The Lee Wasserman series is further divided into two subseries: Administrative Files and Subject Files. Lee Wasserman preceded Val Washington as executive director of the Environmental Advocates and continued to serve as a trustee.
The series consists of correspondence, reports, and other materials relating to the implementation of the Willowbrook Consent Decree by the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene (known as the 'Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities' from 1978 to the present). The papers are arranged alphabetically, some by topic (e.g., Community Residential Facilities, Hepatitis B Carriers), others by office of origin (e.g., Office of Counsel); in most cases these reflect the original record-keeping system. The two largest groups of materials in the series are: Commissioner's Correspondence which includes correspondence to and from the four men who held the office of DMH/OMRDD commissioner from 1975 to 1981; and Technical Assistance Unit/Consent Decree Office which includes materials by and about the specific office of the DMH/OMRDD charged with implementing the Consent Decree. The series is restricted because it contains information about specific named residents of Willowbrook and other state developmental centers. Most of the material in this series is in letter-sized format. The last box contains legal-sized material in a separate alphabetical arrangement.
This series consists of unassociated VHS tapes and one Umatic tape. Many of these items are demos used by Michelle Crone to select performers for the various festivals and events she organized.
Loretta Simon served as a project director for Environmental Advocates from 1994 to 1998. The Loretta Simon series is further divided into three subseries: Administrative, Subject Files, and Projects.
This series is restricted because it contains information about specific named residents of Willowbrook and other state developmental centers.
This series contains computer printouts and other mailing lists of NOW-NYS and individual chapters.
This series contains newsletters from various chapters of NOW-NYS as well as newsletters from other chapters across the country. The newsletters provide an insight on the events that local chapters hosted including fundraisers, book readings, marches, and meetings.
The NOW-NYS Feminist Publications Collection series contains periodicals and journals issued by a wide range of women's and feminist groups. Feminist publications include Speak Out (1972-1977), the Spokeswoman (1970-1977), and the Feminist Majority (1972-1998, with gaps), dealing with gay and lesbian rights, reproductive rights, abortion, rape and radical political ideology. The series also includes periodicals dealing with reproductive health care and civil rights such as Family Planning/Population Reporter (1975-1977) and Response to Violence and Sexual Abuse in the Family (1979-1981) Civil Rights Quarterly-Perspectives (1981).
The records in this series document, to varying degrees, the activities of UUP's standing committees, ad hoc committees, joint labor-management committees, task forces, and working groups. Included for most committees are the administrative correspondence created at UUP's administrative office setting up meetings, obtaining approval from the Governor's Office of Employee Relations for organizational leave time for meeting attendees, and confirming committee appointments. Lists of committee members are also frequently included.
