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New York State Industrial Commissioner Subject and Correspondence 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 consists of correspondence files of Industrial Commissioner Dr. Isador Lubin, created during Governor W. Averell Harriman's administration (1955-1958). The records include correspondence with the governor's office, the State Department of Labor and other state government officials, labor unions, and private individuals. The records contain memorandums received and sent, some enclosures, and reports.
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Title:
Industrial Commissioner subject and correspondence files
Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1954-1958
Series Number:
B1967

Arrangement

Unarranged.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of correspondence files of Industrial Commissioner Dr. Isador Lubin, created during Governor W. Averell Harriman's administration (1955-1958). The records include correspondence with the governor's office and staff, Department of Labor staff, labor unions and officials, and various New York State government officials, as well as private individuals. The records contain memorandums received and sent, some enclosures, and reports.

Custodial History

This series was a gift to Syracuse University from Governor Harriman in 1959, and was later transferred to the New York State Archives in 2006. The series consists of six series from the Syracuse University finding aid to the Harriman records, including: series #183 Correspondence; series #190 Reports; series #193 Correspondence with Members of the Governor's Personal Staff; series #194 Correspondence with Union Officials; and series #195 Miscellaneous Correspondence; series #203 Miscellaneous Reports.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: B1967-08
Governor's office 1 1
Counsel's office 1 2
Personal and confidential correspondence 1 3
Paul Appleby - Budget 1 4
Order establishing the Special Investigating Committee 1 5
Staff correspondence - Leon Climenko 1 6
Staff correspondence - Walter Colleran 1 7
Staff correspondence - Charles Halloran 1 8
Staff correspondence - Thomas Halpin 1 9
Staff correspondence - C.E. Hughes 1 10
Staff correspondence - Burke Kasloff 1 11
Staff correspondence - James Sweeney 1 12
Staff correspondence - Assistant Industrial Commissioner 1 13
Board of Standards and Appeals 1 14
Division of Employment 1 15
Conference on Labor and Management 1 16
Division of Employment 1 17
Minimum wage order for retail trade 1 18
1956-1958 Worker's compensation 1 19
Moreland Act Commission 1 20
Governor's Committee on Improper Labor and Management Practices 1 21
Interdepartmental Committee on Low Incomes 1 22
State Building Code Commission 1 23
Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor 1 24
American Federation of Labor 2 1
Hofstra College 2 2
House of Representatives correspondence 2 3
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union 2 4
New York State Federation of Labor 2 5
New York State Council of Machinists 2 6
New York State Industrial Union Council 2 7
New York State Textile Workers Union of America 2 8
United States Senate correspondence 2 9
Daniel Gutman 2 10
Jonathan Bingham 2 11
Daniel Moynihan 2 12
Milton Stewart 2 13
Robert McManus 2 14
Charles Van Devander 2 15
Bernice McCray 2 16
Philip Kaiser 2 17
Correspondence with Union officials 2 18

Accretion: B1967-18
1958 Facts and Figures in the Labor Area, 1955 - 1958 1 1
Interim Report of the Governor's Committee on Improper Labor and Management Practices 1 2
New York's Minimum Wage Law: The First Twenty Years 1 3
Bulletins created by the Interdepartmental Committee on Low Incomes 1 4
1955-1957 Annual Reports of the Industrial Commissioner 1 5
Private Enterprise Social Insurance: A Study of the New York State Disability Benefits Program 1 6
1949 Low-Income Families in New York State in 1949: Numbers and Characteristics 1 7
Address by Hon. Angela R. Parisi, Chairman, New York State Workmen's Compensation Board 1 8
Program for New York State Regional Conference on Problems of the Aging 1 9
An Analysis of the Current Financial Status of Licensed Lenders in the State of New York 1 10
New York State Unemployment Insurance Law 1 11
1957 Public Assistance Recipients in New York State, January - February 1957: A Study of the Causes of Dependency During Period of High-Level Employment 1 12
1956 Wages and Hours in Restaurants in New York State 1956 1 13
State Sponsored Education in Public Administration: An Appraisal of the Graduate Program and Other Public Service Training Under New York State Auspices 1 14
Personal Income of the New York Metropolitan Region 1 15
Report of the Three Agency Project for Older Workers 1 16
Report by Senior Consultants of Nassau County 1 17
Five-Month Employment Survey and Job Placement Report"� prepared by the Family and Personal Service Dept. of the Salvation Army, Buffalo, NY 1 18
Resources of the Aging Unemployed: A Study of a Highly Urbanized Neighborhood who were Unemployed Between the Ages of 40 and 65 as of January 15th. 1957"� prepared by the Neighborhood Association of Buffalo 1 19
The Industrial Code Rule No.: 42: Sanitation and Shelter for Railroad, Pullman, and Express Company Employees 1 20
Report by the Governor's Committee on Improper Labor and Management Practices 1 21