Collections : [New York State Modern Political Archive]

This series contains coursework, notes and notebooks, slides, and a name tag from Michelle Crone's time as a student at the State University of New York at Albany between 1981 and 1986.

The photographs in this series generally relate to the work of GE administrator, A.C. Stevens and of various politicians and union gatherings. The collection also includes photographs of IUE Local 301 Pensioners.

This series contains unassociated material organized by subject. This includes event fliers, ephemera, political literature, news clippings, notes, and some photographs.

This series consists of material related to the process of placing Willowbrook class members in group homes or family care situations, as mandated by the terms of the 1975 Consent Decree. The series is restricted because it contains information about specific named residents of Willowbrook and other developmental centers.

Series 8 contains grievance files from 1959-1999. The grievance files represent grievances filed by members of IUE-CWA Local 301 against General Electric for various reasons as well as the recommended actions taken.

This series contains those Capital District Regional Planning Commission Records that pertain to plans for areas outside the four "home counties" of the Capital District (i.e., Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties). There are a great many documents that deal with planning decisions within Adirondack Park, as well as others focused on the Catskills region and the Appalachian Mountains. There are also planning documents for areas within Columbia County, Fulton County, Greene County, and Montgomery County. There are a significant number of files pertaining to the Hudson River and the Mohawk Valley. Additionally, there are documents pertaining to the Lake George/Lake Champlain area, as well as a small number of documents covering Western New York and the New York City/New Jersey area.

There are three types of case files that Daniel Button created: Military approval applications, requests for military discharges/reassignment, and Albany-related problems. These are organized chronologically and then alphabetically by the last name of the individual concerned in the case file. The military requests are restricted because the military applications reveal personal information, such as medical examination records, social security numbers, and school grades. The military hardship discharges are restricted because they contain sensitive information regarding individuals and their families. The other cases are a broad range of requests, many of which concern postage and censoring, notably obscene advertisements in mail, which Button wrote house Resolutions against. Other requests concern visas, political opinions on the Vietnam War, questions about Vietnam, the Cold War, and other current events. There are also a few requests concerning moving costs, patents, and radioactive contamination.

This series contains an extensive file of speeches delivered by Frank Moore at a wide variety of local, regional and national events. It is organized chronologically by date of speech.

The NOW-NYS Issues series contains journal articles, newspaper clippings, legislative and task force memoranda, committee and research reports, newsletters, leaflets and fliers, correspondence with NOW-NYS presidents and testimony at public hearings and legal proceedings. The series also contains posters and announcements of events, state and federal laws and proposed bills relating to discrimination and gender bias in education, labor, politics, abortion, women's health care, birth control issues, domestic relations (1981-1985), the Equal Rights Amendment, lesbian and gay rights, and the greater women's movement.

This series contains representative samples of constituent case files maintained by the Senator's staff from his time in office. Each folder title corresponds with the name of a constituent and most contain a Constituent Service Form that determines how the contact was initatied with the Senator's office, whether it be by phone call or mail. Each case file documents a concern from a constituent including reports of potholes, loud airplanes, hospital closures, or whether the Senator should support a bill.