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New York State Special Commission on Attica Audiotapes and Transcripts of Commission Hearings


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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 includes audio tape recordings and transcripts of public hearings of the New York State Special Commission on Attica. Transcripts include testimony before the commission of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Robert R. Douglass (secretary to the governor), T. Norman Hurd (Director of State Operations), Major General A.C. O'Hara (military chief of staff to the governor), Howard Shapiro (first assistant counsel to the governor), and Michael Whiteman (counsel to the governor). Audio tapes include testimony of State Assemblyman Arthur O. Eve, Lynn Johnson (correction officer and hostage), William Kunstler (defense attorney for prisoners), State Senator John Dunne, Russel Oswald (Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services), and Walter Dunbar (Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services).
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Special Commission on Attica audiotapes and transcripts of commission hearings
Quantity:

6.75 cubic feet

including 47 audio tapes

1972
Series Number:
B1341

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of audio tape recordings and transcripts of public hearings of the New York State Special Commission on Attica (McKay Commission). Audio tape recordings are present for hearings held on April 12, 13, and 14, 1972. Transcripts are present for the following dates only (all in 1972): April 5, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, May 10. Transcripts document public hearing testimony before the commission of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Robert R. Douglass (secretary to the governor), T. Norman Hurd (Director of State Operations), Major General A.C. O'Hara (military chief of staff to the governor), Howard Shapiro (first assistant counsel to the governor), and Michael Whiteman (counsel to the governor).

B1341-12: This accretion contains audio tapes of commission public hearings that took place on April 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, and 28, 1972. One tape contains highlights from news media coverage of hearings on April 24 and 26, 1972. Witnesses recorded on these tapes include State Assemblyman Arthur O. Eve, Lynn Johnson (correction officer and hostage), William Kunstler (attorney for prisoners involved in uprising), State Senator John Dunne, Russel Oswald (Commissioner of the State Department of Correctional Services), and Walter Dunbar (Deputy Commissioner of the State Department of Correctional Services). There are no transcripts in this accretion.

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The audio tape recordings in this series have been digitized and are available in State Archives Digital Collections.

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Special Commission on Attica Audiotapes and Transcripts of Commission Hearings in Digital Collections

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B1341-90: An index to testimony by hearing date is available at the repository.

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This series was transferred under records disposition number 15855.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Item

Accretion: B1341-12
1972 April 17 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 2; P.M. No. 1

4-2, 4-3
1972 April 18 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 1; P.M. No. 2

5-1, 5-4
1972 April 18 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 2; P.M. No. 1

5-2, 5-3
1972 April 19 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 1; P.M. No. 2

6-1, 6-4
1972 April 19 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 2; P.M. No. 1

6-2, 6-3
1972 April 20 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 1; P.M. No. 2

7-1, 7-4
1972 April 20 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 2; P.M. No. 1

7-2, 7-3
1972 April 21 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 1 - Arthur O. Eve (part 1); P.M. No. 2

8-1, 8-4
1972 April 21 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 2 - Arthur O. Eve (part 2); P.M. No. 1 - Lynn Johnson (correction office, hostage), William Kunstler

8-2, 8-3
Audio Tape: Highlights from April 24, 1972 - Channel 13; Highlights from April 26, 1972

9-1, 11
1972 April 25 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 1; P.M. No. 2

10-1, 10-4
1972 April 25 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 2; P.M. No. 1

10-2, 10-3
1972 April 27 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 1; P.M. No. 2

12-1, 12-4
1972 April 27 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 2; P.M. No. 1

12-2, 12-3
1972 April 28 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 1 - Senator John Dunne (part 1); P.M. No. 2 - Russel Oswald (part 2)

13-1, 13-4
1972 April 28 Audio Tape: A.M. No. 2 - Senator John Dunne (part 2), Walter Dunbar (part 1); P.M. No. 1 - Walter Dunbar (part 2), Russel Oswald (part 1)

13-2, 13-3
1972 April 28 Audio Tape: P.M. No. 3 - Russel Oswald (part 3); P.M. No. 4

13-5, 13-6
Tape 1, Copy B

1 1
Tape 2, Copy B

1 2
Tape 3, Copy B

1 3
Tape 4, Copy B

1 4
Tape 5, Copy B

1 5
Tape 6, Copy B

1 6
Tape 7, Copy B

1 7
Tape 8, Copy B

1 8
Tape 9, Copy B

1 9
Tape 10, Copy B

1 10
Tape 11, Copy B

1 11

Accretion: B1341-90
1972 April 5 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 12 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 13 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 15 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 17 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 18 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 20 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 24 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 26 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 27 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 April 28 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 May 10 Transcript of Public Hearing

1
1972 May Directory Listing: New York State Special Commission on Attica (McKay Commission)

2
1972 April 5 Public Hearing Testimony of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller

2
1972 April 15 Public Hearing Testimony of Robert R. Douglass, T. Norman Hurd, General A.C. O'Hara, Howard Shapiro, Michael Whiteman

2
1972 April 15 Public Hearing Testimony of Robert R. Douglass, T. Norman Hurd, General A.C. O'Hara, Howard Shapiro, Michael Whiteman (same as in Box 2)

3
1972 September 9-13 Chronological Narrative of Daily Events at Attica Correctional Facility (unattributed)

3
1972 April 15 Public Hearing Testimony of Robert R. Douglass, T. Norman Hurd, General A.C. O'Hara, Howard Shapiro, Michael Whiteman (same as in Box 2)

4
1972 March 14 Memorandum from Arthur L. Liman Regarding a Meeting of Himself and Judge Willis with Members of Governor Rockefeller's Staff in the Executive Chamber on March 13, 1972

4
1972 March 21 Memorandum from Arthur L. Liman Regarding a Meeting of Himself and Commission Members with Assemblyman Arthur O. Eve on March 20, 1972

4
1972 March (approximately) Chronological Narrative of the Attica Uprising Prepared by the Governor's Special Counsel

4
1972 April 15 Public Hearing Testimony of Robert R. Douglass, T. Norman Hurd, General A.C. O'Hara, Howard Shapiro, Michael Whiteman (same as in Box 2)

5
1972 April 12 Audio Tape: 10:00 A.M. - 11:03 A.M.

6 1
1972 April 12 Audio Tape: 11:03 A.M. - 12:07 P.M.

6 2
1972 April 12 Audio Tape: 12:07 P.M. - 12:20 P.M.

6 3
1972 April 12 Audio Tape: 2:00 P.M. - 3:05 P.M.

6 4
1972 April 12 Audio Tape: 3:05 P.M. - 4:08 P.M.

6 5
1972 April 12 Audio Tape: 4:09 P.M. - 4:59 P.M.

6 6
1972 April 13 Audio Tape: 10:00 A.M. - 11:14 A.M.

6 1
1972 April 13 Audio Tape: 11:14 A.M. - 12:20 P.M.

6 2
1972 April 13 Audio Tape: 12:20 P.M. - 12:43 P.M.; 2:00 P.M. - 2:42 P.M.

6 3
1972 April 13 Audio Tape: 2:42 P.M. - 3:49 P.M.

6 4
1972 April 13 Audio Tape: 3:49 P.M. - 4:49 P.M.

6 5
1972 April 13 Audio Tape: 4:49 P.M. - 5:53 P.M.

6 6
1972 April 13 Audio Tape: 5:53 P.M. - 6:15 P.M.

6 7
1972 April 14 Audio Tape: 10:00 A.M. - 11:06 A.M.

6 1
1972 April 14 Audio Tape: 11:06 A.M. - 12:10 P.M.

6 2
1972 April 14 Audio Tape: 12:10 P.M. - 12:40 P.M.; 2:00 P.M. - 2:35 P.M.

6 3
1972 April 14 Audio Tape: 2:36 P.M. - 3:42 P.M.

6 4
1972 April 14 Audio Tape: 3:42 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

6 5
1971 November 1 Audio Tape: "Remember Attica, Part One: The Rebellion," Produced for Pacifica Radio (WBAI 99.5 FM of NYC) by Deloris Costello

6 1