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UUP's Research Department conducts research on a variety of topics to assist UUP's leadership, committees, negotiators, and other UUP constituencies. One method of research is surveys sent to all or portions of UUP's membership. The completed survey forms (for the most part anonymous) often contain handwritten comments from members, documenting not only their thoughts and concerns regarding the subject of the survey, but occasionally broadly sweeping criticism of or praise for UUP in general. The surveys distributed to gather member input on negotiations are included in Series 3 of Subgroup VI, Labor Relations-Negotiations. Included in this series are the completed forms from other surveys conducted by the Research Department.

Contains Executive Board meeting minutes (both draft and final), materials distributed at Delegate Assemblies, financial records including budget reports; finance committee meeting records, and other materials relating to UUP negotiations, committees, and projects, maintained by Joseph Drew who was treasurer of UUP from 1973-1974 and October 1975-July 1981. Drew was also active in both the statewide Senate Professional Association and the SPA's Buffalo chapter prior to the creation of UUP. These records deal frequently with UUP's predecessors, particularly the Senate Professional Association. See Subgroup II, UUP Predecessors and Early UUP Years, for additional records for that and other predecessor organizations.

There was no discernable order to negotiations materials through the 1988-1991 contract and during processing they were grouped by the individual contract to which they relate. "Collected Materials" was used to describe materials that were grouped together either by date or subject matter prior to processing, or for materials that were not originally in any order but for which a date or topical order could be readily assigned. At some point, possibly during preliminary processing activities, some of the files now designated as "Collected Materials" were reviewed by someone apparently involved in negotiations and approximate dates assigned to some of the materials. These dates have been written in pencil on the documents. Undated materials were left where they were originally found. During processing, indications were found that many of the files in the 1970s were those of Edward J. Alfonsin (UUP's Secretary from June 1975-June 1981 and member of several negotiations teams), and that many of the materials from the 1980s were from Fred Day (one of the field representatives provided to UUP by NYSUT). However, such materials were only designated by creator when that distinction could be confirmed and it was deemed important to understanding the context of the files.

This series is a compilation of news clippings from several statewide and local New York newspapers. The CSEA Communications Department compiles and produces a news clippings packet on a bi or tri-monthly basis. The news clippings have been left in original packet or digital form.

The Jugendbewegung Collection is divided into three sections. The first section contains photocopies of the handwritten account by Wolfgang Kaiser of the activities of the Nerother Bund youth group from October 1928 through the year 1931. The second section contains clippings, materials and some correspondence pertaining to different aspects of the youth movement. The final section contains examples of Jugendbewegung periodicals, primarily from the 1920s and 1930s, but also contains examples of youth-oriented periodicals dating into the 1980s.

This series contains primarily environmental, scientific and legal journals, magazines, newsletters, reports, analyses, studies, and other publications collected by the ASLF. The majority of materials address environmental issues or geographic areas specific to New York State, although the Midwest is well represented. The series is divided into four subseries - serials, New York publications, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation publications and publications about issues outside of New York.

This series includes press releases, weekly summaries, talking points, and speeches. Press releases, though incomplete, cover a broad range of topics from key issues to notification of meetings. The press releases are produced by CSEA and distributed in a paper format and posted on the CSEA website. The weekly summaries, also known as "Hot Sheets," are summary memos outlining the activities of the various CSEA departments for that week. They were distributed internally and offer a glimpse into the week to week work undertaken by the CSEA. The statements/speeches were made by CSEA leadership and officers regarding the union's position on key issues.

The first series contains courses taught primarily between the years 1926-1957 and is arranged according to the college where Leser taught, beginning with the Technische Hochschule in Darmstadt, and continuing with courses taught at the New School for Social Research, Olivet College and Black Mountain College. The second series, arranged alphabetically, contains materials primarily from courses taught at the Hartford Seminary Foundation and later at the University of Hartford.