Finding Aid Search
- Show all (193)
- Child welfare (4)
- Women--Charities (4)
- Abortion (3)
- Birth control (3)
- Correctional institutions--New York (State) (3)
- Governors (3)
- Legislation (3)
- Mothers (3)
- Prisoners--Medical care (3)
- Public health (3)
- Reformatories for women (3)
- Substance abuse--New York (State) (3)
- Widows--Legal status, laws, etc. (3)
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc. (3)
- Abortion--Law and legislation--New York (State) (2)
- Charities (2)
- Developmentally disabled (2)
- Energy policy--New York (State) (2)
- Generic drugs (2)
- Generic products (2)
- Governors--Powers and duties (2)
- Governors--United States (2)
- Juvenile delinquents (2)
- Legislators (2)
- Maternal and infant welfare (2)
- Mental health facilities (2)
- Mental health policy--New York (State) (2)
- Mentally ill--Care (2)
- Mothers' pensions (2)
- Pensions (2)
- People with mental disabilities (2)
- People with mental disabilities--Care (2)
- People with mental disabilities--Care--New York (State) (2)
- People with mental disabilities--Care--United States (2)
- Public relations and politics (2)
- Sexually transmitted diseases (2)
- Single mothers (2)
- Social work with widows (2)
- Toxic shock syndrome (2)
- Women--New York (State) (2)
- Women public officers (2)
- Abnormalities, Human (1)
- Abortion--Government policy (1)
- Abortion--Government policy--New York (State) (1)
- Abortion--Law and legislation (1)
- Acid rain--New York (State) (1)
- Adoption--Law and legislation--New York (State) (1)
- Agricultural laborers--New York (State) (1)
- AIDS (Disease) (1)
- AIDS (Disease)--New York (State) (1)
- Alcoholism (1)
- Alcoholism--Prevention (1)
- Alcoholism--Treatment--New York (State) (1)
- Animals as carriers of diseases (1)
- Appellate courts (1)
- Appellate procedure (1)
- Apportionment (Election law)--New York (State) (1)
- Arbovirus infections (1)
- Asylums (1)
- Automobile insurance--New York (State) (1)
- Babesiosis (1)
- Bacterial diseases (1)
- Banking law--New York (State) (1)
- Bridge failures--New York (State) (1)
- Brucellosis (1)
- Cancer (1)
- Capital punishment--New York (State) (1)
- Chickenpox (1)
- Child abuse (1)
- Communicable diseases (1)
- Courts (1)
- Crime--New York (State) (1)
- Custody of children (1)
- Day care centers--New York (State) (1)
- Developmentally disabled--Institutional care (1)
- Diseases--Reporting (1)
- Divorce--Law and legislation--New York (State) (1)
- Domestic relations courts (1)
- Drinking age--Law and legislation--New York (State) (1)
- Drug abuse (1)
- Dysentery (1)
- Education (1)
- Emergency contraceptives (1)
- Encephalitis (1)
- Energy consumption--New York (State) (1)
- Energy development--New York (State) (1)
- Enteroviruses (1)
- Environmental health (1)
- Epidemiology (1)
- Equal rights amendments--New York (State) (1)
- Equal rights amendments--United States (1)
- Equine encephalmyelitis (1)
- Fallout shelters--New York (State) (1)
- Family social work (1)
- Female offenders (1)
- Fire prevention--New York (State) (1)
- Food poisoning (1)
- Food relief (1)
- Gastroenteritis (1)
- (-) Women--Health and hygiene (37)
- New York (State). Executive Department (6)
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene (4)
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services (3)
- New York (State). Governor (1959-1973 : Rockefeller) (3)
- New York (State). Governor (1943-1954 : Dewey) (2)
- New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman) (2)
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health (2)
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School (2)
- New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women (2)
- New York State Health Planning Commission (2)
- New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council (2)
- New York State Public Health Association (2)
- New York State Reformatory for Women (2)
- New York State Training School for Boys (2)
- New York State Training School for Girls (Hudson, N.Y.) (2)
- New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home (2)
- Thomas Indian School (2)
- Attica Correctional Facility (1)
- Binghamton State Hospital (1)
- Central Islip State Hospital (1)
- Craig Colony (Sonyea, N.Y.) (1)
- Governor's Conference on Aging (N.Y.) (1981 : Albany, N.Y.) (1)
- Gowanda State Hospital (1)
- Highland State Training School for Boys (1)
- House of Refuge (New York, N.Y.) (1)
- Hudson River State Hospital (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) (1)
- Kings Park State Hospital (1)
- Long Island State Hospital (1)
- Manhattan State Hospital (1)
- Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.) (1)
- Mohansic State Hospital (N.Y.) (1)
- National Organization for Women (1)
- New Hampton State Training School for Boys (1)
- New York (State). Bureau of Child Welfare (1)
- New York (State). Bureau of Standards and Certification (1)
- New York (State). Center for Community Health (1)
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967 (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Acute Communicable Disease Control (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Disease Control (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Communicable Diseases (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Community Health and Epidemiology (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Community Health Services (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Epidemiology and Preventive Health Services (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Laboratories and Research (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Medical Services (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Preventive Services (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Laboratories for Veterinary Science (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Office of Epidemiology (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Public Health Development and Evaluation Group (1)
- New York (State). Department of State (1)
- New York (State). Division for Women (1)
- New York (State). Division of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (1)
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services (1)
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Director (1)
- New York (State). Governor (1)
- New York (State). Governor (1973-1974 : Wilson) (1)
- New York (State). Governor (1975-1982 : Carey) (1)
- New York (State). Governor (1983-1994 : Cuomo) (1)
- New York (State). Infectious Disease Center (1)
- New York (State). Legislature (1)
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1)
- New York (State). Letchworth Village (1)
- New York (State). Office of Charities Registration (1)
- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (1)
- New York (State). Office of the Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities (1)
- New York (State). State Board of Charities (1)
- New York (State). State Commission in Lunacy (1)
- New York (State). State Industrial School (1)
- New York Civil Liberties Union (1)
- New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (1)
- New York State Annex of State Training Schools for Boys (1)
- New York State Hospital for the Care of Crippled and Deformed Children (1)
- New York State Hospital for the Treatment of Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Ray Brook, N.Y.) (1)
- New York State Industrial Farm Colony (1)
- New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.) (1)
- New York State School for the Blind (1)
- New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' Home (Bath, N.Y.) (1)
- Olympic Winter Games (13th : 1980 : Lake Placid, N.Y.) (1)
- Otisville State Training School for Boys (1)
- Planned Parenthood of New York City (1)
- Public Health Council (N.Y.) (1)
- Right to Life Committee (1)
- Rochester State Hospital (N.Y.) (1)
- Rome State Custodial Asylum (N.Y.) (1)
- St. Lawrence State Hospital (N.Y.) (1)
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (1)
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.) (1)
- Western House of Refuge for Women (Albion, N.Y.) (1)
- White House Conference on Aging (1971 : Washington, D.C.) (1)
- White House Conference on Aging (1981 : Washington, D.C.) (1)
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.) (1)
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 (2)
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 (2)
- Neustadt, Richard. (2)
- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979. (2)
- Sundram, Clarence J. (2)
- Abelseth, Melvin, D.V.M. (1)
- Burstein, Karen S. (1)
- Chassin, Mark R. Dr. (1)
- Cuomo, Andrew M., 1957- (1)
- Deane, John R. (John Russell), 1896-1982 (1)
- DeBuono, Barbara A. Dr. (1)
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- (1)
- Fink, Stanley, 1936- (1)
- Fish, Hamilton, 1888-1991 (1)
- Fox, Anna B. (1)
- Friedan, Betty. (1)
- Gaafar, Hassan A., M.D., Ph.D. (1)
- Godfrey, Edward S. (Edward Settle), 1878-1966. (1)
- Gordon, Janet Hill. (1)
- Haughie, Glenn, M.D. (1)
- Holohean, Mary Ann. (1)
- Ingraham, Hollis S., Dr. (1)
- Levy, Aaron J. (1)
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1902-1985. (1)
- Means, Cyril C., Jr. (1)
- Newstadt, Richard. (1)
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- (1)
- Novello, Antonia C. (1)
- Parran, Thomas, 1892-1968. (1)
- Paulin, Amy (1)
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921- (1)
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 (1)
- Rothenberg, Richard, M.D. (1)
- Saunders, Marguerite T. (1)
- Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. (1)
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. (1)
- Tyman, Donald O, M.D. (1)
- Webb, Arthur Y. (1)
- Whalen, Robert P., Dr. (1)
Displaying 37 Finding Aids
Title
- Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women Board of Managers visitation reports
Series Number
- B2620
Summary
- This series consists of copies of monthly reports made to the Governor and the State Board of Charities. Information may be either specific or general in nature. Topics include facilities conditions, plans and progress of construction and remodeling projects, purchase and installation of new equipment, significant financial items, and staffing changes.
Creator
- New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Senator Karen Burstein women's issues files
Series Number
- L0101
Summary
- These records, created or collected by Senator Karen Burstein, provide information on the development of leadership strategies by women's movement advocates. Include are correspondence, memorandums, reports, conference materials, press clippings, and other materials from state agencies, advocacy organizations, and individuals relating to abortion; childcare; displaced homemakers; women in prisons; International Women's Year; and the National Women's Conference (1977). Many records, representing both sides of the issue, relate to the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in New York State.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1973-1978 : Karen Burstein)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- Department of Health Commissioner's Office subject files
Series Number
- 13307
Summary
- These subject files contain correspondence, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, reports, press releases, speeches, legislative and grant proposals, and hearing testimony. The files deal with such health related issues such as abortion, care for the disabled and handicapped, substance abuse, public health education, and rising medical costs. Files also document health-related research projects and the various commissioners' relationships with health care organizations.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- 13307-09: Use of originals is restricted; consult photocopies of letters in master file.
Title
- Facility program operation review files
Series Number
- 17648
Summary
- The series consists of draft and final program review reports, correspondence, and a variety of other program materials relating to facilities providing substance abuse services. The files contain information about the operation and certification of certified, non-certified, and closed alcoholism facilities, alcoholism outpatient facilities, and community residences operating in hospitals or as regional or county programs.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services. Program Review Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Executive Director's subject files
Series Number
- 16082
Summary
- The series includes correspondence, memorandums, reports, treatment program audits, and copies of contracts and agreements relating to various regulatory and public education programs of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse. Also present are files concerning related task forces, advisory councils, and division program initiatives to treat or curb substance abuse.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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
- Governor's Committee Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law reports and public hearing transcript
Series Number
- 10996
Summary
- The Committee studied the history of thought and legislation on abortion. They solicited information and opinions from representatives of medical, psychiatric, social, legal, theological, and other fields. This series is the Committee's final report file and includes a hearing transcript, Committee report, supplemental position paper, and correspondence regarding state abortion law in 1968.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Committee Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled Chairperson's outgoing correspondence
Series Number
- 19355
Summary
- This series consists of copies of the outgoing correspondence of Commission Chairman Clarence Sundram. The files are tissue carbon copies through 1982, and photocopies after that date. An index log for 1978-1998, listing name of correspondent and subject of the letter/memo, is available.
Creator
- New York (State). State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled. Executive Bureau
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by Mental Hygiene Law sect. 33.13 and other applicable statutes.
Title
- Minutes of meetings of boards of visitors and monthly reports of institutions
Series Number
- B0645
Summary
- This series contains the department's copies of boards of visitors meetings minutes and monthly reports of superintendents and department heads at the following state institutions: Thomas Indian School; Woman's Relief Corps Home; State Agricultural and Industrial School; State Training School for Girls at Hudson; and State Training Schools for Boys at Highland, New Hampton, Otisville, and Warwick.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions
Access Restrictions
- Partially restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).
Title
- Women's Division correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- 13697
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memorandums, photographs, and working papers created or compiled by the director and staff of the Women's Division. Records pertain to all aspects of the division's operation. Files are maintained in separate subseries for each staff person. Also included are eighteen video tape cassette recordings of conference proceedings.
Creator
- New York (State). Women's Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor audiovisual records
Series Number
- 13700
Summary
- This series consists of audio and video tape cassettes, motion picture films, and reel-to-reel audio tapes documenting the activities of New York's governors. Included are tapes and films of Thomas E. Dewey, W. Averell Harriman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Malcolm Wilson, Hugh L. Carey, and Mario M. Cuomo. The tapes and films cover such events as: gubernatorial inaugurations; annual state-of-the-state addresses; budget messages; press conferences; interviews; radio and television announcements; award and dedication ceremonies; and meetings with government officials and representatives.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Institutional reference file
Series Number
- A4221
Summary
- This series consists of reports gathered by the Commission in its investigation of mental institutions throughout the country. Most are annual reports from state mental health agencies, private charitable organizations, hospitals, asylums, and schools in other states. Also included is correspondence relating to the Commission's request for information. Some reports are from New York institutions.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Senate Committee on Health abortion legislation file
Series Number
- L0236
Summary
- The Committee created these records during its review of state abortion law. Records document the controversies surrounding abortion legislation, as well as public and private efforts to influence legislative action. Records include commission and committee reports; transcripts of public hearings; position papers; press releases and statements; and letters from interested parties including citizens, government agencies, religious and medical organizations, media outlets, and the Right to Life Committee.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Health Bureau of Communicable Disease Control Director's subject files
Series Number
- 13855
Summary
- The files are primarily those of Bureau of Communicable Disease Control Directors Richard Rothenberg and Donald O. Lyman. Files consist of correspondence, memorandums, periodical clippings, maps, case files, statistical reports, survey questionnaires, and legislative proposals and bills. Subjects include black flies; influenza immunization and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Polyradiculoneuritis); dairy herd leucosis; feline leukemia; rabies; live syphilis bacteria; vaccine policies; and legislation and public education efforts to increase immunization for communicable diseases.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- 13855-12: Records may be restricted to protect personal privacy.
- 13855-20: Several of the volumes have broken bindings and need to be handled under the supervision of an archivist.
Title
- Logbooks of sick ward and nursery
Series Number
- B1574
Summary
- The series consists of log books recording information on inmates using "sick wing," "quarantine," and "nursery" facilities at Westfield State Farm. Entries generally include date (of admission, diagnosis, report, or release); inmate name and number; whether a new or repeat patient; and remarks (reason for admission/discharge, if paroled). Summary information or recapitulations are sometimes present, giving totals of inmates under observation and/or cases reported.
Creator
- Westfield State Farm
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
- These records have been treated for mold; some researchers may be affected.
Title
- Nursery daybooks
Series Number
- B1575
Summary
- This series consists of a daily log of attendance, scheduling, and treatment information for inmates at the Westfield State Farm nursery facility. Entries typically include date; population count (morning and evening); names of patients admitted or discharged; names of visitors (with time); names of officers and others on duty (and shift times); orders; and activity notes (on medications, monitoring, scheduling, etc.).
Creator
- Westfield State Farm
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
Title
- Clinic inventory and memoranda
Series Number
- B1577
Summary
- The series consists of scattered items from unidentified, unrelated files of the clinic at Westfield State Farm. Included are an inventory of the dental clinic (March 1958); memoranda concerning three security matters: visitation of an inmate, loose drugs found in the laboratory, and theft from the operating room (July 1958); and informational booklets on communicable diseases and infections in hospitals (1960).
Creator
- Westfield State Farm
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
Title
- Office for People with Developmental Disabilities Commissioner's Office correspondence files
Series Number
- B2687
Summary
- This series contains correspondence files generated by the commissioner of the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and its successor, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Creator
- New York (State). Office for People with Developmental Disabilities. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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.