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Displaying 37 Finding Aids
Excerpt: … several states, including New York. In response, on July 12, Governor Nelson Rockefeller appointed a seven-member committee …
Creator
- New York (State). Citizens' Committee on Reapportionment
Title
- Correspondence, research, and report file
Series Number
- 10988
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series is the central file of correspondence, memoranda, and background materials maintained by the Citizens Committee on Reapportionment in carrying out its studies and producing its report. The records reflect the Committee's charge to study and make recommendations on questions relating to reapportionment. Includes are letters from government officials and citizens, meeting minutes, memos, clippings, Supreme Court decisions, and studies from other states.
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Excerpt: … 1968, Governor Nelson Rockefeller appointed this 11-member Committee …
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Committee Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law
Title
- Governor's Committee Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law reports and public hearing transcript
Series Number
- 10996
Inclusive Dates
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.
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Excerpt: … , minutes). Administrative History In December 1965, Governor Nelson Rockefeller appointed the Committee on the …
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Committee on the State Employees' Retirement System
Title
- Governor's Committee on the State Employees' Retirement System correspondence, research, and report files
Series Number
- 10995
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series is the central file of correspondence, memoranda, and background materials maintained by the Committee in carrying out its studies and producing its report. The records reflect the Committee's charge to study and make recommendations concerning the State Employee's Retirement System. The Committee solicited input in meetings and correspondence from state officials, state employees, and citizens and sought comparative information from other states. In addition to correspondence, the records include benefit and statistical information, studies, draft legislation, press releases, news clippings, and reports.
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Excerpt: … -action lawsuit against the state and then governor Nelson Rockefeller . In 1975, a federal judge issued a …
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- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Title
- Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities case files of former Willowbrook consumers
Series Number
- 21101
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series documents the admission, treatment, therapy, education, and progress of Willowbrook School consumers before and after their transfer to the Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Service Office in Tupper Lake. Records typically include admission sheets, admission/transfer records, psychological reports, school reports, results of physical examinations, social service notes, prescription and medication records, dental and weight charts, clothing lists, and correspondence from other institutions. Records are restricted.
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- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Excerpt: … in the performance of its functions." (Section 4.4) Governor Nelson Rockefeller mentioned the need for …
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Title
- Indexes to Tri-State Transportation Committee, Tri-State Transportation Commission, and Tri-State Regional Planning Commission aerial photographs
Series Number
- B2024
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to aerial photographs created for the Tri-State Transportation Committee, Tri-State Transportation Commission, and Tri-State Regional Planning Commission, for use in regional highway planning. Areas covered include the southern portion of New York, western Connecticut, and northern New Jersey. New York counties covered include Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond. The indexes consist of composite aerial photographs and annotated printed maps.
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Excerpt: … governor Nelson Rockefeller . In 1975, a federal judge issued a …
Creator
- Staten Island Developmental Center
Title
- Staten Island Developmental Center patient case files
Series Number
- 19452
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series consists of case files of patients who died, discharged, or were transferred to other institutions, from Willowbrook State School. Case files document patients' admission, treatment, therapy, and education. They typically contain admission records; records of visitors and correspondents; psychiatrist, physician, and social worker reports and notes; school reports; physical examination information; prescription and dental records; clothing lists; correspondence from other institutions; and information regarding the circumstances under which patients left the care of Willowbrook Records are restricted.
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- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Excerpt: … Office for Regional Development in 1966. The following year, Governor Nelson Rockefeller named Jerry executive secretary …
Creator
- Jerry, Harold A., Jr., 1920-2001
Title
- Harold A. Jerry, Jr. professional papers
Series Number
- B1830
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series consists of Harold Jerry's personal copies of records compiled during public service with the Office for Regional Development, the Temporary Commission on the State Court System, the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, and the Adirondack Highway Council. Records include correspondence; working, policy, and issue papers; press releases; economic and environmental studies; environmental field reports; draft legislation; meeting minutes, summaries, and agendas; budget materials; and clippings.
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Excerpt: … needy, Governor Nelson Rockefeller appointed the 11-member Moreland …
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation
Title
- Moreland Commission on Welfare correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- 10991
Inclusive Dates
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.
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- 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.
Excerpt: … in the performance of its functions." (Section 4.4) Governor Nelson Rockefeller mentioned the need for …
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
Title
- Tri-State Transportation Committee aerial photographs
Series Number
- B2023
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series consists of transparent aerial photographic maps depicting southern New York State, western Connecticut, and northern New Jersey. The maps were created to facilitate landmark planning studies in the areas of rapid transit and the interstate highway system. Names of most streets and roads are printed on the maps, as well as the names of some physical features.
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Excerpt: … light of the continuing human rights movement in the 1960s, Governor Nelson Rockefeller saw a need to review New …
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Committee to Review New York State Laws and Procedures in the Area of Human Rights
Title
- Governor's Committee to Review New York State Laws and Procedures in the Area of Human Rights public hearing, research, and report files
Series Number
- 10994
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series is the central file of correspondence, public hearing information, and background materials maintained by the Committee in carrying out its studies and producing its report. The records reflect the Committee's charge to review and make recommendations concerning New York's human rights laws and procedures. The series consists of reports and subject files related to affirmative action, banking, employment discrimination, employers' use of arrest records, segregation and discrimination in education and housing, and the status of migrant workers.
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Excerpt: … remains, and a visit to the construction site by Governor Nelson Rockefeller . Title Empire State Plaza (South …
Creator
- New York (State). Office of General Services
Title
- Empire State Plaza (South Mall) construction progress photographs
Series Number
- 15727
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Summary
- This series consists of slides, negatives, and photographic prints documenting construction of the Empire State Plaza (South Mall) in Albany, New York. The images depict construction from overall aerial shots of the site and surrounding vicinity to closeups of construction details; progress on concrete structures; work on office buildings; as well as non-typical events such as accident sites, repairs, a discovery during excavation of human remains, and a visit to the construction site by Governor Nelson Rockefeller.
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- Records relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").
Excerpt: … 1973, Governor Nelson Rockefeller proposed the creation of an …
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Title
- Commissioner of Education Ewald B. Nyquist speech files
Series Number
- B1060
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- The series consists of drafts and final copies of speeches delivered by Ewald B. Nyquist, as well as clippings, notes, correspondence, and other materials related to the preparation of these speeches. The speeches date from Nyquist's tenure as Commissioner of Education, as well as previously held positions in the department. Topics include accreditation of higher education institutions, teacher education, role of state education agencies, racial integration, education reform, open learning environments, and moral and humanistic education.
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Excerpt: … increasingly contentious. In 1973, Governor Nelson Rockefeller proposed the creation of an …
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Title
- Education Department Office of the Commissioner outgoing correspondence
Series Number
- B0466
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series consists of outgoing letters and memoranda from Commissioners Allen and Nyquist, as well as from other NYSED staff. Correspondents include state legislators, district superintendents and other school district personnel, school principals, teachers, and citizens. Commissioner Nyquist's letters include letters referred by the Governors Office to the Commissioner for response. These letters generally request information on NYSED programs and policies, or to protest NYSED or local school programs and policies.
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Excerpt: … 222 Madison Avenue Albany, NY 12230 Summary In 1969, Governor Nelson Rockefeller and the …
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Deputy Secretary to the Governor
Title
- Deputy Secretary to the Governor subject files concerning state financial aid for education
Series Number
- B1220
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- In 1969, Governor Nelson Rockefeller and the Board of Regents created the New York State Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education. School financing recommendations made by the commission, which would have increased school taxes in upstate districts and reduced school expenditures in a significant number of downstate suburban districts, were never implemented. These files were generated by staff of the governor's office in the course of researching and making recommendations regarding state aid for education.
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Excerpt: … of the traffic circle at Latham, New York; visits of Governors Nelson Rockefeller and Thomas Dewey at various …
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Graphic Arts Unit
Title
- Department of Transportation Graphic Arts Unit transportation and state facilities related photographs and photo logs
Series Number
- 17672
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Summary
- These photographs, slides, and logs document the state transportation system, its structures, and state facilities created by the Department of Public Works (1923-1967) and its successor agency, the Department of Transportation. Images depict bridge and highway construction, canals repair and maintenance, and construction of state facilities. Some show employees and officials or landscapes and historic sites. Album pictures depict bridges, waterways, grade crossings, accidents, highways, hospitals, prisons, and schools. Some images document construction progress on the South Mall Project.
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Excerpt: … Study of Education, a series of five studies, initiated by Governor Nelson Rockefeller , of the "emerging …
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner James E. Allen
Title
- Education Department Commissioner James E. Allen subject files
Series Number
- W0104
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Summary
- Commissioner James Edward Allen's subject files consist of correspondence, memoranda, meeting materials, reports, clippings, speeches, press releases, and other materials documenting the activities of the New York State Education Department (NYSED). Topics addressed include administration and financing of school districts, racial desegregation, state aid, consolidation of school districts, state and federal legislation related to education, elementary and secondary education curricula, educational television, the adjudication of teacher disputes, teacher certification, vocational education, professional education, civil defense, and health education.
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Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist
Title
- Education Department Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist subject files
Series Number
- W0105
Inclusive Dates
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, agendas, meeting minutes, speeches, reports, proposals, and other documents relating to Nyquist's tenure as Commissioner of Education from 1969 to 1977. Files document the Education Department's efforts to influence legislation both in the New York State Legislature and the United States Congress. Other subjects covered in the series include school desegregation, busing, capital construction projects, and campus unrest.
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- This series may contain material to which access is restricted. Archives staff will review requested documents and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).