New York State Office for the Aging Director's Office Governor's/White House Conference on Aging 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 documents both the Governor's Conference on Aging and the White House Conference on the Aging, particularly New
York's delegation to the latter conference. Records include presentations; planning and priority documents; records documenting
processes and discussions; and publications, reports, and related records. Records document aging in specific groups, such
as women, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans, as well as the implications of aging on the national economy.
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Governor's/White House Conference on Aging files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1971, 1980-2006
Series Number:
22351
Arrangement
Chronological by year.
Administrative History
The Governor's Conference arose from a 1960 executive order that established the New York State Committee of One Hundred,
which was designed to develop priorities and recommendations for the 1961 White House Conference that were of importance to
New Yorkers. As part of the Governor's Conference, recommendations were developed through a series of workshops, "town meetings,"
and other sessions, and then priorities were determined by vote. These priorities, as well as the general platform, were then
presented to the New York State delegates of the national conference, who then tried to get these incorporated into the final
recommendations made to the President and Congress. Some delegates to the White House convention were chosen by the Governor,
while others were selected by the state's congressional delegation. These delegates included the Lieutenant Governor, seniors,
agencies on aging, local community offices, representatives of nursing homes, and others who were involved in aging-related
issues and activities.
Congressional legislation in 1968 directed that another conference be held in 1971, and as a result of the recommendations
from that conference both the Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Federal Council on Aging were founded. Legislation
in 1977 led to a 1981 conference, which was the first to use a quota-like system to ensure that various segments of the population
- such as women, minorities and the disabled - were sufficiently represented. Ethnic, racial, demographic and other subgroups
were also encouraged to hold their own caucuses, seminars and workshops in conjunction with the conference.
Scope and Content Note
This series documents both the Governor's Conference on Aging and the White House Conference on the Aging, particularly New
York's delegation to that latter conference. Records include presentations given at and planning and priority documents developed
by regional meetings and committees used for guiding delegates of the Governor's and the White House Conferences, records
documenting processes and discussions held at these conferences, committee lists, correspondence among delegates, delegate
testimonies (e.g., of Director of the Office for the Aging before the House of Representatives), reports, information for
and about delegates, conference publications outlining White House priorities and summarizing the results of the conference,
travel arrangements, fiscal materials, agency press releases and bulletins, and related materials. Some of the records document
aging in specific groups, such as women, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans, as well as the implications of aging on
the national economy.
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Detailed Description
| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Accretion: 22351-13 |
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Chartbook on Aging in America
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1 |
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Final Report of the 1981 White House Conference on Aging, Volume 1
|
1 |
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Final Report of the 1981 White House Conference on Aging, Volume 2
|
1 |
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Final Report of the 1981 White House Conference on Aging, Volume 3
|
1 |
| 1981 May 10-12 |
3 Binders from the NYS Governor's Conference on Aging, May 10-12, 1981 |
1 |
| 1981 December |
Committees' Recommendations from the White House Conference on Aging, Dec. 1981
|
1 |
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Recording Guide for completing the Community Forum Report Forms |
1 |
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Involving NYS in the 1981 White House Conference on Aging, Community Forum Workbook
|
1 |
| 1981 May 10-12 |
NYS Governor's Conference on Aging, May 10-12, 1981; Platform Analysis
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1 |
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The Role of the Family and Other Mediating Structures in Providing Care
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1 |
| 1981 April |
Toward More Effective Implementation of the Older Americans Act, A Staff Report, April 1981
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1 |
| 1980 May 15 |
Proceedings of the Mini-White House Conference on Aging, Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of NY, May 15, 1980 |
1 |
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NYS Governor's Conference on Aging Program Recommendations
|
1 |
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Summary: NYS White House Conference on Aging Community Forums
|
1 |
| 1981 November 29-December 3 |
The White House Conference on Aging Program, Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 1981
|
1 |
| 1981 February |
White House Mini-Conference on Hispanic Aging, Final Report, Feb. 1981
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1 |
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The Environment and Older Americans, Background Papers, for a Mini-Conference of the 1981 White House Conference on Aging |
1 |
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The White House Conference on Aging Community Forums Handbook
|
1 |
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1981 White House Conference on Aging Manual, Conference Issues
|
1 |
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Rural America: Coming of Age
|
1 |
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Age and Youth in Action, Gray Panthers
|
1 |
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Report of the Mini-Conference on Hispanic Aging
|
1 |
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Report of the Mini-Conference on Black Aging
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1 |
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Serving Elders of Color: Challenges to Providers and the Aging Network
|
1 |
| 1981 December |
Summary Reports of the Committee Chairmen, Dec. 1981
|
1 |
| 1981 December |
1981 White House Conference on Aging and the NYS Governor's Conference Program Recommendations, a Cross Comparison, Dec. 1981
|
1 |
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Proceedings: New Directions in Funding and Program Priorities for the Aging
|
1 |
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Final Report of the White House Mini-Conference on Legal Services for the Elderly
|
1 |
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Final Report, White House Conference on Aging, Mini-Conference on Long Term Care
|
1 |
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Rediscovering Governance, An Agenda Component for the 1981 White House Conference on Aging
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1 |
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Report of Technical Committee on the Physical & Social Environment and Quality of Life
|
1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Family, Social Services and Other Support Systems
|
1 |
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Survey of Delegates to the 1981 White House Conference on Aging: A Preliminary Report
|
1 |
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Aging in the Future: The Changing Societal Environment
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1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Creating an Aging Integrated Society: Implications for the Family
|
1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Creating an Aging Integrated Society: Implications for the Economy
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1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Creating an Age Integrated Society: Implications for the Educational System
|
1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Research in Aging
|
1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Retirement Income
|
1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Employment
|
1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Creating an Age Integrated Society: Implications for Governmental Structures
|
1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Creating an Age Integrated Society: Implications for the Spiritual Well-Being
|
1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Older Americans as a Growing National Resource
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1 |
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Executive Summary of Technical Committee on Creating an Age Integrated Society: Implications for Societal Institutions
|
1 |
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Report of the Mini-Conference on the Urban Elderly
|
1 |
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Report of the Mini-Conference on Rural Aging
|
1 |
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Report of the Mini-Conference on Concerns of Low-Income Elderly
|
1 |
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File folder of documents related to delegates and the White House Conference on Aging |
1 |
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Background and Issues, Physical and Mental Health - from the 1971 White House Conference on Aging |
2 |
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Toward a National Policy on Aging, Final Report, Volume I - from the 1971 White House Conference on Aging |
2 |
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Toward a National Policy on Aging, Final Report, Volume II - from the 1971 White House Conference on Aging |
2 |
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A Plan of Action for Older Americans, The Final Report of the NYS Committee - from the 1971 White House Conference on Aging |
2 |
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Leadership Training Guide in Policy Formulation - from the 1971 White House Conference on Aging |
2 |
Accretion: 22351-20 |
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1981 |
1 |
