This series contains scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and documentary material of the Albany branch's activities, members, and interests. Other ephemeral items contained in the series include photographs, proclamations of the Mayor of Albany, clothing and tote bags.
This series consists primarily of texts prepared by Eugen Spiro, including versions of curriculum vitae, short biographies, and lists of paintings for exhibits.
This series contains legal material, notes, research files, and correspondence related to the trials of Davidson James.
The file consists of documents received by the Coalition from the New York State Commission On Corrections. Founded in 1895, the commission is charged in its legislative mandate with general oversight responsibilities for the jails, prisons, and lockups located in New York State. The series includes information on the commission, its purpose, goals, and officials. Many reports are included starting with Commissioner Coughlin's report to the Correctional Association of N.Y. 1982 in which he characterizes the association's report as irresponsible; the final report of the special Attica investigation 1975; the Judicial Process Commission report on Attica 1976; and the State Commission of Correction staff report concerning the abuse of authority at the Attica correctional facility 1977. The series also includes audit reports on rehabilitation programs for 1973/78, restitution reports and a comparative study of cost of service delivery between N.Y., California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Other Commission on Corrections' reports include those on the overcrowding of jails 1980/82; on prison alternatives 1981/82; and on prison health maintenance 1979/80. Guidelines for minimum standards and regulations for management of county jails and penitentiaries can also be found in the collection. These standards concern visitations, correspondence, security and supervision, hygiene, medical, access to media, legal services, physical restraint, maximum prisoner capacity, fire safety, staffing requirements, overcrowding, lock ins, recreation, religion, access to courts, telephone calls, and packages.
This is an alphabetical letter series of the General Reference collection. The General Reference Collection was created by archivists to hold information on campus history that is not part of any organic record group. The collection contains material from a variety of outside sources, excepts from newspapers and other publications, press releases and promotional materials, and loose university records.
The Gisela Graf correspondence files date predominately from the time of her husband's death until 1986. It is a mixture of originals, carbons and photocopies; much of the correspondence deals with the posthumous publication of her husband's works and exhibitions concerning his life and career. Correspondents include: Jean Améry, Günther Anders, Eric Bentley, Ernst Bloch, Hilde Domin, Walter and Anne-Marie Fabian, Erich Fromm, Helmut Hirsch, Uwe Johnson, Mascha Kaléko, Alfred Kantorowicz, Hermann Kesten, Annemarie Koch (Graf's daughter by his first marriage), Ernst Lothar, Helmut Pfanner and the University of New Hampshire, Johannes and Gertrude Urzidil, Walter Wicclair, and Carl Zuckmayer.
Contains letters, proposals, and background information pertaining to various projects Dr. Newman and the School of Criminal Justice was involved in over the course of his career. Subjects include the creation of a Criminal Justice Institute, a state-wide organization (1983), Work for the Institute for Public Policy Alternatives (IPPA), 1974-75, a SUNY-institute, including "Community Alternatives to Maximum Security Institutionalization for Selected Offenders", (1975), studies of juvenile delinquency (1963-65) (includes documents dating back to 1913), and research on police and prisons (1959-1966).
This series contains articles, letters from inmates, reports about the death penalty, and summaries of cases. This series is arranged alphabetically.
Series 4 is composed of organization files. The following organizations, advocating the abolition of the death penalty, are included: Amnesty International (AI), Amnesty International USA (AI USA), American Civil Liberties Union, Death Penalty Information Center, and NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc. The files are arranged alphabetically by the name of organization with materials within the files arranged chronologically.
This series is comprised of maps, blueprints, and drawings that are related to the train stations affiliated with the Delaware and Hudson Line. Most of the maps within this series are reproductions.