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New York State Counsel to the Governor Power Authority Contract Records


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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 copies of proposed and accepted contracts and other records, generated by the Counsel to Governor W. Averell Harriman, documenting the sale of St. Lawrence power by the New York State Power Authority. The Counsel to the Governor was responsible for clearing all contracts, as to content and form, which required the Governor's signature. Approximately half of the records in the series relate to contracts with the Reynolds Metals Company and the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
Creator:
Title:
Power Authority contract records
Quantity:

3.75 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1955-1958
Series Number:
B2340

Arrangement

Numerical by contract number.

Administrative History

Governor W. Averell Harriman chose Judge Daniel Gutman, President Justice of the Municipal Court of New York, as his counsel. Mr. Gutman, a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and an Assistant District Attorney of Kings County, served in the New York State Assembly from 1938 to 1939 and the New York State Senate from 1939 to 1943. In 1943, he was elected as a Justice of the Municipal Court and in February 1954, he was appointed President Justice.

The duties of the Counsel to the Governor included clearing and making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature; negotiating interstate or international agreements; clearing all contracts, as to content and form, which required the Governor's signature (Power Authority contracts, etc.); making recommendations on all appointments to the judiciary; acting as a liaison between the Governor and all investigative bodies; making recommendations on applications for pardons and clemency; and advising the Governor on many policy and program matters.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, statements, petitions, reports, hearings, clippings, copies of proposed and accepted contracts, and formal statements of approval of the contracts for the sale of St. Lawrence power by the New York State Power Authority. Approximately half of the records relate to the contracts with the Reynolds Metals Company and the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.

Related Material

B2339 Construction progress photographs and

B2334 Authorities subject files, contain related records on the State Power Authority.

Other Finding Aids

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Index providing contract number with corresponding company or organization is available.

Folder list.

Custodial History

This series was transferred to Syracuse University from Governor Harriman in 1959, and was transferred to the New York State Archives in 2006. It was accessioned in November 2011.

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: B2340-11
ALCOA Contract S-1 1
Opposed to ALCOA Contract 1
ALCOA Contract Hearing 1
In Favor of ALCOA Contract 1
Statements - ALCOA Hearing 1
Statements of Approval of S-1 Contract 1
ALCOA - St. Lawrence Contract S-1 1
St. Lawrence - Vermont Contract S-2 1
Plattsburgh, US Army, Vermont Power 1
Statement of Approval of S-2 Contract 1
Statement of Approval of S-3 Contract 1
Statement of Approval of S-4 Contract 1
Plattsburgh Power Contracts 1
S-2 Contract - State of Vermont, Public Service Commission 1
St. Lawrence - Plattsburgh - Contract S-3 1
S-3 Contract - Plattsburgh, NY 1
S-4 Contract - US Air Force 1
St. Lawrence - US Air Force - Contract S-4 1
S-2, 3, 4 1
Reynolds Metals Company, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation S-5 and 6 2 2
US Air Force, Vermont, Plattsburgh Contracts 2
S-5 and S-6 Contracts 2
Niagara Mohawk Corporation Contract 2
Reynolds Metals Co. Contract 2
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Reynolds Metals Company (Misc. Recommendations) 2
Statements and Releases 2
S-6 Contract - Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 2
Changes in Proposed Contracts 2
1955 July 2 Form of Contract Approved by Trustees 2
Drafts of Statements of Apporval of Contracts 2
1956 November 15 Public Hearing on Power Contracts 2
1956 November 15 Public Hearing on Proposed St. Lawrence Contract S-5 2
Judge's Handwritten Notes 2
Power Authority Reports 2
Power Authority Memos and Correspondence 2
Opinion of Attorney General 2
Miscellaneous 2
Newspaper Clippings 2
Digest of Testimony Reynolds - Niagara Hearing 2
Opinions, Statements and Correspondence from Miscellaneous Firms, Unions, etc. 2
Opposed to Reynolds Contract 3
In Support of Reynolds Contract 3
Statements, Exhibits, etc. Re: Reynolds Contract 3
Petitions Asking for Approval of Contract 3
New York State Electric and Gas Corporation Contract - S-7 4
Boonville Contract - S-8 4
Solvay Contract - S-9 4
Rouses Point Contract - S-10 4
St. Lawrence Contract S-11 (General Motors Corporation) 4
S-12 Village of Theresa, NY 4
S-13 Village of Philadelphia, NY 4
Power Contract S-16 Village of Hamilton, NY 4
S-14, 15, 17, 18: Ilion, Mohawk, Skaneateles, and Frankfurt 4
S-19, 20, 21 - Delaware, Oneida - Madison and Otsego Cooperatives 5
Village of Sherburn, Contract S-22 5
Statement of Approval - Niagara Mohawk Corporation - NYS Electric and Gas Corporation 5