Unidentified psychiatric hospital employees enjoy a summer dance in one of the large recreation halls, some of which contain bowling alleys and other facilities. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1948. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
The new infirmary at Craig Colony State Hospital, seen here near completion, was the first building to be built in New York State after the inauguration of the postwar construction program in 1943. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1948. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Part of the installation for machine tabulation in the Albany office of the Department of Mental Hygiene. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1947. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
New York State Governor Thomas E. Dewey (right), accompanied by Department of Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Frederick MacCurdy, samples the food during an inspection tour at Rockland State Hospital. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1947. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
A typical room in a 1947 New York State mental hospital. Caption reads: Clean, comfortable accommodations and complete medical care. New York State Office of Mental Hygiene Annual Report 1947. Courtesy of Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) member, Paul Castellani.
Dr. Frank L. Tolman seved as the 15th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1945 until 1950. Under his administration, the name "Association of State Civil Service Employees" was changed to "Civil Service Employees Association" in December 1946.
Clifford C. Shoro served as the 14th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1944 until 1945. Shoro obtained fixed vacations for state intitution workers.
Dr. Charles A. Brind, Jr. served as the 12th president of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) from 1935 until 1941. Among his greatest accomplishments was initiating the Feld-Hamilton Law, which created a definitive state salary plan.
A letter from Beulah Bailey, vice president of the Association of State Civil Service Employees (as the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) was then known), requesting a telegram of greeting from newly elected United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the occasion of the association's 1933 annual dinner in Albany, New York. Bailey notes that Roosevelt had been the association's guest at the dinner over the past two-three years during his term as New York Governor. (Courtesy of the Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park, New York.)