The Correctional Association of New York Records includes records from the Board of Directors, annual reports, prison visit files, Narcotics Committee files, program and bureau files, project files, subject files, and publications. The only records of the organization available from the nineteenth century are the annual reports, which have been microfilmed and are available in the University Library.

This collection was artificially assembled by University at Albany library staff in the mid to late 20th Century to provide general reference information about cities, communities, and towns and various aspects of life in the Capital District of New York State.