New York State Department of Civil Service Merit System Affirmative Action Office Subject, Correspondence and Project Files B0546

Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:

The Merit System Affirmative Action Office was established by the Department of Civil Service in 1977 to serve as a liaison among state and public agencies concerned with equal opportunity, to handle discrimination complaints and to monitor the affirmative action programs of all state agencies. The records in this series, created by the Office's director and her staff, include reports, policy and procedure documents, minutes, correspondence and memoranda and discrimination complaints. The records reveal the impact of State laws and public policy on ethnic minorities.

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Merit System Affirmative Action Office

Title:

Department of Civil Service Merit System Affirmative Action Office subject, correspondence and project files

Quantity:

5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1974-1982

Series Number:

B0546

Sponsor:

This collection description was enhanced as a part of Ventana al Pasado: Building a Latino/Hispanic Online Research Collection. The New York State Archives and Centro de Estudios Puertorrique?os received funding for this project from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The New York State Archives is part of the Office of Cultural Education, an office of the New York State Education Department.

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