New York State Democratic Committee records, 1970-2020, bulk 1990-2004

Subseries I.1: General, 1980-2005

This subseries is comprised of logistical and statistical information related to the functioning of political parties within the United States and especially within New York State. The folders within this subseries contain information that is not directly related to the State Democratic Committee, but involves members of the Democratic Party or issues that confront it. Many of these folders are related to individual counties in New York State or to financial records kept by the party.

Request Box 1

Box 1 General, 1980s-2000s, (2 folders)

Box 1 1792 Club, 2000s, 1792, 2000s

Box 1 Association of State Democratic Chairs, 2002

Box 1 Board of Elections Certification Lists, 2004

Box 1 Board of Election Notices, 2006

Box 1 Budget and Finances, 2000, (2 folders)

Box 1 Civil Marriage Resolution, 2003

Request Box 2

Box 2 College Democrats, 2005

Box 2 Correspondence, 1980s-2000s, (2 folders)

Box 2 County Chairs, 2000s

Box 2 County Chairs Resources, 2000s

Box 2 County Committee Correspondence, 1999

Box 2 Democratic Governor's Association, 1996

Box 2 DNC, 2000s

Box 2 Democratic Rural Conference, 1999

Box 2 Dis/Approved Correspondence, 1996

Request Box 3

Box 3 Donors, 1989-1995

Box 3 Executive Committee Conference Calls, 1990s-2000s

Box 3 Executive Committee Proxies, 1995

Box 3 Financial, 1990s

Box 3 Flight Dates, 1999

Box 3 FOIA Requests, 2000s

Box 3 Governor's Vote By Assembly District, 1998

Box 3 Herman "Denny" Farrell Jr. Correspondence, 2000s

Box 3 Matching Grants, 2004

Box 3 Members of DNC, 1990s-2000s

Box 3 Nassau Democratic Action Plan, 2001

Box 3 National Hispanic/Latino American Agenda Summit, 2004

Request Box 4

Box 4 Resolutions, 2004

Box 4 Rockland County Insurance Contracts, 2004

Box 4 Rules and Certification of Officers, 1995-2001

Box 4 Rules and Regulations, 2005

Box 4 Somos El Futura, 2004

Box 4 Standing Committee, 2004

Box 4 Tax Return Press Conference, 2000

Box 4 Town Chairs, 2004

Box 4 Treasury, 1999

Box 4 Vacancies and Replacement, 1990s-2000s

Box 4 Vacancies, 2002

Box 4 VIP Mailings, 1997

Box 4 Website Proposals, 2003

Box 4 Young Democrats, 2000s

Subseries I.2: Conventions, 1990-2006

The bulk of the convention files is concerned with New York State Democratic conventions, although there is some information about national conventions for the Democratic and Republican parties. Many of the conventions held between 1990 and 2006 are included in the records of sign-in sheets, hotel plans, proxy forms, correspondence, rules and regulations, and plans for important election years. The state conventions of 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2006 are the most extensively covered.

Request Box 5

Box 5 Democratic National Convention

Box 5 1992

Box 5 1996, (2 folders)

Box 5 2000

Box 5 2004

Request Box 6

Box 6 RNC, 2004

New York State Convention

Box 6 1990

Box 6 1992

Box 6 1994

Box 6 1998, (6 folders)

Request Box 7

Box 7 2000, (4 folders)

Box 7 2002, (4 folders)

Request Box 8

Box 8 2004

Box 8 2006, (3 folders)

Box 8 Brochures, 1998-2002 ( 2 folders), 1998-2002

Subseries I.3: Delegates and Electoral College, 1991-2020

This small subseries includes information regarding delegate selection and the role of the Electoral College in elections. Prominently featured are statements of candidacy, as well as official DNC rules and regulations for selecting delegates.

Request Box 9

Box 9 Delegate Selection and Affirmative Action Plan, 1991

Box 9 Electoral College, 1996, (2 folders)

Box 9 Statement of Candidacy, 1999-2000, (3 folders)

Request Box 37

Box 37 Certificate of Ascertainment and Certificate of Vote, 2000

Request Box 9

Box 9 Delegates and Alternates, 2000

Box 9 Delegate Plan, 2000

Request Box 10

Box 10 Electoral College, 2001, (2 folders)

Box 10 Delegates and Delegate Information, 2004

Box 10 Delegation Meeting, 2004

Box 10 DNC Rules and By-Laws and Delegate Selection Plan, 2004

Subseries I.4: Elections and Campaigns, 1990-2004

A major aim of the New York State Democratic Committee is to elect Democrats into political offices throughout the state. This subseries chronicles recent elections. Extensive coverage is given to the senate election of 2000 between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rick Lazio and to polling throughout this eight year span. Advertisements and media coverage or relations for other statewide elections, local elections throughout the state, and national elections are also included.

Box 10 Budget and Finances, 1998

Box 10 Budgeting and Races, 1990s-2000s

Request Box 11

Box 11 Campaign Ads, 1990s-2000s

Box 11 Campaign Manual, undated

Box 11 County Surveys, 1990s-2000s, (4 folders)

Request Box 12

Box 12 General Election, 1990s-2000s

Box 12 Events and Fundraisers, 1990s-2000s, (2 folders)

Box 12 Fossella, Vita, 1997

Box 12 Legal Framework, 1990s-2000s

Box 12 Literature/Mailings, 2000s

Box 12 New York State Board of Elections, 2001

Box 12 Pataki and D'Amato, 1997-2000

Box 12 Victory Fund, 2000-2004

Request Box 13

Box 13 1996

Box 13 Analysis of NYSDC 1996 Campaign, 1996

1997

Box 13 Campaign Manual

Box 13 Federal Election Campaign Laws

Box 13 Statewide Media Planning Guides

1998

Box 13 Ballot

Box 13 Ballot Summaries

Box 13 Coordinated Campaign

Box 13 Coordinated Campaign – Finances

Box 13 Election

Request Box 14

Box 14 Election Media and Polling

NYSDC TV Buy Plans

Box 14 1998 September 21-27

Box 14 1998 October 5-6, 1998 October

Box 14 1998 October 8-11

Box 14 1998 October 12-14

Box 14 New York State Elections

Box 14 Phone Survey Questionnaires

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Box 15 Radio Buy Plans

Victory, 1998

Box 15 General

Box 15 Cash Flow

Box 15 Literature and Scripts

Box 15 Post-Campaign Analysis

1999

Box 15 Campaign Training Workshop

Box 15 Elections

Box 15 Post-Campaign Analysis

Box 15 Rockland County Special Senate Election

Box 15 TV Buy Plans, 1999 November 25-December 1

Box 15 "We Vote, We Win"

Box 15 "Winning Local Elections in 1999"

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Box 16 2000

Box 16 Banner Book Addendum

Box 16 Democratic National Platform

Box 16 GOTV

Box 16 Literature

Box 16 Media Strategies and Research

Box 16 New York CD 1 Survey

Box 16 Polling, (2 folders)

Box 16 Poll Verbatim Response

Box 16 Primary and Election Votes

Request Box 17

Box 17 New York State Senate Race

Box 17 New York Senate Events, (2 folders)

Box 17 Senate Race 2000 Statement of Support for Hillary Clinton, 2000, (2 folders)

Box 17 Statewide Survey Conducted, November 2000

Victory, 2000

Box 17 General

Box 17 Coordinated Campaign Plan

Request Box 18

Box 18 Issue Ads, (2 folders)

Box 18 Legal

Box 18 Mailings

2001

Box 18 Action Plan

Box 18 GOTV

2002

Box 18 Campaign Plan New York

Box 18 March 2 Primary

Box 18 Radio Ads

Box 18 Special Election

Box 18 State Party Ads

Box 18 Survey and Invoice

Box 18 Surveys

Box 18 Victory 2002 Coordinated Campaign Plan, 2002

2003

Box 18 Blastfaxes

Box 18 Estrada Nomination

Request Box 19

Box 19 New York Citywide Survey, 2003 April

Box 19 Nonpartisan Election Proposal, (2 folders)

2004

Box 19 Coordinated Campaign - Election Day

Box 19 Events

Box 19 GOTV

Primary Election Congressional Districts

Box 19 5-7

Box 19 8-9

Box 19 10-12

Box 19 13-15

Box 19 16-17

Box 19 Spanish Ads

Box 19 Vendor Table Info

Request Box 20

Box 20 Victory, 2004

Box 20 Victory Coordinated Campaign, (2 folders)

Box 20 Working Families Party Acceptance

Subseries I.5: Judicial, 1988-2006

This subseries is almost wholly comprised of information regarding Judicial Nominating Conventions in New York State between 1994 and 2006. Every year between 1997 and 2006 has its own folder, which contains general information about the convention. A party call is also available for every year starting in 1994 and ending in 2005.

Box 20 General, 2000s

Box 20 Judicial Screening Supreme Court, 2000s

Judicial Nominating Conventions

Box 20 General, 1988-1997

Box 20 1997

Box 20 1998

Box 20 1999

Request Box 21

Box 21 2000

Box 21 2001

Box 21 2002

Box 21 2003

Box 21 2004

Box 21 2005

Box 21 2006

Party Call

Box 21 1994

Box 21 1995

Box 21 1996

Box 21 1997

Box 21 1998

Box 21 1999

Box 21 2000

Box 21 2001

Box 21 2002

Box 21 2003

Box 21 2004

Box 21 2005

Subseries I.6: State Committee, 1990-2004

The State Committee subseries deals largely with the New York State Democratic Committee's biannual meetings between 1995 and 2004. The subseries holds more detailed information in regards to scheduling and logistics about the meetings than information about substantive policies and strategy discussed; however, minutes are included in the material corresponding to most meetings.

Request Box 22

Box 22 General, 1998-2000, (2 folders)

Box 22 Conference Calls, 2004

Box 22 Lease, 1997

Box 22 Lists, 1990s-2000s, (3 folders)

Box 22 List Updates, 1990s-2000s

Box 22 Logo, undated

Request Box 23

Box 23 State Nominating Convention, 2004

Box 23 State Party Operations Brochure, undated

Box 23 State Committee Retreat, 1996

State Committee Meeting/Proxies

Box 23 Meeting, 1995 Spring, 1995

Box 23 Proxies, 1995 Spring, 1995

Box 23 Meeting, 1997 Spring, 1997

Box 23 Proxies, 1997 Spring, 1997

Box 23 Roll Call, 1997 Fall, 1997

Box 23 Meeting, 1998 Spring, 1998

Request Box 24

Box 24 Meeting,1998 Fall, (3 folders)

Box 24 Meeting, 1999 Spring, 1999

Box 24 Members, 1999

Box 24 Roll Call and Sign-in Sheet, 1999 Spring, 1999

Box 24 Meeting, 1999 Fall, 1999

Box 24 Proxies, 1999 Fall, 1999

Request Box 25

Box 25 Meeting, 2000 Fall, 2000, (2 folders)

Box 25 Proxies, 2000 Fall, 2000, (2 folders)

Box 25 Meeting, 2001 Spring, 2001, (2 folders)

Box 25 Proxies, 2001 Spring, 2001, (2 folders)

Request Box 26

Box 26 Vacancies, 2001 Spring, 2001

Box 26 Meeting, 2001 Fall, 2001

Box 26 Sign-in Sheet, 2001 Fall, 2001

Box 26 Meeting, 2002 Fall, 2002

Box 26 Members, 2002 Fall, 2002

Box 26 Minutes, 2002 Fall, 2002

Box 26 Meeting, 2003 Fall, 2003, (2 folders)

Request Box 27

Box 27 Proxies, 2003 Fall, 2003, (2 folders)

Box 27 Meeting, 2004 Fall, 2004

Box 27 Members, 2004 Fall, 2004

Box 27 Minutes, 2004 Fall, 2004

Box 27 State Committee Appointed, 2004

Subseries I.7: Reform Caucus, 1996-2006

The Reform Caucus of the New York State Democratic Committee, the heir to the reform movement in the party initiated by Eleanor Roosevelt and Herbert Lehman. Records of the Caucus from the years 1996-2006, which includes successful efforts to commit the Party to singlepayer healthcare, same sex marriage rights, a moratorium on the death penalty, ratification of the ICC Treaty, and to oppose military intervention in Iraq.

Request Box 42

Box 42 Oneonta, 2004, (1 folder)

Box 42 Gay Marriage - Buffalo, September, 2003

Box 42 Clubs, 2002

Box 42 Manhattan Caucus, 2001-2002, (3 folders)

Box 42 Lists and Rules, 1991

Box 42 Reform Caucus Application

Box 42 Gay Marriage, 2000-2003

Box 42 Gay Marriage, 2004

Box 42 Buffalo, 2006

Box 42 53rd Presidential Inagural, 1997

Box 42 Bella Abzug Memorial

Box 42 Reform Caucus, 2004

Box 42 Borosage/CAF, 2001

Box 42 Party Rules, 2001

Box 42 Reform Caucus Rules, 1997

Box 42 Reform Albany, 2004

Box 42 Iraq - Political, 2003-2004

Box 42 Voting Rights and Rules, 1995-1996

Box 42 Village Independent Democrats (VID), 1998

Box 42 Gay & Lesbian Democrats (GLID), 2000 Spring, 2000

Box 42 Downtown Independent Democrats (DID), 2001-2004

Box 42 Delegate Selection, 1991-1992

Box 42 Reform Caucus, 1995-2001

Box 42 Stonewall Democratic Club, 1996

Box 42 Rural Conference, 1999-2000

Box 42 Resolution re. Iraq Withdrawl, 2006

Box 42 Death Penalty, 2005

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Box 43 Resolutions, 1997

Box 43 General Correspondence, Memos, 1990-1992

Box 43 Campaign Finance, 1995-2000

Box 43 State Committee Caucus, 1994-1996

Box 43 State Convention, 1996

Box 43 Legislature Reform, 2000

Box 43 Reform Meeting, December, 2001

Box 43 Reform Meeting, 1998

Box 43 Reform Meeting, September, 2000

Box 43 Spending Rules, 2000

Box 43 Rules Reform, 1990-2001

Box 43 Caucus & Meetings, November, 1999

Box 43 Albany Workshop, March, 1998

Box 43 Buffalo, 1994

Box 43 Burning Issues, 1996-1997

Box 43 Budget Issues, etc., 1991

Box 43 Agenda, 1998

Box 43 A Handbook for Democratic Action ("We're Right, They're Wrong") by Charlie King

Box 43 Meetings - Albany, May, 1997

Box 43 SC Meetings, April, 1994

Box 43 Judicial Screening Panel, 1996

Box 43 State Committee Meeting, September, 1995

Box 43 Cuomo Res, 1995-1998

Box 43 State Committee Retreat, 1996

Box 43 Meeting, April, 1997

Box 43 Convention, 2002

Box 43 Harvey Milk, 1998

Box 43 Meeting, December, 1996

Box 43 Resolutions: Health Care, 1993-1994

Box 43 Meeting, May, 2001

Box 43 Affirmative Action

Box 43 Statement of Principles, 1997

Box 43 Meeting - Syracuse, September, 2002

Box 43 Meeting, May, 2003

Box 43 City Council, 2001

Box 43 Democratic Convention, 1998

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Box 44 State Convention, 2000

Box 44 Reform -- FICA Resolution, 2000

Box 44 Reform -- Prison Resolution, 2000

Box 44 Gay Marriage, 2004

Box 44 NYC S-S Marriage, 2004

Box 44 Miscellaneous memos, lists, etc, 2001

Box 44 Copies of "New York Blade" and "Gay City", and material re. Larry Moss, 2006

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Series I: Files, 1980-2006