Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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This series consists of a bound register of letters received by the Civil Service Commission. Each entry contains the following information: date received; correspondent's name, title, position, residence; and a synopsis of the correspondence's content. Most letters are from public officials or institutions .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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Before the establishment of the Department of Civil Service in 1925, the Civil Service Commission was responsible for administering examinations and establishing eligibility lists. This series consists of four subseries, surviving fragments of larger series, which once existed from this period. Records .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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Any State employee disciplined by a penalty of demotion, dismissal, suspension without pay, or fine can appeal the determination to the Civil Service Commission or the courts. This series consists of case files of reports to the Commission usually accompanied by a hearing transcript. Reports contain .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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This series contains the Civil Service Commission's official meeting minutes signed by its secretary. The Commission was set up "to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State," and these minutes document their work toward that end. There are entries for all Commission meetings except those .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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This series consists of files for the Civil Service Commission's security risk program which determined if private organizations or groups were subversive and designated state agencies and individual positions as "security agencies" or "positions." The background and administrative files, subject files .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Civil Service Commission

 

 

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Files contain all or most of the following: appeals application form(s); appellant's written argument for reallocation or reclassification; Executive Office recommendations; Commission staff's and Classification and Compensation Division Director's memorandums; position descriptions; documentary evidence .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives