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101

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New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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The series consists of a group of clippings, photographs, training circulars, instructions, and maps, dating from the World War I period. The exact source and association of these records is unclear, although they may be from a collection of Franklin W. Ward, who was Adjutant General from 1926 to 1934. .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

102

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New York State Defense Council

 

 

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This series consists primarily of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence - along with smaller amounts of incoming original letters - sent among the New York State Defense Council and other state agencies associated with emergency war efforts, notably the Adjutant General's office, Department of Health, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

103

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New York State War Council. Office of Physical Fitness

 

 

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This series consists of clippings from various newspapers throughout the state, mostly found in envelopes addressed to Dr. Hiram Jones at the State Education Department and sent from Capital City News Bureau in Albany. The clippings address a range of physical fitness topics. A number of articles cover .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

104

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New York (State). Governor's Commission on the Future of Horse Racing in New York State

 

 

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The series consists of records of the "Delafield Commission" appointed to study the impact of off-track betting, legalized gambling, and other legislative regulatory or financial measures on the horse racing industry. Records include correspondence; public hearing testimony; opinion letters; public .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

105

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New York (State). Governor's Love Canal Inter-Agency Task Force

 

 

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This series consists of files generated by commissioner William C. Hennessy, while serving as chairman of an emergency multi-agency task force on the Love Canal disaster. Files also contain records sent to Hennessey's office in Albany from the DOT regional office in Buffalo. That office managed department .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

106

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New York (State). Department of Labor. Executive Office

 

 

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These records consist of the subject files of the Commissioner of Labor, covering such topics as fire safety in factories worker safety, enforcement of labor laws, labor legislation child labor, limitations of hours of labor, industrial code rules, and unemployment insurance..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

107

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New York (State). Crime Victims Board

 

 

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This series consists of the Crime Victims Board (CVB) Chairman's correspondence with the Governor's Office, state legislators, the Attorney General's Office, state agencies, individuals, and private organizations. Series also contains individual files for cases that received significant public attention. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

108

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New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of records filed with the Office of State Engineer and Surveyor's Office including property assessments; contractors' bids; inventories of records lent to state commissions; a bridge company annual report; a list of companies navigating state lakes and rivers; one bill; bridge company .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

109

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New York State Library

 

 

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These are small amounts of unrelated archival material from several sources. They were gathered and retained by the New York State Library but remained unprocessed prior to transfer to the State Archives as state government records. Included are records of the centennial observance of the New York State .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

110

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New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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This series consists of files and reports from a State Civil Service Commission investigation of the practices of the Lackawanna City Civil Service Commission in response to veterans groups' legal actions against the municipal commission and petitions over a fire fighter examination. Records include .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

111

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New York (State). Temporary Commission on Dioxin Exposure

 

 

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The New York State Temporary Commission on Dioxin Exposure was created to gather information and inform the public, specifically Vietnam veterans about the hazardous effects of herbicides, particularly those containing dioxin, a chemical in Agent Orange. This series consists of subject and correspondence .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

112

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New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity

 

 

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The commission compiled the information in these files to further its investigation into violations of ethical or legal standards of conduct by public officials and employees. Informants wrote to the commission making allegations against individuals and organizations. These allegations included involvement .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

113

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State University of New York. Office of the Chancellor

 

 

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This series includes subject and correspondence files relating to organizations outside of the State University system. Records include correspondence with the chancellor, memorandums, reports, presentations, faculty appointment letters, grievance cases, resumes, salary schedules, newspaper clippings, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

114

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State University of New York. Office of the Chancellor

 

 

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This series documents the development and activities of the State University of New York (SUNY) Central Administration and campus offices, committees, and other organizational units that formulate and implement SUNY's policies and programs. The records discuss the scope and evolution of SUNY's educational .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

115

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New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Discrimination in Employment of the Middle-Aged

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence, testimony, interviews, reports, charts, and draft legislation on a variety of topics including age discrimination, workers' compensation, health and life insurance, and employee accidents. The information was gathered from industries, labor unions, business organizations, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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These subject files mainly relate to Senator Donovan's chairmanship of the Senate Education Committee. Records include correspondence, legislative bills, press releases, notes, agendas, reports, and press clippings. Subjects include licensing and education of acupuncturists; promotion of workforce education .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

117

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New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Crime and Correction

 

 

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The series consists of bound transcripts of three public hearings conducted by the Senate Committee on Crime and Correction, Senator Christopher J. Mega, chair. The hearings concerned the private security industry and the distribution and manufacture of toy guns. Also included with the transcripts are .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

118

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New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1974-1998 : Franz S. Leichter)

 

 

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Senator Franz S. Leichter was particularly active with issues relating to mass transit, consumer banking, taxation, and governmental ethics. This series consists primarily of correspondence, reports, memorandums, copies of testimony, news clippings, press releases, and newsletters or questionnaires .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

119

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New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office

 

 

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This series includes memoranda, correspondence, press releases, and reports, most of which were sent by the commissioner to Education Department administrators and staff members, members of the Board of Regents, local school officials, and state and national legislators. Series also contains Regents' .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

120

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New York (State). Counsel to the Governor

 

 

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This series consists of records, including subject and personnel files, maintained by various staff members of the Counsel to the Governor's office. Other types of records include news clippings, correspondence, invitations, memorandums, press releases, and reports. Records in the series relate to subjects .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives