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Adirondack Research Library
Title Adirondack & Catskill Research Library Description The Adirondack Research Library is the research and educational arm of The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks. It is the largest specialized library collection outside the Blue Line concerning history and culture of the Adirondack region and conservation history of the Park and Forest Preserve.

Albany County
Title Albany County Hall of Records Dept/Division Albany County Hall of Records Description The Hall of Records keeps records pertaining to the City and Countyof Albany. It holds court, business, census, tax, vital, land and election records.It has also created an online database that allows users to search the county index of naturalizations (1821-1991).

Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives
Title Baker-Cederberg Museum And Archives Record Group List Dept/Division Rochester General Hospital Description Provides information about the various archival record groups held by the Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives. Includes finding aids relating to hospital administration, nurses and schools of nursing, female volunteers and administrators, military hospitals, and health care in the Rochester area.

Binghamton University Library
Title Loften Mitchell Collection Dept/Division Special Collections Description Papers (1938-1985) of renowned African American playwright and former Binghamton University professor of theater and Afro-American Studies; includes play scripts, reviews, production notes, lecture notes, personal correspondence, and memorabilia.

Title Link Collections Dept/Division Special Collections Description Personal papers and business records of Binghamton aviation pioneer and underwater archaeologist Edwin A. Link and his wife, journalist Marion Clayton Link; also records of the Link Foundation and Hughes Training, Inc. Includes correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, financial records, engineering diagrams, reports, company and organization publications, and memorabilia.

Title Daniel S. Dickinson Statue Papers Dept/Division Special Collections Description Material relating to construction of a statue honoring former state and U.S. Senator Daniel S. Dickinson in Binghamton; collection consists mainly of personal correspondence between the architect, sculptor and the sponsor of the project.

Title Josiah T. Newcomb Papers Dept/Division Special Collections Description Working papers of Newcomb, the second librarian of Harpur College/Binghamton University and Broome County Historian. Collection contains information on the history of Binghamton University and Broome County, ca. 1770-1990.

Title Charles Monroe Dickinson Papers Dept/Division Special Collections Description Correspondence and other papers of Binghamton newspaper publisher Charles M. Dickinson, later U.S. Consul-General to Turkey. Subjects documented include the 1852 Democratic National Convention, U.S.-Turkish relations, and conditions in Europe during the early twentieth century. Dickinson's chief correspondent was his second wife, Alice Bond Minard Dickinson, who was active in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the National Women's Republican Club. Also includes photographs, genealogical material, poetry, and financial records.

Title Lamont Montgomery Bowers Papers Dept/Division Special Collections Description Business and personal correspondence and records relating to Bowers's financial interests in railroads, shipping, and anchor manufacturing, business interests outside of New York State, and close ties to the Rockefeller family.

Title MacDonald Collection Dept/Division Special Collections Description Business records and personal papers of Binghamton physician, astrologer, publisher, and patent medicine manufacturer Jeremiah MacDonald (1859-1918) and his son, Arthur C. MacDonald (1884-1951). Collection consists chiefly of orders for patent medicines, but also includes photographs and copies of farmer's almanacs and occult books produced or distributed by the MacDonald-owned Atlas Publishing Company.

Brooklyn Historical Society
Title Manuscript Holdings Description Guides to papers of the Pierrepont family, the Plymouth Church of the Brethren-Henry Ward Beecher collection, the Brooklyn Division of the Protestant Council of Churches, the Brooklyn Fire Fighting Collection, and the records of the Civitas Club, a women's public service group.

California State Archives
Title California Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education. Correspondence, 1949-1965 Description Correspondence to and from Bureau staff concerns program administration, policy and regulations; educationally and physically handicapped; mentally retarded; legislation; teacher training and credentials; cerebral palsy; epilepsy; the Department of Mental Hygiene; meetings and conferences; professional and advisory groups; and publications. RLIN Catalog Number: CSAV86-A734

Title California Department of Education. Bilingual-Bicultural Task Force Project Files, 1977 Description Correspondence, memoranda, reports, policy statements, forms, and other materials pertaining to the Lau vs. Nichols case (which established the right to bilingual education), budget, programs, and plans of the Bilingual-Bicultural Task Force. RLIN Catalog Number:CSAV90-A519

Title California Department of Education, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Subject Files, 1972-1973 Description Contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and legal opinions reflecting Chief Deputy of Superintendent's role as representative of the Department. Major subjects include bilingual-bicultural education, conflict and violence, drug abuse, venereal disease, collective bargaining, teacher tenure, legislation, early childhood education, vocational education, and education of gifted children. RLIN Catalog Number: CSAV86-A605

Title California State Government Oral Histories. Wilson C. Riles, Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1970-1982 Description Riles discusses the passage of the federal ESEA, discrimination in teacher employment, his own Early Childhood Education program and the concept of compensatory education, involvement of parents and school boards at the local level, college admissions standards, how he saw his own role as superintendent and Ronald Reagan's role as governor with respect to education in California. RLIN Catalog Number: CSAV86-A562

Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos/Hunter College
Title Joseph Monserrat Papers; 1953-2005 (Bulk 1960s-1980s) Description A government official and community leader. Collection contains correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, subject files, information about community organizations, and materials related to his positions on the Board of Education of the City of New York, the Migration Division of the Government of Puerto Rico and the Department of Community Affairs in the United States.

Title Luis O. Reyes Papers, 1961-1998 Description Educator, scholar, activist, and university professor. Collection contains information on bilingual education and multicultural education, New York City public schools, school dropouts, language rights, minority rights, HIV/AIDS education, ASPIRA of New York, Inc., educational reform, the Board of Education of the City of New York, and numerous organizations. Consists of administrative files, letters, memoranda, notes, notebooks, minutes, reports, announcements and newspaper clippings.

Title Archival Collections Dept/Division Archives Description

Columbia University
Title Rare Books and Manuscripts Library Description Finding aids to approximately 75 collections ranging from the papers of playwright Tennessee Williams and former governor Herbert H. Lehman to the records of the Harper & Row publishing company.

Cornell University Library
Title Cornell Institute for Digital Collections Description Seven finding aids for collections ranging from the papers of writers Jay McInerney and Valerie Taylor to the railroad photographs of DeForest Douglas Diver. To access the finding aids, scroll down and select "EAD/XML Finding Aids.

Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Title Archival Collection Dept/Division Kheel Center Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Description The Kheel Center is a labor-management archive whose artifacts and documents illuminate labor and workplace history - specifically the needle trades, railroads, teachers, arbitration, mediation, and management theory. Site includes Subject Guides on African-American Labor, Agricultural Labor, Radicals and Reactionaries, Women and Work and Bibliographies on Histories of UNITE and Predecessor Unions, Labor History Research Guide, Triangle Factory Fire

Department of Records and Information Services
Title Isaiah Robinson Files, 1968-1972 Dept/Division New York City Department of Records and Information Services Description The Isaiah Robinson Files, 1968-1972, document portions of the work of a member and officer of the Board of Education, who served, during these years, as the first African-American president of the Board. The Isaiah Robinson Files document only a portion of Robinson's work on the Board of Education. While Robinson's service on the Board spanned the years 1969 to 1978, the records cover only the period 1969 to 1972. The location of the records for the period after 1972 is not known.

Emma Willard School
Title Emma (Hart) Willard Collection, 1809 Dept/Division Archives Description The school arranged and described the papers of founder Emma Willard, an author of numerous textbooks and historical and scientific studies and a vocal proponent of academically oriented secondary schooling and university education for women. The collection contains unpublished and published writings of Emma Willard and also published and unpublished information written about her.

Finger Lakes Community College
Title Newspaper Clippings Index Dept/Division Charles J. Meder Library Description Index of articles concerning the college that were clipped from newspapers in western New York, 1967-present. Topics documented include campus construction; individual administrators, faculty, staff, students, and alumni; sports, cultural events, and other extracurricular activities; and conservation, health sciences, workforce development, and other academic programs.

Title Photo Collection Index Dept/Division Meder Library Description Listing of photographs documenting the college's history, ca. 1965-present. Images depict trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, and students; campus buildings; sports, cultural events, and other extracurricular activities. Photographs of academic activities document conservation studies, nursing, criminal justice, early childhood education, arts, and other programs.

Fordham University
Title James R. Dumpson Papers, 1930-1992 Dept/Division Archives and Special Collections Description Guide to professional papers of Dumpson, a New York City social services administrator and Dean of Fordham's Graduate School of Social Services. Includes material relating to social welfare and public health policy, the criminal justice system, African-American activism, and child welfare; teaching material; and papers concerning Dumpson's work in Pakistan and Thailand.

Title Archives and Manuscript Collections Dept/Division Archives and Special Collections Description Summary list of collections, which document the history of Fordham University, the lives and work of Jesuits associated with the school, and the Xavier Institute of Industrial Relations. Two collections consist of early Americana (documents written by prominent Revolutionary War figures and drawings of important events that took place before and during the Revolution).

Foundation of the New York State Nurses Association, Inc.
Title Guide to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Records in New York State Dept/Division Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History Description This Guide resulted from a survey of nursing schools, health-care facilities, individual nurses, nursing organizations and historical societies. The purpose of this survey was to discover the existence and location of psychiatric/mental health nursing records in New York State and to assist in making these records available to researchers.

Title Archives Automation Description In 1992, the foundation automated its collection descriptions of 900 linear feet of records documenting the development of professional nursing in New York State. It also published "Records of a Proud Profession," a guide to its holdings.

Title Guide to Records on Nursing in New York State Dept/Division Bellevue Alumnae Center for Nursing History Description Contains brief list of some of the records that are held at the Foundation Center for History. The repository has detailed accession descriptions, box lists, and specialized indexes that provide further subject access to all processed records.

Genealogical Resources
Title Passenger Record Archive Dept/Division American Family Immigration History Center Description Searchable database of twenty-two million immigrants who came to the United States via Ellis Island between 1892-1924 includes passenger records, original manifests, and ship information. Some parts of the site are accessible only to registered users (registration is free). Additional features are available to dues-paying members of the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

Gerald R. Ford Library
Title David H. Lissy Files, 1974-1977 Description Education Files, 1974-76. Materials produced or accumulated primarily by Lissy, but also by his predecessor Roger Semerad, on . . . education issues before the Domestic Council. Included is information on administration programs for secondary and higher education, particularly interagency follow-up on President Ford's proposals for work and education; busing, affirmative action, the title IX controversy and similar minority education issues; and federal funding of education, especially the administration's education block grant proposals.

Harry S. Truman Library
Title William P. McCahill Papers Description Exec. Secretary of the President's Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week (later renamed the President's Comm. on Employment of the Physically Handicapped, and later the President's Comm. on Employment of the Handicapped), 1949-73. The Annual Meeting series contains minutes from the annual meetings from 1948 to 1951. The Report series includes a 25th Anniversary Report of the President's Comm., correspondence from President Truman, photographs, a brochure, articles written by Mr. McCahill, and other items.

Hoover Institution Archives
Title American Institutes for Research. Reports, 1960-1987 Description American non-profit institution for educational and social science research. Relates to development and evaluation of educational programs and methodologies, career guidance and training programs, and study of human behavior in various specific aspects. 50 boxes, stored off-site. RLIN catalog number: CSUZ91023-A.

Huguenot Historical Society of New Paltz
Title Huguenot Historical Society Description Site of a collection of colonial and early National period stone houses owned and operated as historic house museums by the Huguenot Historical Society in the Village of New Paltz, New York.

Jervis Public Library Association
Title The John Bloomfield Jervis Papers Description John B. Jervis (1795-1885) was America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era (1820 - 1860). Jervis was a pioneer in the development of canals and railroads for the expanding United States. The papers of John B. Jervis cover his primary areas of interest canals, railroads, and waterworks.

Jewish Theological Seminary
Title Records of the Jewish Theological Seminary Dept/Division Ratner Center Description Guide to the seminary's archives (1902-ca. 1995), which include administrative and departmental records, writings by and about people associated with the seminary, and seminary-sponsored conferences, youth programs, and other initiatives.

Title Papers of Conservative Rabbis and Synagogues Dept/Division Ratner Center Description Summary guide to over 100 collections (ca. 1875-present) of personal papers of Conservative rabbis and organizational records of Conservative synagogues. Also includes several collections of personal papers created by seminary administrators.

Title Photograph Collection Dept/Division Ratner Center Description Guide to a collection of more than 6,000 images created ca. 1880-present. Most of the images depict the seminary's buildings, faculty, and students or notable events that took place at the institution. Other images document Conservative Jewish synagogue life in New York and other states.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Services Center National History Archive
Title Automation of Manuscript Collections Description In 1993, 1995, and 1996 the archives arranged and created finding aids for 343 collections documenting the emergence and growth of New York City's lesbian and gay communities from the Second World War to the present.

Title Summary Guide to the Current Collection of the National Archive of Lesbian and Gay History Dept/Division National Archive of Lesbian and Gay History Description Summary descriptions of almost sixty archival collections documenting lesbian and gay life in and around New York City from 1950 to the present. Most of the collections concern political groups and efforts to combat various forms of legal and social discrimination, but some document social, cultural, and religious activities and personal relationships. Several of the collections chronicle the impact of AIDS upon the gay community, and a few concern gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered young people.

Lyndon B. Johnson Library
Title White House Subject Files on Education, 1963-1969 Description Presidential and staff messages to and meetings with students, educators, and education conferences; anti-dropout campaigns; Task Forces on Education & Child Development; Interagency Task Force on Education; DC schools; Panel on Computers in Education of the President's Science Advisory Committee; National Teacher Corps; ESEA; IEA; Reading is FUNdamental project; Office of EEO and school integration; National Student Association; BOB estimates of program costs; HEW estimates of education needs and suggestions for legislation.

Manhattanville College Library
Title Guide to the Edward A. Jennings Collection Dept/Division Rare Books and Manuscripts Description Overview of a collection documenting three neighborhoods on the West Side of Manhattan. The collection includes captioned images, ca. 1825-1900, of Manhattanville and Old Bloomingdale and twentieth-century writings about the history of Manhattanville, Old Bloomingdale, and Harsenville.

Marist College Library
Title Grim Collection: Records Relating to the Hudson River Fishery Investigation Dept/Division Archives Description Papers, reports, and other records relating to a 1965-68 study of the Hudson River and its fisheries that was undertaken by John Grim and other people associated with Northeast Biologists, Inc.

Title Alexander Saunders Collection: Records Relating to the Storm King Case, 1966 Dept/Division Archives Description Saunders was co-chairman of the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference (now Scenic Hudson, Inc.), which was formed in 1963 to oppose construction of a hydroelectric facility atop Storm King mountain. Collection consists of legal documents, notes, clippings, and publicity materials.

Title Hudson River Valley Commission Collection: Records Relating to the Storm King Case, 1966-1967 Dept/Division Archives Description The Hudson River Valley Commission was a state government body established to coordinate land planning and development in the Hudson River valley. The collection consists of testimony, exhibits, legal documents, and other material concerning a proposal to construct a hydroelectric facility atop Storm King Mountain.

Title Hudson River Environmental Society Library Dept/Division Archives Description Guide to the society's organizational records and reference collection of reports written by government agencies, non-profit groups, and corporations, 1965-2001. Subjects documented in the collection include acid rain, dredging of the Hudson River, toxic waste, wetlands, and historic and scenic preservation.

Title Scenic Hudson Collection: Records Related to the Storm King Case, 1963-1981 Dept/Division Archives Description Scenic Hudson, Inc., was founded in 1963 to oppose plans to construct a hydroelectric facility atop Storm King Mountain; it ultimately secured a landmark legal victory against Consolidated Edison. The collection consists of hearing transcripts, meeting minutes, legal documents, studies, reports, publicity material, and audiovisual resources.

Title Stewart Newburgh Airport Records, 1992-1998 Dept/Division Archives Description Guide to collection of reports, correspondence, and other documents concerning the maintenance and expansion of the airport and its facilities.

Title Senator and Mrs. Whitney Seymour Jr. Papers: Records Relating to the Storm King Case, 1962-1978 Dept/Division Archives Description Mr. and Mrs. Seymour were Scenic Hudson members who participated in the campaign against construction of a hydroelectric plant atop Storm King Mountain. Collection consists of legal documents, meeting minutes, studies, reports, publicity materials, and maps.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
Title Dorwatha Adderley papers, 1975-1998 Description Genealogical information, correspondence, speeches, minutes, newsletters, photographs, and audio-visual materials detailing Adderley's family life and activities as principal of Ascension School, the largest multi-racial Roman Catholic grade school (K-8) in Minneapolis, and as cocordinator of Parent Choice Advocates, a group organized to train citizens to lobby for financial assistance to low and middle income parents of non-public school children.

New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Title Research Aids Dept/Division Library Description The Society maintains al genealogical reference library and collects and makes available information on genealogy, biography and history, particularly as it relates to the people of New York State. The research aids contains information about specific topics and related records found both at the society and elsewhere in the City. Research aids inlcude Bibliographies, Census Records, Church Records, Colonial Research, Databases, Libraries & Societies, New York City Research, New York State Research, Publications, and Research Tips

New York Psychoanalytic Institute
Title Brill Library Archives and Special Collections Dept/Division Brill Library Description This site focuses on the holdings of the Brill Library Archives of the Society and the Institute as well as a 2000 volume Rare Book Collection, papers of prominent analysts, oral history interviews, photographs, manuscripts, and memorabilia documenting the history of psychoanalysis.

New York Public Library, The
Title Digital Library Collection Description More than 150 finding aids covering collections ranging from the correspondence of film stars Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers to the records of the Mattachine Society of New York, an early gay rights group.

New York State Archives
Title They Also Served: New Yorkers on the Home Front. A Guide to Records of the New York State War Council Description Contents to a guide to records of New York State War Council which was organized to coordinate homefront mobilization and civilian response during WWII

Title Working Lives: A Guide to the Records of the New York State Factory Investigating Commission Description The New York State Legislature responded to the Triangle Waist Company factory fire by establishing the Factory Investigating Commission to study working conditions in a variety of industries and businesses. The Commission's records provide researchers with a detailed view of early twentieth century working life.

Title Records Relating to Criminal Trials, Appeals, and Pardons Description Records in the State Archives and elsewhere on criminal courts and cases, appeals from trial courts to appellate courts, executive clemency applications (pardon), and prisons.

Title Preliminary Guide to Mental Health Documentary Sources Description Descriptions of mental health records held by the New York State Archives, the Office of Mental Health, Local Governments, and Historical Records Repositories in New York State and outside the state.

Title Jewish History Resources in New York State. Description A compilation of information about Jewish history and genealogy resources in New York, based on archival inventory and cataloging efforts known to date.

Title World War I Records: New York State Archives Description Guide for records created by agencies responsible for adminstering and documenting the military service and homefront actions by New Yorkers in World War I.

Title Records Relating to Native Americans In the New York State Archives Description Records include information about state government relations with Indians, and public policy including land and census records and records of Thomas Indian School.

Title Guide to Canal Records in the New York State Archives Description Guide to development, construction, maintenance and administration of New York's canal system from original Erie Canal to Barge Canal System.

Title Guide to Revolutionary War Records: New York State Archives Description The State Archives holds 75 series or 120 cubic feet of records relating to the Revolutionary War. Describes records held by State Archives relating to the political and military conduct of the American Revolution in New York.

Title Records Relating to Women In the New York State Archives Description Describes legislative, court, and executive branch records dealing with the evolution of New York State's policies toward women and women's role in shaping State policy.

Title Preliminary Guide to Historical Record Sources on Environmental Affairs in NY Description Guide on records relating to environmental affairs currently held in archives, libraries, historical societies and governments around New York State.

Title Records Relating to African Americans in the New York State Archives Description These record series pertain to slavery and emancipation; military service; confinement in State institutions, performing arts, political radicalism, human rights, and education.

Title Preliminary Guide to Historical Record Sources on Latinos in New York State Description This guide provides an overview of records relating to Latinos-Hispanic populations currently held in archives, libraries, historical societies and governments around New York State.

New York University
Title Archival Collections Dept/Division Bobst Library Description Finding aids to more than a dozen collections from the Tamiment Institute Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University Archives, and Fales Library and Special Collections

Title Tamiment Library and Robert L Wagner Archives Description Finding aids for different labor related records within the library and archives

Northern New York Library Network
Title Tuberculosis-related Materials Dept/Division Saranac Lake Public Library Adirondack Research Center Description Provides finding aids to tuberculosis-related materials held by the Saranac Lake Public Library's Adirondack Research Center

Ontario County
Title Ontario County Records and Archives Center Dept/Division Ontario County Records and Archives Center Description The Records and Archives Center has created online indexes to naturalization records (1803-1956), marriage records (1908-35), real estate deeds (1789-1845), Revolutionary and Civil War military records, poorhouse indentures (ca.1835-ca.1900), local court records (1789-1926), eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century civil commissions, and vital records maintained by various localities.

Oswego County
Title Archival Index of Oswego County Description The index contains a listing of historical records held by towns and villages in Oswego County, NY.

Out of State Resources
Title Cuban Heritage Digital Collection Dept/Division University of Miami - Otto G. Richter Library Description Collection descriptions, finding aids, and selected images for the Fernando Fernández-Cavada Collection, the Cordovés and Bolaños Families Collection, the Cuba: Capitanía General Collection, the Alberto Arredondo Papers, the Tomás Estrada Palma Collection and the José Lezama Lima Papers.

Parsons School of Design
Title Partial List of Collections Dept/Division Kellen Archives Center Description Summary listing of more than 50 collections relating to architecture, interior design, fashion, graphic arts, merchandising, magazine publishing, and the history of the Parsons School of Design.

Pennsylvania State Archives
Title Secretary of Education. Administrative Correspondence, 1937-1979 Dept/Division Pennsylvania State Archives (http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/) Description Correspondence of the Sec. of Ed., as well as annual reports, special studies, major committee and conference records, federal program data, speeches, and reference copies of minutes. Topics include letters of recommendation by the Secretary, 1974-1976; progress reports for Dept. of Ed., 1972-1974; State Univ. Board of Trustees minutes, 1976-1978; Assoc. of School Administrators, 1969-1976; basic education; higher education; Public School Building Authority minutes, 1976-1977; correspondence with state colleges, 1970-1978; and with legislature.

Rensselaer County Historical Society
Title Documenting Change: Industry and Business in Troy and Rensselaer County, 1945-the Present Description Guide to records of area businesses engaged in production of a wide array of products, including: iron and steel, garments, paper, lumber, measuring devices, agricultural machinery, and pharmaceuticals.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Archives
Title Online Inventories Description Online finding aids describing select series of records created by the Institutes administration, academic units, and student groups; also, finding aids describing the personal papers of 19th- and 20th-century engineers, scientists, Troy-area business leaders, and select RPI alumni.

Title Institute Archives and Special Collections Description Links to finding aids for several collections of faculty papers and records documenting student life.

Rockefeller Archive Center
Title General Education Board Archives (1901-1964) - 1967 Description The GEB was established in 1903 by John D. Rockefeller to aid education in the U.S. "without distinction of race, sex or creed." The emphasis was on the South and the education of Blacks. Offices were established in Richmond and Baton Rouge to give GEB agents closer contact with southern communities. The Board was especially active in promoting the public school movement in the early part of the 20th century. After 1940, programs other than those for southern education were brought to a close; the last appropriation was made in 1964.

Title Rockefeller Archive Center Collections Description Papers of Rockefeller family members and associates; records of Rockefeller University, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and other charitable and social research organizations established by or linked to the Rockefeller family. Topics best represented include business and finance, politics and public affairs, and philanthropy (with emphasis on education, the arts, physical and mental health, interracial relations, the natural and social sciences, and international affairs).

Rome Historical Society
Title Rome Turney Radiator Company Records, 1905-1939 Description The society arranged and produced a finding aid to the records of the Rome Turney Radiator Company, which made radiators for early automobiles, aircraft, diesel trucks and tractors, and dirigibles.

Title Rome-Turney Radiator Company Records Collection Description Collection of company records from the Rome-Radiator Company from 1905-1933 including Correspondence, Financial and Business Records, and Technical which includes the blueprints and drawings.

SUNY Upstate Medical University
Title Picture Collection Dept/Division Health Sciences Library Description Subject listing of photographs, negatives, lantern slides, and other images of physicians, hospitals, and medical schools in central New York and other areas.

Title Portrait Collection Dept/Division Health Sciences Library Description Listing of photographs, negatives, lantern slides and other images of prominent central New York health care professionals. Includes images of pioneering African-American and women physicians.

Title Non-Print and Multimedia Collections, Personal Papers, Manuscripts & Memorabilia Dept/Division Health Sciences Library Description Guide to personal papers of noted central New York physicians and records of the Syracuse Free Dispensary, the Central New York Health Systems Association, and the U.S. Army 52nd General Hospital.

Title Historical-Biographical Folders Dept/Division Health Sciences Library Description Guide to collection of clippings, ephemera, and other material relating to the history of health care in central New York. Includes biographical information about prominent physicians and medical educators, health care-related organizations, area hospitals, pioneering African-American and women physicians, and health care for veterans.

Title Archives Dept/Division Health Sciences Library Description Overview of the university's archives (1871-present), including administrative and departmental records, information about the school's curriculum and research programs, University Hospital, commencement exercises, alumni activities, and Elizabeth Blackwell Day.

Saratoga County
Title Saratoga County Archival Record Index Description Online database to series descriptions of local government historical societies and museum records from the Saratoga County and the County Clerk's Office and from the Towns of Day, Edinberg, Greenfield and Malta.

Saratoga County Historical Society
Title Collection Holdings Dept/Division Brookside Museum Description Searchable database containing information about the society's manuscript, photograph, object, and library collections. To see complete listings of the society's archival and photograph collections, access the initial search screen, click Archives or Photos, and then click Table of Contents. To find more information about a specific item or collection, click on its identification number.

Schoharie County Historical Society
Title Manuscript Holdings Dept/Division Old Stone Fort Library Description Online indexes to subject-based Manuscript Files and genealogy files, listing of records created by churches located in the Hudson and Mohawk valleys, and information about other published and unpublished information of interest to genealogists.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Title Finding Aids Description

Skidmore College, Scribner Library
Title Records of the Department of Nursing Dept/Division Scribner Library / Archives Description The college arranged the records of its Department of Nursing (1919-85) and produced a finding aid and MARC cataloging descriptions. It also created a Web exhibit featuring images and documents drawn from the records.

Title Elizabeth Fisher Adams Papers, 1914-1986 Dept/Division Special Collections Description Guide to papers of Skidmore alumna Adams. The collection consists correspondence, personal files, clippings, photographs, and other material that documents her years at the college and her involvement in World War II relief efforts.

Title Anita Pohndorff Yates Collection of Saratogiana, 1787-1996 Dept/Division Special Collections Description Guide to collection of material relating to the history of Saratoga Springs history that Yates assembled. Subjects documented in the collection include: Skidmore College, horse racing, the performing arts and the artists' colony Yaddo, and health spas.

Title Skidmore College Publications Dept/Division Special Collections Description Guide to commencement programs, student handbooks, yearbooks, course catalogs and other college publications.

Title Skidmore College Vertical Files Dept/Division Special Collections Description Guide to vertical files documenting all aspects of student and faculty life at the college including: academic programs, student life, campus buildings, cultural events, political activism, and war-related activities (1941-1945)

Title Lucy Skidmore Scribner Papers, 1837-1957 Dept/Division Special Collections Description Guide to papers of Skidmore College founder. Collection includes correspondence, journals, photographs, scrapbooks, and books and objects that Scribner owned.

St. Lawrence University
Title Manuscript Collections-Alphabetical Listing Dept/Division University Libraries Description Summary guide to more than 120 collections with links to detailed finding aids. Collections document: economic, social, political, religious, and cultural activities in Adirondack communities; environmental issues; the 1980 Winter Olympics; Civil War soldiers; ethnic communities; the St. Lawrence Seaway and other transportation networks; and crime. One large collection, the Owen D. Young Papers, documents Young's leadership of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, RCA, and GE and his involvement in labor relations, agriculture, and diplomacy.

Stanford University, Special Collections
Title Guide to the Secular Yiddish Schools in North America : collection, 1915-2001 Dept/Division Green Library Description A collection formed through the efforts of Gella Schweid Fishman and Martha G. Krow-Lucal with support from The Friends of the Secular Yiddish Schools in America Collection (SYSA). Materials include curricula, newsletters, instruction books, song books, school board minutes, photographs, newsclippings, memoirs, ephemera and correspondence. (Special Collections M0732)

Title Alfredo Castañeda Papers, 1935-1978 Dept/Division Green Library Description Alfredo Castaneda, a nationally prominent expert in multicultural education, was the first Mexican American to be appointed to a full professorship at Stanford University. He served as consultant to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare's National Center for Health Statistics, and HEW's Task Force on School Integration.

State University College at New Paltz
Title SUNY New Paltz Postcard Collection Finding Aid Dept/Division Sojourner Truth Library Description Describes the college's collection of 400 postcards (late 19th century-present) documenting the development of the college, the Village New Paltz, and the Huguenot Street National Historical District.

Title Sojourner Truth Records Dept/Division Sojourner Truth Library Description Folder list of records relating to Truth, her family, the places in which she lived and worked, and current recognition of her significance. Also includes a bibliography of published and unpublished studies of Truth's life and work and links to additional online resources.

State University College at Oneonta
Title Archival Collections Dept/Division Milne Library Description Summary overview of administrative and departmental records, faculty biographical files, yearbooks, student activities files, and other material documenting the history of the college. To access the finding aid, click on ""Archival Collections" and then click "SCC Archival Collections."

Stony Brook University
Title Special Collections Department and University Archives Description Seventy finding aids to collections ranging from the papers of Senator Jacob Javits to the records of the Environmental Defense Fund and the Community Health Plan of Suffolk, Inc.

Syracuse University Archives
Title Papers of William Coleman Fleming (1909-2001) Description Fleming was a fine arts professor at Syracuse University from 1945-1975, a noted pianist (debuting in the United States at Carnegie Hall), a music critic for the Syracuse Post-Standard, and a renowned author of several books. The collection, consisting of 48 boxes (45 cubic feet), cover the entire span of Fleming's life, and include family papers pre-dating his birth.

Syracuse University Library
Title Oneida Community Photograph Collection, 1850s-1960s Description The library arranged and created a finding aid to its photographic collection, which documents the history of the utopian Oneida Community and the tableware-manufacturing company into which it evolved.

Title Subject Index to Manuscript and Archival Collections. Description A comprehensive overview of the department's holdings with links to brief descriptions of many collections. Finding aids for several collections, among them the Oneida Community collections, Street and Smith Publishing Company records, and Margaret Bourke-White papers, are also available.

Teachers College Library
Title Finding Aids and Catalog Records for Archival and Manuscript Collections Dept/Division Special Collections Description Summary descriptions of and detailed guides to roughly 200 collections: papers of Teachers College faculty and other educators, and records of Teachers College academic departments and programs and various educational organizations. Subjects documented include: primary, secondary, collegiate, and special education; nursing education; psychology; social welfare and reform; and the New York City Board of Education and New York City public schools.

Thrall Public Library District of Middletown and Wallkill
Title Documenting the Agricultural Records of the Black Dirt Region Description Local records guide to agricultural records found in the area known as the Black Dirt Region.

Town of Hempstead
Title Town of Hempstead Archives Description Furnishes series- or folder-level descriptions of historical town records maintained by the town clerk.

Ulster County
Title Series Descriptions for Selected Series Dept/Division Ulster County Archives Description The Ulster County Archives, a program of the Ulster County Clerk's office, has series descriptions and indexes available on its website. Records indexed include early deed books and naturalization records.

Title Database of Holdings Dept/Division Ulster County Archives Description Users can search the database for series descriptions by department, collection, record series title, date and keyword. Also available is database for indexes for the deeds and naturalization records.

University at Albany, University Libraries
Title Conference of Large City Boards of Education. Records, 1968-1981 Dept/Division M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Description The Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education was appointed as part of the Conference of Large City Boards of Education of New York State in 1978. Topics covered include school vouchers, regionalism in education, the correlation between class size and student achievement, special needs students, and other issues related to education policy. Also included is Eugene C. Samter's testimony from the 1976 Levittown vs. Nyquist case argued before the New York State Supreme Court. RLIN catalog number: NYAG91-A29

Title M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives. Dept/Division M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Description Furnishes a general overview of the department's Archives of Public Affairs and Policy, German Intellectual Émigré Collection, General Manuscript Collections, and University Archives and provides links to finding aids for many collections.

University at Buffalo
Title Howard R. Berman Collection Dept/Division Law Library Description Overview and searchable database describing the personal papers and research materials assembled by Berman, an attorney and professor of law specializing in Native American law. The collection includes extensive information about legal issues relating to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) in New York State.

Title Special Collections and Archives in the Music Library Dept/Division Music Library Description Summary listing of more than thirty collections relating to contemporary composers and festivals in the Buffalo area, European concert programs and vocal music scores, and music education at the university. Also provides links to detailed finding aids for select collections.

Title Comprehensive guide to the records of the Ecumenical Task Force Dept/Division University Archives Description Provides a comprehensive guide to the records of the Ecumenical Task Force, which was formed to help Love Canal homeowners and address the issue of chemical waste disposal. It also furnishes digitized reproductions of primary source material, summary descriptions of the University's other Love Canal research material, and links to Love Canal-related Web sites.

Title John Lord O'Brian Papers Dept/Division Law Library Description Guide to papers of prominent attorney and public servant who argued fifteen cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, served on the New York State Board of Regents, and taught law at the university. A searchable index is available.

Title Ralph C. Epstein, Dean of the School of Business Administration, Papers, ca. 1930s Dept/Division University Archives Description Finding aid to the research collection of Ralph C. Epstein, Dean of the School of Business Administration from 1935 to 1947. Topics included are American Manufacturing and Industry, Unemployment Insurance Law, and the Rubber and Automobile trades.

Title A. B. Lemon, Dean of the School of Pharmacy Papers, 1924-1969 Dept/Division University Archives Description Correspondence, notes, drafts of speeches and histories, printed materials and other items, 1924-1969, created or collected by Asa B. Lemon pertaining primarily to his research into the history of the School of Pharmacy and the Department of Analytical Chemistry; also includes information about the UB Alumni Association, and the New York State Board of Pharmacy.

Title Frank Lloyd Wright Collections in the University Archives Dept/Division University Archives Description Summary descriptions of a variety of records relating to Frank Lloyd Wright. Includes oral histories, architectural drawings, photographs, correspondence and other papers concerning the Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, N.Y. and other structures in Western New York designed by Wright.

Title Guide to Women's History Collections at the University at Buffalo Archives Dept/Division University at Buffalo Archives Description The University Archives finding aid provides information of their collection and preservation of records of the region's women's organizations.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives
Title David D. Henry Personal Papers, 1922-1984 Description The series includes correspondence, reports, photographs & clippings about Henry's involvement in educational missions & conferences in India, England, West Germany, Japan & Australia & service to the American Council of Ed., the Assoc. of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Academy for Educational Development, Assoc. of American Universities, Carnegie Corporation's Commission on Higher Ed. & Council on Policy Studies, National Institutes of Ed., etc.

University of Montana--Missoula
Title Arnold Olsen Papers, 1956-1972 Description This collection contains the papers Arnold Olsen generated and collected while serving as U.S. Representative for the western Montana Congressional District, along with a few other materials unrelated to his congressional service. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence, legislative documents, official news releases, campaign materials, speeches, awards, certificates, gifts, and photographs.

University of Rochester
Title Department of Rare Books and Special Collections Description Furnishes a brief overview of the institution's holdings in British and American literature, history of women's suffrage agitation and other social reform movements, and American political history; item lists and registers for many collections are linked to the guide.

University of Washington Libraries
Title Guide To The Collections Of The University Archives Concerning The Darwin D. Martin House, Buffalo, New York Dept/Division University Archives Description Guide to archival material concerning the Darwin D. Martin House, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Collections include architectural drawings, photographs, correspondence between Martin and Wright, Martin family papers, correspondence with building contractors, and oral histories. Note: as of summer 2003, the collection was closed to researchers. Contact the archives for more information.

Utah State University, Special Collections & Archives
Title Utah Education Association Records Description The organizational files of the Utah Educational Association, including committee minutes and reports (1967-1985), Board of Trustee minutes and reports (1959-1982), information about legislative activities (1949-1960), UEA newsletters (1969-1985), records of the Utah Council for the Improvement of Education (1963-1970).

Vanderbilt University
Title The John Egerton Papers, 1950s-2001 Dept/Division Special Collections and University Archives Description Includes correspondence, manuscripts of writings, speeches, research materials, publication materials, memorabilia, clippings and photographs, programs from cultural events, scrapbooks and periodicals on race relations and school desegregation, and audio and video tapes. Subject Files contain many issues of Integrated Education: Race and Schools, Report of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and Inequality in Education. There are also scrapbooks of newspaper clippings pertaining to education issues in 1950-1951, especially in California.

Vassar College
Title Special Collections Description Links to registers for five collections, a bibliography related to the history of Vassar College, and an overview of collections pertaining to women's history.

Warren County
Title Series Descriptions and Indexes Dept/Division Warren County Records Storage Center & Archives Description Warren County's Archival Program has on-line information about its archival records, including series descriptions and sample images for selected series located in the county archives. The site also includes extensive indexes to the County's map collection.

Westchester County
Title Index to Selected Series Dept/Division Westchester County Archives Description Furnishes links to indexes of: Declarations of Intention (1808-1927), Cemetery Records, Veterans (1775-1918) Court Records (1778-1885), Government Publications by Westchester County Departments (1915-Present), Historic Preservation Survey Records (1983), Incorporation Records (1876-1926), Incorporation Records: Personal Names Index (1848- 1906), Marriage Records (1910-1927), Naturalization Records (1808-1927), and School Reports (1828-1927).

Wilson Riles Archives and Institute for Education
Title The Wilson C. Riles Collection Description Personal and professional papers of Wilson Riles, spanning his time at the California State Department of Education (1958 - 1983) and including his tenure as California's Superintendant of Public Instruction from 1970 - 1983. Education during the Riles years experienced many stresses and exciting changes. It survived bussing, integration, student unrest, and Proposition 13. Programmatic innovations of the time included Early Childhood Education, the School Improvement Program, and the Master Plan for Special Education.