Collections : [New York State Modern Political Archive]

Records concerning the Society for the Preservation of Water Resources' project to keep Wilmorite, Inc., from building Rotterdam Square Mall over the Great Falls Aquifer. Includes hearing transcripts, intervention papers, petitions, environmental and other studies, draft environmental impact statements (DEIS), briefs, reply briefs, statements of concern, and other papers dealing with this project. A related series is the "Broadway Mall Project" which interested SPWR because the site for that proposed mall might have been an alternate site for Wilmorite's mall. Also related to this series is the water supply applications, which contains records of attempts by the city of Schenectady and the town of Rotterdam to buy land over the aquifer in order to protect their water supply.

This series contains documents pertaining to the many projects that Mrs. Whittlesey was involved in from 1966 to 1991. It contains the documents for Ambassadors to Bring Action Through Environmental Study (ABATES), The Ellis Island Centennial Commission, Housewives for Rockefeller and the Volunteer's Tie-Line. Among the materials in the collection are the guidebook supplied to chairs of ABATES study action groups, the publications and studies developed by the New York State Department of Health that were used to inform ABATES members of the latest environmental news, newsletters from various environmental groups, news clippings, a play entitled Well of the World that discusses the dangers of water pollution, and the informational charts and placards designed by Eunice Whittlesey for ABATES to improve environmental awareness. These materials include key sources that track the environmental health of the Capital District throughout the early 1970s. Among the most interesting elements found within the studies created for ABATES are the charts that show the level of compliance of several factories along the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers. The Ellis Island Centennial Commission was a presidential commission designed to discuss the preservation of the Statue of Liberty and the planning for the re-opening series. These materials include a summary of the proposals and alternatives for the use and development of the southern portion of Ellis Island, the Commission's correspondence to Mrs. Whittlesey, news clippings on the preservation of the Statue of Liberty and informational brochures on the project. Housewives for Rockefeller was a volunteer organization that recruited women to campaign for Governor Nelson Rockefeller. The records include the group's correspondence, newsletters, news clippings and promotional items, the organizational chart, a list of the county chairs, instructions given to the county chairs and financial records. The Volunteer's Tie Line was a political group created during the Rockefeller Administration by Eunice Whittlesey that kept the voting populous informed of the latest political information of note and thus acted as a liaison between the public and the state government. These documents include lists of County Coordinators, the Tie Line's budget reports, the instructions supplied to the Tie-Line members, correspondence between Tie-Line members and Governor Rockefeller, newsletters, news clippings and promotional brochures, and the volunteer handbooks used by the group to coordinate their informational sessions.

This series consists of administrative documents and paperwork such as agendas, minutes, correspondence and financial statements for the UUP's Solidarity Committee. It also consists of correspondence, clippings and general information about various issues being tackled by the group. The subject files include: Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union, Brooklyn Union Gas Lockout, Cargill Salt Miners' Strike, Coors Boycott, CWA, Grape Boycott, Independent Federation of Flight Attendants, Labor Councils and other AFL-CIO Affiliations, Mexican Workers, National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians, New Labor Struggles, NYS Labor-Religion Coalition, NYS Nurses' Association, Nicaragua Labor Support, Onondaga Community College Federation of Teachers, Portec Strike, Publicity for Manny Fields' plays, Social Agenda, Solidarnosc, South Africa Fund, South Africa Labor Support, Support for Overseas Unions, Tugboat and Barge Workers, United Paperworkers International Union, and the Zinc Miners' Strike.

This series contains files on various areas of concern to Casatelli and the activist groups with which she was involved. There is extensive information on topics relevant to the campaign against Route 9 and 20, such as road design, smart growth, and suburban sprawl. Other subjects include the Hudson River, waterfront access in Rensselaer County, and East Greenbush political life.

This series contains items related to the Town of Nassau Conservation Advisory Council, such as minutes, correspondence, press releases, and reports. Included are materials from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) received by Jackson Davis as chair of the council. Major sections include materials generated by the creation of a Natural Resources Inventory for Nassau and items related to the proposed creation of Brainard Quarry by Lane Construction. For a general overview of the latter controversy, see folder titled, "Brainard Quarry, Timeline, 1992-1997."

This series documents Libby Post's lobbyist work for the Equal Rights Amendment, and includes Post's handwritten notes from meetings of the ERA "Working Group", memos from May Newburger (as chairperson), studies and reports on the ERA, and statistics on support of groups and organizations. It also includes editorials on the ERA, news clippings of the NYS Assembly debate on, and the Senate rejection of, the ERA, notes from an ERA press conference, and the records of the press conference with then Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo regarding ERA.

Contains annual conventions (1970-81), contract negotiations (1969-70), minutes of the Correction Policy Committee (1968-78), and minutes of meetings of local presidents' (1981, 1983-85). The subject files are a record of the activities of Council 82, the bulk of the series consisting of annual convention minutes, Correction Policy Committee correspondence and minutes, and correspondence with the Department of Correctional Services. Conspicuously absent from the files is documentation on the 1971 riot at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York. Similarly, there is little documentation pertaining to the strike of 1979 during which 6,400 corrections employees went on strike for 16 days.

The Center for Law and Justice, Inc. began sponsoring an annual conference entitled Capital District Community Conference on Crime and Criminal Justice on May 18, 1991. The goal of the conference was to bring together law enforcement officials, human rights advocates, and community members to address a wide range of controversial issues concerning bias in the criminal justice system and its impact on people of color, women, children and the poor. The conferences were one-day events, with keynote speakers, educational workshops, and strategy sessions.

This series consists of legislative correspondence, information on legislative bills as well as lobbying efforts. The strong point of this series is the sizeable amount of correspondence to legislators. These letters demonstrate the nature of relationships between legislators and lobbying groups. An alliance with Mary Anne Krupsak, an assemblywoman from the 104th district of Albany-Schenectady and Montgomery counties, seemed especially important to the Committee for Progressive Legislation. Also present in this series is information about the committee's lobbying techniques as well as in-depth information on the New York State legislative process.