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New York State Women's Division Correspondence and Subject 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 contains correspondence, memorandums, photographs, and working papers created or compiled by the director and staff of the Women's Division. Records pertain to all aspects of the division's operation. Files are maintained in separate subseries for each staff person. Also included are eighteen video tape cassette recordings of conference proceedings.
Creator:
Title:
Women's Division correspondence and subject files
Quantity:

22 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1975-1982
Series Number:
13697

Arrangement

Arranged by subject.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, photographs, and working papers of the Director and staff of the Women's Division relating to all aspects of the Division's operation. For the years 1975-1982, files are maintained in separate subseries for each staff person (Mary B. Nicholas, Director; Angela Cabrera, Deputy Director; Libby Antarsh, Associate Director for Legislation; and Bernice Powell and Rhonda Kirschner, Special Assistants). In addition, separate subseries are maintained for files concerning the New York State Women's Meeting (1977) and the Rural Women's Conference (1981). Included in the State Women's Meeting files are 18 video tape cassette recordings of the conference proceedings.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box

Accretion: 13697-82
1975 November Citizen's Mobilization Board 1
1975-1976 Commission on Status of Women NYC 1
1978 Commission on the Status of Women NYC 1
1980 City Commission on the Status of Women 1
1979 Commission on the Status of Women 1
1980 Correspondence - Mary Burke Nicholas 2
1978-1980 Correspondence - Need No Reply 2
1979 Correspondence - Mary Burke Nicholas 2
1980 Correspondence - Memoranda - Mary Burke Nicholas (general) 2
1979 Correspondence 2
1975 April-September Correspondence - M.B. Nicholas 2
1975 October 1-1976 Correspondence - M.B. Nicholas 2
1977 Correspondence - M.B. Nicholas 2
1977 Economic Action Bond Issue 2
1980 Correspondence file, Margaret Elwert 2
1981 Correspondence file, Margaret Elwert 2
1978 Tom Frey (memos) 2
1978 Humphrey Hawkins [Employment Act] 2
1975 Correspondence from Lt. Governor Krupsak 3
1976 Meeting, March 10 - Women's Division, the Governor and Women Appointees - Red Room 3
1978 Memos to Appointment's Office 3
1977 Memos, M.B. Nicholas 3
1975-1977 Memos to MBN from Staff 3
1976 June-December Memos 3
1976 January-May Memos, MBN 3
1975 Memos, MBN 3
1979 Annette Samuels 3
Speech Material 3
1975 State Legislation 3
Euka Teutsch 3
1976 March 12-14 25th Annual Women's Political Caucus 3
1978 Women's Lobby Group 3
1977-1978 Affirmative Action in State Government 3
1975-1976 Affirmative Action 3
1977 October 27-29 Appalachian Conference on Balanced Growth and Economic Development - Charleston W. Va. 3
Civil Rights 3
Bedford Hills 3
1976-1977 Abortion 4
1980 Discrimination Against Women 4
1978-1980 Displaced Homemakers 4
1977-1982 Affirmative Action Correspondence 4
1980-1981 Governor's Elective Committee on Affirmative Action 4
Susan B. Anthony 4
1981 Black History Week 4
Breast Cancer 4
1979 Bond Issue 4
1982 Carey, Mrs. Evangeline Gouletas 4
1981 Catalyst (Newsletters) 4
1982 City Commission on the Status of Women 4
1981 City Commission on the Status of Women 4
1975-1976 Governor Carey File 5
1976 Governor's Breast Cancer Advisory Committee 5
1976-1977 Governor's Speeches 5
1976-1979 State Division of Human Rights 5
1980 Cornell University Conference on Mentoring 5
1980-1982 Correspondence - Appointment's Office 5
1982 Correspondence/Letters MBN 5
1982 Correspondence/Memos MBN 5
1979-1982 Scheduling Office for Governor 5
1981 Correspondence/Letters MBN 5
1981 Correspondence/Memos MBN 5
Inter-Office Memos 5
Correspondence to MBN/to MBN from Staff/CC to MBN (3 files) 5
1982 NYS Democratic Committee, Women's Division 1982 Conference 5
1977 NYS Democratic Committee, Women's Division 1977 Conference 5
Correspondence to Governor from MBN 5
1978 Domestic Violence 6
1979-1980 Domestice Violence Task Force 6
1979-1981 Empire State Day Care 6
1976 December Equal Employment Contract Compliance 6
1975-1982 ERA Material 6
1975-1980 Executive Clemency 6
Executive Order #8, #40.1, #45, #117 (individual files) 6
Executive Women in State Government 6
1981 Family Planning Advocates 6
1980-1982 Female Offender/Governor's Task Force on Female Offenders 6
1977-1979 Women's Division Conference on Insurance 7
1981-1982 Junior League of NY Inc. 7
1976-1979 Commissioner Kramarsky (Human Rights) 7
1977 Legislative Correspondence 7
1980 Legislative Program 7
1975-1982 Mail Report Distribution 7
1977-1979 Marymount Manhattan College 7
1977 Minority Business Women 7
1979 Mortgage Credit 7
1978-1979 National Advisory Committee for Women 7
1975 National Committee on the Observance of International Women's Year 7
1979-1982 National Council of Negro Women Inc. 7
1978-1979 National Commission on Working Women 7
1975-1977 National Congress of Neighborhood Women 7
1975 National Women's Agenda Day 8
1976-1978 National Women's Political Caucus 8
1973-1976 NY Women's Lobby 8
1979-1982 NY Festival 8
1980-1981 NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund 8
1974-1981 National Organization for Women 8
1978 N.O.W. Meeting Governor's Office 8
Press Releases - Women's Division 8
1980 Prisons 8
1979-1981 Rural American Women 8
1981 Salute to Women in Business - YWCA 8
1979 Seneca Falls 8
1979 Women and Social Security 8
1981-1982 State of the State Annual Messages 8
State Office Building/Housing/Operations (3 files) 8
1975-1981 Telephone Bills 8
1975-1980 Testimonies 8
1981 NYS Urban Development Corporation 8
The White House 9
1980 White House Conference on Families 9
1977 Womenschool 9
1980 Womenspace 9
1980 Women's Bureau Conference 9
1981 Women's City Club 9
1982 Women's Division Report, Press Releases, Letters 9
1980 "Women's Exhibit, 1900-1980" 9
1981-1982 White House - Reagan Administration 9
1980-1981 Women in Crisis 9
1980 Women in the Work Force 9
1978 Women's Lobbying Effort Press Clippings 9
1978 Women on the Move - The Professional Women Traveler 9
1977 International Women's Year Agenda letters 10
1977 IWY Appointments as Delegates 10
Transcripts from and reports on IWY NYS meeting (2 volume report) 11
1976-1977 WISG 16
1976-1981 YWCA 16
1980 Women and National Health Insurance 16
1976 YWCA Female Offender Rehab Program 16
1971-1976 The Spokeswoman newsletter 16
1975-1978 Women Today newsletter 16
1975-1976 Congressional Clearinghouse on Women's Rights newsletter 16
1978 Center for Women in Government newsletter 16
1977-1978 Washington Women's Representative newsletter 16
1980 June 12-15 National Association of Commissions for Women - Annual Convention, New York, NY (June 12-15, 1980) 18
1978 January 18, December 19 4 Audio cassette tapes: 3 are of Task Force meeting, 1/18; 1 is of Gov. Carey's meeting with representatives from women's groups, 12/19/78 18
1 Reel-to-reel movie, titled "Decade of Our Destiny" 18
1977 Gov. Proclamation of Women's Month, 1977, in honor of IWY meetings 18
Nominations for representatives to National Women's Conference 18
1975 Congressional Directory (book) 18
1975-1982 NYS Women's Division Report to Governor Carey (26 copies) 18
1979 Senate and Assembly bill memos - position of Women's Division 18
1972 NYS Temporary Commission on the Powers of Local Government: Interim Report 18
1973 March 31 NYS Temporary Commission on the Powers of Local Government: Appendix to Report Draft Legislation 18