New York State Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration Indexed Abstracts of Witness Statements B1317

New York State Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration Indexed Abstracts of Witness Statements

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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 is comprised of 5" x 8" cards serving as an index to and synopsis of witness testimony, apparently given at private hearings. The cards provide name of subject (person about whom testimony was given); home and business address; occupation; name of witness (if other than the subject); brief summary of witness's statements regarding the subject; and file number (apparently citing a no longer extant series of files of witness statements).

Creator:

New York (State). Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration

Title:

Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration indexed abstracts of witness statements

Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1942-1943

Series Number:

B1317

Arrangement

Alphabetical by last name of subject.

Scope and Content Note

This series is comprised mostly of 5" x 8" cards serving as an index to and synopsis of witness testimony, apparently from private hearings.

The cards provide the following: name of subject (person about whom testimony was given); home and business address; occupation; name of witness (if other than the subject); brief summary of witness's statements regarding the subject (e.g. subject's payment or receipt of kickbacks; referrals of cases to or by subject); and file number (apparently citing a no longer extant series of files of witness statements).

The series also contains an unidentified set of 3" x 5" cards apparently tracking receipt from and return to the Labor Department of compensation case files. The cards provide case number, occasionally a name, and an indication (sometimes dated) that the case has arrived or been returned.

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Closed hearing materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.