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Department of Civil Service Merit System Affirmative Action Office subject, correspondence and project files

Series Number

B0546

Summary

The Merit System Affirmative Action Office was established by the Department of Civil Service in 1977 to serve as a liaison among state and public agencies concerned with equal opportunity, to handle discrimination complaints and to monitor the affirmative action programs of all state agencies. The records in this series, created by the Office's director and her staff, include reports, policy and procedure documents, minutes, correspondence and memoranda and discrimination complaints. The records reveal the impact of State laws and public policy on ethnic minorities.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Merit System Affirmative Action Office

Access Restrictions

Researchers shall not reveal names of individuals involved in complaints and grievances for 30 years after creation of records.

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War Council Committee on Discrimination in Employment minutes and investigations files

Series Number

A4278

Summary

In March 1941, the Committee on Discrimination in Employment was formed for the purpose of encouraging complete utilization in defense work of all individuals without consideration of race, color, creed, or national origin. This series contains minutes, correspondence, reports, memoranda, newspaper clippings, press releases, pamphlets, and a procedures manual for field workers (Labor Discrimination Representatives), all of which document the committee's efforts to investigate and discourage discrimination and promote fair employment practices.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Committee on Discrimination in Employment

Access Restrictions

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

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Occupational health investigation files

Series Number

16089

Summary

This series contains occupational health investigation files, predominantly for manufacturing and industrial companies. The series includes "Assignment and Report Digest Sheets"; short narrative reports; data recorded from site visits or laboratory analyses; engineering surveys; equipment plans, and certificates of final approval for equipment installations at factories; and correspondence related to reported and remediated hazards.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Industrial Hygiene

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part pursuant to Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) sect. 87.2. Records are subject to review and redaction prior to disclosure. Workmen's/Workers' Compensation Board documents identifying claimants are exempt from disclosure under Workers' Compensation Law sect. 110-a.

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Recruitment and classification files

Series Number

A4277

Summary

This series contains information on the War Council's efforts to attract women to the nursing profession in order to alleviate the acute shortage exacerbated by World War II, and to assist in the recruitment of nurses into the armed services by keeping a roster of nursing personnel. Included are minutes, correspondence, memoranda, monthly reports, press releases, form letters, and publicity materials. Classification forms collected by the Procurement and Assignment Committee contain a wealth of demographic data.

Creator

• United States. War Industries Board

Title

Subject files concerning Governor's Task Force on Equal Employment Opportunities for Women in New York State Government

Series Number

B1218

Summary

The Task Force on Equal Employment Opportunities for Women in New York State Government was established by Governor Malcolm Wilson in 1973. Its recommendations, published in an August 1974 report, resulted in the Governor's Executive Order Number 11 (September 24, 1974) establishing state agency guidelines to promote recruitment, training, and advancement of women in state government. These background and research files include materials directly related to Task Force activities as well as general background materials on employment discrimination against women.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor. Special Assistant to the Governor for Education

Access Restrictions

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

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Closed case files of investigations and proceedings of civil rights matters

Series Number

10219

Summary

The Civil Rights Bureau enforces laws to protect New Yorkers from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, source of income, or disability. The series consists of closed case files covering a broad variety of civil rights issues in which the attorney general's office was involved. An individual case file may contain reports, memoranda, research files, news clippings, legal case citations, court proceedings, legal briefs, petitions, and/or correspondence.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law. Civil Rights Bureau

Access Restrictions

State Archives staff will review requests for access and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

Industrial Commissioner legislative records

Series Number

B2650

Summary

This series contains copies of bills proposed by the State Department of Labor, along with brief legislative histories and supporting statements. Also included are copies of memorandums to the governor's counsel. Topics of interest include minimum wage regulations, rights of elderly workers, and equal pay for women.

Creator

• New York (State). Industrial Commissioner

Access Restrictions

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

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Assembly Sub-committee on Affirmative Action reports, testimony, and background files

Series Number

L0177

Summary

The series documents affirmative action policies and plans in New York's public sector and in higher educational institutions in the state. Statistical data gathered by the sub-committee provides details on workforce composition in state government; and questionnaires provide data about state agency and local government affirmative action policies and activities. Records include public hearings transcripts; statistical data; statements submitted by state and local officials; completed questionnaires prepared by state agencies; newspaper clippings, background reports, statistical tables, and correspondence.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations. Sub-committee on Affirmative Action

Access Restrictions

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

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State agency affirmative action goals and timetables

Series Number

19821

Summary

The Division of Diversity Planning and Management develops affirmative action goals and timetables and forwards them to state agencies for review, comment, and implementation. The series consists of goals and timetables established by the division for state agencies, defining actions they should take to establish parity for the employment of racial and ethnic minorities, women, disabled persons, and Vietnam-era veterans. The records document the division's work to establish goals and timetables in 1983 and 1988.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Division of Diversity Planning and Management

Access Restrictions

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

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Account book pertaining to cleaning ladies at the State Capitol

Series Number

A1296

Summary

This volume of handwritten-ink carbon copies of papers from the Comptroller's Office is titled "Cleaning at the Capital During the Session of the Legislature Up To Date." Each page lists names of cleaning ladies for a specific day (or session), beginning January 11, 1875.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

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State and local government civil service employee history cards

Series Number

15029

Summary

Typical cards contains employee name, home address, state or local government agency, civil service job title, dates of appointment (including promotions and transfers), salary or wages, and date of leaving employment (giving date of death only if the employee died in service). The vast majority of the cards are for state employees, but cards for local government employees are also present starting in the 1930s.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service

Access Restrictions

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

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Division of Human Rights discrimination case files

Series Number

10409

Summary

These case files were compiled by the New York State Division of Human Rights and its predecessor entities, the State Commission for Human Rights and the State Commission Against Discrimination, while investigating discrimination complaints. These bodies have been empowered to prevent and eliminate practices of discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, or physical disability. The files consist of correspondence, memoranda, publications, decisions, and copies of petitions, complaints, contracts, and agreements.

Creator

• New York (State). State Division of Human Rights

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part. Disclosable documents include the initial complaint and the final determination. Other documents will be disclosed as permitted by the New York State Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6).

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Affirmative action plans and monitoring files

Series Number

B0545

Summary

This series consists of: State Agency Affirmative Action Plans, outlining how the agency will increase employment opportunity for minorities, women and the disabled; DHR Monitoring Files which include correspondence and memoranda about the development, implementation, problems with and progress of affirmative action plans; and Merit System Affirmative Action Office and Monitoring Bureau Monitoring Files which includes 1980 DHR Progress Report to the Governor's Executive Committee on Affirmative Action, and Monitoring Bureau goals and procedures materials.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Division of Affirmative Career Programs. Monitoring Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

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Factory inspector appointment files

Series Number

A3216

Summary

Legislation of 1886 established regulations for employment of women and children in factories and directed the governor to appoint a factory inspector and assistant factory inspector to enforce the regulations and prosecute violators. This series contains letters from persons requesting appointment as factory inspector, and letters recommending or objecting to the appointment of individuals to that position.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1885-1892 : Hill)

Access Restrictions

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

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Joint Legislative Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions public hearing testimony files

Series Number

L0069

Summary

The series consists of testimony given at several public hearings held by the Committee to gather information on issues relating to industrial and labor relations in the State. Hearing topics included wages, unemployment insurance, picketing, minimum wage legislation, job training, unemployment insurance, and women and minors in the labor force.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions

Access Restrictions

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

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Correspondence, reports and testimony on work force composition and affirmative action in state and local government

Series Number

L0103

Summary

The New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Governmental Operations' Subcommittee on Affirmative Action researched, compiled information and reported on affirmative action as it related to the employment of women, minorities, Vietnam Era veterans and the disabled in New York State. The records in these files are the result of this five-year investigation which was accomplished through a series of hearings and by polling New York State government at both the state and local levels.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations. Sub-committee on Affirmative Action

Access Restrictions

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