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New York State Advisory Council on Placement and Unemployment Insurance Meeting Minutes and Working 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 records created by the State Advisory Council on Employment and Unemployment Insurance. Records include minutes of council meetings; legislative bill files dealing with unemployment insurance issues; press releases; correspondence with agency commissioners and governors; minutes of the Employment Service State Advisory Council; Court of Appeals decisions; audits of unemployment insurance funds; and Council reports.
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Meeting minutes and working files
Quantity:

38.25 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1935-1985
Series Number:
B1505

Arrangement

Arranged by type of record.

Administrative History

Under Chapter 468 of the Laws of 1935, the Industrial Commissioner of the Department of Labor was charged with the administration of the Unemployment Insurance Fund, with the assistance of a State Advisory Council of nine members appointed by the governor. The council considered and advised the Industrial Commissioner upon all matters connected with the Unemployment Insurance Law submitted to it by the commissioner and recommended changes in the administration of the law.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains a variety of records created by the State Advisory Council on Employment and Unemployment Insurance. Record types include minutes of council meetings (1940-1975); legislative bill files dealing with unemployment insurance issues (1943-1957); correspondence with commissioners; correspondence with governors (1935-1985); minutes of the Employment Service State Advisory Council (1934-1941); Court of Appeals decisions (1943-1961); and audits of unemployment insurance funds.

B1505-01: This accretion contains council meeting minutes (1935-1964); legislative bill files (1936-1976); correspondence (1937-1960); and committee files (1936-1967).

B1505-13: This accretion consists of press releases and reports released by the council in 1939. It also contains related press releases from the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate the Administration of the Unemployment Insurance Law, 1939.

Custodial History

B1505-01: These files were transferred to the State Archives from the Department of Labor in 1995, but were not accessioned until 2001.

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Dates Contents Box

Accretion: B1505-01
1935-1939 Meeting Minutes 1
1955-1960 Meeting Minutes 2
1961-1964 Meeting Minutes 3
1936-1941 Legislation 4
1941-1948 Legislation 5
1951-1952 Legislation 6
1953-1954 Legislation 7
1957-1960 Legislation 8
1961-1963 Legislation 9
1965-1966 Legislation 10
1967-1969 Legislation 11
1970-1971 Legislation 12
1972-1976 Legislation 13
1976 Legislation 14
1937-1960 Correspondence 15
1936-1959 Committees 16
1937-1967 Committees 17

Accretion: B1505-13
1939 Press releases and reports 1

Accretion: B1505-96
1940-1943 Council Minutes of Meetings 1
1944-1948 Council Minutes of Meetings 2
1945-19541945-1954 Council Minutes of Meetings 3
1965-1968 Council Minutes of Meetings 4
1969-1975 Council Minutes of Meetings 5
1943-1946 Unemployment Insurance Legislation 6
1948-1949 Unemployment Insurance Legislation 7
1950 Unemployment Insurance Legislation 8
1951-1953 Unemployment Insurance Legislation 9
1955-1957 Unemployment Insurance Legislation 10
1935-1995 Council, Correspondence w/ Commissioners, Governors 11
1944-1976 Council, Executive Director's Correspondence 12
1943-1985 Council, Executive Director's and General Correspondence 13
1935-1941 Council, Meeting Minutes, Reports, Studies 14
1943-1961 Appeal Board, Special Disqualifications and Decisions 15
1946-1961 Appeal Board, Special Disqualifications and Decisions 16
1940-1961 Committee Activities, Misc. 17
1942-1946 Finances, Investments, Disqualifications 18
1937-1947 Finances, Investments, Delinquencies 19
1936-1939 Minutes, Correspondence, and reports of Commmittees 20
1936-1953 Minutes, Correspondence, and reports of Commmittees 21