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Urban League of Northeastern New York Records, 1966-1987

8.5 cubic ft.
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Since its establishment in 1966 as the Urban League of the Albany N.Y. Area, the Urban League of Northeastern New York has campaigned for voter registration, housing, education, social services and other issues of concern to African Americans and others in the New York State Capital District.
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New York State Coalition for Criminal Justice Records, 1971-1986

19.25 cubic ft.
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Formed in reaction to the Rockefeller Administration's crack-down following the Attica Prison riot, the New York State Coalition For Criminal Justice's primary mission was to reform what it regarded as an excessively harsh criminal justice system in New York.
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American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Empire State Capital Area Chapter Records, 1952-1989

9.5 cubic ft.
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Founded to encorage and advance training and professionalism in public administration for New York State
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Capital District Coalition Against Apartheid and Racism Records, 1981-1995

6 Reels
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Founded by a group of Albany area residents who organized to prevent the Springboks, the all-white South African national rugby team representing the apartheid South African government, from playing a game against the American all-star rugby team in Albany scheduled in 1981.

Newspaper Guild of Albany, N.Y., Local 34 Records, 1936-1989

5.0 cubic ft.
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Chartered in 1934, as the Tri-City Newspaper Guild of Albany, Schenectady, and Troy, the Guild signed its first contract with the Albany Times Union in 1937. The collection includes correspondence, minutes, contracts, and organizing files. The majority of material in the collection is photocpied.
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Albany Typographical Union No. 4, Communications Workers of America Records, 1850-1988

27 reels of microfilm
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This collection documents the activities of the Albany Typographical Union, the first labor union founded in Albany, N.Y.

Albany County Civic Center Collection, 1984-1988

0.75 cubic ft.
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The Albany County Civic Center Collection documents the policy decisions that went into planning an arena in downtown Albany. Originally named the Knickerbocker Arena, it was later known as the Pepsi Arena and the Times Union Center.
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Albany Printing Pressmen, Assistants and Offset Workers Union, No. 23-C Graphic Communications International Union Records, 1951-1989

1 Reels
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Meeting minutes from the Albany Printing Pressmen, Assistants and Offset Workers Union who represented typographical workers from throughout the Capital District.
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International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen, Local 16 Records, 1886-1930

0.6 cubic ft.
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This collection contains meeting minutes from Bricklayers Local 16, Schenectady, NY.
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Associated Industries of New York State/Business Council of New York State Records, 1996 December 19 - 2017 March 27

10.02 cubic ft. 365 captures
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The Associated Industries of New York State/ Business Council of New York State Records contains documents which were created during the group's 66 years of business. Among the contents are files on the group's former directors, correspondence and legal council records. The records of the association also contain some publications from other sources.
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Solidarity Committee of The Capital District Records, 1978-2024

20.8 cubic ft.
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The Greyhound Strikers Solidarity Committee of the Capital District was created by Albany-area labor union activists in support of the autumn 1983 Amalgamated Transit Union strike against Greyhound Bus Lines. After the strike, the group was reconstituted as the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District (SCCD) and worked to support hundreds of strikes and labor activities in Eastern New York, across the country, and in Latin America.
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Student Association of the State University of New York Records, 1969-1985

17.5 cubic ft.
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This collection documents the activities of the Student Association of the State University of New York from its founding in 1970 hrough its first decade of existence.
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Libby Post Papers, 1978-2005

4.18 cubic ft.
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The Libby Post Papers contain political campaign documents, professional correspondences, news clippings, meeting minutes, agendas, document drafts, press releases, news letters, civil activism notes, and other materials that document her involvement securing various LGBT rights and with political organizations, as well as the general LGBT community in Albany, NY.
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Ed Bloch, 1984

Hudson Valley District Council of Carpenters Records, 1887-1990

17.52 cubic ft.
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On November 14, 1946 the Carpenters' District Council of Ulster County and Vicinity was chartered. This council had local chapters in Kingston and Ellenville, New York. During the late 1940's local unions in the area began affiliating with the district council and eventually the district council, on May 4, 1949, was rechartered as the Hudson Valley District Council of Carpenters, the change of name more closely describing its jurisdiction. New local unions continued to be created, and independent local unions continued to affiliate with the district council. By the early 1950's the district council represented carpenters in Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Sullivan, and Ulster counties.

Rufus Edward Miles, Jr. Papers, 1934-1985

8 cubic ft.
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Miles served fifteen years as a top level administrator at the Federal Security Agency and the Department of Health Education and Welfare.
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Autobiographical and Biographical Information, 1910-1964

Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs Records, 1938-1991

3.46 cubic ft.
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These records document the activities and membership of the Empire State Federation of Women's Clubs (ESFWC) - the umbrella organization of New York State African-American women's groups - from 1938-1991. The collection also includes records from affiliated organizations: the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) and the Northeast Federation of Women's Clubs (NFWC).
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Family Planning Advocates of New York State Records, 1976-2004

7.72 cubic ft.
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Family Planning Advocates of New York State was established in the 1970's by the affiliates of Planned Parenthood of New York State in an effort to expand the capacity of its organization to affect public policy through lobbying and education.
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Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 83 Records, 1892-1989

2 cubic ft.
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The Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local 83 Records document the day-to-day operations of the union from the years 1892-1984 using meeting minutes and other documents refrenced in the minutes including correspondence, treasurer's reports, newsletters and strike bulletins.
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National Organization for Women (NOW), New York State Chapter Records, 1961-2011

55.09 cubic ft.
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The New York State chapter of NOW aims to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society in order to exercise all privileges and responsibilities in an equal partnership with men. Working close with the Senate, political candidates,other women organizations, and community activists, NOW-NYS members work to defend women from inequality.
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IUE-CWA Local 301 Records, 1939-2001

63.9 cubic ft. 854 Digital Files
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Union founded at General Electric's Schenectady, NY plant after the passage of the Wagner Act.