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Displaying 168 Finding Aids
Title
- Women's Division press clippings
Series Number
- 13698
Summary
- This series consists of press clippings, taken from both English- and Spanish-language newspapers, pertaining to the Women's Division and its core functions and interests. Major women's issues described by the articles include the Equal Rights Amendment, education, equity in employment, abortion and birth control, discrimination, affirmative action, religion, divorce, finance, feminism, domestic violence, legislation and politics, minorities, prison reform, health care, women's athletics, and the draft. Prominent politicians were often the subjects of these clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Women's Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Newspaper clippings regarding canal operations and conditions
Series Number
- B0332
Summary
- This series consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to Erie and Barge Canal operations. Topics covered by the clippings include canal finances; safety; improvements; employees; maintenance; contracts; structures; the decline of the Erie Canal; and construction of the Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. General Inspector's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Food Supply Commission scrapbook
Series Number
- A0226
Summary
- The clippings and correspondence in this scrapbook relate broadly to statewide operations of the Food Commission. The commission oversaw state policy relating to production, supply, and distribution control of food, ensuring that there were adequate supplies at reasonable and preventing speculation and hoarding during wartime. Topics include: local relations with the state; farm bureau labor rallies; disposition of poultry stock and eggs; labor shortages and state aid proposals; plans to "conscript" boys and girls in farm labor; and conservation efforts.
Creator
- New York (State). Food Supply Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Files of the investigation of the Lackawanna Civil Service Commission
Series Number
- B0509
Summary
- This series consists of files and reports from a State Civil Service Commission investigation of the practices of the Lackawanna City Civil Service Commission in response to veterans groups' legal actions against the municipal commission and petitions over a fire fighter examination. Records include correspondence; legal documents, petitions from veterans' groups, testimony transcripts, and the final report. Also included are interviews and statements of applicants for city positions and civil service concerns of veterans' groups after World War II.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bank mergers and bank holding companies subject files
Series Number
- B2337
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the merging of banks in New York State and to legislation regulating bank holding companies. The Counsel was responsible for various duties, which included making recommendations on proposed legislation; negotiating interstate or international agreements; clearing all contracts; and advising the Governor on many policy and program matters. Records include correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, and newspaper clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Various records filed with the Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor
Series Number
- B0246
Summary
- This series consists of records filed with the Office of State Engineer and Surveyor's Office including property assessments; contractors' bids; inventories of records lent to state commissions; a bridge company annual report; a list of companies navigating state lakes and rivers; one bill; bridge company schedules; agreements; correspondence; newspaper clippings and notices of public sales of forfeited lands.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- World War I veterans' service data and photographs
Series Number
- A0412
Summary
- This series contains personal information, service data, newspaper clippings, and photographs of New York State veterans of World War I. Some accounts of home front activities in the state are also included. The series contains a small amount of material documenting the manner in which the State Education Department, the state's schools, faculty, and students contributed to the war effort.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
Title
- Commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 13063
Summary
- This series consists of subject and correspondence files of the commissioner. Typical records include briefing documents; reports; meeting files; speeches; interdepartmental memorandums; correspondence between members of the executive office; and correspondence with state and federal agencies, private and public groups, and individual members of the public.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Executive Office
Title
- Bureau of Business Publicity newspaper clippings
Series Number
- B2692
Summary
- This series consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings collected and maintained by the Bureau of Business Publicity. The clippings relate to businesses and industries of New York State, documenting the bureau's mission to promote the state's economic resources. Topics covered include small businesses, the rise of suburban shopping centers, and the impact of urban planning on local businesses.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Business Publicity
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Background and report files
Series Number
- B1364
Summary
- These articles; background material; consultant's work papers and outlines document the Temporary Commission's work relating to proposals for constitutional revision. Areas if study and reforms include housing; civil service; gubernatorial succession; bribery of public officers; suffrage; corporations; civil defense; canals and divorce. Also included are commission and subcommittee memoranda and reports, and resolutions on proposed changes.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary Commission on the Revision and Simplification of the Constitution
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Social Welfare files relating to public health
Series Number
- A3274
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, reports, project applications, proposals, news releases, articles, newspaper clippings, speeches, programs, publications, charts, maps, schedules, and other literature about public health in New York State. Most records which document public health, public assistance, and health insurance, were created and maintained by Dr. H. Jackson Davis, who established the first statewide health care program for persons on public relief assistance. Also included are medical plans from New York counties and literature on milk sanitation.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Working and report files relating to Temporary Legislative Commission to Formulate a Long Range State Health Program
Series Number
- A3275
Summary
- The Temporary Legislative Commission to Formulate a Long Range State Health Program, later the Health Preparedness Commission, studied and recommended ways to improve and maintain the health of all New Yorkers. This series consists of reports; charts; statistics; estimates; minutes of meetings; planning documents; and press releases, notices, and newspaper articles documenting the Commission's work.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence with state agencies
Series Number
- A4240
Summary
- This series consists primarily of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence - along with smaller amounts of incoming original letters - sent among the New York State Defense Council and other state agencies associated with emergency war efforts, notably the Adjutant General's office, Department of Health, and Commission on Highways. The correspondence generally deals with council activities, the coordination of efforts among agencies, and wartime issues and regulations.
Creator
- New York State Defense Council
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Office of Program Development, Planning and Research Hurricane Agnes damage files
Series Number
- 10770
Summary
- In June 1972, Hurricane Agnes caused flooding that led to real property damage in many Hudson Valley, Central, and Southern Tier counties in New York. Emergency federal disaster loans were made available soon afterward. This series contains correspondence, news releases, newspaper clippings, damage survey reports, resolutions, travel vouchers, and weather data dealing with damage claims, emergency state response, and cleanup efforts resulting from Hurricane Agnes.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of Program Development, Planning and Research
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Lake Champlain Bridge Commission construction, maintenance, and administrative records of the Lake Champlain (or Crown Point) Bridge and the Rouses Point Bridge
Series Number
- B1417
Summary
- This series consists microfilmed records of the New York and Vermont Joint Bridge Commission and the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission. These records document commission activities from its founding to dissolution and include minutes and correspondence; bridge planning, construction, operation, and repair documentation; and contracts, land title documentation, and other legal records. Original records at the Vermont State Archives.
Creator
- Lake Champlain Bridge Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Authorities subject files
Series Number
- B2334
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to New York State authorities. The Counsel's responsibilities included clearing all contracts that required the Governor's signature, making recommendations on proposed legislation, and advising on policy and program matters. Records include correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, plans, press releases, copies of legislative bills and acts, and newspaper clippings relating to the administrative, legal, jurisdictional and legislative aspects of New York State authorities.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Political papers of Frank Wayland Higgins
Series Number
- B1945
Summary
- This series documents Frank Wayland Higgins' political career as New York State Senator, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor. The bulk of the series consists of newspaper clippings of articles and political cartoons, invitations to social occasions, correspondence, and telegrams housed in scrapbooks. A significant portion of the records document Higgins' campaigns for office, as well as the struggle for power in the Republican Party.
Creator
- Higgins, Frank Wayland, 1856-1907
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Administrative and correspondence files
Series Number
- L0205
Summary
- The series consists of correspondence, selected meeting minutes, and related material documenting the work of the Constitutional Commission of 1890. Files include correspondence; meeting minutes; membership rolls; clippings on decisions and progress of the commission and its subcommittees; form letters with corresponding detailed replies to members of the bar seeking opinions on commission issues; and plans amending sections of the judiciary article.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Commission (1890-1891)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Governor W. Averell Harriman campaign records
Series Number
- B1947
Summary
- This series documents W. Averell Harriman's campaigns for governor of New York in 1954 and 1958, and for president in 1956. It is divided into five subseries: 1954 New York State Gubernatorial Campaign Files; 1954 General Election Files; 1956 Campaign and Election Files; 1958 Gubernatorial Campaign Files; and 1958 Election Records.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Law press releases and related documentation
Series Number
- B1401
Summary
- This series consists of press releases and related material summarizing announcements or action taken by the New York State Attorney General relating to lawsuits, indictments, investigations, prosecutions, pending legislation, staff appointments, and legal agreements. Attached to many of the press releases are legal documents, reports, testimony, speeches, and other background materials.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.