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This series contains videotaped interviews conducted by Maureen Didier with graduates from the Master's of Social Welfare (MSW) classes of 1967 and 1977. Mary McCarthy also conducted interviews with current students in the master's program in 1991. According to the School of Social Welfare Records, attendees of the School's 25th anniversary Convocation on April 11, 1991 informally viewed these interviews during the reception portion of the event.

This series contains audio cassette interviews conducted by Maureen Didier with Deans of the School of Social Welfare.

This series contains audio cassette interviews conducted by Maureen Didier with faculty, administrators, graduates, a librarian and interested parties of the School of Social Welfare.

This series contains materials related to the various trials of Joseph Spaziano and represents material created or used by Michael Mello in Joseph Spazianos defense or during the writing of Michael Mellos book The Wrong Man: A True Story of Innocence and the Death Row; included in this series are legal materials, correspondence, notes, and research materials.

This series contains legal material, notes, research files, and correspondence related to the trials of Davidson James.

This series contains legal material and correspondence related to the trials of Bennie Demps.

The majority of this series consists of court records from Manny Babbitt's case. There are materials from the District Court for the Eastern District of California, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, California Supreme Court, and U.S. Supreme Court. The series also contains other legal documents, such as Manny Babbitt's last will and testament, and legal correspondence.

The series consists of the contents of Manny Babbitt's cell at the time of his execution in May 1999, materials relating to his time in San Quentin, and documents about his Marine Corps service. This series contains Manny Babbitt's original works, including several poems. There also is an empty cardboard box which housed Manny Babbitt's personal items in his cell. Please note that the dates for the series are not inclusive and the bulk of files date from the 1990s.

This series includes documents related to Bill Babbitt's campaign to end the death penalty and media coverage about Manny Babbitt's case. Correspondence, speeches, documents from the organizations Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation and Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights, pamphlets from various conferences, records of Bill's travels to advocate against capital punishment, background information and data on capital punishment, and a printed tribute to Manny Babbitt comprise this series. There also is substantials news coverage about Manny and Bill Babbitt in print, audio, and video formats.

This series contains briefs, court transcripts, evidence, testimony, and other materials from legal cases. Manley was involved in most, if not all, of these cases. The cases concern a number of topics, several of which were related to Native American issues. Other cases include Calmes, Becker, Zehler v. Lehnis, and Trzecieski v. The State of New York, in which a dairy farmer made a claim for financial compensation after losing part of his herd to bovine tuberculosis.

This series contains various materials that Manley used for his research. It includes court transcripts and briefs, photocopies of manuscripts, reports, notes, news clippings, correspondence, publications, and photographs. Some of this material was used in the writing of Manley's book, The Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784. The majority of the material relates to Native American issues, which was an important focus in Manley's legal career. A good portion of this series does have some relationship to legal issues, but it was not included in the Legal Papers Series either because it was not directly related to legal cases or Manley was not directly involved in the relevant cases.

This series consists of material relating to Manley's proposal to build a dam on his property (Warren Farm Dam), Manley's Manley Family, New England and New York, 1650-1950, along with several copies of a brief speech he gave about the importance of agriculture. The speech touched on history, religion, and mythology. The series also includes correspondence, blueprints, pamphlets, maps, and a publication. The blueprints and a map pertaining to the Warren Farm Dam have been placed in an oversize folder.

This series contains legal records that are mostly official court proceedings of the Alvin Ford cases covering a period of seventeen years. These cases include State of Florida v. Ford: 1974, which covers the original trial court proceedings. Later cases that bear the same style relate to later attempts of Ford on a motion for post conviction relief and stay of execution in 1981 and a second attempt in 1987. Ford v. State of Florida:1975-1988, Ford v. Strickland et al.: 1981-1984, Ford v. Wainwright: 1981-1988, and Ford v. Dugger: 1986-1991 all represent the trial cases Ford's attorneys filed against a succession of superintendents of the Florida State Prison and secretaries of the Department of Corrections. Other proceedings include multiple trials, pleas, motions, hearings, testimonies, and appeals. Other legal records are background studies on Ford that include detailed psychiatric evaluations, medical and prison records, case summaries, and undated notes by Laurin Wollan.

This series contains the research material that Ford's defense team accumulated over the course of their representation of Ford and includes research material from years prior to and after the case. This series contains notes on cases in progress as well as some material from related cases. There are newsletters, briefings, pamphlets, bulletins, essays, reports, and publications which discuss anti-death penalty and related legal issues. Also included are photocopies of selections from various undated publications about the death penalty. This series represents literature from a wide spectrum of death penalty abolitionists. Several folders contain news clippings organized by year that give a good overview of related death penalty cases and issues. Many of the news clippings were photocopied before deposit in the Department of Special Collections and Archives, while others required preservation photocopying. Also of note are several papers on death penalty issues written by professors and others representing law schools and universities in the United States.

This series contains correspondence organized alphabetically by type (sent/received) and by year within each folder. A folder containing character references is noteworthy. These character references were written between late June and early August of 1981, around the time of Ford's parole hearings and clemency case. They are written by his mother, brother, teachers, and friends of the family who knew Ford all of his life. They testify that Ford was a normal, above-average individual who none believed was bent toward murder. Of particular significance is a letter from one of Ford's teachers, Richard Curtis, who said Ford was a model teenager even winning an award for a science project. Correspondence received by Ford are mostly carbon copies retained by Wollan of letters he had sent to Ford. Letters sent by Ford are not represented in this series since they are located within a set of legal papers used in a trial to prove Ford's sanity. They are located in Series One in the folder, Proceedings to Determine Sanity. The General Correspondence folder contains letters that list Laurin Wollan as the recipient of carbon copies, but are not addressed to or from Wollan. Correspondence received by Wollan are usually letters from fellow lawyers and the folders of correspondence sent are carbon copies retained by Wollan that he sent to various individuals.

This series contains the legislative records that Paul A. Fino worked with during his time in Congress from January 3. 1953 to December 31,1968. During his time in the House of Representives, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1960, 1964, and 1968. This series contains records of his time in Congress as well as records related to the National Lottery. Mr. Fino during his time in office also promoted bills relating to veterans, tax relief (make tuition tax deductible), social security (increase benefits), historic preservation, gun legislation, and cigarette labeling (warn consumers of the dangers). Several bills such as those relating to social security, tax relief, and the lottery were sponsored multiple times over Mr. Fino's career. This portion of the collection also contains correspondence regarding various legislation which encompasses that received from constituents and from specific departments within the government. There are also research materials which were used to write the bills sponsored.

This series contains Paul A. Fino's constiuent files from his time in the United States House of Representatives. Fino's contiuents were mostly from the Bronx, New York, but some constiuents in Brooklyn wrote to Fino because they did not have a Republican representative. This series contains correspondence from constituents broken down into several categories: academy, general, jobs, servicemen, veterans, and visas. Soliders would often write to Fino and ask for help relating to hardship dischages, compassionate reassignments, medical discharges and transfers. While Fino did not have the authority to grant these assignments, he often had the contacts to help speed the process of recieving a response from the specified branches of the service.. This series also includes records of constiuents who asked Fino to reccommend them for the United States Naval Academy, constiuents asking for Fino to help them find a job, veterans asking for help related to Social Security and benefits, as well as general questions about housing and government information. While also helping family members of constituents secure visas to immigrate to this country. He also received requests asking for passes for tours of the White House, aricultural calendars, and flags that had flown over the capital. Many records contain medical information and social security numbers. These folders are restricted. Please contact an archivist for more information.

This series contains a variety of materials relating to Paul A. Fino's career as a Member of Congress. The materials within this series allow for one to see the breadth and scope of activities that Mr. Fino engaged in over his career. Within this series there is a large amount of correspondence from his constituents, from that pertaining to specific legislation, as well as that from departments within the government in many cases Mr. Fino's reply is attached whether it be a form letter or a specific response. Included in the subject files are Mr Fino's remarks from the Congressional Record, relating to his position on other members' legislation, and press releases relating to specific bills he sponsored, the bills of which can be found within the series entitled Legislation. Mr. Fino recieved numerous invitaions during his time in office from constituents as well as to the inaugurations of Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy which are located within folders entitled Inaugural Materials.This series also contains newspaper clippings, newsletters, and campaign materials from his own campaigns for congress and the senate as well as those relating to presidential campaigns.

Legislation introduced by Assemblyman Volker with related correspondence, notes, reports, clippings and printed matter. The dates on the finding aid correspond to the date of the respective bill's introduction, although related materials in each folder may encompass different dates.

The series contains drafts of special committee reports with related correspondence, notes, reports, clippings, and printed matter. Material includes work on the New York State Law Revision Commission, Traffic Safety Committee, Temporary Commission to Revise the Penal Law, and Insurance Committee.

This series includes letters, newspaper clippings, reports, memos, vouchers and printed materials.

This series consists of legislation that Curran sponsored. Most of the files include draft or final copies of the bill, fact sheets, and memos. These memos are addressed to various parties, such as other legislators. A few press releases are included as well as the Joint Committee to Revise Banking Law reports from 1967 and 1968 and related supplementary materials. This supplemental material consists largely of committee testimony.

This series is composed entirely of newspaper articles likely sent to Curran or his staff from a news clipping service. Most of the clippings are related to banking law or Curran's career. There are a few related to adoption. Please note the clippings for the year 1964 cover a variety of topics ranging from obscenity and moral issues to general news.

Series 1: Legislative Files is divided into three Sub-series: Sub-series 1: Chemical Additives in Food and Drug contains legislative files, news clippings and correspondence from Delaney's campaign to have cancer-causing agents banned from food, drugs and cosmetics; Sub-series 2: Education Files focuses on Delaney's support of Federal Aid for public and private education including the tuition voucher system and consists of news clippings, House Resolution (H.R.) jackets, and correspondence; and Sub-series 3: Subject Files consist of statements, releases, H.R. jackets and correspondence that relate to various political issues of interest to Delaney.

The folders in this series are arranged chronologically and include speeches, statements, press releases and other communication between Delaney's office and the media. Folders with H.R. jackets include correspondence and Delaney's notes. Topics of statements and press releases include abortion, social security, and the international drug trade.