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Paul Leser Papers, 1850-1984

95 cubic ft.
The Paul Leser Papers document not only the life and career of anthropologist Paul Leser, but also contain materials pertaining to Leser's sister, Maria Lingemann and her husband Heinrich Lingemann, and earlier members of the Leser family. Although the collection contains correspondence between Paul and his brother, Albert (Leser) Lestoque, a separate collection, the Albert (Leser) Lestoque Papers, held at the University at Albany's Department of Special Collections & Archives documents the life and career of Paul Leser's brother as well as providing additional Leser family documents and material.

Walter A. Friedländer (Friedlaender) Papers, 1914-1984

45 cubic ft.
The Walter A. Friedländer (Friedlander) Papers consist of 45 archival boxes of materials, dating primarily from 1932 to 1984, with the bulk of material comprising Friedländer's voluminous correspondence (30 boxes). The collection also contains biographical materials, manuscripts and publications by Friedländer, as well as course materials and materials pertaining to national and international social welfare conferences, publications by other scholars, and materials collected by Friedländer on topics of interest, particularly social welfare topics.

Willowbrook Review Panel Records, 1968-1981, bulk 1975-1981

112.25 cubic ft.
The Willowbrook Review Panel was a Federal monitoring group established by the U.S. District Court in 1975 and dismissed from its duties in 1987. The Willowbrook Review Panel Records provide extensive documentation of the Panel's main function: monitoring implementation of the 1975 Willowbrook Consent Decree in New York State which set new standards for the care of the facility's residents.
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This series contains the New York Civil Liberties Union's files related to Willowbrook and the Consent Decree. It consists of court papers from primarily NYSARC and Parisi v. Rockefeller/Carey (United States District Court-Eastern District of New York, No. 72-C-356/357), the lawsuit filed by the New York State Association for Retarded Children and the parents or representatives of several Willowbrook Class members against New York State in the wake of Geraldo Rivera's TV news story. The materials are arranged chronologically, and may be divided into two periods: the pre-Consent Decree phase, 1973-1975 and the post-Consent Decree phase, 1977-1981.