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Finding Aid for the
HELEN QUIRINI
PAPERS, 1941-2005
(APAP-102)

Helen Quirini, circa 1999, photographer unknown

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.

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Description

Box and Folder List:

• Series 1: Autobiographical, Writings, and Personal, 1940-1991, .8 cubic ft.
• Series 2: Work, Union, and Politics, 1940-1987, 5.2 cubic ft.
• Series 3: Women and Work, 1941-1999, 2.3 cubic ft.
• Series 4: Labor Newspapers, 1917-1990, 9 reels, cubic ft.
• Series 5: General Electric, 1919-1990, 1.6 cubic ft.
• Series 6: Community Activism, 1928-2001, 18.00 cubic ft.
• Sub-Series 1: Human Rights, 1949-1992, 3 cubic ft.
• Subseries 2: YWCA, 1928-1999, 3 cubic ft.
• Subseries 3: Day Care, 1953-1999, 2.6 cubic ft.
• Subseries 4: Housing and Consumer Rights, 1969-1998, .7 cubic ft.
• Subseries 5: Senior Citizens, 1946-2001, 2.35 cubic ft.
• Subseries 6: Human Services, 1970-2000, 1.75 cubic ft.
• Subseries 7: United Way, 1968-1995, 1.3 cubic ft.
• Subseries 8: Health Care, 1972-1996, 3.3 cubic ft.
• Audiovisuals
• Brief Inventory of Accessions Received, 2003-ongoing

Helen Quirini
Biographical Sketch

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

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

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

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

Box 3
Folder

1. “At Work Uniting Conscience and Community” Conference Program, Helen Quirini Receives Special Recognition Award, 1998

Oversize Box 1
Folder

1. Scrapbook of Solidarity Day March on Washington, 1981

Oversize Box 2
Folder

2. Scrapbook for Phillipe Award, 1975

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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

Box 12
Folder

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

Films

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

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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.

Box 6
Folder

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

Box 7
Folder

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

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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.

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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)

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

Box 5
Folder

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

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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.

Box 4
Folder

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

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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."

Box 2
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

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

Helen Quirini Papers
Box and Folder List

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, f