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New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer Index to Central Correspondence 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 index contains spreadsheets created to track incoming correspondence during the administration of Governor Eliot Spitzer. The index includes correspondent name and contact information; date of correspondence; person to whom the correspondence is addressed; subject; notation whether the correspondence was directed to Lieutenant Governor Paterson; and notation whether it was followed up by a proclamation.
Creator:
Title:
Governor Eliot Spitzer index to central correspondence files
Quantity:

11.79 megabyte(s)

1 CD-R; 2 digital files

Inclusive Dates:
2007-2008
Series Number:
B2030

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of two separate Microsoft Excel 2003 spreadsheets created to index and track incoming correspondence during the administration of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer. The file named "Correspondence" covers January 2007 through March 2007 and contains 16,384 entries. The file named "Correspondence1" covers portions of February 2007 through March 2008 and contains 46,312 entries.

The spreadsheets contain the following information: correspondent number; correspondent's last name; correspondent's first name; correspondent's suffix (often left blank); salutation; date of correspondence; inside address or repeated salutation (often left blank); correspondent's email; date entered into log; subject of the correspondence; person to whom the correspondence is addressed; whether the correspondence was directed to Lieutenant Governor David A. Paterson; and whether the correspondence was followed up by a proclamation.

Related Material

13682_08Series 13682_08 New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer Central Subject and Correspondence Files is indexed by this series.

Access Restrictions

Partially restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific data and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).

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