Using These Materials
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Per the memorandum of agreement governing this collection, all constituent casework files and any materials related to organized crime are closed until January 1, 2043. Even following this date, no constituent casework files may be photocopied, scanned or duplicated in any way.
Access to this entire collection, however, is currently restricted because it is unprocessed. Other portions of the collection may also contain recent administrative records and/or personally identifiable information. Please contact an archivist for more information.
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Summary
- Abstract:
- This collection documents Maurice Hinchey's service as a member of the New York State Assembly and then a United States Congressman from the Hudson Valley of New York.
- Extent:
- 212 cubic ft.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Maurice Hinchey Papers, 1974-2012. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Hinchey Papers).
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection contains materials from Maurice Hinchey's service in the New York State Assembly and the United States Congress. There is significantly more material documenting his Congressional service. The collection includes Assembly constituent corrrespondence and case files. From his Congressional service it consists of official correspondence, Congressional Committee files, leadership files, photographs, awards, subject files, case files, VHS tapes, clippings, and legislative files.
- Biographical / Historical:
Maurice Hinchey (born 1938) served in the New York State Assembly from 1975 until 1992 and then in the United States Congress from 1993 until his retirement in 2013. He first represented the 26th Congressional district of New York and then the 22nd after redistricting. Both are in the Hudson Valley. Hinchey is a member of the Democratic Party.
- Acquisition information:
- All Congressional items in this collection were transferred to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives by Maurice Hinchey and his Congressional office staff in 2012-2013 . The New York State Assembly materials were transferred to the Department of Special Collections and Archives in 2017 by the New York State Archives.
- Processing information:
Processed in 2016 by unprocessed.
- Arrangement:
The collection is unprocessed and is likely disorganized. Individual items may be difficult to find.
- Physical location:
- The materials are located onsite in the department.
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Using These Materials
- ACCESS:
- The archives are open to the public and anyone is welcome to visit and view the collections.
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Per the memorandum of agreement governing this collection, all constituent casework files and any materials related to organized crime are closed until January 1, 2043. Even following this date, no constituent casework files may be photocopied, scanned or duplicated in any way.
Access to this entire collection, however, is currently restricted because it is unprocessed. Other portions of the collection may also contain recent administrative records and/or personally identifiable information. Please contact an archivist for more information.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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This page may contain links to digital objects. Access to these images and the technical capacity to download them does not imply permission for re-use. Digital objects may be used freely for personal reference use, referred to, or linked to from other web sites.
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Maurice Hinchey Papers, 1974-2012. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Hinchey Papers).