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The inspiration for Schaefer's work with cloud seeding began during his experiments with Irving Langmuir during World War II. At that time they were under contract with the military for other weather-related reasons, but their research led them to wonder about the possibilities of controlling weather beyond military needs. Schaefer accomplished some of his most important foundational work with cloud seeding in 1946, before General Electric joined in another contract with the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Army Signal Corps. These records document some of Schaefer's initial work with cloud seeding, before the official birth of Project Cirrus. Researchers will also find about a dozen files on Project Blowdown, a cloud seeding operation conducted in Honduras to aid the United Fruit Company.

This series contains the records of central union councils affiliated with the AFL-CIO. The TWUA, which the Hudson Valley Area was a part of, joined the AFL-CIO around 1976. Prior to the formation of the Hudson Valley Area Joint Board, the Columbia County Joint Board held the records of the Upper Hudson Area Industrial Council, CIO. The Upper Hudson Area Industrial Council became the Upper Hudson Area Central Labor Union, AFL-CIO in 1958. The records were then transfered from the Columbia County Joint Board to the Hudson Valley Area Joint Board in 1958-1959. The Hudson Valley Area Joint Board also oversaw he records of the Central Labor Union of New York, AFL-CIO.

Contains Instructions to the Senators handbooks, UFS reports, and overviews and assessments published by the UFS.

This subseries contains material on the Temporary State Commission on the 1959 Constitutional Convention and its successor the Special Legislative Committee on the Revision and Simplification of the Constitution. It consists primarily of internal background studies prepared for Commission staff on a variety of subjects related to New York State government, including studies of the municipal government of several metropolitan areas. It also contains a number of files on individual subjects. It is organized alphabetically by subject.

Includes minutes, committee reports, correspondence and by-laws of the Faculty Council. Bound with the minutes of the Faculty Council, 1944-47, are minutes of the Faculty-Administration Council. Committees of the Faculty Council included the Committee on Academic Freedom, the Community Liaison Committee, the Faculty Welfare and Obligations Committee, the Social Affairs Committee, the Elections Committee, and the Policies of Promotion, Tenure and Dismissal Committee (Faculty Handbook, 1962, p. 16). The functions of the Faculty Council and its committees were transferred to the Faculty Senate in 1966.

The documents present in this sub-series deal with various departments and committees in which Farbstein was involved.

This sub-series was published by the State University of New York and includes drafts of plans to improve the SUNY system.