New York State Constitutional Convention, 1938 Committee Correspondence, Hearings, Minutes, and Proposals 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:
The series contains records produced or received by 13 out of the 34 committees active during the Convention. The records
include correspondence, proposed amendments, minutes of meetings, hearing testimony, and printed material. They document meetings
and hearings held by various committees as they discussed approval of the 694 amendments introduced in the Convention and
sent to committee. In addition, the records document pressure placed on delegates by stakeholders attempting to influence
adoption of specific amendments.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Constitutional Convention, 1938 committee correspondence, hearings, minutes, and proposals files
Quantity:
Inclusive Dates:
1938
Series Number:
L0095
Arrangement
Alphabetical by name of committee.
Scope and Content Note
The series contains records produced or received by 13 out of the 34 committees active during the Convention. The records
include correspondence, proposed amendments, minutes of meetings, hearing testimony, and printed material. The series documents
meetings and hearings held by various committees as they discussed approval of the 694 amendments introduced in the Convention
and sent to committee. In addition, the records document pressure placed on delegates by individuals, private agencies and
organizations, local and state government officials, businesses, educators, attorneys, and many other professionals attempting
to influence adoption of specific amendments.
Most significant among the records are minutes of meetings and correspondence and proposals sent by constituents to committees.
Approximately half of the series pertains to the Judiciary Committee's consideration of issues such as the selection and removal
of judges, the power to review administrative decisions, and the creation of new judical districts. The records reflect the
Convention's concern with many conservation-related issues (e.g., control of water power, billboard regulation, preservation
of forests and other natural resources) and contain a great deal of correspondence and proposals on these matters. Throughout
the records of several committees is information on the delegates' attempt to solve the growing problems in the areas of housing,
public health, education, and social welfare.
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| Dates |
Contents |
Box |
Folder |
Accretion: L0095-78 |
|
Bill of Rights - Correspondence, resolutions re: lotteries |
1 |
1 |
| 1938 June 8 |
Canals - Minutes of Public Hearings |
1 |
2 |
|
Canals - Reports, memorials, proposed amendments and printed material |
1 |
3 |
| 1938 June 15 |
Cities - Minutes of meeting |
1 |
4 |
| 1938 June 15 |
Cities - Correspondence - Public Hearing |
1 |
5 |
| 1938 June 15 |
Cities - Exhibit - Public Hearing |
2 |
1 |
|
Cities - Statements before committee |
2 |
2 |
|
Conservation - Correspondence on Proposed Amendment |
2 |
3 |
| 1938 June 23 |
Conservation - Minutes of Public Hearing |
2 |
4 |
|
Education - Statements before committee |
2 |
5 |
|
Education - Memoranda, proposed amendments |
2 |
6 |
| 1938 April-July |
Judiciary - Minutes |
2 |
7 |
| 1938 June 7 |
Judiciary - Minutes |
2 |
8 |
|
Judiciary - General correspondence, resolutions |
2 |
9 |
|
Judiciary - Miscellaneous proposals |
2 |
10 |
|
Judiciary - Miscellaneous proposals |
3 |
1 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Automobile Compensation |
3 |
2 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Methods of amending |
3 |
3 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Canals |
3 |
4 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Civil Service |
3 |
5 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Conservation |
3 |
6 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Failure to take the stand in criminal cases |
3 |
7 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Judicial Selection, tenure, age, etc. |
3 |
8 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Juries, Parole & Criminal Proposals |
3 |
9 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Legislative Powers |
3 |
10 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Organization of the Courts |
3 |
11 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Reapportionment |
3 |
12 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Review Administrative Tribunals |
3 |
13 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Rules & Organization |
3 |
14 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Rules of Practice |
3 |
15 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Taxation & Fiscal Affairs |
3 |
16 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Towns, Counties & Villages |
3 |
17 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc.- Workmen's Compensation |
3 |
18 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Work of Governors Constitutional Convention |
3 |
19 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Proposed amendments, drafts, schedule of Committee |
3 |
20 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Printed matter |
4 |
1 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Printed duplicates |
4 |
2 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Mimeographed duplicates |
4 |
3 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Review of rulings of administrative agencies |
4 |
4 |
|
Judiciary - Correspondence, resolutions, etc. - Mimeographed duplicates |
5 |
1 |
|
Legislature, its organization, number, etc. - Correspondence, memorials, reapportionment |
5 |
2 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed amendments - general |
5 |
3 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed amendments - outdoor advertising |
5 |
4 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed amendments - died in committee |
5 |
5 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - unicameral system |
5 |
6 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - Labor |
5 |
7 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - Land Court |
5 |
8 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - milk |
5 |
9 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - prisons |
5 |
10 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - social welfare |
5 |
11 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - Tax appeal & limitations |
6 |
1 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - 10th Judicial District |
6 |
2 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - Torrens Law |
6 |
3 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Proposed material - Waterpower |
6 |
4 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Recommendations - Communistic |
6 |
5 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Recommendations - general |
6 |
6 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Recommendations - Committee |
6 |
7 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Pamphlets, memoranda, proposals |
6 |
8 |
|
Legislature, its power, limitations & duties - Registration of title to land in State of New York |
6 |
9 |
| 1938 April 5-August 28 |
Printing - Minutes of meetings |
6 |
10 |
|
Printing - Amendments to rules |
6 |
11 |
|
Printing - Correspondence |
6 |
12 |
| 1938 June 28 |
Social Welfare - Minutes of Public Hearing |
6 |
13 |
| 1938 June 28, July |
Social Welfare - Minutes of Public Hearing |
6 |
14 |
|
State Finance and Revenues - Letter from Robert Moses re: proposed amendments |
6 |
15 |
|
State Finance and Revenues - Statements before Committee |
6 |
16 |
| 1943 July |
State Finance and Revenue - A.L. Moffatt |
6 |
17 |
| 1938 May 2-August 16 |
State Institutions - Minutes of meetings |
7 |
1 |
|
State Institutions - Invitations to Committee meetings |
7 |
2 |
|
State Institutions - Correspondence |
7 |
3 |
|
State Institutions - Proposed Amendment |
7 |
4 |
| 1938 May 3-July 12 |
Villages, their Government & Officers - Minutes |
7 |
5 |
|
Submission of Proposed Amendments - nos. 1-9 - inclusive at General Election, November 8, 1938 |
7 |
6 |
