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New York State Modern Political Archive
Elected officials, interest groups, and activists from New York State.
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Ivan Steen Papers, 1928-2013 5.29 cubic ft.
Oral History and Research Files, 1936-2012, Undated 3.89 cubic ft.
Series 1 contains material related to Professor Steen's oral history projects and their related material. Two of his major oral history projects were about Albany Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd and New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Other projects pertain to topics such as Albany's black community, the Holocaust, and radio. Please note that formal oral history interviews with prisoners of war were never conducted because grant funding could not be obtained. Folders typically contain correspondence with each interviewee as well as interview transcripts and background information. There are cassette tapes to accompany the interview transcripts. Cassette tapes with general dates or date ranges indicate multiple interview dates.
John E. Kingston Papers, Undated 0.33 cubic ft.
Joseph E. Persico Papers, 1910-2003 18.54 cubic ft.
New York State Government Career, 1910-1981 9.8 cubic ft.
This series contains Persico's public papers, including press releases, transcripts of press conferences, television and radio interviews, and drafts of speeches written for New York State Commissioner of Health Hollis Ingraham and Nelson A. Rockefeller (1964-1977). Press releases and transcripts associated with the speeches are also present in the Persico files. Rockefeller's Messages to the Legislature and "Quotes on Issues" during the late 1960s and early 1970s have been filed in this series with the speeches written by Persico. Several boxes contained in this series are subject files relating personally to the author, his work, and to Nelson Rockefeller. A partial index to speeches is available in the Department of Special Collections and Archives. Consult a staff member for details. Also included in this series are subject files and news clippings. While most of these documents date from 1964-1977, some related materials date from 1947-1981.
Joseph Murphy Papers, Undated 16.73 cubic ft.
Lee (Leland) N. Vedder Papers, 1865-1960 14 cubic ft.
Legislative Issues, 1930-2004 58.4 cubic ft.
The Legislative Issues series contains reports, draft reports, correspondence, notes, guidelines, fact sheets, legislation, testimony, memorandums, and news clippings pertaining to the various environmental issues pursued by Environmental Advocates. The series is further divided into eighteen subseries, including: Acid Rain, Adirondacks, Air, Bottle Bill, Energy, Funding, Hazardous Waste, Land Use, Lead, Parks and Wilderness, Pesticides, Solid Waste Management, Tobacco, Transportation, Water, Wetlands, and Wild Life. The subseries are arranged alphabetically by subseries title and thereunder by folder title.
Water, 1930-1995 7.0 cubic ft.
The Water subseries includes material related to the Safe State Drinking Water Act (SSDRA), Clean Water Act, Great Lakes Initiative (GLI), Hudson River - Westway (Long Island), State Safe Drinking Water Act (SSDWA), Proposition 65, Long Island Sound Study (LISS), lakes, rivers, oceans, reservoirs, and groundwater. The subseries' inclusive dates are 1930-1990 with the bulk of the subseries covering the period 1977-1989.
Leo W. O'Brien Papers, 1939-1966 6.25 cubic ft.
Subject Files, 1939-1966, Undated 4 cubic ft.
This series contains the general subject files of Representative O'Brien's office including: amendments, bills, legislative records, news clippings, pamphlets, photographs, speeches, statements, and constituent correspondence.
Series 1: Local 105 Minutes is composed of photocopies of union ledgers from Local 105.
Series 2: Local 253 Minutes is composed of photocopies of Local 253's ledgers.