Research: Topics: Environment: Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources
Preliminary Guide to Environmental Sources
Historical Records Repositories in New York State
St. Francis College
Brooklyn, NY
- Brooklyn (New York, NY). Common Council. Records, [ca.1870-1896]
14 cubic ft.
Reports of committees including law, health, education, grading and paving, water, printing and supplies, with appointments, discharges, and removals of various city departments. Also statements of candidates for various Brooklyn public offices; expenses of candidates; and petitions of the Common Council, City of Brooklyn, 1885-96. Includes records of the Kings County Board of Supervisors, 1870's to 1890's with petitions, contracts, and bonds.
Jamaica, NY
- Buckley, James Lane, 1923-. Senatorial campaign material, 1970-1976,
1970-1971 (bulk)
31 cubic ft.
Arrangement: Series by form of material. Chronological or alphabetical within series.
Medium: Audio tapes.
Medium: Video tapes.
United States Senator. New York State Conservative Republican Senator, 1971-1975.Most material in collection is from Buckley's 1970 campaign and includes news clippings and news releases; video tapes of Buckley discussing crime, narcotics, ecology, students, and police; letters and memoranda representing group and organizational endorsement of Buckley; filmed advertisements and numerous audio tapes of Buckley's debates and speeches; radio and television advertisements; and some photographic slides of Buckley campaigning. Campaign material for 1976 race includes press releases; texts of television interviews; audio tapes of debates and speeches; memoranda, and related material referring to his county coordinators; and news clippings about Daniel Patrick Moynihan's campaign for senator.
- Buckley, James Lane, 1923-. Senatorial correspondence, 1972-1976.
6 cubic ft.
Arrangement: Chronological.
United States Senator. New York State Conservative Republican Senator, 1971-1975.
Form letters to constituents on diverse issues such as abortion, defense, drugs, environment, gun control, immigration, Nixon and Watergate, vote for eighteen-year-olds, and welfare. In addition, original correspondence, memoranda, and testimony addressed to other politicians regarding New York City fiscal crisis, military draft, China, Ireland, and environmental issues.
- Carey, Hugh L. Congressional papers, 1961-1974, 1965-1974 (bulk)
150 cubic ft.
U.S. Representative from Brooklyn, 1961-1974.
Papers include personal files, including biographical materials, honorary designations, and social invitations; campaign files consist of promotional literature, memoranda, press releases and information on Carey's platform, and files from various Democratic National Conventions. Material of following committees on which Carey served: Interior and Insular Affairs, Education and Labor, Committee on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means. Research files on projects with which Carey was involved include the following: Breezy Point on Long Island regarding land for parks and recreation use, Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope in Brooklyn concerning urban renewal; Brooklyn Navy Yard regarding its closing and the loss of jobs by employees; Gallaudet College in Washington, D. C. (a college for the hard of hearing); New York Conference on Poverty regarding New York State activities for President Kennedy's "New Frontier" and President Johnson's "War on Poverty" for renewed economic development; Northern Ireland concerning unification of Ireland, call for peace, and basic human rights; Peace Corps (regarding education about the program); and Fire Island on the National Seashore bill and natural heritage preservation.Printed legislative bills and resolutions introduced by Carey, press releases, news clippings, and speeches reflecting his work with education and the handicapped and disabled, particularly the hard of hearing. In addition, correpondence between Carey and his constituents about a variety of issues; and photographs of Carey and associates attending public events. Most photographs are identified.
Access restriction: Some correspondence, mainly constituency mail, is subject to restriction.
St. Lawrence University. Owen D. Young Library. Special Collections.
Canton, NY
- McEwen, Robert Cameron, 1920-. Papers, 1963-1981.
375 linear ft.
Representative to the U.S. Congress from the 31st District.
Office files of McEwen and his staff containing correspondence, clippings, notices, press releases, invitations and requests, speeches, photographs, memos, bills, minutes, and reports concerning his committee work, legislation, governmental departments, the Republican Party, his trips and tours, and local concerns and issues of his district. Subjects include public works projects, the dairy industry, the St. Lawrence Seaway, Vietnam, the armed services, St. Regis Indians, abortion, agriculture, environment, and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.Access restriction: Partially restricted.
Finding aids: Folder list. - Stop the Olympic Prison. Records, 1978-1980.
.3 cubic ft.
S.T.O.P. was a community group organized to prevent conversion of Olympic facilities in Lake Placid into prison facilities.
Brochures, posters, fliers, clippings, legal papers, press releases, newsletters, and correspondence of Rev. Graham R. Hodges concerning the group's activities.
Subject: Environmental policy--Citizen participation. - St. Lawrence University. Vertical file, 1854-1980.
32 cubic ft.
Arrangement: Subject.
Clippings, letters, reports, memos, programs, brochures, biographical and historical information, articles, speeches, sheet music, course and curriculum materials, minutes, and lists concerning faculty, students, student organizations, buildings, departments and courses of study, fraternities, fund raising, sports, issues and concerns such as black students and the environment, and other subjects relating to St. Lawrence University.