The Periodicals series consists of newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and other regular publications from all over the United States and some foreign countries concerning the lesbian and gay community and activism events. This material seems to have been collected by Michelle Crone during her career and travels.
The 1982-1985 contract between the state and UUP provided for a study of the promotional opportunities for professional employees of the State University of New York. After the commissioned study was issued by consulting firm Arthur Young in May 1986, steps were taken to implement its recommendations. A Management Advisory Committee on Classification and Compensation (MACCC) was established by the State University and given the responsibility of adopting a structure of professional titles that would provide promotional opportunities for professional employees. UUP participated in a joint labor/management committee of the same name formed to provide input to the larger SUNY MACCC (which was made up of just SUNY representatives). The joint labor/management MACCC acted in an advisory capacity only.
Series 9 contains grievances that made their way to arbitration from 1960-1997. These files contain documents relating to the actions taken on grievances that led to arbitration as well as transcripts from the arbitration hearings.
Between December 1987 and May 1996, UUP employed a Safety and Health Specialist who reported to the Vice President for Professionals. The activities of the Safety and Health Specialist included conducting campus visits, reporting potential safety and health problems, and making recommendations on addressing them to UUP chapter leadership; responding to requests from chapter leadership to address specific safety and health concerns on individual campuses; conducting training for campus representatives on safety and health issues; attending health and safety committee meetings on behalf of UUP; attending professional seminars and conferences; and reviewing and interpreting reports dealing with safety and health matters received by UUP and its chapters.
Correspondence arranging meetings of the Executive Board and sending out materials to be considered by the Board such as agendas; proposed resolutions (both for UUP Delegate Assemblies and for NYSUT Representative Assemblies); officer reports and testimony; third- party reports on higher education, the budgets for New York State and SUNY, and other topics of concern. Minutes of past Executive Board meetings were also routinely distributed. This series also contains correspondence enacting decisions by the Board and correspondence acknowledging receipt of materials for consideration by the Board. Some of the correspondence is actually addressed to chapter presidents and/or other leadership groups, but the Executive Board was copied (although in some instances this is not clearly indicated).
The papers found in this series consist of only congressional record inserts during Farbstein's time in office.
Programs for Delegate Assemblies ("DAs") (containing schedules, lists of delegates and committees, membership reports, and agendas); minutes for current DA and immediately preceding DA; reports of officers and standing committee chairpersons, including a treasurer's report usually presented at the Spring DA with budget proposals and financial statements; reports on the implementation of pending business approved by past DAs; correspondence to delegates prior to DAs regarding schedule, agenda, and UUP-wide membership report (used to determine the number of delegates for each chapter); other correspondence relating to DAs including setting up committee meetings and meeting space for political caucuses; resolutions proposed by chapters and committees for consideration at DA; and news articles, third party reports and correspondence, UUP-created reports, and other materials distributed to delegates regarding issues under consideration. Attendance and rooming forms on which chapters reported the names of their delegates and their elected term are also included for some of the DAs prior to 1986.
Val Washington served as executive director of Environmental Advocates from 1996-2004. The Val Washington series is further divided into two subseries: Hudson River Park and Subject Files.
This series includes unassociated audio, including cassette tapes, CDs, and a 7 inch phonographic record. Many of these items are demos used by Michelle Crone to select performers for the various festivals and events she organized.
The NOW-NYS Lobbyists' files contain correspondence, lobbyists' notes on contacts with politicians and other lobbying groups, testimony, depositions from public hearings, bill proposals, and memoranda relating to the women's liberation movement in New York. Issues covered include NOW-NYS's responses to legislative bills concerning employment, abortion, child abuse, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, marriage and divorce, rape prevention, reproductive rights, and sex equity in education. Correspondents include the lobbyists and NOW-NYS presidents, Political Action questionnaires, and letters to Senators and other New York State politicians.
