New York State Office of Public Health Subject 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:
This series contains agendas, bulletins, news clippings, correspondence, guidelines, memorandums, notes, pamphlets, press
releases, reports, and speeches generated by the Office of Public Health. Topics include the onset of the AIDS epidemic; environmental
toxicology; maternal and child health; New York City shelters; health manpower; and human experimentation. Some records may
be restricted.
Creator:
Title:
Office of Public Health subject files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1969-1987
Series Number:
16570
Arrangement
Alphabetical by topic and then chronological.
Scope and Content Note
This series contains agendas, bulletins, clippings, correspondence, guidelines, memorandums, notes, pamphlets, press releases,
reports, and speeches generated by the Office of Public Health (OPH). Covering the years 1969-1987, this series reflects the
Office's reactions to a number of growing health concerns, including the early days of the AIDS outbreak. The records document
the Office's approach to understanding the disease; to understanding the social implications for the Haitian and gay communities;
and to providing the public and state government with accurate and up-to-date information.
Other topics documented by the records include: environmental toxicology, maternal and child health, New York City shelters,
health manpower, and human experimentation. Significant correspondents include: New York City Mayor Ed Koch, Governor Mario
Cuomo, New York State Health Commissioner David Axelrod, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Department of Health
for Health Planning William Leavy, and Associate State Health Commissioner for New York City Affairs Linda Ann Randolph.
Other Finding Aids
Available at Repository
Folder list is available at the repository.
Acquisition Information
16570-91: Records transferred by the Department of Health in 2020 pertaining to Office of Public Health committees, councils,
and boards in 1979 were added to this accretion.
Access Restrictions
Portions of the series are restricted to protect personal privacy.
Access Terms
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Detailed Description
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
Accretion: 16570-91 |
| 1982-1983 March |
AIDS: General |
1 |
1 |
| 1983 April-June |
AIDS: General |
1 |
2 |
| 1983 July-August |
AIDS: General |
1 |
3 |
| 1983 September-December |
AIDS: General |
1 |
4 |
| 1984 January-June |
AIDS: General |
1 |
5 |
| 1984 July-1985 July |
AIDS: General |
1 |
6 |
| 1985 August-September |
AIDS: General |
1 |
7 |
| 1985 October |
AIDS: General |
1 |
8 |
| 1985 November |
AIDS: General |
1 |
9 |
| 1985 December |
AIDS: General - Folder 1 |
1 |
10 |
| 1985 December |
AIDS: General - Folder 2 |
1 |
11 |
| 1983 January-1985 February |
AIDS: Blood |
1 |
12 |
| 1985 March-July |
AIDS: Blood |
2 |
1 |
| 1985 August-December |
AIDS: Blood |
2 |
2 |
| 1983-1985 |
AIDS: Budget |
2 |
3 |
| 1983-1985 |
AIDS: Corrections Department |
2 |
4 |
| 1983 September-1984 August |
AIDS: Community Service |
2 |
5 |
| undated |
Alcohol - 21 Drinking Age |
3 |
1 |
| undated |
Birth Defects Inst. - General |
3 |
2 |
| undated |
Community Sanitation and Food Protection: Food Additives |
3 |
3 |
| 1978-1985 |
Confidentiality |
3 |
4 |
| 1979-1985 |
Disaster Preparedness Commission |
3 |
5 |
| 1983-1984 |
Black Fly/Mosquito |
3 |
7 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: Asbestos - State Employee |
3 |
8 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: Asbestos - Schools |
3 |
9 |
| 1984 |
Environmental Toxicology: Disposals - General |
3 |
10 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: Ethylene Dibromide - EDB Folder 1 |
3 |
11 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: Ethylene Dibromide - EDB Folder 2 |
3 |
12 |
| 1983-1984 |
Environmental Toxicology: General |
3 |
13 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: PCB - Natural Gas |
3 |
14 |
| 1971-1981 |
Environmental Toxicology: PCB |
3 |
15 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: PCB - Breast Milk |
3 |
16 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: GE Study |
3 |
17 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: GE Waterford |
3 |
18 |
| undated |
Human Transplantation |
4 |
1 |
| 1984-1986 |
Laboratories and Research: New Scotland Avenue |
4 |
2 |
| 1984-1986 |
Maternal and Child Health: "˜C' Sections |
4 |
3 |
| 1985 |
Maternal and Child Health: C&Ys/PRC's |
4 |
4 |
| 1983-1985 |
Maternal and Child Health: IHAP |
4 |
5 |
| 1982-1986 |
Maternal and Child Health: MHRA |
4 |
6 |
| 1982-1985 |
Maternal and Child Health: MHRA Audit |
4 |
7 |
| 1985 |
Medical Rehabilitation |
4 |
8 |
| undated |
New York City - Shelters: Roberto Clemente |
4 |
9 |
| undated |
New York City - Shelters: Forbell |
4 |
10 |
| undated |
New York City - Shelters: 151st Street |
4 |
11 |
| undated |
New York City - Shelters: Auburn |
4 |
12 |
| 1986 |
New York City - Shelters: MHRA - WIC Proposal |
4 |
13 |
| 1986-1987 |
New York City - Shelters: Catherine Street |
4 |
14 |
| 1983 |
New York City - Shelters: Welfare/Shelter/Hotels |
4 |
15 |
| undated |
Occupational Health: Answers Plant |
4 |
16 |
| 1981 |
Public Health: Reorganization |
5 |
1 |
| 1982 |
Public Health: Reorganization Folder 1 |
5 |
2 |
| 1982 |
Public Health: Reorganization Folder 2 |
5 |
3 |
| undated |
Radioactivity: Nuclear Potassium Iodide |
5 |
4 |
| undated |
Tuberculosis: New Scotland Avenue |
5 |
6 |
| 1975-1986 |
Cancer: General |
6 |
1 |
| 1984-1986 |
Cancer: Clusters |
6 |
2 |
| 1978-1985 |
Child Health: North Country Children's Clinic |
6 |
3 |
| 1984-1985 |
Community Sanitation and Food Protection: Camp Safety |
6 |
4 |
| 1984 |
Community Sanitation and Food Protection: Shellfish Advisories |
6 |
5 |
| 1983 |
Counsel: Executive Orders |
6 |
6 |
| 1983-1984 |
Data Processing: OPH Expansion |
6 |
7 |
| 1984-1987 |
Data Processing |
6 |
8 |
| 1983-1986 |
Dental Health: General |
6 |
9 |
| undated |
Dental Health: General Continued |
6 |
10 |
| 1983-1986 |
Disease Control: General |
6 |
11 |
| 1980-1986 |
Disease Control: Nosocomial |
6 |
12 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: Air - Indoor Quality |
6 |
13 |
| 1984-1986 |
Environmental Toxicology: Asbestos |
6 |
14 |
| 1983-1985 |
Environmental Toxicology: PCB |
6 |
15 |
| undated |
Environmental Toxicology: Hazardous Waste Sites - Woburn Study |
6 |
16 |
| undated |
Water: Quality Assurance program |
7 |
1 |
| 1984 |
Epidemiology: Lyme Disease |
7 |
2 |
| undated |
Health Manpower: Nurse - Nurse Practitioners |
7 |
3 |
| undated |
Health Manpower: Public Health Nurses (S. River's Report) |
7 |
4 |
| 1983-1984 |
Kidney Disease Institute |
7 |
5 |
| undated |
Laboratories and Research: High Voltage Power Lines |
7 |
6 |
| 1979-1982 |
Human Experimentation |
7 |
1 |
| undated |
Human Experimentation: Cadavers |
7 |
2 |
| undated |
Human Experimentation: Fetal |
7 |
3 |
| 1969-1973 |
Human Experimentation: File #2 |
7 |
4 |
| 1981-1982 |
Interfaith Adv. Council |
7 |
5 |
| 1979 |
Office of Public Health committees, councils and boards |
7 |
6 |
