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Displaying 127 Finding Aids
Title
- Testimony and reports regarding special investigations
Series Number
- A2076
Summary
- Testimony and supporting materials document investigations into conditions at the institution including inmate violence, cruelty of officers, discipline, malfeasance and mismanagement. In addition to letters, statements, affidavits,and reports there are also lists and charts of payroll, prices, payments and dispersals (primarily foodstuffs and provisions).
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Hearing transcripts of the Strong Investigation of charges against the State Board of Charities
Series Number
- A3156
Summary
- The Commissioner of Public Charities of New York City charged the State Board of Charities with neglecting its responsibility toward institutions for children in the city. This series documents Charles Strong's investigation into the management and affairs of the board relating to the charges. Records include transcripts of testimony; lists of witnesses and hearing dates; partial list of hearing exhibits; and one exhibit in the form of a letter from an institution protesting its inspection ranking.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Charities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History transcripts of Council minutes
Series Number
- A4406
Summary
- This series consists of typewritten transcripts of New York Colonial Council minutes created as part of an abandoned effort to publish Council minutes from the period after 1673. The transcripts contain extensive edits and annotations in pencil, as well as references to the volume and pages of either the original Council papers (most often) or the original Council minutes (infrequently) to which each page of text corresponds.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Interview tape recordings and transcripts regarding the 1964-1977 State Education Department doctoral program review
Series Number
- B1658
Summary
- This series consists of cassette tape recordings and typed transcripts of interviews with administrators and employees of the State Education Department, Board of Regents members, and other educators. The interviews were conducted in 1993 by Rose Mary Roy as research for her doctoral dissertation. The general subject of the interviews is the development, procedures, activities, and impact of the Education Department's doctoral program review during the period 1964-1977. Special attention is given to the role of the Board of Regents in developing and guiding the doctoral program review.
Creator
- Roy, R.P.M.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- War plant protection instructional materials
Series Number
- A4386
Summary
- This series contains lecture transcripts, syllabi, correspondence, memoranda, maps, and a test with answer key documenting the Office of Civilian Protection's two-day training institutes held statewide to instruct war industry plant managers in basic defense procedures to avoid damage from enemy attacks. Issues include: training personnel in emergency response; reducing work place hazards; preventing espionage and sabotage; fighting fires from incendiary and other bombs; protection from gas attacks; building camouflage; and in-plant bomb shelters.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- CSEA disciplinary cases
Series Number
- 17090
Summary
- The series consists of CSEA disciplinary case files from the Governor's Office of Employee Relations Administration Unit. Records include notices of disciplinary action by state agencies, appeal forms, hearing schedules, hearing transcripts and/or exhibits, correspondence, hearing decisions, affidavits, progress reports, briefing materials, grievance forms, Notices of Discipline, arbitrator resumes and schedules, certified mail receipts, and settlement and/or award statements.
Creator
- New York (State). Disciplinary Panel Administration
Access Restrictions
- Access to certain records in this series is restricted. State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
Title
- Governor's Advisory Commission on Liability Insurance public hearing and background files
Series Number
- 14520
Summary
- This series is the central file of public hearing information and background and administrative materials maintained by the Commission in carrying out its study and producing its report. The records reflect the Commission's charge to study and make recommendations on issues relating to liability insurance. The series includes public hearing files, legislative background files, and administrative files.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Advisory Commission on Liability Insurance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- Legislative Women's Caucus oral history project tapes
Series Number
- B1435
Summary
- The Legislative Women's Caucus was formed to serve as an advocate for programs and services that benefit women; to insure their full participation in government and politics; and to provide a network of support for women serving in the New York State Legislature. The Oral History Project documents through oral history interviews, the careers of women who have served in the legislature since 1960. This series consists of audio cassettes and typed transcriptions of interviews with women legislators.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislative Women's Caucus
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Senate session transcripts
Series Number
- L0242
Summary
- This series consists of transcripts of regular sessions of the New York State Senate. Each transcript is dated and gives names of the Senate President or Acting President and the Secretary of the Senate.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Interstate basin commission administration files
Series Number
- A1118
Summary
- The series documents New York's participation in several interstate sanitary and water pollution control commissions including those related to following draingage basins: boundry waters, Delaware River, Susquehanna River, Ohio River Valley, and Great Lakes. The files include correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings and hearings, transcripts, analytical data, and investigation studies. Maps, diagrams, and some photographs are also present, most often in copies of commission reports, promotional literature, or special research projects.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Assembly transcript of Assembly debate on rent control
Series Number
- L0147
Summary
- The series consists of a verbatim transcript of the May 26, 1971 New York State Assembly floor debate on Assembly bill #7078. The bill, which was passed by both houses of the legislature and signed into law as Chapter 371 of the Laws of 1971, extended state emergency housing rent control for a two-year period and provided for decontrol of those apartments left voluntarily by the occupant.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Executive Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice administrative and hearing files
Series Number
- A3336
Summary
- The series consists of records of the commission which were compiled by its chief counsel and executive director, Roderick C. Lankler. The commission, commonly known as the "Liman Commission" after its chairman, Arthur L. Liman, was an advisory and fact-finding body appointed by Governor Carey to investigate prison overcrowding, jury selection reform, sentencing and parole laws and practices, and other aspects of the criminal justice system. The commission was discontinued shortly after Governor Mario M. Cuomo took office.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice
Access Restrictions
- Certain categories of documents are restricted pursuant to Freedom of Information Law, Sections 87.2.b (invasion of personal privacy), 87.2.e.iii (confidential sources), 87.2.g (internal communications), or other statutes.
Title
- Moreland Commission on Welfare correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- 10991
Summary
- The commission's correspondence and subject files document citizen concern about public assistance programs and the examination of practices, procedures, and costs. Administrative files include budget data, studies, reports, minutes, transcripts, news clippings, and press releases. Correspondence, mostly routine, documents communication with the governor's office, public and private social welfare officers, civic groups, and citizens. Studies, reports, statistics, and articles contain information on public assistance, provided by social welfare organizations and experts in New York and other states.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation
Access Restrictions
- All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.
Title
- New York State Permanent Commission on Public Employee Pension and Retirement Systems transcripts of public hearings on changes to public pension and retirement systems
Series Number
- B1361
Summary
- This series consists of transcripts of public hearings conducted by the commission prior to issuing reports of studies recommending changes in the state's public pension and retirement systems. The records document public reaction to the commission's recommendations and include hearing transcripts often with handwritten notes; written statements; lists of scheduled witnesses; order of testimony; letters clarifying testimony; correspondence expressing opinions; acknowledgment/transmittal letters to correspondents; notices of hearings, especially on public employee disability retirement problems; commission meeting schedules; and press clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Permanent Commission on Public Employee Pension and Retirement Systems
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
- Report of the Special Deputy Attorney General appointed to investigate the murders of Charles Phelps and Margaret Wolcott
Series Number
- B0911
Summary
- This series, Report of Special Deputy Attorney General, Murder of C. Phelps and M. Wolcott, contains a transcript and photographic materials documenting the March 21, 1915 murders of Charles Phelps and Margaret Wolcott, residents of West Shelby in Orleans County, New York. Photocopies of the transcript and photographs are included.
Creator
- New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Interview transcripts for book, Oreos and Dubonnet: Remembering Nelson A. Rockefeller
Series Number
- B2731
Summary
- This series consists of word-processed partial transcriptions of interviews conducted by Joseph H. Boyd, Jr. for the book co-authored by him and Charles R. Holcomb, published by SUNY Press in 2012.
Creator
- New York State Archives Partnership Trust
Access Restrictions
- SUNY Press is the registered copyright owner of the published material.
Title
- New York State Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey issue files
Series Number
- L0006
Summary
- These files were compiled by staff of Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey. Topics include aid to education, energy, the Catskill Gateway project, and the construction of the North-South arterial in Kingston. Files contain correspondence, rough notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, published reports, and meeting minutes. Also included are court and public and private hearing transcripts documenting the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation's investigations of the involvement of organized crime in the waste disposal industry.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)
Access Restrictions
- This series contains certain records to which access is restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).