M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives

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Finding Aid for the
HELEN QUIRINI
PAPERS, 1941-2005

(APAP-102)

Helen Quirini
Helen Quirini, circa 1999, photographer unknown
For reference queries contact M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Reference staff

Finding aid is in draft form as additional records are regularly added to the collection. The list available online provides both a detailed box and folder list and a brief inventory of records more recently transferred to the Department of Special Collections and Archives by the donor.

Finding Aid Compiled by
Katie Quinn and Brian Keough
Schenectady General Electric in the Twentieth Century Project
July 5, 2001
Revised
2004
Joshua Hauck-Whealton
March 2005
Devin Lander
December 2007






M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives 
University Libraries / University at Albany / State University of New York 
1400 Washington Avenue / Albany, New York 12222 / (518) 437-3935


VOLUME: 27.60 cubic ft.; plus unprocessed material

ACQUISITION: All items in this manuscript group were donated to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, by Helen Quirini in conjunction with the University at Albany, SUNY Department of History's Schenectady General Electric in the Twentieth Century Project in November 1999. Additional accessions of records were received in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

ACCESS: Access to this record group is unrestricted.

COPYRIGHT: The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of copyright. Whenever possible, the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives will provide information about copyright owners and other restrictions, but the legal determination ultimately rests with the researcher. Requests for permission to publish material from this collection should be discussed with the Head of Special Collections and Archives.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Description

Box and Folder List:


Helen Quirini
Biographical Sketch

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Helen Quirini is a lifelong resident of Schenectady, New York known for her dedication to the causes of organized labor, social justice, and local activism. Throughout her life she has assisted and directed a large and varied number of community organizations for progressive causes. While she has been focused primarily on the Capital Region, that has not stopped her from involvement in national causes, such as pushing for the repeal of the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, attending the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, or demanding changes in the management of General Electric.

Quirini began working for General Electric's Schenectady plant on April 1, 1941 at the age of twenty-one, doing piece work in the factory. Her goal was to save enough money for college, but her plan was interrupted by the advent of WWII. Quirini decided to continue working through the war as a service to her country. By the end of the war she had established a pattern of union leadership and community activism that continued throughout her life. At GE she joined the Athletic Board, advocated for equal treatment for women workers, organized drives for the local Red Cross, and joined IUE Local 301.

When Quirini retired in 1980, she continued her activism, particularly for the rights and benefits of retirees and community causes in Schenectady County. She has been a member or director of a wide variety of civic and labor organizations, including: IUE Local 301, General Electric Retirees for Justice, Refreshing Springs Day Care, Human Rights Commission, YWCA of Schenectady, Better Neighborhoods Inc., Schenectady Council of Senior Citizens, Schenectady Day Care Council, New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Health Services Agency of Northeastern New York, Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, American Association of Retired Persons Chapter 490, and Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization. In the 1990s she became well known for her attempts to win greater benefits for GE retirees through advocacy and her annual speech at the GE shareholders meeting.[1]

Selections from Helen Quirini and General Electric: A Personal Memoir of World War II are made available online through the University at Albany Department of History's History and Media Initiatives website.

The introduction of the book The Story of Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO: Reflections (Schenectady, April 1987) by Henry Antonelli and Helen Quirini is also available online.

Ms. Quirini was extensively interviewed by the Schenectady General Electric in the 20th Century Project in the 1990s and different periods of her life have been documented in articles and student research papers, many of which are available in the collection.

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1. This Biographical Sketch is only an overview of some of Quirini's interests. Complete biographical information is available in Series 1: Autobiographical, Writings, and Personal.


Helen Quirini
Scope and Content Note

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The Helen Quirini Papers are in the process of being organized with updates published online as they become available. Approximately 25 cubic feet of material has been accessioned by the Department of Special Collections and Archives, but is not yet arranged and described in this finding aid. Additional material is also held by the donor. The unprocessed material relates to a variety of topics, including General Electric, Local 301, retiree rights and benefits, health care and human services, senior citizens, day care, revitalization and development in Schenectady, and other topics. When available, draft inventories of these materials are listed in this finding aid. Researchers are encouraged to contact a member of the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives staff for assistance to ensure that all material related to their research are accessible.

The Helen Quirini papers contain the internal documents generated by the large number of labor and activist organizations that she has been a member of. These consist of meeting agendas and minutes, official reports, publications, memorandum and correspondence both personal and official. In addition, there are a wealth of items collected by Helen on the issues that surround the organizations, including news clippings, pamphlets, leaflets, speeches, conference materials, government reports, fliers and posters. The documents were originally organized only by rough category, and these categories have been preserved as series and sub-series despite some overlap. In many cases, multiple documents in a category were enveloped without any explanation of their relation. These have been kept intact and are simply dated and described in the folder lists.

The first series of the collection contains selections of Helen Quirini’s correspondence and writings as well as materials relating to Quirnin’s numerous awards that are of primarily biographical interest. The second through fifth series deal with Quirini’s 39 years as an employee of General Electric’s Schenectady Plant and her resulting involvement with organized labor. The second series deals with this directly with her involvement with IUE Local 301 in which she served as shop steward, executive board member, recording secretary, and treasurer. The series contains the working papers of the union as well as some of the related side projects, like the Capital Region Private Industry Council, that Quirini was involved with. The third series deals with the specific issue of women’s rights and representation in the workplace and the union. In addition to the statistic’s for the GE plant, it contains a variety of conference materials, information on the Equal Rights Amendment and issues of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) newsletter. The fourth series contains a more expansive selection of labor newsletters and newspapers. The fifth series contains a variety of document related directly to General Electric and the Schenectady plant itself.

The final series is the largest, composed of documents collected by Quirini during her involvement in a large number of community and grassroots organizations. These organizations are primarily based in Schenectady county or local branches of national organizations. This series is broken into eight sub-series, each composed of documents relating to a single issue, group of related issues or organization. Many of the documents are working papers various organizations, such as minutes, reports, internal correspondence and meeting agendas. Also included are the publications of the organizations, often in the form of fact sheets, fliers and leaflets. The rest of the documents are usually news clippings, magazine articles, reports and publications from related groups and materials from relevant conferences collected by Helen Quirini. There is a degree of overlap within this series as some issues span several categories. Medicare for example, which can be considered a senior citizen issue and a health care issues.

The first sub-series deals with issues falling under the broad term Human Rights, with primary emphasis on civil rights and racial discrimination. The documents in this sub-series were primarily generated during Quirini’s time with the Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, but also include materials related to the Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King and the progressive March 19th Coalition. The second sub-series focuses on the Schenectady branch of the YWCA, which Quirini joined as part of the Industrial Girl’s Club in 1943. The third sub-series is comprised of papers related the child day care with a focus on Schenectady county, much of it from Quirini’s time as president of the Schenectady Child Day Care Council. The fourth sub-series covers a broad range of issues under the heading of Housing and Consumer rights. Many of the documents related to consumer issues deal with energy rates, and specifically with the Niagara-Mohawk as Quirini was a member of their Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs.

The fifth sub-series contains the documents related to a number of senior citizen issues, including pensions, health care, Medicare and social security. Quirini worked with the Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, the Schenectady branch of AARP and the Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens Organizations, as well as the New York StateWide Senior Action Council. Large sections deal with protest against the 1983 Catastrophic Coverage act, sometimes referred to at the “Catastrophic Mistake,” and the inequities in social security payments for seniors of a certain age called the Social Security “Notch.” The sixth sub-series contains the working documents of the Schenectady Friends of Human Services organizations and the Human Services Planning Council. The seventh sub-series contains documents from the local United Way. The final sub-series deals with health care organizations such as the Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York and the Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues in which Quirini served as a member.

Related collections in the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives include the records of IUE-CWA Local 301 (APAP-023), Associated Industries of New York State, Inc. (APAP-043) , and the New York StateWide Senior Action Council (APAP-111) . Issues of the newspapers of Local 301 are available in microfilm, paper, and electronic format in the records of IUE-CWA Local 301 (APAP-023) including special Local 301 publications from the 1966 and 1969 strikes. Additional related collections are available in the Department's subject guides for Labor, Medicine and Health Care, and Senior Citizens. The Department also holds General Electric Schenectady Works News for the period January 1917 through December 22, 1960 on nine reels of microfilm.

Quirini has deposited various materials at other repositories including the: Schenectady Public Library (material related to Georgetta Dix) and the NYU Tamiment Libraries and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives.

Reproductions of items from this collection are available in the exhibit Documenting Labor Inside and Out: Labor History in New York State's Capital District.


Helen Quirini
Series Description

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Series 1: Autobiographical, Writings, and Personal, 1940-1991, .95 cubic ft.

This series contains the personal correspondence, writings and speech texts written by Helen Quirini outside the scope the many organizations she has been a part of. Many of the documents have were used in the production of the biographical articles and research papers about Helen. Of interest are a number of documents relating to awards received for community activism and the scrapbooks produced for such awards. These items frequently list Quirini’s accomplishments and give an overview of her advocacy. Also of interest are the posters and advertisements for the Brother and Sister Cash Market mentioned in her online biography, one of the few appearances of her brother Karl in the collection.

Series 2: Work, Union, and Politics, 1940-1993, 7 cubic ft.

Boxes 1-10 of this series were processed as part of the Schenectady General Electric in the Twentieth Century Project in 2001. Boxes 11-12 were arranged and described in 2005. These two boxes consist of documents related to the Private Industry Council of the Capital Region Service Delivery Region, later known as the Capital Region Private Industry Council (Capital Region PIC), and its duties under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982. Its function was to provide employment and training for displaced or underprivileged job seekers and to provide research and job-ready employees to private industry. It oversaw the distribution of funds through the JTPA and sponsored recruitment, training, and placement programs for the economically disadvantaged. It brought together local business leaders from Albany, Schenectady, and Rensselaer counties in addition to representatives from organized labor and local education, welfare, and development agencies. It continued until the JTPA was replaced by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Helen Quirini was a labor representative to the Schenectady branch of the Capital Region PIC, a position whose responsibilities and powers were parliamentary. She spoke on behalf of the local unions at meetings and provided input on decisions from a labor perspective. This sub-series contains the internal documents of the Capital Region and Schenectady County PIC, including meeting minutes, proposals, memorandums and correspondence, as well as documents relating directly to the JTPA legislation.

Series 3: Women and Work, 1941-1999, 2.3 cubic ft.

Since she noticed a lack of female representatives on the board of General Electric’s Athletic Association, Quirini has been advocating equal pay and equal representation in the workplace for women workers. Beginning this series are the notes, policies and statistical breakdowns of women’s pay and place in the General Electric plant. Following are a variety of publications on the rights of working women and materials from a series of IUE conferences on the protection of women’s rights as well as documents relating to the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) which includes a collection of CLUW newsletters.

Series 4: Labor Newspapers, 1917-1990, 9 reels, cubic ft.

Series 5: General Electric, 1919-1990, 1.8 cubic ft.

Series five includes materials pertaining to General Electric (GE), the General Electric plant in Schenectady, and Schenectady in general. Much of it is comprised of GE publications such as rulebooks, newsletters and annual reports. Additionally, there are a variety of news clippings and articles colleted by Quirini dealing with General Electric, CEO Jack Welch, and the relationship between General Electric and the city of Schenectady.

Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001, Arranged by subseries.

This series is comprised of a variety of records collected by Quirini that document her involvement in numerous issues and community organizations. The material in this series includes minutes; agendas; financial information; memos; news clippings and articles; reports; correspondence; newsletters, magazines and other publications; notes; pamphlets and brochures; conference materials; fact sheets, and related material. Much of the material dates from 1980 (the year Quirini retired from General Electric) to the present, although records from the 1950s-1970s are included as well. Only a few items (mostly news clippings) are included which pre-date the 1940s. Prominent topics include: Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, Schenectady YWCA, Better Neighborhoods Inc., Schenectady Day Care Council, Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, pension rights, New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens Organizations, Schenectady County Chapter #490 of American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), United Way, Human Services Planning Council, Schenectady downtown redevelopment including organizations such as Metroplex, Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization, Schenectady Heritage Foundation, and others. See also the Brief Inventory of Accessions Received, 2003-ongoing, for additional issues and organizations of interest to Quirini.

Subseries 1: Human Rights, 1949-1992, 3.3 cubic ft.

This subseries primarily covers Helen Quirini’s work on the issue of civil rights and materials collected by Quirini on the topic of racial discrimination. It is extended to cover a variety of causes under the heading of human rights, such as her work with the progressive March 19 th coalition. The majority of the subseries is comprised of papers generated by the Schenectady County Human Rights Commission and materials related to the commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Subseries 2: YWCA, 1928-1999, 3 cubic ft.

Helen Quirini joined the Schenectady YWCA in 1943 and became one of its strongest advocates. She went on to serve on the board of directors and was elected president in 1979.

Subseries 3: Day Care, 1953-1999, 2.6 cubic ft., Arranged chronologically.

This sub-series contains a wide variety of materials collected by Helen Quirini in her work promoting child day care in Schenectady County. Much of the material relates to her time as president of the Schenectady Day Care Council and includes correspondence, minutes and reports from the organization. The remainder are materials pertaining to child day care in general, including legislative and executive committee reports, child care pamphlets, day care leaflets and news clippings. Boxes one and two of this sub-series were processed in 2001. Boxes three and four, from a later accession, were processed in 2005.

Subseries 4: Housing and Consumer Rights, 1969-1998, 1 cubic ft.

This subseries covers a broad range of issues and includes papers from several organization dealing with housing equality, such as Better Neighborhoods, INC., and the Housing Advocates. However, it is primarily composed of materials from Niagara-Mohawk’s Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs. This organization, of which Helen Quirini was a member, acted as the voice of the consumer to the management of the Niagara-Mohawk electric company. This subseries contains some of the council’s reports and working papers, as well as a variety of news clippings, publications and pamphlets speaking to the issue of energy prices and energy conservation.

Subseries 5: Senior Citizens, 1946-2002, 3.40 cubic ft.

The Senior Citizens sub-series is mainly comprised of papers collected by Helen Quirini after her retirement that deal with senior issues such as pensions, health care for the aging, social security and Medicare. It contains materials from the New York State Governor's and the White House’s Conferences on Aging that Quirini attended. It also contains working papers from some of the retirees organizations that she has worked with: Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens Organizations and the local wing of the AARP. The second half of the sub-series contains materials generated during the campaigns to repeal the Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1983 and fix the inequalities in the Social Security system know as the Social Security “Notch”as well as material gathered during Quirini's membership in the New York StateWide Senior Action Council. The material covering the Catastrophic Coverage Act, sometime referred to as the “Catastrophic Mistake,” is extensive and includes the “Golden Booklet,” a popular pamphlet on the subject that Quirini wrote and distributed.

Subseries 6: Human Services, 1970-2000, 2 cubic ft.

Subseries 7: United Way, 1968-1995, 1.3 cubic ft.

Subseries 8: Health Care, 1972-1996, 3.6 cubic ft.

This sub-series is composed of materials produced and collected by Helen Quirini during her work with a number of organizations on the issues of health care and health care reform. One organization documented in this sub-series is the Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York (HSA/NENY). Established by Congress during the Ford administration, HSA/NENY was one of eight agencies in New York created to control rising health care costs. The materials for HSA/NENY were frequently shipped in bundles in preparation for upcoming meetings and much of the material in this sub-series has been maintained in that order. Other organizations documented in the subseries include the Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, an advocacy organization for quality regional health care, and the Health Care Action Line, a help line started to assist people with questions about health care in reaching trained volunteers.


Helen Quirini
Box and Folder List

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Series 1: Autobiographical, Writings, and Personal

Box 1
Folder

1. Short autobiography of Helen Quirini, covers WW II years.

2. Correspondence and Misc. writings, 1968-1979. Includes letters re: setting up Schenectady County Community College by the League of Women Voters, 1968-1969; 1979 letter on complaint over violation of title 7 of Civil Rights Act of 1964; letter to the editor in Schenectady Gazette urging members to vote in upcoming union election, November 1974; letters re: YWCA "Woman's Talk" program, 1969

3. Quirini's writings, 1944-1975

4. Quirini's Speeches, 1960-1989. Includes Women's Liberation Day at YWCA, August 1970; letter to the editor that was not printed, January 1967; writings and speeches on poverty, healthcare, GE pensions; acceptance speech for Bierne Award, May 1978; Health care hearing, September 1987; Testimony at Office of Aging Hearings, May 1988; Retirement statement, 1980

5. Helen Quirini's World War II Activities (Campbell Ave Plant. Includes Quirini's wartime articles written for GE Works News)

6. Letter of Recommendation for Quirini from Fred Jones re: RPI labor-management course, March 13, 1945

7. Copy of Helen Quirini article on Refreshing Springs Day Care Center in the Congressional Record, May 1970

8. Fred Wright (labor cartoonist) letter to Helen Quirini, March 10, 1954

9. Beirne Award (SEE also Oversize), 1977-1978. Related documents and acceptance speech

OS-1 Beirne Award, IUE News clipping, July 1978

10. Jefferson Award, 1982. Notification, publicity, and related material.

11. Letter from Walter Grattige re: Helen Quirini's Community Work, December 1973

12. Central Labor Council Award, 1991.

13. Misc. Correspondence and accomplishments, 1971-1974, 1984-1988. Includes "Labor Community Activities of HQ; Letter from GE General Manager James McClea November 1974;  Assembly Bill honoring HQ as Female Citizen of the Year, June 1984; short resume; Appointment to Citizens Welfare Committee, March 1971; United Way Budget Review, 1971-1972; resignation from the Schenectady county Commission Human Rights, 1988

14. United Way pamphlet (Quirini's photo used in painting)

15. Patroon Award, 1978(?), 1987

16. Copies of Quirini's Certificates of Honor, 1974-1986

17. Newspaper articles on Helen Quirini, 1947-1987

18. Incoming Correspondence: Warning notice to Helen Quirini re: work stoppage (1964); Refreshing Spring Day Care Center (June 19, no year); Helen Eastman (from Elmira)Sympathy for HQ's position on split--support letter (March 12, 1954); Nancy Todd to Danny DeCesare (April 2, 1990); Letter from plant manager Louis Male to five women (including HQ) who gave him box of cigars (Sept 14, 1953); From Mr. Jones of Campbell Ave. Plant to RPI in Troy, verifying that HQ should be able to take personnel course (March 13, 1945); Oct 17, 1951--from Pres. Kelley re: blood collections; Mrs. Holmes to RPI in support if HQ entry into course at RPI (March 16, 1945); Mark Gelber (from University Without Walls) to HQ, Oct. 9, 1974; Mrs. Katherine "Kay" Rozendaal to HQ letter of congratulations re: United Way, Jan. 18, 1975; New York State Senator Mary Anne Krupsak to Helen Quirini, Feb. 21, 1975; Mary Anne Krupsak to Helen Quirini, Oct. 4, 1974; Letter from Gov. Mario Cuomo, re: better neighborhoods (1984); from other New York legislators regarding child care, Working Families Act of 1984; letters re: UE and IUE split and the repercussions in the community, 1950s; personal notes 1950s

19. Outgoing Correspondence: HQ to Sen. Irving Ives, Feb. 22, 1954 re: delegation to Washington; Letter to Pres. of GEAA Board of Directors, June 14, 1944 re: need for a woman staffperson/director; HQ to Andrew J. Forti, Nov. 13, 1959 re: HQ grievance; letter to Bob Smith re: his retirement, November 1974

20. Misc. Clippings, newspaper photographs, notices--Re: awards and honors

21. Graduation Certificate--Personnel Management & Industrial relations Course, RPI (June 25, 1945)

22. Mary Kuykendall

23. Phillipe Award, 1973-1977. Letters of recommendations and notification.

OS-2 Phillipe Award, March 1975 nomination in Local 301 News

24. Bread and Roses Certificate and program (Cornell U.), March 1987

25. Karl Quirini, News Clipping (1953)

26. OS Brother and Sister Cash Market, 1940. Photographs, advertisements, and promotional material regarding the food market run by Helen Quirini and brother Karl Quirini

Box 2
Folder

1. Awards--Helen Quirini. Includes testimonials and letters of recommendation. [Copied on acid-free paper, originals with Helen Quirini]

2. Scrapbook 1 (Photocopy)

3. Scrapbook 2 (Photocopy)

4. Scrapbook 3 (Photocopy)

5. Correspondence, 1954-1958; 1977-1978. Letters from friends regarding UE/IUE split,1954-1958; Bierne Award, 1977-1978

6. Edna Miller poem, June 1970

7. Helen Quirini's Credit Union Records, circa 1960s

Box 3
Folder

1. Awards and Certifications, 1945-2005, undated. Includes a partial list of awards received.

2. Awards Nomination Material, 1975-1987, 1993,2002. Includes nominations for the Jefferson Award, Beirne Award, Phillipe Award, and the Ralph Boyd Award.

3. Correspondence with Congressman Samuel S. Stratton, 1982-1987.

4. Correspondence with Senator Alphonse D'Amato, 1981-1991

5. Correspondence with Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, 1982-1990

6. Correspondence with State and National Legislators, 1983-1993. Includes letters to and from Congressman Michael McNulty, State Senator Hugh T. Farley, Assemblyman James Tedisco, President Ronald Reagan, and others.

7. Family News Clippings, 1967, 1969, undated.

8. Helen and Jack, Script and Program, undated. Play about Helen Quirini and GE CEO Jack Welch written and performed by Gail George.

9. Helen Quirini's Run for Local 301 Recording Secretary, 1947

10. Incoming Correspondence, 1954, 1977-1978, 1980, 1997-1998

11. Incoming Correspondence, Support for IUE/UE Split, 1953-1954, undated.

12. News Clippings By and About Helen Quirini, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1996, undated

13. Outgoing Correspondence, 1996

14. Photographs of Helen Quirini in GE Pensioner Parade,receiving various awards, and as part of a GE Softball team, undated

15. Quirini’s Speeches, 1969-2004

16. WWII Autobiography Notes, undated

17. Edna B. Miller Memorial Booklet, 1998. Created by Helen Quirini

18. Joseph Girzone Memorial Booklet, 1996. Created by Helen Quirini

19. Kay Rozendaal Memorial Material, 1990s.

20. Susan B. Anthony Award Material, 2003.

Box 4
Folder

Assorted Labor and Community Activistism buttons.

“GE-Bring Good Things To Pensioners-Please” bumpersticker, undated.

Oversize Box 1
Folder

1. Scrapbook of Solidarity Day March on Washington, 1981

Oversize Box 2
Folder

2. Scrapbook for Phillipe Award, 1975

Films

Helen and Jack filmed play written and produced by and starring Gail George, November 16, 1999, DVD, Running Time: 0:59:00.

Helen and Jack filmed play written and produced by and starring Gail George, November 16, 1999, VHS, Running Time: 1:56:30.

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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Series 2: Work, Union, and Politics, 1940-1987

Box 1
Folder

1. Grievances. Blank form, IUE Local 301

2. Grievances, "Green Room," 1945-46

3. Grievances, (Feb. 2, 1954--office person's designation under section 9 of NLRB designating HQ to represent her in a grievance; April 5, 1954

3a. Grievance, 1964

4. Grievances, Jan. 1966-July, 1966

5. Grievances, 1966, 1967. Includes case #5677-66 "bad faith--lack of work"

6. Grievances, Case #5483-66 (1966), "Unsafe working conditions" [Building 40]

7. Grievances, Case #5485-66 (1966), "Bargaining in bad faith"

8. Grievances, Case #5147-66 (1966), "Wrong Payment"

9. Three Grievances, Cases #5433, 5434, 5484-66 (1966), "Improper payment"

10. Grievances, Case #5145-66 (1966), "More incentive opportunity"

11. Preliminary Grievance Meetings (Measured day work background), July-Sept., 1966

12. Grievances, Case #5148-66 (1966), "Station Allowances"

13. Grievances, Case #5427-66 (1966), "Written breakdown on set up"

14. Grievances, Case #5144-66 (1966), "Contested Standards"

15. Grievances, Case #5829-66 (1966), "Improper payment"

16. Grievances, Case #5830-66 (1966), "Elapsed time"

17. Grievances, Case #5831-66 (1966), "Improper payment"

18. Grievances, Case #5149-66 (1966), "Change in Stds. times"

19. Grievances, Case #5146-66, (1966) "Request time studies"

20. Grievances, Case #5486-66 "Job rate"

21. Grievances, Case #5676-66 (1966), "Quality"

22-23. Grievances,  1966-1968 [Many discussions and grievances related to establishing measured day work; notes on measurement of job elements]

23a. Grievance, 1969

24. Grievances, Case #1527-66 & 5721-66 (1966), "Polyseal case"

25. Grievances, Case #6509-77, (1977) "Discrimination" (Bldg. 18-2)

26. Grievances, Case #437-70 (1970), "Gender Discrimination" [Major discrimination grievance including list of jobs previously held by Helen Quirini; also meeting between shop stewards and general foremen on status of business]

26a. Lack of work, Leon Mead, 1971

27. Grievances, Cases #9636-78 & 9637-78, (1978) "Rest room case and gender discrimination." Re: closing of women's room. Meant that women to walk double the distance to the bathroom. 10 minute breaks were thus reduced because of the walk. Grievance cited gender discrimination since males did not have to walk that far.

28. Grievances, New York State Division of Human Rights investigation of grievances in Folder 3a, 1979-1980

29. Grievance, Dec 20, 1977. [Harassment]

30. Grievance procedure, Revised Draft, 1979

OS. Scrapbook. Sept 19, 1981 Solidarity March on Washington

31. Grievances, 1980-1982

Box 2

1. American Labor Party. Quirini's American Labor Party 1949 election statement. Quirini was a candidate for the Rotterdam Town Council. Quirini taken to task for it by McCarthy; American Labor Party Clippings, ALP ballot, campaign material, 1949; Henry Wallace Campaign. UE position, Wallace campaign leaflet, 1948; Meet Henry Wallace; Why I Choose to Run, H. Wallace, 1948; H. Wallace campaign announcement, 1948; H. Wallace campaign announcement in the Congressional Record, 1948; Biography by James Waterman White, 1948

2. New York State Troopers Non-Criminal Investigations file on Helen Quirini (original is in the New York State Archives), 1951

3. The Local 301 Story (IUE 301 Local 301, 1969)

4. Henry Antonelli and Helen Quirini, The Story of Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO: Reflections (Schenectady, April 1987)

5. Preparatory Materials for Reflections: A History of Local 301 by HQ and Hank Antonelli, 1980s

6. Newspaper clippings dealing with film Company Town and The Story of Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO: Reflections (1986-1990); Clipping on UE Historian Ron Schatz's talk at Schenectady Museum, 1983

7-8. Cornell Course on Labor Relations and Quizzes, 1978-1980

8a. Meany Center Slide Presentation, 1977

9. Stewards Class material--IUE 301

10. Shop stewards' education classes -- teaching kit and materials (1970s)

10a. Shop Stewards class, 1977

11. Helen Quirini--Work Chronology, Jobs held 1951-1970.

12. Income and Consumption: Misc. Publications (1970s) (Needs more sorting)

13. U.S. Dept. of Labor publication A Brief History of the American Labor Movement Bulletin 1000, (1970 edition, update of 1950 edition)

Bibliography on American Labor, 1970

Box 3
Folder

1. George R. Lunn. Clippings regarding his life, 1975, 1983 [Noted missing 08/18/2004]

2. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963. Schenectady Gazette clipping.

3. Civil Rights,Reprints. Court Decisions, Steel Workers Discrimination, Discrimination and Back Pay, First Hired-Last Fired, Layoffs and Civil Rights, EEOC. Articles from New York Times, 1975.

4. Labor Education. "University Without Walls", 1973

5. SJTPA -- Schenectady Jobs Training Agency Act (formerly CETA), 1984

6-8. Schenectady Central Labor Council, 1968 - 1975, 1983 (HQ was an executive board member). Minutes, financial reports, resolutions, HQ meeting notes, study of Schenectady schools 1968-1969, racial discrimination in unions, and correspondence from members

8a. Schenectady Central Labor Council Photograph, 1982

8b. Schenectady Central Labor Council, 1970-1987

8c. Schenectady Central Labor Council, 1974-1983

8d. Schenectady Central Labor Council, 1983-1988

8e. Schenectady Central Labor Council, 1983-1988

9. Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) Publications. Report of the CIO Delegation to the Soviet Union, 1945; Union Counseling, 1945

10. CIO 10th Convention Proceedings, November 1948

11. AFL-CIO Publications. "Labor Looks at Automation" (1969),"Collective Bargaining" (1965), "An Action Program" (1975), "This is the AFL-CIO" (1976); COPE newsletters

Box 3A
Folder

12-13. AFL-CIO Publications. Including leaflets, brochures, notices, organizing manuals, newsletters, conference report on labor and the schools, and report on inflation, 1969-1984.

O-4 AFL-CIO Publication on Reaganism, 1981-1984, statistics.

14. NYS AFL-CIO. Misc. publications and Newsletter, 1971; resolutions, 1982

15. New York State Department of Labor Publications 1952, 1983, 1985. Unemployment insurance benefits for New York State workers - pamphlet, 1952; Press release regarding unemployment, May 1983; Labor Bulletin, 1985

16. Labor relations pamphlets, 1956-1976. "The Right to Strike and the General Welfare" (National Council of the Churches of Christ, 1967); "What Organized Labor Expects of Management and What Management Expects of Organized Labor" (National Association of Manufacturers, 1956); "The Rise of Organized Labor" 2 copies (American Education Publications, 1967); "The Role of the Unions in the American Economy" (Joint Council on Economic Education, 1976).

17. Printed material on labor. March of Labor,1951, 1953, 1954; Labor Today, 1969, 1970; New Republic, 1965; The Drive Against Labor, 1950

18. Photocopies and Clippings, Labor and Union Material, 1944-1980

Box 4
Folder

1. UE - IUE Switch. IUE Propaganda, 1954

2. UE - IUE Switch. William Kelley (former Pres. of Local 301) statement in support of UE. UE News, January 1954

3. UE - IUE Switch. UE Propaganda, 1953 - 1954

4-11. UE - IUE Switch. UE propaganda including leaflets, pamphlets, newsletters, clippings,

-OS-2. reports, contract specifications, and printed material about the UE/IUE split, anti-communism, female workers,expelled members, and McCarthyism, 1951-1954 (bulk 1954)

Box 5
Folder

1. UE - TV & Radio Programming & Scripts, 1948 - 1954; WROW Radio, about Central Labor Council, March 1, 1948; WRGB, Local 301 TV Program #1; WRGB Sept. 2, 1951; Proposal about TV Programming re: Local 301, September 17, 1951; TV-RADIO script for Emspak Case [ undated] 1954?; UE on the Air, May 3, 1948

2. UE - TV & Radio Programming & Scripts, 1951; Independent Committee for the Election of Laura Mondshein, WRGB Nov. 2, 1951

3. UE - TV & Radio Programming & Scripts, 1953-1954; "The Schenectady Story", WBZ in Boston, Mass, Nov. 23, 1953 (Local 201); WRGB Program #3, March 31, 1954; "Report from Washington", May 5, 1954; "Report from Washington", May 12, 1954; UE/IUE Split, WRGB, June 15, 1954

4. UE - TV & Radio Programming & Scripts, Misc 1950s

5. UE Local 301 publications. Annual Report and Directory, 1944-1945; Annual Field Day Program 1952

6. UE Local 301 Elections, 1946. Issue of Local 301 News picturing candidates for union elections (HQ running for recording secretary)

7. UE Local 301. Report of the Officers to the Membership, 1948.

8. HQ's statement and notes on union split at union meeting, 1954

9. The Schenectady Story: UE Organizers Bulletin, 1952?

10. Eleanor Roosevelt. "What is a Communist?" New York Times March 25, 1954

11-12. McCarthyism and UE, 1951-1954 (first folder contains a partial list of contents). Manuals, OS newsletters, pamphlets, statement of UE General President before Massachusetts Commission on Communism, printed materials, UE News pertaining to Communism and McCarthy, and clippings.

13-15. McCarthyism and UE, 1951-1956 (first folder contains a partial list of contents). Manuals,

-OS. Newsletters, pamphlets, statement of UE General President before Massachusetts Commission on Communism, printed materials, UE News pertaining to Communism and McCarthy, and clippings.

16. Father Joseph Lamanna. Article "Battle in Schenectady", Sign, November 1954; Obituary Schenectady Union-Star, February 24, 1967

-OS. Communism and UE, 1949, 1952. Clippings - Taft-Hartley--Local Schenectady Gazette story on Jandreau and other union officials signing non-Communist affidavits (Dec. 6, 1949); "Red Pipeline" Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 18, 1952 issue

17. Communism and McCarthyism. Additional material related to red-baiting of the UE, 1946, 1953

18. House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Local clippings, 1954
Quirini's Testimony in 1954 before the House Un-American Activities Committee is available online from the U.S. Government Printing Office and U.S. Senate
See Volume 5 at http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/senate12cp107.html

Box 6
Folder

1. UE Pamphlets, 1947-1953

2. U.E.'s Record of Gains at GE, March 1954

3. District 3, UE. Minutes and records from Helen Quirini as Legislative Director of District 3 (January 18, 1954 - March 1954); HQ notes as District 3 Legislative Director, 1954

4. UE publication: "The Louisville Story" [IUE-UE fight], 1955

5. NLRB Lynn Election Campaign. Includes UE newsletters, packets on GE's attempts to influence election outcome (including "GE's Lawbreaking Record"), and clippings, 1953-1954

6. Fred Wright Cartoons (UE), 1947-1948

7. House Committee on Un-American Activity (HUAC) Subpoena of HQ signed by Joseph McCarthy, February 19, 1954

8. UE Convention Proceedings, 1951-54. Includes notations of pages where HQ was quoted.

9. UE reports. Includes committee report on social and labor legislation, 1948; also financial report, 1947

10-11. UE Proposed Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments, 1948, 1949, 1951,1952, 1954

12. UE Local 301 Constitutions and By-laws, 1939, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1953

13. Local 301 membership, years of service,

Box 7
Folder

1-2. UE Publications. Includes handouts, brochures, and outlining UE policies towards issues regarding labor, political action, collective bargaining, pay equality for women, Communism, McCarthyism, and race relations, 1946 - 1958

3. UE Steward, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954. A monthly magazine for UE Local stewards and officers.

4. UE Report of General Officers, 1948-53, 1959, 1961

5. Serafin Pita's letter to the editor regarding the death of William Mastrianni, February 1967

6. Union songs. UE publication from the seventeenth annual convention, 1952

7. Union Paraphernalia (UE; "Like a Hole In The Head!")

8. IUE Local 301 Constitution and BylawS, 1969, 1978

9. IUE Contracts with General Electric: 1955-1960; 1960-1963; 1963-1966; 1970-1971; 1970-1973; 1973-1976 (to be added); 1976-1979; 1979-1982; 1988-1991

10. "UE and IUE Negotiations with GE and Westinghouse, 1950-1963", 1963

11. Local 301 Energy Committee, 1983

Box 8
Folder

1. IUE Publications. Including leaflets, manuals, brochures, handouts, and notices on IUE accomplishments, training and history, 1958-1975

2-3. IUE Bi-annual Social Action and Education Conference, January 1984. Includes various handouts from the Conference which was held at the IUE headquarters in Washington D.C. Also includes material on gender discrimination, retirees, Strategic Emergency Network of Social and Economic Security (SENSES), AFL-CIO, Human Services Planning Council, and Schenectady Friends of human Services.

4. IUE Local 301 Social Action Committee, 1975. Includes minutes of meeting and short history of Citizens for Law, Order and Justice, Inc.

5. IUE Local and National Contract Supplement Agreements, Summaries, and Correspondence including wage info 1953, 1968, 1970, 1973

6. IUE publication on consumer spending, 1970s

7. "A Chronology of IUE's Social Action Program", Aug. 1978

8. IUE. Paul Jennings for president of Local 301, 1964

9. IUE 1978 Fact Sheet

10,OS. IUE Local 301 Union politics -- Membership Slates and Unity Slates, election summary sheets, speech drafts, clippings,1968 (HQ candidate for Recording Secretary); Clippings regarding Schenectady YWCA, poverty, race relations, and wages, 1969

11. IUE Local 301 Union Politics. Justice Slate candidates, campaign material, clipping, 1978-
1979

12. IUE Local 301 Union Politics. Union Slate campaign flyer, [ undated]

12a. IUE Local 301 Union Politics. Unity Slate campaign flyers,1978-1980

12b. IUE Local 301 Union Politics. Articles on the 1978 election by Pita and Mangino

13. IUE Local 301 Union Politics. Reform Slate campaign flyers, 1974

14. IUE Local 301 Union Politics. Little Men Slate campaign flyer, 1956

15. IUE Local 301 Union Politics -- Unity Slate -- includes union election ballot, vote tally, campaign materials, clippings, 1970, 1980, 1982 (HQ was elected Recording Secretary)

16. New IUE Local 301 Hall (1955)

17. IUE Local 301 statement of income and expense, 1957, 1966, 1978, 1986

18. IUE-GE Conference Board (1958)

19. IUE Local 301 Manual of Employee Benefits, 1966-69

20. IUE Local 301 Human Relations Committee, 1968-1969. Minutes, HQ notes, and related material.

21. IUE-GE Proposed Contract Settlement Benefits, 1985-86.

22. "Questions about the IUE" pamphlet, 1979

23. Anti-Jandreau Propaganda. Leaflets, handouts, and 2" by 3" card, 1958-1959

24. Boulwarism. Report by the Coordinated Bargaining Committee of UE and IUE An Antidote for Boulwarism 1974; other anti-Boulwarism pamphlets; Boulware obituary, 1991.(SEE also OS5)

25. CBC (Coordinated Bargaining Committee of GE-Westinghouse) packet, 1976; "Unity" and other items related to the Coordinated Bargaining Committee of UE and IUE (early 1970s)

Box 9
Folder

1. Make Schenectady Competitive (MSC) Agreement, 1964-1966. GE and Local 301 documents, newsletter, writings and notes by HQ, and clippings regarding the MSC Plan and re-evaluation of jobs based on a point factor system.

2-3. "More Important than Making Schenectady Competitive." Sermon by Minister William Gold, First Unitarian Church, Schenectady, on the M.S.C. (Make Schenectady Competitive)campaign, July 29, 1964

4. GE 1966 Strike. Measured day work, reactions, time studies, conversion tables, and clippings (IUE local and national), 1966

5,OS. GE 1966 Strike. Various materials related to the strike including job modifications, unity collective bargaining, MSC (Make Schenectady Competitive), notes and speech by HQ, newsletters, correspondence, HQ union membership card and picket duty card, application for financial assistance during strike, and clippings, 1964-1967

6. GE 1966 Strike. Clippings, July - September 1966

7. GE 1966 Strike: clippings, September - October, 1966

8. GE 1966 Strike: clippings, October - November, 1966

9. GE 1966 Strike: clippings, November - December, 1966

10. GE 1966 Strike: clippings, December 1966 - February, 1967

-OS. GE 1966 Strike. Schenectady GE News Issues related to GE strike, 1966

11. GE 1966 Strike. IUE Local 301 News issues pertaining to strike, 1964-1967

Box 10
Folder

1. GE 1969 Strike. Clippings, October-November 1969

2. GE 1969 Strike. Clippings, November 1969

3. GE 1969 Strike. Clippings, December 1969

4. GE 1969 Strike. Clippings, January, 1970

5. GE 1969 Strike. Clippings, February 1970

6 . GE 1969 Strike. Misc material

7. GE 1969 Strike. Summary of Union's Terms, 1970

8. GE 1969 Strike. Helen Quirini Notes for Speeches outlining major issues of strike

9. GE 1969 Strike. Schenectady GE News Negotiation Supplement, October 8 - 23, 1969

10. GE 1969 Strike. "Chronology of strike", unidentified local newspaper story, January 1970

11. GE 1969 Strike: bulletins/leaflets/pamphlets

-OS. GE 1969 Strike. Schenectady GE News, October 3 - December 26, 1969. Includes special strike edition, October 1969; OS. 259: GE 1969 Strike: UE News. Issues related to GE strike; OS. 260: GE 1969 Strike: Capitol Area Labor News. Issues related to GE strike.

Missing Helen Quirini letter to union re: strike, Jan. 8, 1969.

12-13. Various clippings re: GE-Schenectady and the labor movement, 1986-1998

Box 11
Folder

1. Capital Region PIC, 1982. "A Description of the Provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act," New York State Department of Labor

2. Capital Region PIC, 1982. "An Analysis of the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982," AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute

3. Capital Region PIC, 1982. Job Training Partnership Act, Text of Legislation

4. Capital Region PIC, 1982. "Job Training Partnership Act: Overview and Descriptive Summary," New York State Department of Labor

5. Capital Region PIC, 1982-1989. Reports

6. Capital Region PIC, 1983. "Planning Employment and Training Programs for the Displaced Workers," Florida Training Institute

7. Capital Region PIC, 1983-1984. By-laws

8. Capital Region PIC, 1984. Biannual Plan, 1984-1986

9. Capital Region PIC, 1984-1986. Correspondence, Leaflets, Notes, AFL-CIO Reports, By-laws, News Clippings

10. Capital Region PIC, 1984-1989. Meeting Minutes, Reports, Correspondence

11. Capital Region PIC, 1984-1991. Meeting Agendas, Minutes, Memorandum, Correspondence, News Clippings

12. Capital Region PIC, 1985. "Community Participation in the Job Training Partnership Act."

13. Capital Region PIC, 1985. Correspondence, Proposal, Reports, Minutes

14. Capital Region PIC, 1986-1987. Correspondence, Reports, Ballot

15. Capital Region PIC, 1986-1988. "Applicant Information for Program Year 1988," Memorandum, Fliers

16. Capital Region PIC, 1986-1989. Meeting Agendas, Minutes, Notes

17. Capital Region PIC, 1986-1989. Meeting Agendas, Minutes, Quarterly Reports, Correspondence, Blank Test, Newsletter, Article

18. Capital Region PIC, 1986-1989. Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, 1986, 1989

19. Capital Region PIC, 1986-1990. Correspondence

20. Capital Region PIC, 1986-1994. Meeting Minutes, Correspondence, Newsletters, Memorandum

21. Capital Region PIC, 1987. "Job Search and Community Resource Handbook."

22. Capital Region PIC, 1987. News Clippings, Articles

23. Capital Region PIC, 1987. New York Association for the Learning Disabled, Request for Proposal

24. Capital Region PIC, 1987. Statement of Thomas Donahue, Secretary-treasurer AFL-CIO to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources

25. Capital Region PIC, 1987-1988. Proposals, Requests for Proposals

26. Capital Region PIC, 1987-1993. Correspondence, Leaflets, Memorandum, Reports

27. Capital Region PIC, 1987-1993. Miscellaneous Newsletters, Fliers, 1987-1989, 1993

28. Capital Region PIC, 1988. "AFL-CIO Comments of Proposed Regulations Governing Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act."

29. Capital Region PIC, 1988. Agenda, Reports, Memorandum, News Clippings

30. Capital Region PIC, 1988. "Capital Region Service Delivery Area: Job Training Plan for the Period July 1988 to June 1990."

31. Capital Region PIC, 1988. Meeting Minutes, Reports, Correspondence

32. Capital Region PIC, 1988. Members List

33. Capital Region PIC, 1988-1989. Application for Job Training Partnership Funding, Visiting Nurse Service Association of Schenectady County

34. Capital Region PIC, 1989. Meeting Minutes, Agendas, Reports, Correspondence

35. Capital Region PIC, 1989. "Planning for JTPA Programs: Program Years 1990-1991."

36. Capital Region PIC, 1990. "A Job Training Director's Manual."

37. Capital Region PIC, 1990. Correspondence, "Planning for JTPA Programs: Program Years 1990-1991," Report, Fliers

38. Capital Region PIC, 1990. "The Job Training Partnership Act: A Report on Services to Women in New York State," Executive Summary

39. Capital Region PIC, 1990-1991. Biannual Plan, Report, News Clippings, By-laws

40. Capital Region PIC, 1990-1991. Meeting Agenda, Minutes, Report

41. Capital Region PIC, 1990-1992. Correspondence, Annual and Quarterly Reports

42. Capital Region PIC, 1991. PIC Coordinator's Report

43. Capital Region PIC, 1991-1992. Annual Report, Notes

44. Capital Region PIC, 1992, AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Institute Handbook for Labor Representatives Serving on Private Industry Councils

45. Capital Region PIC, 1992. Materials for September 22, 1992 Executive Committee Meeting, Correspondence, Agenda, Reports

46. Capital Region PIC, 1992. Members List, Minutes, Newsletters, Proposal

47. Capital Region PIC, 1992. "Schenectady County Local Jobs Plan."

48. Capital Region PIC, 1992-1993. Meeting agendas, Minutes, Reports, Pamphlets, Memorandum, AFL-CIO Unity Newsletter

49. Capital Region PIC, 1993. Meeting Agendas, Minutes

50. Capital Region PIC, 1993. Meeting Agendas, Minutes, Request for Proposals, Newsletters

51. Capital Region PIC, 1993. Meeting Minutes, Request for Proposals, Correspondence

52. Capital Region PIC, 1993. Reports, PIC Executive Summary

53. Capital Region PIC, 1993. Requests for Proposals

Box 12
Folder

1. Capital Region PIC, 1993. "Twelve Things You Need to Know," Seminar Report, Correspondence

2. Capital Region PIC, 1993-1994. Request for Proposal, Correspondence, Maps

3. Capital Region PIC, 1994. Requests for Proposals, Minutes, "Employment Competency System for Programs Operated Under the Job Training Partnership Act."

4. Capital Region PIC, undated. "Competency Based Instruction: A Guide in Developing Youth Employment Competencies."

5. Capital Region PIC, undated. "Employer's Guide to Unemployment Insurance," Handbook, Fliers

6. Capital Region PIC, undated. "Handbook for the Labor Representatives Serving on Private Industry Councils Under the Job Training Partnership Act," to versions

7. Capital Region PIC, undated. Job Service New York Information Packet

8. Capital Region PIC, 1993. "Twelve Things You Need to Know," Seminar Report, Correspondence

9. Capital Region PIC, 1993-1994. Request for Proposal, Correspondence, Maps

10. Capital Region PIC, 1994. Requests for Proposals, Minutes, "Employment Competency System for Programs Operated Under the Job Training Partnership Act."

11. Capital Region PIC, undated. "Competency Based Instruction: A Guide in Developing Youth Employment Competencies."

12. Capital Region PIC, undated. "Employer's Guide to Unemployment Insurance," Handbook, Fliers

13. Capital Region PIC, undated. "Handbook for the Labor Representatives Serving on Private Industry Councils Under the Job Training Partnership Act," to versions 7. Capital Region PIC, undated. Job Service New York Information PacketAFL-CIO, 1984, AFL-CIO Senate and House Voting Records

14. AFL-CIO, 1986-1987, Union Counselor Training Program, Leaflet, Fliers, Handbook, Agenda

15. Apparatus Service Business Division, undated, Professional Performance Appraisal

16. Capital District – Berkshire Area Economic Study Group, 1986, Invitation to “Industrial Crisis and Economic Conversion,” Roundtable

17. Capital Region PIC, 1987, Vo-Tec Career Guide 1987-1988

18. Capital Region PIC, 1987-1993, Labor Concurrence Committee

19. Capital Region PIC, 1988-1989, Status Reports, Correspondence, Minutes, News Clippings

20. Capital Region PIC, undated, Job Training Partnership Act Policy Goals

21. Central Labor Council, 1968-1970, Minutes of Meetings with Schenectady County School Board, Labor Educational Material

22. Coordinated Bargaining Materials, 1969

23. International Association of Machinists, 1970s, Health Program Information and Conference

24. IUE Local 301, 1954, News Clipping on Meeting Between Leo Jandreau and Salvadore Vottis

25. IUE Local 301, 1955, Settlement Agreement Between GE and IUE

26. IUE Local 301, 1960s and 1970s, School Program Materials

27. IUE Local 301, 1970-2000, GE – IUE National Agreement Handbooks

28. IUE Local 301, 1973-1976, Local Supplemental Agreements

29. IUE Local 301, 1985-1987, Contract Proposals

30. IUE Local 301, 1986-1994, Retirees and Benefits, Correspondence, News Clippings, Benefits Package

31. IUE Local 301, 1995-1996, “Local 301 IUE and Schenectady GE Sign Historic Safety Partnership Agreement,” “Enycosh News” Article

32. IUE Local 301, undated, Bargaining Goals

33. IUE Local 301, undated, Miscellaneous Handbooks

34. “Labor and Investment” Newsletter, 1983-1986

35. “Labor and Investment” Newsletter, 1986-1993

36. Labor Magazines, 1969-1990, “Labor Heritage,” “The Federationist”

37. Miscellaneous Pamphlets and Handbills, 1981 – 1989

38. New York State Capital Labor Parade, 1999, Program, Map

39. Sessions, John A. “The History of Labor's Pursuit of Education (1800-1935)”, 1975

39. State of New York Department of Labor, 1992-1993, Memorandum and Correspondence on Labor Practices

40. UE, 1952, Annual Field Day Program

41. UE, 1972, Excepts from By-laws on Sex Discrimination

42. UE, 1991-1992, 56th Annual Convention Policy Handbook

43. UE, undated, Reports, “The Louisville Story,” “Taft-Hartley Suffers Defeat in Ohio”

44. UFCW (United Food and Commercial Workers International) ”Action”, November, 1979. Newsletter of the UFCW.

45. US Department of Labor, undated, Work Force 2000

46. New York State AFL-CIO Material, 1996

47. New York State Labor Law Handbook, 1965

48. UE, Chug, Chug, Solidarity and Democracy, UE Resources Catalog, 1947, 1990, 2003

Films

General Electric Retirees Rally, Schenectady, NY, April 19, 2001, VHS, Running time 1:31:30

Frank-ly Speaking, April 10, 2001, VHS, Running time 0:29:10

Company Town, Featuring Helen Quirini, undated, VHS

Helen Quirini Interview, WMHT, September 1994, VHS

Electric City, Helen Quirini, undated, VHS

General Electric Retirees Rally, Justice Fund, June 18, 1998, VHS

Plant Gate Demonstration, Schenectady, NY, April 15, 1999, VHS

General Electric Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, April 21, 1999, VHS

Local 301 Retirees Rally, 2001, VHS, Running time 0:21:00

Helen Quirini's Home Movies, Includes union elections and actions, circa 1950s, VHS

North American Phillips Mexican Plant Tour, IUE Local 796, undated, VHS

Audio

Helen Quirini speaking at the UE Roundtable, August 26, 2003, Audiocassette.


Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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Series 3: Women and Work, 1941-1999

Box 1
Folder

1. Gender and race discrimination at GE. Notes and miscellaneous dittoed documents including records of company-wide meetings on gender discrimination (1969-1980). Company-wide negotiations on women workers within the plant from 1969 through 1980 and limited data on numbers of women and minorities at GE-Schenectady since 1934.

2. Gender discrimination. Quirini's shop floor notes concerning women workers and gender ceiling, April 7, 1954 (2 p.)

3. Wage Chart and clipping, 1934-197

4. Employment Pay Practices--Male and Female Comparisons, 1972

5. IUE Statistics on women's employment (including a survey), 1969-1973

6. Reprints on Women worker's rights and gender discrimination, 1959-1989. (U.S. Dept. of Labor, NYS Dept. of Labor, IUE, newspaper clippings) collected by Quirini; also some handwritten notes,

7-8. Reprints on Women worker's rights and gender discrimination, 1945, 1970s-1980s. Reprints on women worker's rights including U.S. Department of Labor informational material and material from the Capital District Everywoman Day, (September 1981).

O-3. "Women Workers and the IUE" IUE News, September 1975

9. Gender Discrimination. UE publications to advocate wage discrimination towards women, 1953 and ad for UE radio program about gender equality, 1953.

10. Women's rights. UE District Council 11, "The Fight for Women Workers' Rights: a Factual Survey," January 12, 1952; UE Publication "The Fight for Women Workers' Rights"

11. Gender Discrimination. UE "Union Proposal for Re-Slotting of Women's Jobs at GE Euclid Lamp," (draft) June 1953

12. Gender Discrimination.UE National Fair Practices Committee, "Resolution on Job Discrimination," April 28, 1954 (letter); UE National Fair Practices Committee, "UE Advances the Democratic Front," Vol. 4 1954

13. IUE District 1 President Paul Carmichael, "A Salute to Women" (no date)

14. UE Local 301 Women's Meetings/ Committee Women's meetings -- minutes, clippings, 1946, 1947, 1953

15. UE District 3 and District 4 Women's Continuation Committees, Syracuse, NY, May 15, 1953 (Minutes,letter and notes)

16. Conference materials. UE District 3 Women's Conference agenda, Syracuse, 1952; IUE District 3 Women's Conference clipping, 1970

17. Conference materials. Trade Union Women's Studies, Cornell University. First Trade Union Women Studies Conference. Cornell U. (1974)

-OS-5. Conference materials. UE Conference of Working Women held January 1952. UE News, January 21, 1952

18. Conference materials. "UE National Conference on Problems of Working Women." Packet describing conference and text of HQ speech, May 2-3, 1953

19, OS. Conference materials. "UE 2nd National Conference on Problems of Working Women" May 15 16, 1954. General packet on conference, "Facts to Combat Job Discrimination", "Facts to Combat Speed-Up and to Preserve Health", UE News, letter announcing conference, "Together We shall Go Forward."

20. Conference materials. UE Fourth National Conference on Problems of Working Women, May 1956. "Resolution: Women in the 1956 Elections and the Democratic Struggles in the South." May 1956; "Resolution: Speedup and Health."; "Resolution: United labor Action Can Win Economic Quality for Women."

Box 2
Folder

1. Conference materials. "IUE Northeast Regional Social Action & Women's Conference." including unequal gender pay rates and gender discrimination, March 1974

2. Conference materials. "IUE Northeast Regional Social Action & Women's Conference." Conference materials including unequal gender pay rates and gender discrimination, February 1976

3, OS. Conference materials. IUE publications, clippings, and pamphlets on trade union women: "Salute to IUE Women" and "A Week to Celebrate Sister Solidarity" (Needs more sorting)

4. Conference materials. IUE Women's Conferences. 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, June 1980. (Needs more sorting)

5. Conference materials. IUE Women's Conferences. January 1980.

Box 3
Folder

1. Conference materials. National Commission on Working Women, "Women and Work", 1975. [Button enclosed]; Conference materials. National Commission on Working Women, 1975, 1979, 1989

2. Conference materials. "Changing Labor Force, Changing Family", 1982

3. Gender discrimination. Copies of articles by and about Helen Quirini's activities related to equal pay and rights for women workers, 1952-1953, 1969 - 1970

4. Gender discrimination. Minutes of meeting between GE and IUE on General Grievance on Discrimination of Women. April 4,1969

5. Gender discrimination. Clipping re: equal pay for equal work meetings/negotiations with quotes from union leaders including HQ, 1946?

6. "Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman: A Message From the Schenectady GE Women to Lynn, MA Women." Photocopy of add related to 1953 union elections and 1954 Women's Conference.

7-8a,OS. Gender discrimination and women workers' rights, 1951-1981. UE reports, minutes from UE meetings, pamphlets, wage statistics based between male and female, gender discrimination at GE, speeches by HQ, printed to material, and clippings related the rights of women workers. Includes materials and possibly speech of HQ's attendance at the 1981 Everywoman Conference at St. Rose College (Needs more sorting)

9. Gender discrimination and women workers' rights. UE reports and leaflets, 1952-1953

10-11. Gender discrimination and working women's rights. Reprints U.S. Dept. of Labor publication "Lifting and Carrying Weights by Women in Industry", 1946; State of New York Publication ( undated); Reprints, 1953-1977 which include rinted materials, mostly government publications and an UE News article "Women and the IUE", 1967 (Needs more sorting)

12. Gender discrimination and working women's rights. Department of Labor publications,
statistics, and fact sheets on women workers, 1970 - 1978

13. Job classifications, Employee Job Rate Data for Helen Quirini, 1941-1969

14. Statement by IUE (Mary Callhan) before the EEOC May 2, 1967

15. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) pamphlet. "Toward Job Equity for Women", 1968

16. UE Local 301 Women's Softball Team. Clipping photo, 1948 - 1949. (SEE photograph box
for actual photograph)

17. Protective Legislation for Women, 1940s, 1970s

18. Gender Discrimination Laws. Material gathered from state and federal departments, 1964-1975

19. National Council on the Future of Women in the Workplace , report from area 4 meeting, 1983

20. ERA. Pamphlet from Operation Wake-Up, a coalition of organizations against the Equal Rights amendment, late 1970s

21. Gender discrimination. Information kit on sex equity from Project VOICE/MOVE, 1983-1984

Box 4
Folder

1-2. Gender discrimination. Includes IUE press releases, statements to EEOC, programs, studies and lawsuits by IUE regarding the discrimination of women in the electrical industry, 1967 - 1980

2a. Survey of women workers, 1934-75

3. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Flyer from NOW and clippings, 1974 - 1975

4. Women and Work. General Articles regarding the Women's Movement, 1963 - 1972

5-6a. Printed material on women and work, 1951-1985. Includes pamphlets, bulletins, brochures, reports and statistics created by various state and federal agencies on women's issues and organizations.

7. Women's Bureau Handbook of facts on Women Workers, U.S. Dept. of Labor: (1950, 1952,1969)

8. New York State Women's Meeting, Empire State Plaza , January 8-10,1977. Program

9. New York State Women's Unit/Conference. Newsletter, 1967; Resolution and description for conference workshops, 1971

10. New York State Women in Government, 1976 - 1989. Various publications.

Box 5
Folder

1-7. CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women), 1974-1991. Founding conference materials, programs, notices of boycotts and demonstrations, list of officers and delegates, resolutions, facts sheets, constitution, by-laws, conference materials, constitutional convention materials, family leave, elections, and clippings relating to the formative years of the CLUW. There is also some material related to the Capital District Chapter of the CLUW.

8. CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women), Newsletters, 1975-1987

9. CLUW (Coalition of Labor Union Women), Newsletters, 1988-1996

Box 6
Folder

1. AARP, 1989-1996, National Women’s History Month, Programs

2. Abortion Rights, 1983-1984, Articles, News Clippings

3. Automation from a Woman’s Standpoint, undated

4. Business and Professional Women’s Club, 1983, Conference Material “BPW Legislative Conference”

5. Business and Professional Women’s Club, 1987-1989, Member List, Memorandum, Leaflets, “National Woman” and “Handclasp” Publication

6. “Commemorating Women Born in New York State,” 1984

7. Conference Material, “It’s Our Economy, Isn’t It?” 1993

8. Conference Material, “Women Returning to Work,” 1981

9. CLUW Newsletter, 1999

10. Equal Rights Amendment, 1972, “The Equal Rights Amendment – Senator Ervin’s Minority Report and The Yale Law Journal”

11. Equal Rights Amendment, 1973-1975, Clippings, Articles, Leaflets

12. Equal Rights Amendment, 1975-1981, News Clippings, Leaflets, Fliers

13. Miscellaneous Women’s Employment and Political Pamphlets, undated

14. National Commission on Working Women, 1984-1992, “Women at Work” Newsletter

15. NOW, 1971, Statement on Education

16. Planned Parenthood, ca. 1970, Leaflet

17. Poem, “Two Hundred Years Too Long,” undated

18. “Up From Under,” 1970

19. Women’s Historical Exhibits, 1991-1992

20. Women’s Rights Issues, 1970-1979, Miscellaneous Fliers and Fact Sheets

21. Women’s Rights Issues, 1960-1981, Miscellaneous News Clippings

22. The Virginia Slims’ American Women’s Opinion Poll, 1980

Box 7
Folder

1. Gender Discrimination and Women Workers' Rights, 1960s and 1970s

2. Gender Discrimination and Women Workers' Rights, 1970s and 1980s

3. Gender Discrimination and Women Workers' Rights, 1970s and 1980s

4. Gender Discrimination Publications, 1960s and 1970s

5. "Women in American History," undated


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Series 4: Labor Newspapers, 1917-1990

Issues of UE Local 301 News and IUE Local 301 News, the newspapers of Local 301, are available in microfilm, paper, and electronic format in the records of IUE Local 301 (APAP-023).

General Electric Works News; Schenectady, New York. Originals, April 11, 1958 - March 7, 1986

General Electric Works News; Microfilm, 1917-1960

Reel 1: January, 1917-March 3, 1922
Reel 2: January 6, 1922-June 19, 1925
Reel 3: July 3, 1925-March 16, 1928
Reel 4: April 6, 1928-December 20, 1929
Reel 5: January 3, 1930-December 29, 1939
Reel 6: January 5, 1940-December 29, 1944
Reel 7: January 5, 1945-December 29, 1950
Reel 8: January 5, 1951-December 17, 1954
Reel 9: January 7, 1955-December 22, 1960

UE News, Local 201, Lynn, Massachusetts. August 19, 1953 - December 9, 1953

UE Local 107 News, April 30 - May 1954

Union News; Erie, Pennsylvania. March - April 1954

UE News (National). 1951-1982 miscellaneous copies.

District Three Leader. July, 1968 - December, 1985

Capitol Area Labor News. April 1969 - April, 1973

AFL-CIO News. February 1970 - August 1982 miscellaneous copies.


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Series 5: General Electric, 1919-1990

Box 1
Folder

1. Job rates at GE-Schenectady 1950s-1970s (various years)

2. 1966 GE Employment Application (blank); Pay vouchers. Blue 3" by 5" job cards (1945, 1946, 1952)

3. GE Workers -- years of continuous service statistics, 1978

4. "GE Schenectady Plant - work practices, procedures, conduct rules. undated; "GE Manual for Employees." Dec. 1926; also later work rules.

5. GE publications on manufacturing processes--Medium Motor Department. Manufacturing Motors and Winding Coils, 1950s -1960s2

6. GE History. GE Publications [1952; 1953; 1954; 1957; 1959; 1973; 1976; 1978]

7. GE Employee Relations Newsletter, December 1954 (For additional copies of the GE Employee Relations Newsletter contact Schenectady Museums Archive of the Eletrical Industry) ; EEOC (1950s & 1970s)

8-12. Helene Quirini's shop "Suggestions"; includes check stubs from suggestion awards received, 1942-1974

13. War Production Council. Minutes of meeting March 1944

14. "Schenectady GUTS ("Gear Up for Tomorrow")

15-16. GE Employees Share Fund. Descriptions of program, pamphlets, and evidence of Quirini's role with the Board. Includes 3 photographs of Quirini and Board members

Box 2

1. A.C. Stevens Letter re: illegal worker stoppages (1956)

2. LGM&SM News and GE Works News (folder)

3. Charles M. Ripley, Life in a Large Manufacturing Plant (1919)

Cataloged with Special Collections books

4. HQ's suggestions for improving suggestion committee

5. GE Community Service Fund -- share fund board (1950s+)

6. Articles on Suggestion Awards

7. Quirini's GE War Bond Drive and Volunteer Work

8. Quirini and GE Athletic Association (GEAA)

9. 1960 Strike--GE (GE NEWS)

10. SCHENECTADY BUSINESS NEWS, GE WORKS NEWS. Misc.

11. GE Layoffs and Move of Turbine Division. 1986 & 1987 (Clippings and Helen Quirini's notes)

12. GE Future Not Bright. Cutbacks. 1968.

13. Application for Expeditor (production follower); Other personal wage data cards on HQ

14. GE History -- newspaper clippings

15. Job Posting and Upgrading System -- laminated chart and paper copy, and related documents (1979, 1980)

16. GE Paycheck stubs (1950s, 1960s and 1970s)

17. GE Work Badges and union mewmebership books

Box 3

GE Annual Reports, 1975-1990

Box 4

GE Annual Reports, 1991-1996

GE Employee Benefits, 1976, 1979

Box 5
Folder

1. Bob Case, undated, Photo of Case, a GE Executive, With Others Receiving United Way Merit Award

2. Edna Bailey Miller, 1965-1990, News Clipping, Essay, GE Retiree

3. GE, 1975, Rules for Lift Truck Operation, Hyster Lift Truck Operator’s Manual

4. GE, 1975-1976, “Schenectady News” Newsletter

5. GE, 1989-1992, Handbills Advocating Increased Benefits for Pensioners

6. GE, 2001, New York Assembly Resolution Urging GE to Revise Pension Benefits

7. GE, undated, GE Schenectady Plant Handbook

8. GE, undated, Minutes from Meeting with Division Heads

9. Jack Welch, 2001, News Clippings

10. Joseph Gebhardt, 1993, Obituary, GE Employee Who Lost Job to McCarthy Committee

11. Schenectady City School District, 1982-1985, Minutes, Memorandum

12. Schenectady County, 1995-2001, News Clippings

13. Schenectady County Legislature, 1995-1998, News Clippings, Agendas, Speeches

14. Schenectady Survey and Review of Government Services and Structures, 1977, Minutes


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Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001
Subseries 1: Human Rights, 1949-1992

Box 1
Folder

1. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1965. (Also known as the Schenectady County Commission on Human Rights) Resolution 107 establishing the Human Rights Commission.

2. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1971-1974. Quirini's letter appointing her to the Board, correspondence 1971-1974, and clipping from the Saratogian (December 1974).

3. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1970-1976. Annual reports, 1970-1972, 1975, 1976.

4. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1977-1984. Annual reports, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1984. Also includes budget, 1979.

5. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1981-1986. Annual reports, 1981, 1984, 1986.

6. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1971-1973. Agenda and minutes of meetings, director's reports, and related meeting materials.

7. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972-1988. By-laws and policies, agenda and minutes of meetings, statements, director's reports, other reports, and clippings, 1972-1979, 1980-1988.

8. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1975-1979. By-laws and policies, agenda and minutes of meetings, statements, director's reports, other reports, and clippings.

9. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1975-1984. Agenda and minutes of meetings, director's reports, and related meeting materials, clippings, 1975, 1976, 1978-1981, 1984.

10. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1979-1986. Minutes and agendas of meetings, statements, director's reports, other reports, and clippings, 1979, 1984-1986.

11. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1981-1984. Minutes and agenda of meetings, reports, statements, clippings, material on Solidarity Day (1981).

12. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1984. Agenda and minutes of meetings, studies, director's reports, executive committee reports, and clippings.

13. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1985. Agenda and minutes of meetings, director's reports, and related meeting minutes.

14. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1986. Agenda and minutes of meetings, director's reports, and related meeting materials.

15. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1986-1987. Minutes of meetings, resolutions, director's reports.

16. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972-1988. Agenda and minutes of meetings, publications, remarks by HQ, correspondence, pamphlets, and clippings, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 1986-1988.

17. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1965-1988. Budget, clipping, resolution for the establishment of a Human Rights Commission (1965), information on the Robert Pixley case, HQ's letter of resignation, notes, memos, bylaws, director's report, agendas, correspondence, minutes, legislation, 1965, 1981, 1983, 1988.

18. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1986-1988. Correspondence, minutes, memos, agendas, director's report, clippings, review of U.S. Supreme Court activities 1986-1987 term, history of human rights in New York State, notes, Capital Region (1986), information from the New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission.

19. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972-1989. Minutes, correspondence (including correspondence dealing with HQ's resignation), director's reports, information on the Robert Pixley case, programs, agendas, memos, Rights Reporter (1977, 1978, 1982), member directories, 1972, 1975, 1981, 1984-1989.

Box 2

1. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1968-1990. Correspondence, Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America, clippings, programs, human rights and civil rights pamphlets, memo, director's report, minutes, Black Woman's Voice (Fall 1973), 1968, 1973-1974, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1988 -1990.

2. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1973-1986. Publications, clippings, and pamphlets, report on "Coping with Vandalism," minutes, clippings, memoranda, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights pamphlets, miscellaneous civil rights and anti-Klan literature, and correspondence, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1981-1982, 1984, 1986.

3. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1977-1982. Pamphlets, minutes of meetings (including Schenectady County Committee to Combat Racism & Anti-Semitism), agendas, memos, director's report, information sheets, clippings, Schenectady County Affirmative Action plan, 1977, 1980-1982.

4. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1981-1985. Minutes of meetings (including those of Schenectady County Committee to Combat Racism & Anti-Semitism), agendas, memos, director's reports, information sheets, clippings, information regarding the demolition of the Friendship Baptist Church, committee on King Holiday celebration, 1981-1982, 1984-1985.

5. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1971-1986. Agenda and minutes of meetings, list of members, Schenectady County Committee to Combat Racism and Anti-Semitism minutes, police and the community reports, material on Mont Pleasant High School 1972, resolutions, memoranda, clippings, correspondence, and anti-Klan literature, 1971-1972, 1981-1982, 1984-1986.

6. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1982-1983. Agenda and minutes of meetings, director's reports, Schenectady County Committee to Combat Racism and Anti-Semitism minutes, newsletter of the Law, Order & Justice Center, executive committee reports, and clippings.

7. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1968-1983. Program from Committee to Combat Racism and Anti-Semitism event (1982), annual report from Citizens for Law, Order & Justice (1982), printed material and clippings on euthanasia, disarmament, anti-Semitism, Jewish-Black relations, KKK, National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL), sexual harassment, and gay issues.

8. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1970-1983. Klanwatch literature, human rights pamphlets, minutes.

9. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1971-1972. "Report on the Schenectady County Jail" and other reports dealing mostly with a riot at the jail on September 7, 1971, clipping, minutes.

10. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1986-1988. Task Force on Health/Aging/Handicapped minutes and agendas, Patient's Bill of Rights, Medicare rights, clipping.

11. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1986-1987. Committee on Health/Aging/Handicapped minutes and agendas, clipping, correspondence.

12. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1981-1983. Statement of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 25, 1981; article on minority overrepresentation in US prisons, July 1981; job placement proposal, 1983.

13. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972. "Report of the Special Committee of the Schenectady County Human Rights Commission Concerning Racial Tension at Mont Pleasant High School," Commission investigations and recommendations, and clippings, 1972.

14. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1968-1972. Reports, clippings, correspondence, memos, agenda and minutes dealing with interracial relations, Schenectady County Jail, minority recruitment, and Mont Pleasant High School, 1968, 1972.

15. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972. Mont Pleasant High School. Clippings, memo, "Report of the Special Committee of the Schenectady County Human Rights Commission Concerning Racial Tension at Mont Pleasant High School."

16. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972. Hearings of Committee on Mont Pleasant High School, Feb. 29, 1972 - March 1, 1972.

17. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972. Hearings of Committee on Mont Pleasant High School, March 2, 1972 - March 3, 1972.

18. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972. Hearings of Committee on Mont Pleasant High School, March 6, 1972 - March 8, 1972.

Box 3
Folder

1. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1972. Hearings of Committee on Mont Pleasant High School, and minutes, March 9, 1972 - March 16, 1972.

2. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1970-1984. Clippings, notes, agenda, minutes, flyers and other material related to the March on Washington (August 27, 1983), miscellaneous information related to Martin Luther King, Jr., 1970, 1983-1984.

3. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1980-1986. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. Includes notes, agendas, letters, clippings related to a 1981 celebration at Linton High School honoring Dr. King, a play "Martin Luther King, Jr.-The Memory Lives" by B.J. Harris, programs from the celebrations, a petition to establish Dr. King's birthday as a New York State holiday, miscellaneous information about Dr. King, 1980-1981, 1986.

4. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1981. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. Information packets from "Martin Luther King, Jr. The Memory Lives" celebration at Linton High School, January 18, 1981.

5. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, [n.d.]. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. Pamphlets of information on Martin Luther King, Jr. [date?]

6. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1983-1988. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. Clippings, information on Martin Luther King, Jr., minutes of the Human Rights Commission's King Coalition, The Crisis (Feb. 1987), letters, memos, programs for events honoring Dr. King, anti-King pamphlets, notes, 1983-1984, 1986-1988.

7. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1963. Program from March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963.

8. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1968. Newsweek (April 15, 1968), and Jet (April 25, 1968) both covering the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

9. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1976-1991. Programs and flyers from events honoring Dr. King, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1984-1989, 1991.

10. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1986. Ebony (January 1986) with special section: "The Living King."

11. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1989-1990. New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission. Programs: "In Celebration of Children" (1989), and "Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?" (1990).

12. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1992. New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission 1992 Annual Report.

13. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1991-1992. New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence 1991-1992 Annual Report.

14. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1990(?) New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence information packets.

15. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1989. A Symposium on Nonviolence: Exploring the Future of Applications of Non-Violence by the New York State Martin Luther King Institute for Nonviolence, Saratoga Springs, NY. Handouts, program, and pamphlets, November 9-11, 1989.

16. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1982-1989. New York Teacher (January 10, 1982); IUE News (January 1989) with covers dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr.

17. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, 1988. Teacher's Resource Manual on Martin Luther King, Jr. (State of Connecticut Department of Education).

18. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration. [nd] Fan commemorating John F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy.

19. Articles and clippings, 1967-1991. African-American history, current events (rioting, etc.) 1967-1968, 1983, 1985, 1990-1991.

20. Articles and clippings, 1967-1988. Race discrimination, riots, including Newsweek (October 6, 1969), 1967, 1969, 1987; KKK, revolt of 1967, riot prevention, women's liberation, 1967, 1981; Combating racism, SUNYA, 1968?, 1987-1988. Special Report, The Ku Klux Klan: A History of Racism and Violence, Southern Poverty Law Center, 1982. Letter, Human Rights Commission, 1972.

24. Miscellaneous loose lying material, 1979-1990. Includes information about and written by Martin Luther King, Jr., racism in America, and African-American history, 1979, 1981,1983-1990.

26. "Black History Month: Toward A Global Perspective in Education," State Education Department, 1984.

28. Human rights and anti-discrimination material, 1963-1974. The Great Question: A Guide for Community Action for Human Rights, clippings on genocide, interviewing women, anti-discrimination, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1974.

29. You in Human Rights: A Community Action Guide for International Human Rights Year, Ethel C. Phillips, [1967?]

30. "State of Human Rights in New York State Conference, " March 25, 1985. Conference materials, informational pamphlets. The State of Human Rights in New York State, 1983.

31. Miscellaneous human rights information, 1949-1983. Pamphlets and information on vocational equity, equal rights for women, civil rights in New York state, the justice system, handicapped access, anti-Semitism; clippings, 1949, 1968, 1981, 1983.

* Citizenship and Voting, 1955-1984, Leaflets, Schenectady County Voter Education and Registration Committee, Notes, Agendas, Minutes

* Committee for Economic Development, 1987, “Children in Need: Investment Strategies for the Educationally Disadvantaged”

* ”The Dialogue Journal,” 1967

* Education, 1984-1988, Reports, News Clippings

* Fifth Amendment Today, 1955, Booklet, Notes

* Holocaust Education, Undated, Correspondence

* Hunger, undated, Concerned for the Hungry flier, Hunger Action Network flier

* “Ideas on Poverty and Welfare,” Paper by Helen Quirini

* James Giardina, 1974-1992, Director Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, News Clippings, Obituary, Poem

* Joint Center for Political Studies, 1987, “Black Initiative and Government Responsibility.”

Box 4
Folder

1. March 19th Coalition, 1992-1996, Leaflets

2. March 19th Coalition, 1995, News Clippings

3. March 19th Coalition, 1995, Press Release

4. March 19th Coalition, 1995-1997, Correspondence

5. March 19th Coalition, 1995-1998, Fliers and Progress Reports

6. March 19th Coalition. 1995-1998, Working Papers, Proposals, Abstracts

7. Miscellaneous Racism Pamphlets, 1968

8. National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1974, Leaflet, News Clipping, Correspondence

9. News Clipping, 1988, Albany Residents Who Participated in 1963 March on Washington

10. Peoples of the Earth, 1952, Textbook

11. Schenectady County Citizen’s Welfare Advisory Committee, 1972, Correspondence, Reports, News Clippings

12. Schenectady County Civil Service Commission, 1979-1980, Affirmative Action Plan

13. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 1983, Minutes of Media Committee Meeting

14. Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 2000, “Peace and Harmony in the Beloved Community” Program

15. US Commission on Civil Rights, 1973, “Statement on Affirmative Action for Equal Employment Opportunities”

16. Vietnam War, 1967-1969, News Clipping, Excerpt from Sermon, Position Paper

17. Welfare, 1968-1983, Miscellaneous Documents, News Clippings

18.Poverty and Public Poverty Conference, 1996


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Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001
Subseries 2: YWCA, 1928-1999

Box 1
Folder

1. YWCA, 1966-1970. Constitution and bylaws.

2. YWCA, 1980-1994. Constitution and bylaws, information on procedures and responsibilities.

3. YWCA, 1978-1982. Annual reports, other reports.

4. YWCA, 1983-1997. Annual reports, annual fund and expense information 1983-1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997.

5. YWCA, 1958-1991. Programs from annual meetings, 1958, 1973-1974, 1977-1980, 1991.

6. YWCA, 1980. Registration procedures and building policies, fee information.

7. YWCA, 1955-1974. Memos, minutes (including those of the Employed Girls Committee and the Young Adult Committee), agendas, Y program brochure, reports, bylaws (Eastern & Western New York Weekend Conference of Employed Women), audit information, personnel policies, notes, conference materials, 1955-1957, 1974.

8. YWCA, 1963-1965. Public Affairs Committee minutes and list of members.

9. YWCA, 1966-1978. Minutes, agendas, budgets, president's reports, 1966, 1969-1978.

10. YWCA, 1969-1976. Financial summaries and budget, minutes, personnel policies, agendas, Day Camp report, International Women's Year information, 1969, 1974-1976.

11. YWCA, 1970-1973. Minutes, amendment (?).

12. YWCA, 1974-1978. Minutes, agendas, budgets, reports, staff list and organizational rosters, YWCA's United Way profile, newsletter, correspondence, clipping.

13. YWCA, 1976-1978. Agendas, minutes, reports, memo, correspondence, newsletters, staff/committee rosters.

14. YWCA, 1978-1979. Minutes, memos, agendas, correspondence, budgets, reports, clippings, brochures, notes, personnel policies.

15. YWCA, 1979-1981. "Schenectady YWCA-Future Plans" draft, minutes, Officers of YWCA and Board of Directors lists.

16. YWCA, 1980-1982. Reports, agendas, correspondence, minutes (primarily of Board of Directors and Executive Committee), memos, financial information, calendars of events, ballot.

17. YWCA, 1980-1983. Memo, budgets and financial summaries, notes, balance sheet, minutes, reports, agendas.

18. YWCA, 1986-1987. Ad Hoc Building Committee material, including memos, correspondence, agendas, minutes, floor plans, bid information. Also includes some material dealing with the Centennial Celebration.

19. YWCA, 1968-1983. Finance Committee memo, budgets, 1970-1972, 1981-1983; profile, 1968.

20. YWCA, 1980-1984. Finance Committee minutes, agendas, expense reports, balance sheets, 1980, 1982-1984.

21. YWCA, 1985-1986. Budget, financial information; sheet on women workers [ undated]

22. YWCA, 1989-1990. Finance Committee minutes, balance sheets, health insurance rate information, memos, correspondence (re: United Way fund distribution review).

23. YWCA, 1990-1992. Balance sheets, Colonial Festival schedule, investment statement, Finance Committee minutes.

24. YWCA, 1991-1992. Budgets, balance sheets, Finance Committee minutes, memo, report, correspondence.

25. YWCA, 1945-1958. Material on women's groups at the YWCA including Industrial Girls, 1945-1946; Employed Women, 1955-1958; Young Adults, 1955-1956.

Box 2

1. YWCA, 1955-1968. Vigorettes minutes, notes, program 1955-1961, 1968.

2. YWCA, 1955-1957. Vigorettes letters, clippings, financial reports, programs.

3. YWCA, 1967-1986. Woman Talk notes, IUE consumer information publication, correspondence, articles (including one written by Quirini and published in the YW National Magazine 1970), clippings, flyers, transparency original for flyer, memos, Y pamphlets, reports, fact sheets, 1967-1971, 1973-1974, 1977, 1980-1981, 1986.

4. YWCA, 1967-1974. Woman Talk minutes, notes, correspondence, flyers, transparency original for flyer, and clippings.

5. YWCA, 1967-1974. Woman Talk flyers, clippings, newsletters, minutes, 1968, 1970-1974.

6. YWCA, 1967-1974. Woman Talk guest book, articles, correspondence, flyers, clippings, minutes, newsletters.

7. YWCA, 1969. Materials pertaining to a Woman Talk program on consumer education and personal finances sponsored and held at the Schenectady Y, March 1969.

8. YWCA, 1970-1973. Photographs--Woman Talk? 1970, 1973; some undated.

9. YWCA, 1968. "YWCA Dialogue in Action" programs on race relations, 1968. Includes planning material and descriptions of the nature of the programs and data on African-Americans in Schenectady.

10. YWCA, 1970-1974. Material related to gender inequality and women's liberation; Women's Liberation Day, August 26, 1970; 1974.

11. YWCA, 1973-1981. Seasonal schedules for classes and workshops, 1973-1974, 1977-1981.

12. YWCA, 1975-1999. Y program schedules and information/ YWCA Schenectady News, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1988-1993, 1996, 1998, 1999.

13. YWCA, 1970-1988. Programs and information-annual Holiday Festival and Flower Show, 1970, 1977-1979, 1988.

14. YWCA, 1954-1991. Programs from events, 1954, 1955, 1975, 1988, 1991, 1994.

15. YWCA, 1977-1998. Material dealing with domestic violence, and the YWCA's Battered Women's shelter. Includes brochures and fact sheets on domestic violence, YWCA Schenectady Review (1998), notes, programs, correspondence, minutes, newsletter, grant information, Quirini's President's Report (1980); financial information, clipping; report (Battered Women in Schenectady, August 1977), 1977-1981, 1997-1998.

16. YWCA, 1977-1981. Material dealing with domestic violence, and the YWCA's Battered Women's shelter (Mary Hill House) and Services to Families in Violence program. Includes clippings, brochures, application for renewal of operating certificate, reports, notes, memo, and correspondence.

17. YWCA, 1977-1982. Material dealing with domestic violence, and the YWCA's Battered Women's shelter (Mary Hill House) and Services to Families in Violence program. Includes correspondence, reports, flyer, notes, agenda, floor plans, financial information and budget.

18. YWCA, 1978. Material dealing with domestic violence, and the YWCA's Battered Women's shelter (Mary Hill House) and Services to Families in Violence program. Includes information on legislation and personnel, floor plan, clipping, application for funding, and correspondence.

19. YWCA, 1999. Informational material on legislation and child care, from YWCA Advocacy Day, February 9, 1999.

20. YWCA, 1945-1955. National Convention workbooks, bulletins, and report, 1945, 1946, 1955.

21. YWCA, 1955. Proceedings: 20th National Convention, April 21-27, 1955.

22. YWCA, 1955-1979. National convention program (1955), national convention workbook (1967), national convention reports (1955, 1979), YWCA Interchange (1979).

23. YWCA, 1957. Schedule, address, programs, correspondence, and conference discussion materials for Regional Conferences, 1957.

24. YWCA, 1972. Material from National Convocation on Racial Justice, New York City, June 15, 1972.

Box 3
Folder

1. YWCA, 1979. Report of 28th national convention proceedings. Includes Quirini's comments during the proceedings.

2. YWCA, 1971-1974. Hot Flashes, a newsletter written by Miriam Heckman, 1971, 1973, 1974.

3. YWCA, 1946-1986. The Woman's Press (1946), The YWCA Magazine (1970, 1971), YWCA Interchange (1974, 1975, 1986), The Purpose Widens: 1947-1967.

4. YWCA, 1954-1984. Printed pamphlets and brochures, 1954, 1955, 1967-1968, 1970-1973, 1974, 1979, 1984.

5. YWCA, 1956-1982. Printed material including annual report of the national YWCA (1978-1979), pamphlets, articles, YWCA Interchange (1979, 1980, 1982), The YWCA Magazine (1973), Young Adults and the YWCA, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1978-1980, 1982.

6. YWCA, 1979-1980. Various pamphlets published by the National Board, 1979-1980. YWCA Schenectady pamphlet.

7. YWCA, 1955-1963. A New Century to Go, 1955; article ("The Changing 'Y'"), 1963.

8. YWCA, 1964-1967. Guides for Participation: Study of the YWCA as a Christian Movement 1964-1967; information on the history and philosophy of the Y, 1965-1966.

9. YWCA, 1928-1961. Clippings chronicling Schenectady YWCA history.

10. YWCA, 1928-1959. Clippings chronicling Schenectady YWCA history.

11. YWCA, 1948-1994. Clippings, 1948, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1994.

12. YWCA, 1968-1980. Agency profile, 1968; National YWCA assessment reports, 1980; chronology of Schenectady Branch, 1980; amendments and resolutions, [ undated]

13. YWCA, 1980. Association review sheets for Schenectady YWCA.

14. YWCA, [ undated]. Photocopies of an undated photograph.

15. YWCA, 1985-1986. Material dealing with the YWCA's Centennial Celebration, including minutes, agenda, report, calendar.

16. YWCA, 1988. Programs from the performance of "Mother, I'm Here!," a musical play commissioned in honor of the Schenectady YWCA's Centennial Celebration, 1988.

17. YWCA, 1955-1956. Report skit on 1955 Convention, correspondence, Young Adult Conference Committee list, list of suggested speakers for world fellowship programs [ undated].

18. YWCA, 1955-1957. Quiz, study sheet for Young Adult Committee, conference planning committee minutes, conference flyer, information on a 32/35-hour week.

19. YWCA, 1955-1984. Brochures, YWCA resident's handbook, pledge cards, bumper sticker, notes, fact sheets, clippings, correspondence, agenda, convention program, YWCA newsletter, 1968 Board of Directors candidates, flyer, fact sheets, 1955, 1956, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982-1984.

20. YWCA, 1956-1980. Employed staff list, correspondence, national convention materials, clipping, notes, 1956-1957, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1976-1980.

21. YWCA, 1963-1998. Clippings, correspondence, brochure, agenda, Public Policy Bulletin (1997), information on YWCA public policy, family planning, Nike/Vietnam, human rights, etc., The Past is Prelude, 1963, 1975, 1978, 1988, 1997-1998.

22. YWCA, 1969-1995. Notes; flyers; correspondence; "HQ's involvement in the local YWCA;" "Is Mama in a Speed-Up too?," a paper written by Lisa Kannenberg on GE, UE and women in the workplace (includes images); clippings; by-laws changes and constitution changes; 1990 annual report (with other material interleaved); YWCA of Albany Spring 1994 schedule; 1969, 1977, 1990, 1994-1995.

23. YWCA, 1969-1980. Correspondence; statement of purpose; information on historical aspects, parliamentary procedures, leadership responsibilities and administration, and finances; nomination materials of Quirini for National Board; fact sheets; clipping; YWCA Y-Not (1975); notes; "Devotion;" 1969; 1973; 1975-1980.

24. YWCA, 1973. Letter from Schenectady County Commission on Human Rights regarding residents' complaints about racial issues, notes on meetings, residence regulations, 1973.

25. YWCA, 1979-1982. Memos from the National Board of the YWCA, notes, financial information, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation newsletter, reports (including Annual Report of Participation Statistics), Board of Directors roster, Public Affairs resolutions; minutes (Public Affairs Committee), History of Mary Hill House, information on International Study Program.

26. YWCA, 1980-1982. Ballot, correspondence, minutes, Annual Report of Participation Statistics, Quirini's application and supporting documents for National Board membership, "News from the New York State Council of YWCAs."

27. YWCA, 1997-1999. Fact sheets, position papers, and information on child care, reproductive choice, hate crimes, homophobia, domestic violence, racism; YWCA Schenectady Review.

Box 4
Folder

1. YWCA. Miscellaneous, loose lying material.

2. YWCA. Miscellaneous, loose lying material.

3. YWCA. Miscellaneous, loose lying material.

4. YWCA. Miscellaneous, loose lying material.

5. YWCA. Miscellaneous, loose lying material.

Box 5
Folder

1. YWCA, 1946-1974, Articles, Fliers, Handbills, Agendas

2. YWCA, 1957, Card from 2nd Annual Brotherhood Observance

3. YWCA, 1969, Conference Materials, “Teach Your Dollars to Have More Cents”

4. YWCA, 1970-2000, Women of Vision Award, Correspondence, News Clippings, Programs, 1970-74, 1988-93, 2000

5. YWCA, 1978, Coalition for Women, Minutes, Agendas, Correspondence

6. YWCA, 1980, Action Audit Committee Report on Institutional Racism

7. YWCA, 1985-1987, Nomination of Helen Quirini for Women of Vision Award

8. YWCA, 1986-1987, Helping Ourselves Means Education (H.O.M.E.)

9. YWCA, 1987-2000, Programs, “Today’s Woman” Conference, “Empower Women and Eliminate Racism” Meeting, 1987, 2000

10. YWCA, 1993, Affirmative Action Program

11. YWCA, 1994, "Safe at Home: Domestic Violence Training," Conference Materials

12. YWCA, 2004-2005, History, "Battered Women" Police Handbook, "Our Voices."

Films

YWCA Voices: Helen Quirini, 2006, DVD, 0:13:34.

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Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001
Subseries 3: Day Care, 1953-1999

Box 1
Folder

1. Day Care, 1970-1986. Newsletter, flyers, brochures, pamphlets, fact sheet, Quirini's chairperson's report of the Schenectady Day Care Council, census data, Congressional Record excerpts about Refreshing Spring Day Care Center, clipping, 1970, 1972, 1979-1980, 1984-1986.

2. Day Care, 1970-1982. Brochures and pamphlets; biographical information on Georgetta Dix, executive director of Refreshing Spring Child Day Care Center and recipient of the Jefferson Award; CLUW resolution on child care; fact sheets; legislative platform of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of New York State, notes, memos, testimony, position papers, clippings, Community Solutions for Child Care, Training for Child Care Work: Project Fresh Start, statistics, program, 1970, 1972, 1976-1977, 1979, 1981-1982.

3. Day Care, 1972-1979. Schenectady Day Care Council and Schenectady County Community Coordinated Child Care. Bylaws, reports, memo, fact sheets, speech, resolution at New York State Women's meeting, and clippings, newsletter, 1972, 1974, 1976-1979, 1982.

4. Day Care, 1972-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council minutes, agendas; New York State Child Care Coordinating Council minutes, agendas, financial information; correspondence, clippings, reports, pamphlets, newsletters, notes, conference information, survey, memo, 1972, 1982-1986.

5. Day Care, 1974-1976. The Day Care Book by Vicki Breitbart (1974), along with notes, clippings and articles inserted in the text.

6. Day Care, 1977-1997. Schenectady Day Care Council minutes, New York State Department of Social Services day care center regulations, correspondence, statistics, report, speech, church program, budget, brochures, 1977, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1997.

7. Day Care, 1979-1986. Notes; clippings; correspondence, memo, and United Way minutes which deal with Community Coordinated Child Care (4Cs); other correspondence; Schenectady Day Care Council mailing list and agenda; survey; newsletters; 1979-1980, 1983, 1985-1986.

8. Day Care, 1980-1985. Child Care Services Directory, speeches, correspondence, information on day care and the Schenectady Day Care Council, statistics, budgets, 1980, 1984-1985.

9. Day Care, 1980-1993. Notes, correspondence, financial information, legislation, clippings, newsletters, Department of Social Services "Day Care Center Licensing Regulations," pamphlet-"Day Care: The Commitment in New York State," memos, 1980, 1990-1993.

10. Day Care, 1980-1997. United Way program grant application for Refreshing Spring Child Day Care Center, New York State Department of Social Services Day Care Center Licensing Regulations, Refreshing Spring Day Care Center financial statements, reports, and budget proposal; notes, 1980, 1992-1997.

11. Day Care, 1981-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council agendas, correspondence, minutes, memos, financial information; newsletters, notes, pamphlet, legislative information, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986.

12. Day Care, 1982. "Child Care Food Program Management Manual for Institutions," US Department of Agriculture.

13. Day Care, 1983-1985. Schenectady Day Care Council member roster, clippings, flyer, memo, day care fee schedule, statistics, correspondence, other miscellaneous material including information on the structure of the Schenectady Day Care Council.

14. Day Care, 1983-1985. Correspondence; memos; notes; New York State Child Care Coordinating Council agenda, information on the Working Parents Act of 1985, position papers, minutes, and fact sheets, 1983, 1985.

15. Day Care, 1984. Notes, correspondence, report, minutes, information on the USDA Child Care Food Program, statistics, Schenectady Child Care Council member list, New York State Department of Social Services Day Care Licensing Regulations.

16. Day Care, 1984. A Handbook for Day Care Board Members.

17. Day Care, 1984. Information on employer-supported child care benefits from the Onondaga County Child Care Council, Inc., 1984.

18. Day Care, 1984. Solicitations, Child Care Employee News (Fall 1984), informational material, 1984.

19. Day Care, 1984-1985. New York State Child Care Coordinating Council Leadership Retreat agenda and County Profile; Schenectady Day Care Council agendas, correspondence, and minutes; speech; notes; information on day care services in Schenectady County, reports.

20. Day Care, 1984-1985. United Way Child Day Care Task Force. Brochures, agendas, memos, directory of members, policy recommendations, notes, report, correspondence.

21. Day Care, 1984-1985. Legislation, and memoranda.

22. Day Care, 1984-1985. Newsletter, correspondence, Schenectady County Department of Social Services Amended Agreement with Christ Church Day Care Center, Schenectady County Department of Social Services Consolidated Services Plan, financial information, notes.

23. Day Care, 1984-1991. New York State Department of Social Services: Family Day Care Homes Regulations and Guidelines. Notes, information from Schenectady County Department of Social Services, information from NYS Department of Social Services on day care registration, 1984, 1991.

24. Day Care, 1985. New York State Child Care Coordinating Council. Contact list, pamphlets, fact sheet, memos, notes, correspondence, minutes, agendas, program and funding list, newsletters, legislation, meeting calendar, statistics, report, proposed revisions to bylaws, survey.

25. Day Care, 1985. Chairman's Report: New York State Senate Standing Committee on Child Care, 1985.

26. Day Care, 1986. State of New York: Consolidated Services Plan--Schenectady County Department of Social Services Annual Implementation Report, 1986.

27. Day Care, 1986. "Speaking Out About Child Care: A Report of Public Hearings Conducted by the New York State Commission on Child Care."

28. Day Care, 1989-1994. Conference materials-"Pre-School: A Therapeutic Approach for Working with Children and Their Families," 1993; brochures on "Parent's Guide to Child Care;" clippings; correspondence; 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994.

29. Day Care, 1990. Human Services Planning Council "Child Care Needs Assessment for Schenectady County 1990."

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Folder

1. Day Care, 1990-1991. Correspondence, financial information, clippings, newsletters, memos, press releases, legislation, reports.

2. Day Care, 1990-1991. Information on NYCHILD (New York Children's Health Insurance for Lifelong Development); memo; correspondence; reports on day care facilities, and JOBS Plan for Schenectady County; speeches.

3. Day Care, 1990-1993. Notes, memos, correspondence, clippings, legislation, financial information, 1990, 1991,1993.

4. Day Care, 1991. Correspondence, clippings, petition forms, proposal, and speeches regarding the establishment of an early child care center in the Schenectady city schools, 1991; booklet on Home Treatment for Common Pediatric Problems.

5. Day Care, 1991. Conference materials-- "Business Leadership Breakfast: A Forum on Child Care and Adult Care." Includes informational brochures, pamphlets, and fact sheets.

6. Day Care, 1991-1996. Fact sheets from Kids' Health Initiative, notes, financial information, memos from Greater Upstate Law Project, reports, statistics, clippings, testimony, correspondence, brochures.

Box 3
Folder

1. Day Care, 1953. “Employed Mothers and Child Care,” US Department of Labor

2. Day Care, 1970-1995, Early Childhood Task Force, Correspondence, Agendas, Mission Statement, Minutes, News Clippings, 1970, 1980, 1990-1995

3. Day Care, 1971. “Community Coordinated Child Care Program Guide,” US Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Office of Child Development

4. Day Care, 1973-1995. News Clippings, Articles, 1973, 1991-1995

5. Day Care, 1973-1984. Schenectady Day Care Council, Center Facts, Leaflets, Fliers, Correspondence, Notes, 1973, 1981, 1984

6. Day Care, 1974-1983. Day Care Hearings, Testimonials, Correspondence

7. Day Care, 1978-1986. Media Folder; Correspondence, Financial information, News Clippings, Fliers, Fact Sheets, Memorandums, Notes, 1978, 1980-1986

8. Day Care, 1979. “Community Solutions for Child Care,” Conference Report, US Department of Labor, August 1979

9. Day Care, 1981-1987. Day Care Homes Regulations and Guidelines; Reports, Resource Directory, Correspondence, Memorandum

10. Day Care, 1982. “Public Day Care in Schenectady County: An Examination of Cost Effectiveness in Four Centers”

11. Day Care, 1982-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council, News Clippings, 1982, 1984-1986

12. Day Care, 1983. Consolidated Service Plan for Schenectady County Department of Social Services, First Draft

13. Day Care, 1983. Schenectady Day Care Council, Legislation, Correspondence, Newsletters

14. Day Care, 1983. Schenectady Day Care Council, Department of Social Services, Correspondence, News Clippings, Reports, Testimonials

15. Day Care, 1983-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council, Minutes, Meeting Agendas, Notes

16. Day Care, 1983-1990. Handwritten Notes

17. Day Care, 1984. Child Care Worker Salary Survey

18. Day Care, 1984. Department of Social Services, Annual Report

19. Day Care, 1984. Reports, Testimonials, Newsletters

20. Day Care, 1984. Schenectady Day Care Council, Transportation

21. Day Care, 1984-1986. New York Child Care Coordinating Council, Memorandum, Correspondence, Financial Records, By-laws

22. Day Care, 1984-1987. Schenectady Day Care Council, Leaflets, Pamphlets and Newsletters

23. Day Care, 1984-1985. Schenectady County Day Care Initiatives Proposal

24. Day Care, 1984-1992, Legislation and Legislative Conference Reports, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992

25. Day Care, 1985. Minutes, Resource and Needs Report, News Clippings, Correspondence

26. Day Care, 1985. Pamphlets, Fliers, Broome County Child Development, Inc. Annual Report

27. Day Care, 1985. Reports, Legislation

28. Day Care, 1985. Response to Child Care Legislation, Memorandum of Opposition

29. Day Care, 1985. Senior Citizen Employment Opportunities Program Day Care Project

30. Day Care, 1985-1986. Correspondence

31. Day Care, 1985-1986. Personnel Reports, Minutes, Agendas, Correspondence

32. Day Care, 1985-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council, Correspondence

33. Day Care, 1985-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council, County Manager, Correspondence, Notes, Minutes, Testimonial

34. Day Care, 1985-1986, Schenectady Day Care Council, Department of Social Services, Correspondence, News Clippings, Notes

35. Day Care, 1985-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council, Information, Notes, Correspondence, Financial Records, By-laws, Memorandums, Day Care Directory, Newsletters, News Clippings

36. Day Care, 1985-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council, Reports

37. Day Care, 1985-1986. Schenectady Day Care Council, Testimonials

38. Day Care, 1985-1986. Testimonials

39 Day Care, 1985-1991. Fliers, Pamphlets, Leaflets, 1985-1991, undated

40. Day Care, 1985-1994. Newsletters

41. Day Care, 1986. “Annual Implementation Report of the Consolidated Services Plan,” Schenectady County Department of Social Services

42. Day Care, 1986. “Child Care Resource and Referral” Presentation, Child Care, Inc, February 5, 1986

43. Day Care, 1986. Letters to Assemblymen in support of increased day care funding, January 1986

44. Day Care, 1986. New York State Child Care Coordinating Council, Agendas and Minutes

45. Day Care, 1986. New York State Senate Standing Committee on Child Care, Chairman’s Report

46. Day Care, 1986. Request for Proposals, New York State Department of Social Services

47. Day Care, 1986. Schenectady Child Day Care Council, Maps and Forms

48. Day Care, 1986-1987. “Hard Questions, Straight Answers: Child Care Policy for New York State,” New York State Commission on Child Care, Correspondence

49. Day Care, 1986. “Annual Implementation Report of the Consolidated Services Plan,” Schenectady County Department of Social Services, First Draft

50. Day Care, 1987. Child Care Legislation, New York State Assembly Task Force on Women’s Issues Report, Newsletters

51. Day Care, 1987. DSS Day Care Training Project, Newsletters

52. Day Care, 1987-1988. Correspondence, Commissioner Richard Staszak, Department of Social Services

53. Day Care, 1987-1988. Newsletters, Correspondence, News Clippings

54. Day Care, 1988. Department of Social Services Regulations, Family Day Care Homes

Box 4
Folder

1. Day Care, 1989-1995. Refreshing Springs Child Day Care, Financial Statement, Memorandum and Resume for Financial Manager Position, 1989, 1994-1995

2. Day Care, 1989-1999. Welfare Reform, Reports, Fliers, Newsletters, 1989, 1994-1999

3. Day Care, 1990. Department of Social Services, Notice of Emergency Adoption

4. Day Care, 1990. Chairwoman’s Report: New York State Standing Committee on Child Care

5. Day Care, 1991. Chairwoman’s Report: New York State Standing Committee on Child Care

6. Day Care, 1991. New York State Executive Budget

7. Day Care, 1992. Department of Social Services, Administrative Directives, Memorandum, Correspondence

8. Day Care, 1992. New York State Child Care Coordinating Council, Lobbying Packet and Press Kit

9. Day Care, undated. Child Care Aide-work Experience Project, Job description

10. Day Care, undated. Coloring Books, “Cindy Goes Shopping with Mommy”, “A Trip to the Supermarket”, “Car Seat Kitty”

11. Day Care, undated. Schenectady Day Care Council, Advisory Council

12. Day Care, undated. Survey of Characteristics of Families using Child Day Care Services in New York State, New York State Child Care Coordinating Council

13. Day Care, undated. “Your Family Rights: A Family Guide to the New York State Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities”


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Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001
Subseries 4: Housing and Consumer Rights, 1969-1998

Box 1
Folder

1. Better Neighborhoods, Inc., 1969-1984. Annual reports, 1969-1971, 1973, 1978-1984.

2. Better Neighborhoods, Inc., 1970-1994. Correspondence (including Quirini's letters of nomination and resignation), annual reports, photograph, brochures, clippings, funding and budget information, minutes, notes, 1970-1974, 1981-1986, 1994.

3. Better Neighborhoods, Inc., 1970-1985. Brochures, notes, newsletters, "Proposal for a Neighborhood Social Action Project," clippings, fact sheets, 1970-1972, 1981, 1985.

4. Consumer issues, 1977-1988. Consumer Advisory Council On Energy Affairs to Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. Ten Year Report, 1977-1988.

5. Consumer issues, 1983-1998. New York Power Authority annual reports, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998. Also includes clippings and newsletter interleaved with annual reports.

6. Consumer issues, 1990-1993. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation annual reports, 1990, 1993.

7. Consumer issues, 1990. The Niagara Mohawk Reducing Plan.

8. Consumer issues, 1991-1993. Capital District Utility Consumer Advisory Council agenda and minutes; fact sheet, pamphlets.

9. Consumer issues, 1989-1992. Clippings, Consumer Advisory Council Meeting minutes, newsletters, pamphlet, 1989, 1992.

10. Consumer issues, 1986-1992. Capital District Utility Consumer Advisory Council agendas, correspondence, members list, information on the Special Protections program, and minutes; notes; newsletter; clipping; calendars; PSC Albany Area Senior Citizen Advisory Council minutes; legislation; 1986, 1992.

11. Consumer issues, 1987-1989. New York State Public Service Commission Statement of Policy Endorsing Model Utility Senior Program, statistics, clippings, brochure, Niagara Mohawk Advisory Board meeting minutes, Niagara Mohawk newsletter.

12. Consumer issues, 1989-1992. Capital District Utility Consumer Advisory Council agenda, information on time of use rates, Albany Area PSC Senior Citizen Advisory Council agenda and minutes, pamphlet, correspondence, clippings, "Play To Win: How to Save Money on your Utility Bill" (NYS Public Service Commission), notes, newsletter, report, 1989-1992.

13. Consumer issues, 1986. Summary Report of a New York State Public Service Commission conference (April 28, 1986), "Utility Consumer Services: Programs That Work."

14. Consumer issues, 1987. State of New York Public Service Commission Senior Advisory Councils Combined Meeting, October 28, 1987. Members list, information on energy conservation and the SAVINGPOWER program, reports, agenda.

15. Consumer issues, 1990. New York State Public Service Commission. Consumer Services Division Leadership Training Manual. Pamphlets and brochures.

16. Consumer issues, 1990. New York State Public Service Commission. Consumer Services Division Leadership Training Manual. Folder of information, notes, and agenda for Senior Leadership Training Conference, April 6, 1990.

17. Consumer issues, 1990-1992. Pamphlets, brochures, booklets and other information on utilities, meter-reading, assistance programs, time of use rates; NYS Public Service Commission agenda.

18. Consumer issues, 1992. Informational materials from NYS Public Service Commission's Community Outreach Day, June 12, 1992. Includes agenda, booklets, and brochures.

19. Consumer issues, 1978-1989. Comic books dealing with energy and electricity, pamphlet on low-level radiation, clipping, 1978, 1989.

20. Consumer issues, 1979-1992. Miscellaneous papers, including pamphlet and brochure, correspondence and minutes of the Public Service Commission's Albany Area Senior Citizen Advisory Council, attendance sheet, notes, 1979, 1990, 1992.

21. Consumer issues, 1981-1988. Pamphlets, articles, clipping, and fact sheets on energy, energy conservation, radiation, and utility rates; correspondence.

22. Consumer issues, 1984. Conference materials from the New York State Elderly and Energy Conference, November 7-8, 1984, including map, lists of attendees and exhibitors, and other information.

23. Consumer issues, 1984-1993. North American Electric Reliability Council, Electric Power Supply and Demand 1984-1993.

24. Consumer issues, [ undated] "The Fair Tax Guide for New York," Fiscal Policy Institute, Inc.

Box 2
Folder

1. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1982, IUE Local 301 Testimony in Niagara-Mohawk Fuel Adjustment Hearing

2. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1982-1989, Miscellaneous Energy Reports

3. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1982-1992, Niagara-Mohawk Publications, Pamphlets, Leaflets

4. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1983-1986, News Clippings

5. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1984, New York Power Pool Publications

6. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1984-1988, Minutes, Agendas, Reports

7. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1985-1988, Publications, Ten Year Report 1977-1988

8. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1985-1990, Correspondence

9. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, 1988-1989, Niagara-Mohawk Publications

10. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, Undated, Instructional Coloring and Comic Books

11. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, Undated, Nine Mile Island Pictures and Diagrams

12. Consumer Advisory Council on Energy Affairs, Undated, Signed Petitions Protesting Agreement Between Niagara-Mohawk and PSC

13. Consumer Issues, 1954, Food Service Leaflets

14. Consumer Issues, 1985, Banking and Credit Leaflets

15. Consumer Issues, 1987-1992, Miscellaneous Energy Pamphlets

16. Consumer Issues, 1990-1998, Energy Rates, Correspondence, News Clippings, Electric Bills

17. Consumer Issues, 1996-1998, Phone Rates, Signed Petitions, News Clippings, Phone Bills

18. Consumer Issues, Undated, Inflation Quiz

19. Housing Advocates, 1983, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, Memorandum

20. Task Force on Alternative Housing, 1988, Meetings, Minutes, Agendas, Correspondence


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Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001
Subseries 5: Senior Citizens, 1946-2001

Box 1
Folder

1. New York State Governor's Conference on Aging, 1994-1995. Memos, agenda, map, issue papers, statistical information, recommendations, adopted platform, Bulletins, correspondence, comparison of language in resolutions approved at the White House Conference on Aging.

2. New York State Governor's Conference on Aging, 1995. Conference materials including resolutions, location and map information, brochures, correspondence, newsletter.

3. New York State Governor's Conference on Aging, 1995. Agenda, and information on participants and services, general information, rules and resolutions, workshops general, fact sheets, issues briefs, background papers, recommendation sheets, local events, and WHCOA.

4. New York State Governor's Conference on Aging, 1994-1995. Correspondence, fact sheet, newsletter, agendas, clipping, conference materials, notes, New York State Office for the Aging "Aging in New York State."

5. White House Conference on Aging, 1994-1995. Information on delegate selection process, letters of recommendation supporting Quirini's nomination as a conference delegate, related correspondence, biographical information on Quirini.

6. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Information pertaining to Quirini's travel arrangements, including tickets, confirmations, map, and reimbursements.

7. White House Conference on Aging, 1994-1995. The 1995 White House Conference on Aging Newsletter. Also includes resolution, guidelines for post-conference events, and letter of appreciation from President William Clinton.

8. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Letter of welcome from President William Clinton, proposal of the Citizens' Commission on Pension Policy, political cartoons.

9. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Helen Quirini's certificate of participation.

10. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. "Draft Resolutions" and "Background Materials."

11. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. "Draft Resolutions."

12. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. "Background Materials."

13. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. "Rules of the Conference."

14. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. "Program." Also includes schedule with New York State Delegate meeting times.

15. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. "Adopted Resolutions."

16. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. "Final Resolutions."

17. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. "Proposed Report: From Resolutions to Results. Executive Summary."

18. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Miscellaneous, loose lying material.

19. White House Conference on Aging, 1995. Miscellaneous, loose lying material.

20. White House Conference on Aging, 1994-1995. Miscellaneous, loose lying material.

21. American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 1985-1996. Miscellaneous, loose lying material. Includes certificate of appreciation to Helen Quirini; correspondence with Louise D. Crooks, President of the AARP; brochures; booklets; and newsletters of Schenectady County Chapter #490-- "The Reporter," AARP information on women's history month, 1985, 1986, 1989-1996.

22. AARP, 1986-1991. Minutes, agendas, notes, financial information, correspondence, chapter #490 activities reports, memos.

23. AARP, 1987-1995. Miscellaneous, loose lying material. Includes newsletters of Schenectady County Chapter #490--"The Reporter," financial information, standing rules, minutes, Helen Quirini's letter of resignation as Board Member, 1987-1992, 1995.

Box 2
Folder

1. AARP, 1988-1991. Budget, pamphlet, resolutions, clippings, notes, correspondence, memo, trip report, Quirini's statement on "Why I Decided to Run for President of AARP Chapter 490," programs from Christmas party (1989) and Spring Luncheon (1991).

2. AARP, 1989-1991. Notes, financial information.

3. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens Organizations, 1982-1993. Miscellaneous papers including minutes; minutes of the Legislative Committee; correspondence; information on senior issues, e.g. pensions, health care, Medicare, Social security, emergency medical card; notes; questionnaires; petitions; flyer; treasurer's report; copies of Personal Records & Planning Book, 1982, 1983, 1985-1993.

4. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens Organizations, 1983-1992. Miscellaneous papers including organizational materials for the 1986 Awards Luncheon-Senior Volunteer Recognition Day (May 15, 1986), correspondence, minutes, attendance sheets, newsletters, annual report, agendas, notes, draft of Personal Records & Planning Book, 1983, 1985-1988, 1990-1992.

5. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens Organizations, 1984-2000. Miscellaneous papers including treasurer's reports, minutes, email, agendas, bylaws, notes, attendance sheets, correspondence, clippings, and other information on health care and similar issues, 1984, 1992, 1995-2000.

6. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens Organizations, 1985-2000. Miscellaneous papers including minutes, agendas, treasurer's reports, correspondence, clippings, notes and other information on health care, Medicare, etc., 1985, 1988, 1994-1998, 2000.

7. Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, 1946-2001. Information packets with material on General Electric, GE retirees, and the GE pension fund, 1946-1948, 1973, 1985-1987, 1989-1997, 2001.

8. Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, 1974-1994. Miscellaneous, loose lying material dealing with General Electric, GE retirees, and the GE pension fund, specifically advocacy work to promote increasing the pensions of GE retirees and gain cost of living adjustments. Includes clippings, notes, memo, Congressional testimony ("The Impact of Employer Reversions on Collectively Bargained Pension Plans," "Statement of the Pension Rights Center"), press releases, clippings, correspondence, minutes, statistics, IUE News, flyers, resolutions, legislation, IUE Retiree News, 1974, 1979, 1983-1994.

9. Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, 1977-1999. Miscellaneous, loose lying material dealing with General Electric, GE retirees, and the GE pension fund, specifically advocacy work to promote increasing the pensions of GE retirees and gain cost of living adjustments. Includes clippings, fact sheets, resolutions, correspondence, notes, press releases, IUE Retiree News, 1977, 1983, 1985-1994, 1999.

10. Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, 1980-1994. Miscellaneous, loose lying material dealing with General Electric, GE retirees, and the GE pension fund, specifically advocacy work to promote increasing the pensions of GE retirees and gain cost of living adjustments. Includes statistics, correspondence, clippings, legislation, flyers, memos, notes, report, photographs, 1980, 1985-1987, 1989-1994.

11. Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, 1983-1993. Miscellaneous, loose lying material dealing with General Electric, GE retirees, and the GE pension fund, specifically advocacy work to promote increasing the pensions of GE retirees and gain cost of living adjustments. Includes proposals, fact sheets, correspondence, clippings, press releases, newsletters, TV script, notes, copies of the Congressional record and legislation.

12. Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, 1983-1998. Miscellaneous, loose lying material dealing with General Electric, GE retirees, and the GE pension fund, specifically advocacy work to promote increasing the pensions of GE retirees and gain cost of living adjustments. Includes partial council member list, clippings, flyers, "Coalition Action Alert" newsletter, statistics, partial summary of Local 301's advocacy on behalf of pensioners, 1983, 1986-1989, 1991-1993, 1996-1998.

13. Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, 1984-1994. Miscellaneous, loose lying material dealing with General Electric, GE retirees, and the GE pension fund, specifically advocacy work to promote increasing the pensions of GE retirees and gain cost of living adjustments. Includes notes, correspondence, IUE Retiree News, statistics, clippings, petitions, surveys, photographs, press release, flyers.

14. Local 301 IUE-AFL-CIO Retirees Council, 1990-1997. Miscellaneous, loose lying material dealing with General Electric, GE retirees, and the GE pension fund, specifically advocacy work to promote increasing the pensions of GE retirees and gain cost of living adjustments. Includes flyers, notes, IUE News, clippings, statistics, IUE Retiree News, 1990, 1992-1993, 1996-1997.

15. AFL-CIO Retiree Group, 1985-1986. Folder with material on the inception of a union retiree network in New York State, as well as information on senior citizens, retirees, and generic drugs, 1985-1986.

16. Clippings, 1989. Clippings from a Chicago Tribune series of articles on retirement security and pensioners, letters, 1989.

17. Coalition for Pension Security, 1990-2000. Plan Sponsor (1997, 1998, 1999), clippings and articles, draft documents, newsletter, AARP booklet, 1990, 1993, 1997-2000.

18. Coalitions, 1998-1999. Includes information from the Coalition for Pension Security, the Coalition for Retirement Security, and other groups. Email, newsletters, clippings, articles, flyers, pamphlets, correspondence, Supreme Court decision (Hughes Aircraft Co. et al. v. Jacobson et al.), speeches of Quirini and Henry Antonelli, Plan Sponsor (1999), 1998-1999.

Box 3
Folder

1. AARP, 1983, News Clippings, Correspondence, Report on Legislation

2. AARP, 1989-1996, Schenectady County Chapter Newsletter, “The Reporter”

3. AARP, Undated, Prescription Prices Survey

4. AFL-CIO Committee to Study Nursing Homes, 1976, Reports, Correspondence

5. AFL-CIO Retiree’s Council, 1977, “America’s Nursing Homes: Profit in Human Misery”

6. Albany Area PSC Senior Citizen Advisory Council, 1991-1993, Meeting Agendas, Minutes, Reports

7. Brookdale Center on Aging, 1993, Leaflets, Fliers, Publication List

8. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1978, “Your Medicare Handbook,” Department of Health, Education and Welfare

9. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1986-1989, News Clippings, Articles

10. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1987-1989, Annie Schafer Senior Center

11. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1987-1989, Abstracts and Excerpts from Articles

12. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988, “Golden Booklet” Pamphlet by Helen Quirini

13. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988, Text of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act

14. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988, The Villers Advocacy Associates

15. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988, “What You Need To Know About the New Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act,” Prentis Hall Editorial Staff

16. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988-1989, AARP Coverage, News Clippings, Correspondence

17. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988-1989, Advocates Senior Alert Process (A.S.A.P.)

18. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988-1989, Correspondence

19. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988-1989, Correspondence With US and New York Executives, Senators and Members of the House

20. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988-1989, Fact Sheets, Leaflets, Handbills

21. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988-1989, Handwritten Notes

22. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988-1989, Letters to the Editor

23. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1988-1989, List of Relevant News Articles

24. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, “CATCAP Isn’t What It Appears”

25. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, Congressional Records

26. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, Congressional Research Service Reports

27. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, IRS Reports, AARP Reports

28. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, Legislation

29. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, Legislative Resolutions

30. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, List of Relevant Letters to the Editor

31. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, May 18th Rally, Media

32. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, May 18th Rally, Notes

33. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, May 18th Rally, Original Poster

34. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, May 18th Rally, Photographs

35. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, May 18th Rally, Transcript of Rally

36. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, Memorandum

37. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, National Association of Retired Federal Employees

38. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Welfare

39. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, News Clippings from “Solidarity Notes”

40. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, Original Poster for October 16th Rally

41. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, Related Legislative Abstracts

42. Catastrophic Coverage Act, Undated, Signed Petitions

43. Community Council of Greater New York, 1977, New York State Nursing Home Patient Ombudsman Program

44. Conference Material, 1984, “Schenectady Explores Senior Creativity”

45. Day Haven Adult Day Care, Undated, Leaflet, Criteria for Enrollment

46. Democratic Policy Committee, 1995, “Medicare’s 30th Anniversary”

47. Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield Medigap Insurance, 1992-1993, Correspondence, News Clippings

48. Empire State Medical, Scientific and Educational Foundation, 1989, Memorandum, Press Release

49. Expanded In Home Service for the Elderly Program (EISEP), 1986-1991, Reports

50. Grey Panthers, 1995, Articles, Mailing

51. Miscellaneous Medicare and Social Security Documents, 1983-1999, Fact Sheets, Fliers, Notes

52. National Center for Health Services Research, 1987, “Health Care for the Aging”

53. National Council of Senior Citizens, 1987-1988, Newsletters

54. News Clippings, 1987-1993, Medicare, Pensions, Nursing Homes

55. New York State Senate Task Force on Aging, 1988, “Health Care for a Graying Population: The Coming Crisis?”

56. New York Statewide Senior Action Council, 1999, “New York Seniors Guide to Medicare”

57. Opposition to Medicare Cuts, 1995, Correspondence, Signed Petitions

58. Physicians Participating in Medicare Handbook, 1984-1992

Box 4
Folder

1. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, 1987-1988, Handbills

2. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, 1988-1995, Signed Petitions

3. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, 1989-1992, Miscellaneous Pamphlets, Leaflets, Fliers

4. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, 1990-1995, Meeting Minutes

5. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, 1992, “Source Book for Seniors,” Regional Directory

6. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, 1994, Opposition to Utility Rate Increase, News Clippings, Correspondence, Public Statement, Signed Petitions

7. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, 1995, 1996, Legislative Testimony

8. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, Undated, “Personal Records and Planning Book”

9. Schenectady County Council of Senior Citizens, Undated, “Practical Help for Those Caring for the Elderly Person in the Communtiy”

10. Senior Citizen’s Advisory Committee, 1990, Creation of Committee, Correspondence

11. Social Security “Notch”, 1983-1994, News Clippings, Articles

12. Social Security “Notch”, 1986-1990, Correspondence

13. Social Security “Notch”, 1987-1991, Fact Sheets, Handbills, Charts

14. Social Security “Notch”, 1987-1992, AARP Leaflets, Fact Sheets, Correspondence

15. Social Security “Notch”, 1990, New York State Legislative Resolution

16. Social Security “Notch”, 1991, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Welfare, Talking Points

17. Social Security “Notch”, Undated, Signed Petitions

18. Correspondences with State and National Legislators, 1989, 1994-1996, Undated

19. Helen Quirini Speeches on Senior Issues, 1995, Undated

20. Mohawk Valley Senior Resource Center, 2000, Senior Community Forum on Aging Issues

21. National Council of Senior Citizens, 1999, “Seniority” Magazine

22. New York Senior Copes Plan, undated, “Community Options Program For Elderly Security”

23. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1972, First Conference Resolutions

24. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1987, 1999, 2000, Convention Programs

25. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1989-1999, Annual Convention Pamphlets

26. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1992, Convention Legislative Report And Reorganization Proposals

27. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1994-2002, “Senior Action” Newsletters

28. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1995, Annual Convention Speech

29. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1995, “Statewide Sentinel” Newsletter

30. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1996, Senate Democratic Task Force On Healthcare Testimony

31. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1997, Various Position Papers On Senior Issues

32. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1997, 25th Annual Convention Packet

33. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1998, 25th Anniverary Dinner Celebration Program

34. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1998, Loose Lying Material On Senior Issues

35. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1998, Board Meeting Minutes

36. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1998, 1999, 2000, “Senior Action On-Line News From Albany”

37. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1999, Financial Information, Minutes Of Meetings, Organizational Priorities

38. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1999-2000, “Advocacy Packet”

39. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1999, 2001, 2002, Correspondences, Budgets, By-Laws, Grassroots Senior Day

40. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2000, Annual Convention Resolutions

41. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2000, “Capital District Senior Action” Newsletter

42. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2000, Reports, Financial Information, Legislative Priorities, Election Information

43. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2001, Financial Information, Correspondences, Newsletters, Press Releases

44. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2003, Board of Directors Meeting Material

45. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2003, Legislative Committee Meeting Material

46. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2003, Reorganization Material, State Budget Press Releases

47. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2004, Annual Convention Material

48. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2004, Financial Information, Newsletters

49. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2004, Region 5 Capital District, By-Laws, Minutes, Correspondences

50. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2004-2005, Convention Badges

51. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2005, Board of Directors Meetings

52. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 2006, Annual Convention, Board of Directors, and Financial Material

53. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Undated, EPIC Information

54. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Undated, Helen Quirini Letters To The Editor

55. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Undated, Medicare, Prescription Drug Coverage, Mission Statements, Newsletter, Organizational History
56. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, Undated, “Organizing In Your Community”

57. New York State Assembly Hearing On Pending Medicare Changes, 1995, Statements

58. Nursing Home Community Coalition of New York State, 1999, Statewide Annual Convention

59. Public Citizen, 1999, Prescription Drug Fairness Material

60. Rose Kryzak Eulogy, Undated, Kryzak Legacy Pamphlet, Undated, Written By Helen Quirini

61. Senior Issues, 1998, Legislative Visits Information

62. AARP, 1990, Long Term Care Campaign

63. AARP Entitlements and the Federal Budget Deficit, 1992.

64. Senior Action Coalition/Seniors Coalition Against Catastrophic Act, 1988-1990.

65. Senior Action Coalition/Seniors Coalition Against Catastrophic Act, 1988-1990.

66. Social Security Advisory Council, 1996.

67. "Catastrophic Mistake" Rally Photos, undated.

68. Capital District Consortium on Aging, Minutes and Flyers, 1993-2001

Box 5
Folder

1. New York StateWide Senior Action Council, 1994, 1995,“StateWide Sentinel” Newsletters.

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Folder

1. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, New York Senate Legislative Resolution

2. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, New York Assembly Legislative Resolution

3. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1991, New York Assembly Legislative Resolution

4. Catastrophic Coverage Act, 1989, City of Schenectady Legislative Resolution

5. Social Security "Notch", 1991, New York Assembly Legislative Resolution

Films

"Catastrophic Mistake," 1990, VHS


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Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001
Subseries 6: Human Services, 1970-2000

Box 1
Folder

1. Human Services Planning Council, Aging Awareness Award, 1984

2. Human Services Planning Council, Aging Awareness and Independence Day, 1984

3. Human Services Planning Council, AIDS Information, 1985-1990, undated

4. Human Services Planning Council, Annual Meeting Minutes, 1989-1991, undated

5. Human Services Planning Council, Annual Reports, 1973-1992, undated

6. Human Services Planning Council, Board of Delegates, 1988-1993, undated

7. Human Services Planning Council, Budget and Financial Statements, 1980-1994

8. Human Services Planning Council, By-laws, 1988

9. Human Services Planning Council, Capital District Bershire Area Economic Conversion Study Group Council, 1987

10. Human Services Planning Council, Committees, General Files, 1986-1993

11. Human Services Planning Council, Correspondence, 1978-1991, undated

12. Human Services Planning Council, Elections, 1990

13. Human Services Planning Council, Executive Committee, 1988-1993, undated

14. Human Services Planning Council, Health Committee and Aging Committee, 1973-1991, undated

15. Human Services Planning Council, Health Reports, 1975-1988, undated

16. Human Services Planning Council, History, 1989

17. Human Services Planning Council, HSPC Reivew, 1987-1992

18. Human Services Planning Council, Information Day, 1983-1984

19. Human Services Planning Council, Job Referral Center, 1983, undated

20. Human Services Planning Council, "Jobs Now" Job Fair, 1983-1987, undated

21. Human Services Planning Council, Long Range Planning Committee, 1973-1984, undated

22. Human Services Planning Council, Memoranda, 1986-1993

23. Human Services Planning Council, Miscellaneous Documents, circa 1970s-1990s

24. Human Services Planning Council, Monitoring Committee, 1980

25. Human Services Planning Council, News Clippings, 1972-1994, undated

26. Human Services Planning Council, Organizational Plans and Descriptions, 1973-1991, undated

27. Human Services Planning Council, Pamphlets, Miscellaneous, 1984-1992, undated

28. Human Services Planning Council, Personnel Committee Files, 1973-1991, undated

29. Human Services Planning Council, Profile of Schenectady County, 1983

Box 2
Folder

1. Human Services Planning Council, Reports and Recommendations, 1973-1994, undated

2. Human Services Planning Council, Research, 1970-2000

3. Human Services Planning Council, Review and Strategy Committee, 1975-1993, undated

4. Human Services Planning Council, Schenectady Community Survey, 1971-1973

5. Human Services Planning Council, Schenectady Community Survey, 1972

6. Human Services Planning Council, Schenectady Community Survey, Metrofair, 1972

7. Human Services Planning Council, Welfare Monitoring Tool, undated

8. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Committee Minutes, Miscellaneous, 1988-1991

9. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Correspondence, 1987-1992

10. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Counter Budgets, 1986-1988

11. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Financial Statements and Budgets, 1986-1992

12. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Homelessness and Poverty, 1987-1988

13. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Lobbying and New York Representatives, 1985-1992

14. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Membership, 1983-1989

15. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Memoranda, 1986-1991

16. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Minutes, 1982-1994

17. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Miscellaneous, 1982-1994, undated

18. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, New York State Budget and Taxes, 1982-1991

19. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, News Clippings, 1977-1989, undated

20. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Notes, circa 1980s, undated

21. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Operating Procedures, 1983

22. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Position Papers, 1986-1994

23. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Programs, 1973-1994

24. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Religious Supporters, 1987, undated

25. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Research, Miscellaneous, circa 1980

26. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Schenectady County Demographics, 1984

27. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, SENSES Proposal, 1983

28. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, SENSES Regional Coalitions, 1982

29. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Social Service Information, 1986-1988, undated

30. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Voting, 1988

Box 3
Folder

1. Human Services Planning Council, Annual Reports, 1978, 1991-1992

2. Human Services Planning Council, History of HSPC Timeline, 1989

3. Human Services Planning Council, Minutes, 1991-1993

4. Human Services Planning Council, Schenectady County Community Services Directory, 1993

5. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Counter Budgets, 1983, 1987-1988, 1992-1994

6. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Fiscal Policy Institute Publications, 1992-1993

7. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, “Income Maintenance Training,” 1990

8. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Letters to the Editor, 1992

9. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Minutes, Agendas, Reports, Notes, 1989, 1993

10. Schenectady Friends of Human Services, Position Papers, 1989-1993

11. Youth Employment Services Committee, Carver Talent Search, 1986

12. Youth Employment Services Committee, Correspondence, 1982-1988

13. Youth Employment Services Committee, Minutes, 1986-1988

14. Youth Employment Services Committee, Memorandum, “Report on Job Referral Center,” 1984-1989

15. Youth Employment Services Committee, Pamphlets, Leaflets, 1985

16. Youth Employment Services Committee, Reports, Notes, 1984-1985


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Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001
Subseries 7: United Way, 1968-1995

Box 1
Folder

1. Account Assignments, 1993-1994

2. Administrative Charts, 1979-1983

3. Affirmative Action, 1973

4. Agreement of United Fund with Community Welfare Council, 1980

5. Allocations Committee, 1977-1994

6. Allocations Committee, 1980

7. Annual Celebration and Awards, 1987-1993

8. Annual Meetings, 1977-1994

9. Annual Reports, 1972-1981

10. Annual Reports, 1982-1994

11. Awards Program, 1978-1989

12. Budget Committee Reports, 1970-1976

13. By-laws, 1988-1993

14. Campaign Cabinet, Fundraising Materials, 1971-1993, undated

15. Child Care, 1979-1989

16. Code of Ethics, 1994

17. Committee Documents, 1976-1994, undated

18. Communication Network, undated

19. Community Chest of Schenectady, 1963-circa late 1970s

20. Concerned Citizens for a Fair and Inclusive United Way, 1991

21. The Contributor, 1987-1990

22. Correspondence, 1976-1994

23. Correspondence, 1980

24. Elections, Nominations, 1975-1983

25. Executive Committee and Board of Directors, 1972-1994, undated

26. Financial Reports and Budgets, 1968-1994

27. Financial Reports and Budgets, 1968-1994

28. Financial Reports and Budgets, 1968-1994

29. General Electric, Correspondence, 1980

30. General Electric Share Fund, 1974-1991

31. General Guidelines for Fund Use, circa 1972-1980s

Box 2
Folder

1. Government Relations Committee, 1984-1985

2. Government Relations Committee, undated

3. Health Fund Committee, 1977-1980, undated

4. Long Range Planning Committee, 1976-1978, undated

5. Member Organization Lists and Guidelines, 1975-1994, undated

6. Membership Forms, undated

7. Memoranda, 1990-1994

8. Miscellaneous, 1971-1994, undated

9. "Mobilizing a Caring America," 1990

10. News Clippings, 1982-1994, undated

11. "Nine for the Nineties," Joint Capital Fund Drive Association, circa 1990s

12. Pamphlets, 1973-1974

13. Pamphlets, 1974-1985, undated

14. Pensions, 1992-1994

15. Personnel Policies, circa 1990

16. Planned Parenthood Program, 1978-1979

17. Priority Issues, Reports, Recommendations, 1984-1995

18. Reports and Statements, Miscellaneous, 1973-1979

19. Resolution to Helen Quirini, 1978

20. Salvation Army, 1973-1981, undated

21. Schenectady Chapter Membership in National United Way, 1993

22. Stein, Eric, Chair of United Way Coordinating Committee, 1994

23. Task Force on Duplication, 1970-1981, undated

24. United Fund of Schenectady County, 1971-1972, 1974, 1976

25. Volunteer Leaders Conference, 1978-1987

26. Women's Committee Report, 1976

27. YMCA, circa 1975


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Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001
Subseries 8: Health Care, 1972-1996

Box 1
Folder

1. "Access to Cancer Care: A Report to the State," American Cancer Society, undated

2. Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention and Services Program, 1986

3. Carver Community Health Center, Pamphlets, Fliers, Leaflets, Correspondence, 1986-1989

4. Citizen Action of New York, Fliers and News Clippings, 1988-1989

5. "Communities Working Together for a Healthier New York," Report to the Commissioner of Health, New York State Public Health Council, September 1996

6. Community Council of Greater New York, Ombudsman Plan, 1976

7. Correspondence, Assemblyman Paul Tonko, 1987-1988

8. "County of Schenectady proposed Public Health System," June 29, 1990

9. Draft of Presidential Health Reform Proposal, September 1993

10. Enhancing and Sustaining Informal Support Networks, Pamphlet, November 1981

11. Family Respite Co-op Handbook, undated

12. GE Retirees, HMO's and Health Care 1988-1993

13. Governor's Health Care Advisory Board, Public Forum, November 15, 1993

14. Governor's Health Care Advisory Board, Public Forum, November 22, 1993

15. Governor's Health Care Advisory Board, Report to Governor, January 5, 1994

16. Governor's Health Care Advisory Board, Testimony of Murray Nusbaum, MD, November 22, 1993

17. Governor's Health Care Advisory Board, Testimony of the New York State Nurses Association, November 15, 1993

18. Health Care Action Line, Correspondence and Memorandums, 1988

19. Health Care Action Line, Directions and Guidelines, 1988-1989

20. Health Care Action Line, Incoming Call Log, 1988-1989

21. Health Care Action Line, News Clippings, 1986-1988

22. Health Care Action Line, Notes and Call Statistics, 1988-1989

23. Health Care Action Line, Ombudsman Committee, Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Reports, 1988

24. Health Care Action Line, Outgoing Call Log, 1988

25. Health Care Action Line, Reference Material, 1988-1989

26. Health Care Action Line, Referral Phone Number List, 1988-1989

27. "Health Care Cost Containment" Conference, Reports, Program, June 5, 1978

28. Health Care Reform Task Force, Correspondence and Memorandums, 1993

29. Health Care Reform Task Force, Information, 1993

30. Health Care Reform Task Force, Minutes, 1993

31. Health Care Reform Task Force, Training Program Materials, 1993-1994

32. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Ad Hoc Long Term Care Workgroup, November, 1988

33. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Aging and Long Term Care Report, October 29, 1990

34. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Annual Action Plan, 1989-1991

35. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Annual Reports, 1976-1981, 1983-1984, 1986-1987, 1990-1993

36. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Baptist Retirement Center, Report, Memorandum and Budget, 1991, 1993

37. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Board of Director and Address Lists, 1976, 1990, 1993-1995

38. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Board of Directors Orientation Kit, 1978

39. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Budgets and Treasurer's Reports, 1993-1995

40. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Correspondence, 1972, 1977, 1989-1995

41. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, House Democratic Health Care Bill, Reports, August 1994

42. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, HSA/NENY News, 1977-1979, 1984, 1987-1990

Box 2
Folder

1. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Long Term Care Reports, 1990, 1993
2. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for June 6, 1988 Board of Directors Meeting, Leaflet, Memorandum, Agenda, Minutes, Reports, Correspondence, April-June 1988

3. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for June 1, 1992 Executive Committee Meeting, Memorandum, Clipping, Agendas, Reports, Correspondence, April-June 1992

4. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for August 3, 1992 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda, Memorandum, Reports, July-August 1993

5. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for September 14, 1992 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda Memorandum, Reports, August-September 1992

6. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for November 2, 1992 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda, Reports, Memorandum, Minutes, October-November 1992

7. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for December 7, 1992 Executive Committee Meeting, Memorandum, Agenda, Reports, October-December 1992

8. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for January 4, 1993 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda, Minutes, Memorandum, Correspondence, December 1992-February 1993

9. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for March 1, 1993 Executive Committee Meeting, Memorandum, Reports, February-March 1993

10. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for June 6, 1994 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda, Memorandum, May-June 1994

11. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for August 2, 1993 Executive Committee Meeting, Memorandum, Reports, Agendas, News Clippings, August 1993

12. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for September 13, 1993 Executive Committee Meeting, Correspondence, Minutes, Memorandum, Report, July-September 1993

13. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for October 3, 1994 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda, Memorandum, Reports, Correspondence, July-October 1994

14. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for November 1, 1993 Executive Committee Meeting, Minutes, Memorandum, Reports, October-November 1993

15. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for February 7, 1994 Executive Committee Meeting, Minutes, Memorandum, Reports, January-February 1994

16. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for April 4, 1994 Board of Directors Meeting, Agenda, Minutes, Memorandum, Reports, Correspondence, March-April 1994

17. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for April 4, 1994 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda, Memorandum, Reports, March-April 1994

18. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for March 7, 1994 Executive Committee Meeting, Memorandum, Minutes, Reports, Correspondence, February-March 1994

19. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for May 2, 1994 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda, Minutes, Memorandum, Reports, Correspondence, April-May 1994

20. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for May 20, 1994 Health Care Reform Task Force Meeting, Agendas, Correspondence, Reports, February-May 1994

21. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for August 1, 1994 Executive Committee Meeting, Memorandum, Reports, Correspondence, July-August 1994

22. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for February 6, 1995 Executive Committee Meeting, Correspondence, Memorandum, Reports, January-February 1995

23. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for April 3, 1995 Executive Committee Meeting, Agenda, Correspondence, Memorandum, Reports, February-April 1995

24. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Materials for September 11, 1995 Board of Directors Meeting, Agendas, Memorandum, Minutes, Reports, Correspondence, April-September 1995

25. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 1976-1979, 1981, 1993-1995

26. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Memorandum, 1977-1978, 1988-1989, 1992-1995

27. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Miscellaneous Documents, 1987, 1993-1997

28. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Miscellaneous Publications, 1980, undated

29. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, News Clippings, 1989, 1992-1994

30. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Northeastern New York HIV Care Network, Newsletters, Flyers, Membership Lists and Minutes, 1993-1995

31. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Orientation Kit, 1990

32. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Plan for HIV/AIDS Services in Northeastern New York, Report, undated

33. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Planning Area Profiles, 1994-1994

34. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Policies and By-laws, 1992-1995

35. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Project Reports, 1993-1995

36. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Reports, 1978, 1980, 1990-1993

37. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Reports, 1990-1993

38. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Reports, 1992-1996

39. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Review and Comment Records, 1978, 1980, undated

40. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Review Material, 1977, 1980, 1985

41. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, State of New York Department of Health Minimum Standards for Hospitals, August 22, 1988

42. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Reports and Memorandum, July 1993

Box 3
Folder

1. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Warren County Hospices, Memorandums, Minutes, Correspondence and Reports, 1998-1994

2. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Warren County Hospices, State Health Department Review, 1993-1994

3. HMO's, Agendas, Articles, 1979-1981

4. HMO Governing Board Handbook, September 1980

5. Lobby Day for New York Health, Fliers, Correspondence, June 9, 1992

6. Local Health Care Issues Core Group, Long Term Care, Correspondence, Reports and News Clippings, 1988-1989

7. Long Term Care, Leaflets, Pamphlets, News Clippings, Reports and Correspondence, 1973-1989

8. Mohawk Valley Physician's Health Plan, Administrative Services Proposal, November 18, 1981

9. Mohawk Valley Physician's Health Plan, Board of Director and Physician Lists, 1981-1983

10. Mohawk Valley Physician's Health Plan, Budgets, 1983

11. Mohawk Valley Physician's Health Plan, By-laws and Policy, 1981-1983

12. Mohawk Valley Physician's Health Plan, Contract and Certificate of Incorporation, 1981

13. Mohawk Valley Physician's Health Plan, Leaflets and Publications, 1981-1983

14. National Health Care Reform, Articles and News Clippings, 1984, 1988, 1990-1997

15. National Health Care Reform, Pamphlets and Fliers, 1990-1997

16. National Health Care Reform, Reports and Correspondence, 1989-1995

17. New York Health Care Reform, News Clippings, Fliers, Articles, Correspondence, Reports, 1989-1995

18. New York Health Care Reform, Signed Petitions, 1992

19. "The Organization and Delivery of Home Care Services", Report, December 1984

20. Public Health Services in Schenectady County, Report, May 1989

21. "Reimbursement in 1980: Issues and Choices" Conference, Agenda, Reports, September 9, 1980

22. Republican Health Care Task Force Draft Staff Proposal, September 1993

23. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Ambulance Case, 1988

24. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Anti-Smoking Committee, Minutes, News Clippings and Reports, 1996-1997

25. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Correspondence, 1986-1993

26. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Establishment of Schenectady County Health Department, 1974, 1987-1990

27. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Establishment of Schenectady County Health Department, 1974, 1987-1990

28. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Handwritten Notes, 1987-1989, undated

29. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Health Assessment Reports, 1988

30. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 1987-1989

31. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 1990-1993

32. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 1994-1998

33. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Ombudsman Subcommittee, 1988-1989

34. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, News Clippings, Articles 1988-1996

35. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Phone and Address Lists, 1987, 1990

36. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Publications, Flyers, Pamphlets, 1986-1989, 1997-1998

Box 4
Folder

1. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Reports, 1988-1994

2. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Reports, 1988-1994

3. Schenectady County Committee on Health Care Issues, Testimonies, 1986-1989

4. Schenectady County Community Health Assessment, 1989

5. "Shaping an Affordable Health Care Future" Conference, Summary, Reports, Fliers, Articles, News Clippings, October 1, 1984

6. Society of Patient Representatives, Correspondence, Report, 1977

7. Upper Hudson Regional Comprehensive Planning Organization, Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 1975-1976

8. Schenectady Area Comprehensive Health Planning Organization, Board of Directors, News Clippings, 1969

Box 5
Folder

1. AARP, “A Case for Comprehensive Health Care Reform: The Costs of Doing Nothing,” 1993

2. “Communities Working Together for a Healthier New York,” Report to the Commissioner of Health, 1996

3. Governor’s Health Care Advisory Board, “An Analysis of the Administration’s Health Proposal,” Congressional Budget Office, 1994

4. Governor’s Health Care Advisory Board, Testimony of the Medical Society of the State of New York, 1993

5. Governor’s Health Care Advisory Board, Testimony from the Town Meetings on President Clinton’s Health Care Plan, 1993

6. Governor’s Health Care Advisory Board, Text of Affordable Health Care Now Act, 1993

7. Health Care Issues Committee, News Clippings, 1987

8. “Health Management in the Seventies” conference, Correspondence, Press Releases, 1976

9. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Agency Closure, Correspondence, 1996

10. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Analysis of Need for Long Term Care Beds, 1980

11. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, High Peaks Hospice, 1993

12. Health Systems Agency of Northeastern New York, Minutes of First Annual Meeting, 1976

13. Healthy Capital District Initiative, “Health Profile: Report to Sponsors,” 1997

14. Healthy Capital District Initiative, Healthy Capital District Initiative Survey, 1998

15. “Meeting the Home Health Care Needs of the Elderly in the 21st Century Through Telecommunication,” 1995

16. Miscellaneous Leaflets and Pamphlets, Health Care Reform, Long Term Care, Medications, 1979-1992

17. “A New Yorker’s Guide to Health Insurance Choices,” New York State Office of the Aging, 1997

18. President Clinton’s Health Security Plan, Fliers, Posters, Bumper Stickers, 1993

19. President Clinton’s Health Security Plan, News Clippings, Fact Sheets, Correspondence, 1993-1994

20. President Clinton’s Health Security Plan, Summary of Key Changes, 1993

21. Upper Hudson Regional Comprehensive Planning Organization, Application for Funding, 1972

22. Upper Hudson Regional Comprehensive Planning Organization, Correspondence, News Clippings, 1972-1973


Helen Quirini
Audiovisuals

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Note that the following is a compilation of audiovisual material in the Helen Quirini Papers arranged by format. These items are also listed in the Box and Folder List at the appropriate Series or Subseries level.

Films

General Electric Retirees Rally, Schenectady, NY, April 19, 2001, Running time 1:31:30

Frank-ly Speaking, April 10, 2001, Running time 0:29:10

Company Town, Featuring Helen Quirini, undated

Helen Quirini Interview, WMHT, September 1994

Electric City, Helen Quirini, undated

General Electric Retirees Rally, Justice Fund, June 18, 1998

Plant Gate Demonstration, Schenectady, NY, April 15, 1999

General Electric Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, April 21, 1999

Local 301 Retirees Rally, 2001, Running time 0:21:00

Helen Quirini's Home Movies, Includes union elections and actions, circa 1950s

North American Phillips Mexican Plant Tour, IUE Local 796, undated, VHS

"Catastrophic Mistake," 1990, VHS

Helen Quirini Interview, Working at GE during WWII and conditions for women, Division of Military Affairs Headquarters, Latham Armory, August 31, 2004, Running time 0:50:00

Helen Quirini Lecture, Dr. Gerald Zahavi's History 101 Course, November 8, 2004, Running time 1:05:00

Women's Conference, 1950; Lynn, MA, 1950; Breakfast, 1959; Fort Edward Strike, 1960; GE Front Gate, 1960; 1966 Strike; 1969 Strike; 1975 Party; 1976 Party; Running time 1:30:00

CDs

Contact a staff member for inventories of CDs created by/for Quirini. The items digitized vary by CD and are not at present listed online in their entirety.

Helen: A Lifetime of Deeds, contains 107 digital reproductions of news clippings
Women's Rights, contains 6 digital reproductions of news clippings


Helen Quirini
Brief Inventory of Accessions Received, 2003-ongoing

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The following materials are currently unprocessed. Consult a staff member for additional information.

2003 Accession

Box 3

Schenectady United Way, Minutes, by-laws, correspondence, etc.

2004 Accession

Box 1

New York StateWide Senior Action Council:
Newspapers, 1988
Region Five Papers and meetings
Publications
Region Five Capital Annual Senior Helath Conference, May 9, 1996
Biographies and histories
Legislative priorities, 2001-2003
Rose Kryzak book information
DRG Trainers, Training Manual
Long Term Care Campaign, 1992-1993
Region Six Seniorama, August 15, 2002
Grassroots Senior Citizen Day, May 7, 2003
Conference Call, April 7, 2003
Board of Directors, Meeting, 2001-2003
Annual Convention, 2000-2001

Box 2

General Electric, Benefits

Box 3

From Conference Board, publications, files

Box 4

Local 301 and General Electric Contracts

2005 Accession

Box 1

Georgetta Dix Booklet
IUE-CWA, Grievances
IUE-CWA, Steward Resource Manual
IUE Local 301, Retiree Council, Agendas, 1985-2000
IUE Local 301, Retiree Council, Christmas Parties, 1983-
Labor Parade, 1999
NAACP
DRG Information
HSA NENY News
Catastrophic Mistake
"Does Democracy Matter in labor Unions? An Examination of Unio Democracy and Labor/Management Relations at the Schenectady Works," Peter D. Klinkow, 2003
Picket Duty Card
Tester Electrical Commercial Routine, Job Description
Schenectady County Human Rights Commission, 40th Anniversary
Public Service Commission, Minutes
Malinda Myers Booklet
Nutrition Program for the 2004 Elderly Schenectady Advisorty Council

Box 2

Schenectady Development/Redevelopment, circa 1970-1990s
Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization, 1999
YWCA
Spotlight, Newsletter of the Schenectady Utilities Operation, circa 1970s
United Way, 1990s
Glenville Energy Park, Power Plant, circa 2002
United Way
General Electric Tax Assessment
HSPC
Day Care
General Electric Shareholders Meeting, 2005

Videos

2006 Accession

Box: Gazette/ New York State Department of Transportation Regional Headquarters Building, circa 1999-2001
News clippings, correspondence, and legal documents detailing the efforts by Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization, Schenectady Heritage Foundation, Preservation League of New York State, and residents to prevent the demolition of the Gazette building and other structures on the southwest corner of Broadway and State Streets in Schenectady in 2000-2001. The buildings were razed in December 2000 and early 2001 for the construction of the New York State Department of Transportation Regional Headquarters, which opened in 2003.
Photographs, circa 2000
Correspondence, News Clippings, and Speeches, 1999
Legal Documents, 2000
Correspondence, News Clippings, and Speeches, January-July 2000
Correspondence, News Clippings, and Speeches, August-November 2000
Demolition of Building, News Clippings, December 2000

Box: Metroplex 1
Downtown Development in Scranton, Chattanooga, and Rochester
Formation, Opposition
Hugh Farley, Correspondence
Robert Schultz
George Robertson
Charter Nominees, News Clippings, July-October 1998
Neil Golub and Robert Farley
By-laws
Legal Creation
Legal Creation
Formation, Editorial Cartoons
Annual Reports
Proposed Amendments and Accountability
Proposed Amendments and Accountability

Box: Metroplex 2
Proposed Amendments and Accountability
Proposed Amendments and Accountability
Downtown Redevelopment, News Clippings, March-November 1998
Downtown Redevelopment, News Clippings, March-November 1998
News Clippings, 1999
Planning Process, 1998-2002
Metroplex Bonding Ability, Meeting

Box: Miscellaneous
Schenectady 2000, Schenectady Chamber of Congress, Previous Plans, 1970
Schenectady Downtown Redevelopment
George Robertson
Brandywine Industrial Park, April 16, 1999
Western Gateway Transportation Center
Schenectady Redevelopment, News Clippings; Charter Members Petition
Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization, December 1998-2001
CPR News
Metroplex, Speeches, Newsletter
March 19th Coaltion, Newsletters, Speeches

Box: Schenectady Downtown Development
News Clippings, Reports, Speeches and Correspondence relating to the City of Schenectady Industrial Agency and other agencies charged with the redevelopment and renewal of downtown Schenectady including the Hough Building and the proposed Western Gateway Transportation Center and Brandywine Industrial Park. The material highlights the efforts of local residents concerned with the operation of local economic development agencies and their role in revitalizing downtown Schenectady.
Schenectady Economic Development Corporation, 1984-1999
New York State Industrial Development Agencies: Boon or Boondoggle, 1992
Industrial Development Agency Report, 1998
City of Schenectady Industrial Development Agency, 1998-2002
City of Schenectady Industrial Development Agency, 1984, 1998-1999
Schenectady Chamber of Commerce Annual Report, 1999
Previous Downtown Schenectady Redevelopment Plans, 1970, 1974, 1980
News Clippings, 1998-2002
Brandywine Industrial Park, Proposal, 1999


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