Collections : [New York State Modern Political Archive]

This series documents the political activism of Michelle Crone and includes efforts that were primarily political in nature.

This series consists of material from music festivals and other events that Michelle Crone produced or was involved in organizing.

This series primarily consists of personal correspondence between Michelle Crone and her friends and personal acquaintances. Crone's personal life often overlapped with her professional and political life, and thus, many letters discuss topics from other series. Postcards and greeting cards were retained only when they possessed informational content. Additionally, the "Resumes" folder contains several version of Crone's resume, documenting a number of events and activities that she was involved with until 1996.

This series consists of material relating to specific activities of Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC). The records in each activity subseries document research, plans, and actions taken to advance an environmental issue in New York State. The subseries dates are not always inclusive. The bulk of the activities date from the late 1980s to the late 1990s, but several folders within each activity subseries contain older information that CEC activists used as background research material.

This series contains correspondence, notes, news clippings relating to CEC, reports, financial documents, and other administrative records of CEC. It also contains CEC founding and structural records. Most of the materials in this series are arranged chronologically.

This series contains fundraising records, particularly those connected to the foundations that fund CEC. It contains grant records, tracking of major individual donors, and canvassing records. This includes correspondence, notes, grant applications, reports, budgets, statistics, and raw data.

The files in this series pertain to the creation and work of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and to the various political groups and legislative bills which supported or opposed the creation of the Agency. The series includes publications by the APA and other groups, legislative files, correspondence, maps, memoranda, and news clippings. The bulk of the series covers the years 1967-1978 and 1990-1997, with some materials dating from 1956-2002. Legislation pertaining to the Adirondack Park Agency can also be found in Series 9 of this collection.

This series contains material related to the various commissions and committees created to prepare for and host the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Such groups include the Lake Placid Olympic Bid Committee, the Temporary State XIII Olympic Winter Games Commission, and the New York State 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games Commission. Materials represented include reports, correspondence, appointments, memoranda, minutes, finances, and clippings. Where the original order identifies the specific committee responsible for a record, this order has been maintained. Many folders, however, contain papers involving the records of more than one committee, and sometimes the specific committee responsible for a record cannot be identified. In these cases, folders are identified with the generic title of "Olympic Winter Games Commissions." In addition, the heading "Olympic Organizing Committee" designates records pertaining to the Lake Placid's 1980 Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee and its subcommittees, which include Transportation, Security and Public Affairs. This series contains materials used for Lake Plaid's Olympic bid. Proposals and agreements with architects and contractors can also be found in this series as well as Olympic pins, programs, tickets, and employment information.

This series contains records related to Ronald Stafford's campaigns for office from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s. It includes election results, as well as letters of support and campaign buttons. Records are organized chronologically by campaign. Letters of congratulations sent to Senator Stafford and thank-you letters sent by Senator Stafford can also be found in this series. Posters and pins can be found in oversized boxes and artifact boxes.

This series consists of the constitution and by-laws and annual reports of the Clubs (1960-1998). The constitution and by-laws provided the organizational structure of the Clubs. It includes printed copies of the articles of incorporation and by-laws of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (1924, 1930, 1933, 1938), certificates of incorporation and by-laws (1944, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1973), and proposed revisions to state by-laws (1967, 1974).

This series includes minutes (with gaps), financial reports, and membership reports. The board members who have a vote are state officers, district directors, standing committee chairs, and the editor of the magazine. The state board meeting is a biannual regular meeting of BPWNYS held in September and January.

Series 3 consists of the records of the annual legislative conference (with gaps), the BPWNYS annual conventions, and the national conferences held by the National Federation. State legislation committee members, and the hostess club's president, vice president, and chairs who attend these conferences each year create the annual legislative conference records. With a long and proud history of action and commitment, this conference continues to work together with the original idea of "women helping women," by supporting and initiating legislation to make a more equitable position for women in the job market. It encourages women to become involved in legislation so that they can gain power in political life in ways other than just supporting candidates, but by getting into the power structures of party politics.

The Administrative series contains: an account book, budget and financial reports, by-laws, charters, correspondence relating to the administration of the Club, and meeting minutes. The materials provide information regarding the structure of the Club, how meetings were conducted, and the election of officers.

The Subject series contains materials relating to the Club's history, member directories, photographs, conference and seminar materials, correspondence (thank you notes), and programs. The series also contains flat files and oversize boxes which house scrapbooks one of which documents the Clubs' involvement with the Memorial Chapel at Albany Memorial Hospital (now named Samaritan Hospital, Albany Memorial Campus), banners, and a sash. This series provides information about how the Club worked within the local community as well as with other area clubs.

The Publications series includes both local and international materials such as: The Dope Sheet, The Albany Zontian, and Zontian, The Zontian Biennial Issue, Zonta International Program Issue, Zonta International Foundation Biennium Highlights, and Zonta International Newsletter. These publications highlight the activities of the Zonta Club of Albany as well as those associated with international Zonta Clubs.

The Administration Series includes records created by the Club during the operation of its usual activities and programs include committee reports, newsletters, and meeting minutes, which compose the bulk of the series. There is a small amount of correspondence as well as versions of the Club's constitution and by-laws..

This series contains the Beta Psi Boulé's administrative records. The materials cover the beginning of the charter process for the Beta Psi Boulé to present day. The files consist of the Boulé's day-to-day administrative records consisting of charter plans, certificates and reports, administrative records, Beta Psi Executive Committee documents, financial reports, general meeting minutes, correspondence, memorandums, notices and agendas as well as documents from some of the Boulé's committees. The bulk of the documents were created by the officers and members of Beta Psi Boulé and the officers of the Grand Boulé with the exception of some correspondence and event brochures of other Greek letter fraternities and sororities, Capital District businesses and charitable organizations.

This series contains records of Christmas is for the Archousai and other annual events, Boulé Foundation and Beta Psi charitable initiative documents, and anniversary celebrations. There are files related to individual archons and their acocmplishments, news clippings about archons and the Boulé, and documentation of sponsored events and happenings.

The Special Events series contains records of the Biennial Boulé meetings and conferences for the Northeast Region and some of the Grand Boulé conferences attended by members of the Beta Psi Boulé. A significant portion of the series is files documenting the planning and facilitating of the 15th Biennial Regional Conference held in 2003 in Albany.

This series includes all of the documents describing the organization, membership, long term plans and goals of the AHP and CAHFC. This series includes the certificates of incorporation for the AHP and CAHFC; by-laws; letters and press releases noting the creation of the AHP, several drafts of their mission statements; lists of the participants and the board of directors from the AHP and CAHFC; the organizational structure for the AHP; and the annual reports of the AHP.

This series includes documents describing the daily business of the AHP and CAHFC. It includes the agendas, minutes, and resolutions for the AHP and CAHFC. This series is further broken down by the Boards of Directors of the AHP and CAHFC; the Joint Boards of Directors of the AHP and CAHFC; the Executive Committee and Policy Committee of the AHP; various other sub-committee of the AHP; and other housing organizations affiliated with the AHP.

This series tracks the income and expenditures of the AHP and CAHFC. It includes the income statements, budget statements, treasurer's reports, audits and fundraising reports. Again, as the AHP and CAHFC work together and as separate institutions, this series has the financial records for the AHP, the CAHFC, and the joint financial records of the AHP and CAHFC.

The information in this series provides a look at the organization and history of KAP through photographs, meeting minutes, newsletters and annual reviews from 1982 through the spring of 1994. Box 1 contains material related to the planning of demonstrations and civil disobedience actions. There is an extensive collection of clippings beginning in 1969, that records press coverage of demonstrations, incidents involving KAPL, national events involving nuclear power, waste, and warfare, and letters to the editors of local papers. One of the prominent topics of Box 1 is the annual actions commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are several folders of information dating from 1981 to 1993. There is information on the International Shadow Project, a memorial where participants painted human silhouettes on streets and sidewalks to represent what is left after nuclear war. KAP also maintained contact with anti-nuclear organizations in Japan. The box contains a Japanese booklet of artwork with both color and black and white plates of paintings depicting the bombing. Civil disobedience became an important way for KAP to deliver its messages, and actions were carefully planned. There are handbooks prepared by national groups describing how to organize and practice nonviolent civil disobedience. Box 2 contains a large collection of fact sheets and leaflets prepared by KAP for use as informational tools. Box 3 is a good source of information about the history and operations of KAP. It contains meeting minutes and annual reviews; also, information on organizing non-violent demonstrations and civil disobedience. Other prominent actions recorded in this Series include the radioactive waste demonstrations of 1992, and the protest of the U.S.S. Albany, 1986 through 1987, and 1990.

KAP collected flyers and newsletters from many organizations. This series is a collection of information from other grassroots organizations involved in the anti-nuclear movement, including Citizens Awareness Network (CAN), Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC), Economic Conversion Council, INFACT, Nukewatch, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). Information about activist organizations involved in military resistance can be found in Series 7.

KAP was very concerned about the transport of radioactive waste. KAP formed an alliance with Nukewatch based in Wisconsin and the Snake River Alliance in Idaho to track the transport of spent reactor fuel from navy reactors at KAPL to INEL. Together they organized a network of waste tracking contacts located in each of the 10 states through which the waste traveled. This project is well documented and includes flyers, budget sheets, contacts, press coverage, and a diary of one particular train watcher.