising, Woodstock, and diving rescues.
Creator
- New York State Police
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Special Commission on Attica investigation and interview files
Series Number
- 15855
Summary
- This series consists of investigation and interview files of the Special Commission on Attica (chaired by Robert B. McKay and known as the "McKay Commission"). The commission investigated the Attica Correctional Facility riot of 1971. Resulting records include personal interview sheets or transcripts; depositions and preliminary statements; copies of facility logs and other administrative records; lists of dead and wounded; draft commission reports; photographs; documents regarding negotiations with rioters; and documents confiscated from inmates.
Creator
- New York (State). Special Commission on Attica
Access Restrictions
- "All investigative and interview materials are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Other records may be exempt from disclosure under the NY Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) sect. 87.2(b) (unwarranted invasion of personal privacy)."
- Boxes 83-90 are open to researchers; they contain material determined to be disclosable under the Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Special Commission on Attica motion picture film and videotapes of Attica Correctional Facility riot
Series Number
- B1340
Summary
- This series consists of motion picture film depicting events associated with the Attica Correctional Facility uprising in September of 1971. Footage depicts inmates holding prison yard; State Police control center; hostages; arrival of observers and Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale; deployment of tear gas and arrival of armed law enforcement officers; retaking of facility; aerial footage following retaking of facility; and law enforcement officers compiling evidence. The series also includes video recordings of the first day of hearings of the Special Commission on Attica (McKay Commission).
Creator
- New York (State). Special Commission on Attica
Access Restrictions
- Film content is disclosable. Original motion picture film and videotape formats are restricted. Digital copies are available by request from the State Archives.