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The files contain newspaper clippings, codes, and investigations on a wide range of topics pertaining to urban issues such as housing codes and enforcement, highway construction, parking, preservation and demolition of buildings and historical sites, preservation of the Pine Bush, security, burglary, a 1973 investigation of police enforcement and corruption, taxes, urban community and neighborhood development and preservation, ordinances, and zoning. They contain correspondence with and information on the Hudson/Park and Pine Hills Neighborhood Associations, Albany neighborhood associations, Capitol Hill Improvement Corporation, Capitol Housing Rehabilitation Corporation, the Historic Albany Foundation, Historic Resources Commission (1988), Historic Sites Commission, Albany Industrial Development Agency, Mayor Corning Memorial Committee (1984), and St. Joseph Housing Corporation (1983); and correspondence with and information on the New York City Brownstone Revival Committee, New York State Council on Architecture, and Preservation League of New York State; and national correspondence with and information on Alliance for Neighborhood Government, and Neighborhood Preservation.

The files relate primarily to Harold Rubin's opposition to Governor Hugh Carey's attempt (Executive Order #10, #10-1) to impose financial disclosure requirements on civil servants which would have curtained their participation in outside activities. They include a statement by Barbara Zaron, president of the Organization of New York State Management/Confidential Employees, at the Civil Service Merit System Hearing of 1984 and two letters on the issue. Also included are briefs and a memorandum on James T. Evans, M.D. vs. Hugh L. Carey, Governor, concerning the public financial disclosure of civil servants private income records and the briefs on Susan Rapp vs Governor Carey on disclosure of public servants and the the Executive Order overturned by the New York Supreme Court of Appeals in James T. Evans vs. Governor Carey. There are briefs and exhibits on the salary increase withholding lawsuit of 1983, Charles Shattenkirk and Eugene Tashman vs Michael Finnerty, Budget Director of New York State, and Governor Mario Cuomo.

The file contains clippings, correspondence, minutes of meetings, newsletters and other publications, reports, records of lawsuits, relating to Harold Rubin's membership in or interest in Albany neighborhood associations and groups involved in urban renewal and revitalization (historic preservation) including: the Capital Hill Architectural Review Commission, the Center Square Association, Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations, the Neighborhood Resource Center. The files are organized into sub-series by association or organization as follows:

This series contains files pertaining to planning decisions in Albany County, New York. There are a wide variety of documents covering county-level planning -- e.g., open space plans, county land use regulations, transportation plans for I-87/Northway, as well as plans involving the airport and the Pine Bush Preserve. There are also plans for specific municipalities within the county: villages, towns, and the City of Albany, itself. For the City of Albany, there are housing studies, community buying guides, economic development strategies, community improvement program reports, land use inventories, downtown development plans, to name a few of the most common document types.

This series contains files pertaining to planning decisions in Saratoga County, New York. Some of the documents refer to plans for specific municipalities -- i.e., villages, towns, and the City of Saratoga Springs -- while others pertain to county-wide planning efforts. Among the most common file types are: comprehensive/master plans (including master plans for Saratoga Springs published in the 1960s and 1980s), zoning ordinances/maps, soil surveys, county land use and development plans, transportation plans (e.g., bikeways, park and ride, highway rest station plans), environmental impact statements, and numerous reports on county water/sewerage projects.

This series contains files pertaining to planning decisions in Rensselaer County, New York. A significant portion of the documents cover decisions at the county level, including a county master plan, county housing studies, and information on county land use. There are also numerous files dealing with planning decisions in specific municipalities -- villages, towns, and cities -- including local waterfront revitalization program documents, environmental impact statements, land subdivision regulations, a proposed charter for the City of Troy, as well as details concerning the Troy Rehabilitation & Improvement Program (TRIP).

Yearly reports submitted by the school to the New York State Legislature. Consists of four volumes, with the first three (1844-1852, 1853-1859, 1860-1868) submitted by the Executive Committee of the State Normal School, and the final volume (1869-1871) submitted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Regents of the University. The final volume also includes a Catalogue of Graduates listing alumni from 1844-1870.

This series contains the minutes of the University Council and its predecessor bodies. The approved minutes of the Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, and the Board of Visitors (1844-1939, 1944-45) are supplemented by correspondence, annual budgets, and annual reports. The minutes are available in the original hand and typewritten bound volumes, 1844-1939, 1945, kept by the secretary to the various committees and boards, and a typewritten transcription, 1844-1939, commissioned by President Brubacher in 1938. No minutes exist for the College Council (1954-62), though one agenda from 1960 is in the records. The minutes of the University Council (1963-89), contain several reports and budget documents, however the bulk of the correspondence, reports, and peripheral material considered by the University Council are found in the correspondence files.

Contains reports arranged chronologically from 1932-1977. The reports for 1941-42 for 1946-47, and 1972-73 are missing. Includes budget requests. Contents of reports include departmental studies, proposals for changes, budget requests for the next school year and overall summaries of the events of the year.

Faculty lists, calendar, schedules, homeroom sections, admissions, accounts, testing program, textbooks and supplies, booklists, university schedules, handbook, opening of school procedures.

This series contains materials related to various administrative functions of the school, the specific teaching departments, to budget reports and meeting minutes.

The appellate brief series is compiled of the appellate brief transcripts filed with the State of New York Court of Appeals from the seven cases that the Capital Defender Office represented on. The materials are arranged alphabetically by defendants last name.

The Capital Defender Case Files are the volumes of record on appeal for six cases that the Captal Defender Officer defended against. The six cases included are the People v. Mateo, LaValle, McCoy, Taylor, Harris, and Cahill.

Death Row Conditions are mostly government studies and research of death row life for inmates. Different state standards for death row conditions are represented here.

This series includes the various reports which the University at Albany submitted to the Phi Beta Kappa organization between 1950 and 1974, as well as the memorandums, correspondence, and notes related to the generation of those application materials. Also included are some printed materials about Phi Beta Kappa used as reference material during this process. This series also contains similar records relating to the establishment of the Alpha Alpha chapter once the application was accepted.

This series contains documents related to the activities of the Alpha Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, beginning with its installation in 1974. It includes contracts and correspondence related to planning initiation dinners; programs and photographs from initiation dinners; and lists, correspondence, information cards and certificates relating to the selection of students for membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

This series contains appraisal documents of commercial and residential properties in Newburgh from NYR-189 and NYA-10 with full specifications on most of the residential lots (physical condition, measurements, and information on the owners). The documents also include photographs of the properties. A very small number of files related to apprisals are also located in the Administrative series.

This series contains demolition contracts, engineering plans, maps, and compliance bids.

Series includes various types of administrative files from the Urban Renewal project of the 1960s and 1970s. These include mainly business correspondence but also Newburgh Urban Renewal Agency materials, reports, contracts, payment ledgers, relocation payments, deeds, meeting minutes, and newspaper articles.

This series consists of typescripts by Neugass, photographs and clippings on art genres and individual artists.

This series consists of typescripts by Neugass, photographs and clippings on museums? permanent and temporary collections as well as collections of private individuals.

This series contains typescripts by Neugass, photographs and clippings on various art auctions and reviews of art seasons from 1950-1979. The bulk of this series (148 file folders) consists of articles on (Sotheby) Parke-Bernet auctions. The articles have been arranged chronologically by date and Sale Number, which correspond to the Sotheby Parke-Bernet auction catalogs in Series 16 (Boxes 62-75).

The Arts in Education Series documents Ruth Pelham's concerts, residences, workshops, and programs at various youth-centric and educational institutions. Included are song lyrics she distributed and/or developed with students in various stages of the writing process, legal and financial documentation, correspondence between Pelham and institutional staff (usually school faculty), photographs of events, personal notes, reflections on events, post-performance evaluations, and thank you notes from participants (usually youths). This series is a more intimate look at the inner processes that kept the Music Mobile's wheels turning beyond grant funding and fundraising.

Grant applications are large packets of records and require several forms of documentation from applicants to serve as evidence of an individual or institution's ability to legally and responsibly utilize the monies that could be awarded to them. The grant applications and supporting documents featured in the Grant Funding series are no different and as such feature the same type of documents throughout, regardless of the year. The Music Mobile was prompted to provide financial information that almost always included papers dated from 1979 and 1986. It was also required to provide promotional information, which almost always included newspaper clippings (or copies of newspaper clippings) from a range of dates, some further from the application year than others, as well as flyers and posters, which were considered undated by the processor because they do not have print dates associated with them. All of these factors extended the range of dates featured on the folder titles.

The Albany Housing Authority series contains materials from several music and other creative arts projects that took place in the housing projects that comprise the Albany Housing Authority: Ida Yarbrough Homes, Ezra Prentice Homes, and Corning Homes. The folders are largely titled by project name and housing project, save for separate yet related projects and extra material.