New York State Constitutional Convention, 1915 Committee Correspondence, Minutes and Proposals Files
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Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
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Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
The series contains records produced or received by 29 individual committees active during the Convention. The records document
meetings and hearings held by these committees as they discussed adoption of a large number of possible amendments. The records
also document the pressure placed on these committees by individuals, private agencies and organizations, local and state
officials, businesses, educators, attorneys, and others trying to influence changes in the State Constitution.
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Title:
New York State Constitutional Convention, 1915 committee correspondence, minutes and proposals files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1915
Series Number:
L0076
Arrangement
Alphabetical by committee name.
Scope and Content Note
The series contains records produced or received by 29 individual committees active during the Convention.
The records document meetings and hearings held by these committees as they discussed adoption of a large number of possible
amendments. The records also document the pressure placed on these committees by individuals, private agencies and organizations,
local and state officials, business, educators, attorneys, and others trying to influence changes in the Constitution.
The series includes the following: correspondence and proposals sent to committees arguing for new amendments, resolutions,
or other changes in the Constitution; the proposals usually take the form of petitions, memorials' resolutions, or briefs,
and include extensive information about the topics discussed; minutes of committee meetings including date of meeting, committee
members present, summary of discussions, and roll calls on votes; hearing testimony including date of hearing, names of speakers,
and either summaries or verbatim transcripts of testimony; and printed material including reports, pamphlets, article reprints,
clippings, and copies of statutes and constitutional amendments from other states.
These records contain a large amount of information on nearly every significant topic discussed in the Convention. Examples
of these topics from several committees include: Bill of Rights Committee: capital punishment, prohibition, length of prison
terms, public support for private schools, and changes in the jury system; Committee on Cities: home rule, power over local
charters, local election rules, police and fire safety, and control over local civil service; Civil Service Committee: preference
in civil service hiring, especially regarding veterans of the Spanish American War (includes petitions with signature from
thousands of veterans); Conservation Committee: policies relating to the state forest preserve, water power, and the need
for establishing a state department of agriculture; Education Committee: governance of schools (state versus home rule) and
compulsory vaccination; Committee on Legislative Powers: local versus state power, reorganization of state government agencies,
the need for the short ballot, public authority versus private rights, procedures for passage of local bills, and socialist
ideas in government; State Finances Committee: serial bonds versus sinking funds, state budget procedures, budgets of New
York's large cities, and charitable loans; and Suffrage Committee: women's suffrage.
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
Accretion: L0076-78 |
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Banking & Insurance - Correspondence, Printed Material, Etc. |
1 |
1 |
| 1915 May 19-July 28 |
Banking & Insurance - Minutes of Meetings |
1 |
2 |
|
Bill of Rights - Correspondence, Proposals, Etc. |
1 |
3 |
| 1915 May 5-August 17 |
Bill of Rights - Meeting Minutes and Hearings |
1 |
4 |
| 1915 May 12-June 16 |
Bill of Rights - List of Appearances before Committee |
1 |
5 |
|
Bill of Rights - Bibliography prepared by clerk for the Committee |
1 |
6 |
|
Canals - Correspondence, memorials, memoranda, etc. |
1 |
7 |
| 1915 May 6-August 28 |
Canals - Minutes of meetings |
1 |
8 |
|
Charities - Correspondence, Resolutions, etc. |
1 |
9 |
| 1915 May 11-August 3 |
Charities - Minutes of meetings |
1 |
10 |
|
Charities - Printed Material |
1 |
11 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Bonded Indebtedness |
2 |
1 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Canals |
2 |
2 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Charities |
2 |
3 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Charters |
2 |
4 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Civil Service |
2 |
5 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Conservation |
2 |
6 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Educational-Home Rule |
2 |
7 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Elections |
2 |
8 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Financial Amendment |
2 |
9 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Fire Department |
2 |
10 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - General Laws, Bills, Amendments |
2 |
11 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Hearings |
2 |
12 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Height of Buildings |
2 |
13 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Home Rule |
2 |
14 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Insanity |
3 |
1 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Judiciary |
3 |
2 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Labor |
3 |
3 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Legislative Powers |
3 |
4 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Liquor |
3 |
5 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Military |
3 |
6 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Police |
3 |
7 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Printed Material |
3 |
8 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Property Condemnation |
3 |
9 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Short Ballot |
3 |
10 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Suffrage |
3 |
11 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Taxation |
3 |
12 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Torrens Law |
3 |
13 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Miscellaneous |
3 |
14 |
|
Cities - Correspondence, proposals, printed material, etc. - Proposed Amendments |
3 |
15 |
|
Cities - Proposed Amendments |
4 |
1 |
| 1915 April 28-August 23 |
Cities - Minutes |
4 |
2 |
|
Civil Service - Correspondence, petitions & briefs |
4 |
3 |
|
Civil Service - Petitions re: Spanish Civil War |
5 |
|
|
Conservation of Natural Resources - Correspondence A-H (Part 1) |
6 |
1 |
|
Conservation of Natural Resources - Correspondence I-W (Part 1) |
6 |
2 |
|
Conservation of Natural Resources - Correspondence A-G (Part 2) |
6 |
3 |
|
Conservation of Natural Resources - Correspondence H-W (Part 2) |
6 |
4 |
|
Conservation of Natural Resources - Briefs, Reports, printed matter, etc. |
6 |
5 |
| 1915 April 28-July 28 |
Conservation of Natural Resources - Minutes |
6 |
6 |
|
Corporations - Correspondence, printed material, etc. |
6 |
7 |
|
Corporations - Minutes |
7 |
1 |
|
County, Town and Village Officers - Correspondence |
7 |
2 |
| 1915 May 12-August 10 |
County, Town and Village Officers - Minutes of Meetings & Hearings |
7 |
3 |
|
Counties, Towns and Villages - Organization - Correspondence |
7 |
4 |
|
Counties, Towns and Villages - Organization - copies of proposed amendments & printed material |
7 |
5 |
|
Counties, Towns and Villages - Organization - Report of the Commissioner of Kings County |
7 |
6 |
|
Education - Correspondence, printed material |
8 |
1 |
| 1915 June 3-July 20 |
Education - Minutes |
8 |
2 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Index |
8 |
3 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Action Against State |
8 |
4 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Appeal by People |
8 |
5 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Appeal, Right of Criminal Defendants |
8 |
6 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Capital Punishments |
8 |
7 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Public Property to Private Individuals, etc. |
8 |
8 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Public Uses Defined |
8 |
9 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Laying out regulating opening - changing grade of public
streets or roads
|
8 |
10 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Taking Private Property |
8 |
11 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Water Power - Taking of Private Property |
8 |
12 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Opening Public Streets or Roads |
8 |
13 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Condemnation Commission |
8 |
14 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Correspondence, materials, etc.
- Death Damages & Workman's Compensation
|
8 |
15 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Deposition of Witness
|
8 |
16 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Dower
|
8 |
17 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Extradition
|
8 |
18 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Freedom of Press
|
8 |
19 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Gambling
|
8 |
20 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Habeas Corpus
|
8 |
21 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Immunity of Witnesses
|
8 |
22 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Imprisonment for Debt
|
8 |
23 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Indian Affairs
|
8 |
24 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Jury
|
8 |
25 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Labor Not a Commodity
|
8 |
26 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Military Affairs, Religious Liberty
|
8 |
27 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Oaths & Affirmation
|
8 |
28 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Prevention of Disease & Cure
|
8 |
29 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Regulation of Lockouts & Strikes
|
8 |
30 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposed Amendments - Condemnation - Excess Condemnation - Future Amendments & Revisions -
Proposed Amendments - Correspondence - Remedies for Injuries to Intoxicated Persons
|
8 |
31 |
| 1915 June 24 |
Future Amendments & Revisions - Minutes of Meeting |
9 |
1 |
|
Future Amendments & Revisions - Proposals, Reports, etc. |
9 |
2 |
| 1915 May 6-August 27 |
Governor & other state officers, etc. - Minutes & Hearings |
9 |
4 |
|
Governor and other State Officers - Correspondence, Proposals, etc. |
10 |
1 |
|
Governor and other State Officers - Printed Material |
10 |
2 |
|
Industrial Interests & Relations - Correspondence |
10 |
3 |
| 1915 April 28-July 21 |
Industrial Interests & Relations - Minutes of Meetings |
10 |
4 |
| 1915 April 28-August 6 |
Judiciary - Minutes |
10 |
5 |
|
Judiciary - Resolution |
11 |
1 |
|
Judiciary - Proposed Amendments |
11 |
2 |
| 1915 June 4 |
Judiciary - Correspondence - Hearings |
11 |
3 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence - Courts |
11 |
4 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence - Judges & Judicial Officers |
11 |
5 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence - Substantial Law, Procedural Justice - Judiciary Article, etc. |
11 |
6 |
| 1915 June 10 |
Judiciary - Correspondence - Substantial Law, Procedural Justice - Juries |
11 |
7 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence - Miscellaneous |
12 |
1 |
|
Judiciary - Memoranda, Resolutions, Printed Material, etc. - Courts & Procedural Justice |
12 |
2 |
|
Judiciary - Memoranda, Resolutions, Printed Material, etc. - Judicial Officers & Judiciary Article |
12 |
3 |
|
Judiciary - Memoranda, Resolutions, Printed Material, etc. - Juries (exemptions) & miscellaneous |
12 |
4 |
|
Judiciary - Drafts of Proposals, Articles and Record of Notes |
13 |
1 |
|
Judiciary - Printed Material |
13 |
2 |
|
Legislative Organization - Proposed Amendments, Resolution, etc. |
13 |
3 |
|
Legislative Organization - Correspondence, Proposals, Printed Material, etc. |
13 |
4 |
| 1915 June 17 |
Legislative Powers - Minutes of Meetings & Hearings |
13 |
5 |
|
Legislative Powers - Correspondence, Proposals, Printed Material, etc. |
13 |
6 |
| 1915 May 5-June 17 |
Library and Information - Correspondence, Resolutions, etc. Minutes |
13 |
7 |
| 1915 April 28-September 2 |
Militia and Military Affairs - Correspondence, Memorials, Minutes |
13 |
8 |
| 1915 May 12-September 4 |
Printing - Correspondence, Resolutions - Minutes |
13 |
9 |
| 1915 May 4-July 27 |
Prisons - Correspondence, Petitions - Minutes |
13 |
10 |
|
Public Utilities - Correspondence, Resolutions, Memoranda, etc. |
13 |
11 |
| 1915 May 12-August 17 |
Public Utilities - Minutes |
14 |
1 |
| 1915 May 18-July 13 |
Relations to the Indians - Correspondence & Minutes |
14 |
2 |
| 1915 May 6-September 9 |
Revisions and Engrossments - Minutes |
14 |
3 |
| 1915 May 5-June 30 |
State Finances, etc. - Minutes |
14 |
4 |
| 1915 June 30-August 5 |
State Finances, etc. - Minutes |
14 |
5 |
|
State Finances, etc. - Correspondence, Proposals, Printed Material, etc. |
14 |
6 |
|
State Finances, etc. - Budget Forms from New York City |
15 |
1 |
|
State Finances, etc. - Budget of Syracuse and Middletown |
15 |
2 |
| 1913-1914 |
State Finances, etc. - Legal Services & disbursements paid by state departments: Fiscal Year 1913-1914 |
15 |
3 |
| 1915 May 5-August 25 |
Suffrage - Minutes |
15 |
4 |
|
Suffrage - Correspondence by subject |
15 |
5 |
|
Suffrage - Correspondence by person |
15 |
6 |
| 1915 June 16 |
Suffrage - Remarks of William D. Guthrie |
15 |
7 |
|
Suffrage - Miscellaneous material relating to proposed amendments |
15 |
8 |
|
Suffrage - Dr. Mary E. Walker |
15 |
9 |
| 1915 April 28, June 1, June 30 |
Taxation - Minutes of Hearings |
15 |
10 |
|
Taxation - Incoming Correspondence |
15 |
11 |
|
Taxation - Copies of outgoing correspondence |
15 |
12 |
|
Taxation - Memorials, regarding tax exemptions |
15 |
13 |
|
Taxation - Memorials, reports, printed material |
15 |
14 |
|
Taxation - Index to Taxation Amendments |
15 |
15 |
|
Miscellaneous - Commemoration of 700th Anniversary of Magna Carta |
16 |
1 |
|
Miscellaneous - Correspondence and printed material |
16 |
2 |
