Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 75.6 linear feet (180 boxes)

Summary

1. The New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities records date from 1970 to 1991 (bulk dates 1988-1991) and are comprised of administrative files, correspondence, funding information, meeting minutes, reports, research files, and survey data and analysis compiled by commission members. The collection addresses the commission's work studying perceptions of racial bias in New York State courts, their research findings, and their recommendations to improve conditions for minorities in the judicial system and legal profession.

Subject

1. Legal research
2. Press Releases
3. Attorney > New York (State)
4. Law Materials
5. Discrimination in justice administration > New York (State)
6. Jury selection > New York (State)
7. Correspondence
8. Research
9. Sound Recordings
10. Courts > New York (State)
11. Minutes (Reports)
12. Interviews
13. Memorandums
14. Minority lawyers > New York (State)
15. Law schools > New York (State) > Admission
16. Law > Study and teaching > New York (State)
17. New York (State)
18. Lawyer > New York (State)
19. Race discrimination > Law and legislation > New York (State)
20. Justice, Administration of > New York (State)
21. Bar examinations > New York (State)
22. Judges > New York (State)
23. Financial Statements

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Financial Statements.
3. Interviews.
4. Law Materials.
5. Memorandums.
6. Minutes (Reports)
7. Press Releases.
8. Research.
9. Sound Recordings.

Call number

1. SC MG 431

Access (note)

1. Unrestricted access. All reproduction requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies.

Terms of use (note)

1. Information on copyright available from repository.

Source (note)

1. Donated by Enid Gort, 2015.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. .

Author

1. New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities.

Title

1. New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities records, 1970-1991 (bulk 1988-1991).

Restricted access

1. Unrestricted access. All reproduction requests subject to limitations noted in divisional policies.

Terms of use

1. Information on copyright available from repository.

Location of other archival materials

1. Williams, Franklin H. Papers, 1917-1990. SC MG 378, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library; .

Source

1. Donated by Enid Gort, 2015.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Attorney New York (State).
2. Judges New York (State).
3. Lawyer New York (State).

Research call number

1. SC MG 431