Research

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New York (State). Division of State Police

 

 

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This series contains photocopies of analyses of firearms and ammunition used during the retaking of Attica Correctional Facility, as well as forensics reports. These documents were presumably prepared by State Police personnel as part of the investigation following the retaking of the facility..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

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New York (State). Special Commission on Attica

 

 

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This series consists of investigation and interview files of the Special Commission on Attica (chaired by Robert B. McKay and known as the "McKay Commission"). The commission investigated the Attica Correctional Facility riot of 1971. Resulting records include personal interview sheets or transcripts; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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This series consists of transcribed testimony of former hostages taken in the uprising at Attica Correctional Facility in September 1971. The testimony was given between May and August 2002 before a task force appointed by Governor George Pataki, which was charged with investigating issues raised by .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

4

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Auburn Correctional Facility

 

 

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This series consists of records of the Coordinator of Volunteer Services, who worked with the Logan Jaycees and the Jaycees Prison Chapter in Auburn. Records include questionnaires of persons touring the facility; articles on prison volunteer programs nationwide; Logan Jaycees monthly newsletter; prison .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

5

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of records relating to the escape and capture of incarcerated individuals who had escaped from Auburn Prison and its various prison camps. Folders include correspondence, telegrams, and general releases notifying police departments, county sheriffs, and railroad police of the escape .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Special Commission on Attica

 

 

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This series consists of motion picture film depicting events associated with the Attica Correctional Facility uprising in September of 1971. Footage depicts inmates holding prison yard; State Police control center; hostages; arrival of observers and Black Panther Party chairman Bobby Seale; deployment .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York (State). Special Commission on Attica

 

 

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This series includes audio tape recordings and transcripts of public hearings of the New York State Special Commission on Attica. Transcripts include testimony before the commission of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Robert R. Douglass (secretary to the governor), T. Norman Hurd (Director of State Operations), .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

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Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of operating and financial reports, apparently created for the State Comptroller's Office, concerning the farming industry operations of Auburn State Prison. Report topics include terms for leasing the Corrigan and Elias Hardy farms, lists of equipment leased, cost schedule, memo .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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This series consists of a draft report created in September 2003 by the Attica Task Force. Based on petitions from the Forgotten Victims of Attica (FVOA) group, the report addresses compensation for employee injuries and deaths from the Attica Correctional Facility riot of 1971; right to conduct an .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Division of State Police

 

 

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This series consists of a ten-page report by John L. Stainthorpe, containing detailed summaries of interviews with National Guard personnel and medical workers at the retaking of Attica Correctional Facility in 1971. The interviews focused on the subject of medical treatment of inmates after the event. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

 

 

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Attica Correctional Facility, located in Wyoming County, N.Y., is a maximum security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

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New York (State). Department of Law

 

 

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This series consists of digital versions of documents compiled by the Attorney General's Office in response to the class action lawsuit filed against state officials or their estates in 1974 by inmate survivors of the Attica Correctional Facility uprising of 1971. Records in the series include hearing .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

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New York (State). Division of State Police. Troop A, Batavia

 

 

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This series consists of paper records that were gathered as evidence by the Division of State Police in the aftermath of the Attica Correctional Facility uprising of September 9-13, 1971. State Police personnel tagged the documents as evidence for the investigation and eventual prosecution of acts considered .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

Auburn Prison

 

 

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This series consists of Auburn Prison Warden's central administrative files. Records include correspondence; orders; parole applications; character references for paroled individuals; lists of parole applicants and those that were discharged; and population reports. Records relate to Auburn Prison transfers; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

15

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New York (State). Department of Correctional Services. Division of Health Services

 

 

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This series lists admission, treatment, and discharge information for inmates of the Attica Correctional Facility. Information includes inmate name and number; location, date admitted and discharged; diagnosis, complications, treatment, sequelae (after effects or secondary injury), assignment, and remarks .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

Creator:

New York State Police

 

 

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This series consists mostly of motion picture film collected or produced by the Division of State Police for training and educational purposes. Topics include horsemanship; accident investigations; highway safety; drug and alcohol impairment and detection; bicycle safety; child and pedestrian safety; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

17

Creator:

Dannemora State Hospital

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence and forms compiled by Protestant Chaplains at other prisons while conducting interviews to determine religious affiliation for inmates who ultimately resided at Dannemora State Hospital. Many files contain a full-face photograph of the inmate as well as biographical .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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Executive Chamber staff maintained this report file to track the status of current policies and issues. The file includes draft and final versions of the governor's annual messages to the legislature; reports and plans of state agencies, commissions, task forces, advisory boards, councils, and private .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Department of Law. Litigation Bureau

 

 

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This series consists of landmark case files from the Department of Law. Files must meet at least one of these criteria: the files document cases that resulted in landmark decisions, rulings, or orders and therefore provide evidence of precedents; pertain to notorious figures or organizations that are .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

 

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This series consists of audio and video tape cassettes, motion picture films, and reel-to-reel audio tapes documenting the activities of New York's governors. Included are tapes and films of Thomas E. Dewey, W. Averell Harriman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Malcolm Wilson, Hugh L. Carey, and Mario M. Cuomo. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives