Bills, 1956-1964, Undated

Extent:

2.6 cubic ft.

Scope and content:

This series, divided into two subseries, contains legislation that for the most part was introduced by Assemblyman Ernest Curto, and supporting materials, including memos, correspondence regarding the bills, and newspaper clippings.

The first subseries contains bound copies of the bills that Curto introduced. Each book contains bills from one session, and on the inside of the cover is a list of the bills contained in the book. Curto made notations on some of the covers, as well as on some of the bills, as to the fate of the legislation. Also in this subseries, researchers will find book covers that would have originally contained his personal bills, but arrived at the archives without their contents intact.

The second subseries contains the files that Curto kept about each bill that he introduced in the New York State Assembly. He kept an individual file on each bill, and in some cases, more than one file if that bill had been amended significantly. The bill files contain copies of the legislation and, in some cases, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings or memos related to the bill. The archivist elected to retain the original folder names used by Curto and his staff, and made copies of the original folders whenever Curto had made notations on them.

Researchers should note that there are several bills in this subseries that were not introduced by Curto. There are several bills that Curto kept that relate to a special session of the legislature that was called by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in the autumn of 1964, and the archivist elected to include them in this subseries.

Researchers should be aware that the bills in this series relate to the latter half of Curto's term in office. Earlier bills, those from 1948-1953, were in folders with correspondence. Since many of these bills are stamped "Compliments of Ernest Curto," and not attached to other materials, the archivist elected to keep them in the correspondence series.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically, and by bill number.

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