The NAACP Schenectady Branch Records document concerns for discrimination in housing and employment and for the recruitment of black professionals from colleges and universities to the area. The records also show the Branch's involvement with area social service providers, labor unions, and other community organizations, as well as with General Electric, as the area's major employer.
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Ralph F. Boyd, Sr. Papers, 1943-1992 1.6 cubic ft.
The Ralph Boyd, Sr. Papers contain personal and professional correspondence, news clippings, work manuals and agendas that document his career as a General Electric employee, community activist and member of the Schenectady branch of the NAACP.
IUE-CWA Local 301 Records, 1939-2001 63.9 cubic ft.
Union founded at General Electric's Schenectady, NY plant after the passage of the Wagner Act.
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.
Capital District Regional Planning Commission Records, 1934-2013 55.07 cubic ft.
Capital District Regional Planning Commission
This collection documents the comprehensive planning work of New York's Capital District Regional Planning Commission across several decades.
The Glove Cities Area Joint Board, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Records, 1933-1989 5 cubic ft.
The Glove Cities Area Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) was founded in Gloversville, N.Y., 1954. This Joint Board originally had jurisdiction over the clothing workers unions in Gloversville and Johnstown, N.Y., and nearby villages. These locals were primarily locals of glove and leather goods workers.
Business and Professional Women's Clubs of Schenectady, New York Records, 1927-2011, Undated 21.92 cubic ft.
These records document the history of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Schenectady, NY.
League of Women Voters, Schenectady County, 1925-2004 10.4 cubic ft.
This collection contains records of the League of Women Voters, Schenectady County.
Includes records of the Schenectady Area Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, group of trade union locals, and its predecessor organizations:.
Documents major projects the society undertook to protect water resources, including the Wilmorite project, the Bonded Concrete project, and the water supply applications of the city of Schenectady and the town of Rotterdam.
The City Teachers Association of Schenectady was founded in 1918 to promote standards of professionalism in teaching. The group was chartered as a union, the Schenectady Federation of Teachers, in 1944. Local 803 went on strike in 1975 in violation of the NYS Taylor Law. The local is affiliated with New York State United Teachers, American Federation of Teachers.
Founded in 1907, the Schenectady Labor Temple Association promotes labor relations and interests within Schenectady County, NY.
This is a repository of the minutes and records of the local chapter 157 of the Laborers' International Union of North America.
Inactive records of IBEW Local 166, based in the Capital District. Shops were located at General Electric and WTEN Channel 10
International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada, Local 201 Records, 1900-1982 2.0 cubic ft.
The collection documents the history of the unions that formed Painters and Allied Trades Local 201, including Local 12 of Troy, Local 62 of Schenectady, and Local 201 of Albany.
Helen Quirini Papers, 1898-2010 50.89 cubic ft.
This collection documents the life, work and activism of Helen Quirini of Schenectady, New York. The collection represents Quirini's numerous activities and interests including her early work owning a local market with her brother, her 39 year employment for General Electric, her activism in unions during her employment and retirement, as well as her charitable activities where she pursued civil, housing, pension, women's and senior citizen's rights.
United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and PipeFitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Local 105 Records document the regular business of this chapterof the union, including meetings, financial reports, grievance reports, and membership.
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.
Vincent J. Schaefer Papers, 1891-1993 135 cubic ft.
The Vincent J. Schaefer Papers represent the professional accomplishments and personal interests of the scientist who discovered cloud seeding. Schaefer spent more than 20 years with General Electric in Schenectady, New York, working his way up from apprentice, to research assistant, to research associate. In those years he was mentored by Irving Langmuir, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry. The work Schaefer did at General Electric laid the foundation for further success as he became director of research for the Munitalp Foundation, began a highly successful summer science program for high school students, acted as an independent consultant, and founded the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York at Albany. This collection contains research data, notes, correspondence, publications, and photographs that showcase Schaefer's long, industrious scientific career as well as highlighting his many hobbies in local history and environmentalism.
This collection contains meeting minutes from Bricklayers Local 16, Schenectady, NY.