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New York State Department of Civil Service Alfred E. Smith Fellows Program Files


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
Governor Nelson Rockefeller created the Alfred E. Smith Fellows Program in 1969 to give professionals and businesspersons from outside State government an opportunity to serve for one year in key State posts. This series consists of correspondence and memorandums, fellowship applications, appointment records, training records, and press releases. It contains information on applicant selection, fellows' and applicants' biographies and qualifications, and the program's general administration. These records are partially restricted.
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New York State Department of Civil Service Alfred E. Smith Fellows Program files
Quantity:

0.4 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1969-1971
Series Number:
14100

Administrative History

In 1969 the Governor created the Alfred E. Smith Fellows Program to give professionals and businessmen from outside State government an opportunity to serve for one year in key State posts.

A committee, on which the Civil Service Commission's President served, selected the fellows but the Governor officially appointed them. The Director of the Budget directly administered the program. The first fellows were appointed in July 1970 and served for a year. The program's administration was transferred to the Department of Civil Service in 1971. The program was discontinued in that year, however, possibly because of massive cuts in the State's workforce.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of the program's administrative correspondence and memoranda, fellowship applications, appointment records, training records, and press releases. It contains information on the selection of applicants, the fellows' and applicants' biographies and qualifications, and the programs general administration.

Access Restrictions

Partially restricted: contains personal information.

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