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Investigative and Study Commissions (Social/Economic Issues)


Series:
New Jersey Study Commission on Adolescent Education
Public Hearing Transcripts and Draft of Report, 1976-1982
Control #:
SZADO001
Format:
1 c.f. (1 box)

Series:
Alzheimer's Disease Study Commission
Records, 1984-1986
Control #:
SZALZ001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)

Series:
Commission to Study the Arts in New Jersey
Records, 1963-1966
Control #:
SZARU001
Format:
3 c.f. (6 boxes)
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Series:
Commission to Investigate Compulsory Automobile Insurance
Report to the Legislature, 1926
Control #:
SZAUT001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Governor's Commission to Evaluate the Capital Needs of New Jersey
Reports to the Governor, 1968 & 1975
Control #:
SZCAR001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (3 vols.)

Series:
Capital Punishment Study Commission (1964)
Chairman's Files, 1964
Control #:
SZCAS001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
Capital Punishment Study Commission (1971)
Counsel's Files, 1971-1975
Control #:
SZCAT001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 box)
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Series:
Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorder
Records, 1968
Control #:
SZCID001
Format:
13.25 c.f. (15 boxes)
Restrictions:
Arrest records of juveniles are confidential per NJSA 2A:4A-60
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Series:
Governor's Committee on Civil Liberties
Records, 1947-1948
Control #:
SZCIL001
Format:
1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Series:
Commission to Investigate Communistic and Un-American Teachings and Activities in Public Schools
Records, 1948-1953
Control #:
SZCOM001
Format:
2 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Series:
New Jersey Legislative Commission on Conflicts of Interest
Correspondence of Louis P. Marciante, Member, 1956-1957
Control #:
SZCON001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

Series:
New Jersey Legislative Commission on Conflicts of Interest
Report to the Legislature, 1957
Control #:
SZCON002
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Temporary Commission for Inquiry Relating to the Distribution and Condition of Crippled Children
Annual Report to the Legislature, 1930
Control #:
SZCRP001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 report)

Series:
County and Municipal Government Study Commission
Records, ca. 1967-1992
Control #:
SZCUG001
Format:
33.25 c.f. (34 boxes)

Series:
Commission to Investigate County and Municipal Taxation and Expenditures
Report on Educational Services and Costs [Report No. 8], 1932
Control #:
SZCUT001
Format:
0.01 c.f. (1 report)

Series:
Commission on the Deaf and Dumb, Blind and Feeble-minded in the State of New Jersey
Published Reports, 1873-1874
Control #:
SZDEA001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (2 reports)

Series:
New Jersey Commission to Investigate the Cause of Dependency and Criminality
Public Hearing Transcripts, 1908
Control #:
SZDEP001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (4 vols.)
Arrangement:
Pages numbered; see table of contents
Notes:
Includes testimony, photographs, tables, and correspondence.
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Series:
Commission to Study Governmental Laws and Regulations Relating to Fire Safety Standards
Public Hearing Transcript, 1981
Control #:
SZFIR001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Governor's Advisory Commission on Gambling
Proceedings, 1987-1988
Control #:
SZGAM001
Format:
2 c.f. (4 boxes)
Arrangement:
Chronological
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Series:
Commission to Study Services and Programs Available to Hearing-Impaired Children
Records, 1987-1990
Control #:
SZHEI001
Format:
4 c.f. (4 boxes)

Series:
Task Force on New Jersey History
Records, 1996-1997
Control #:
SZHIV001
Format:
2.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
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Series:
Commission to Study the Department of Institutions and Agencies
Reports: Design for the Future, Social Welfare in New Jersey, 1958-1959
Control #:
SZINT001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (4 vols.)

Series:
State Commission of Investigation
Appendices to the Report on the Investigation of the Office of the Attorney General of New Jersey, ca. 1970-ca. 1972
Control #:
SZINV001
Format:
1 c.f. (3 vols.)
Notes:
Includes transcripts of testimony before the Commission (Vols. I & II) and correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc. (Vol. III).

Series:
Judicial Council of New Jersey
Annual Reports, 1930-1937
Control #:
SZJUD001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 box)
Notes:
The Judicial Council was created by law in 1930 to "make continuous study of the organization and relation of the various courts ..."

Series:
Juvenile Delinquency Commission
Report on Justice and the Child in New Jersey, 1939
Control #:
SZJUV001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Commission on Legal and Ethical Problems in the Delivery of Health Care (NJ Bioethics Commission)
Records, ca. 1986-1992
Control #:
SZLEG001
Format:
14 c.f. (14 boxes)
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Series:
Commission to Study the Problems and Needs of Mentally Deficient Persons
Records, 1951-1954
Control #:
SZMEN001
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Notes:
Includes 1954 annual report.
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Series:
Commission to Investigate the Employment of Migratory Children
Report to the Governor and Supplement, 1931-1932
Control #:
SZMIG001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (2 vols.)

Series:
Commission to Investigate and Report upon the Abandonment of Navigation of the Morris Canal
Reports and Photographs, 1903
Control #:
SZMOR001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box); 0.3 reel (part of 2 reels, 35-mm)
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Series:
Morris Canal Investigation Committee of 1912-13
Records, 1863-1921
Control #:
SZMOS001
Format:
2 c.f. (5 boxes); 2 reels (35-mm)
Arrangement:
Various
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Series:
Commission on Narcotic Control
Records, 1953-1960
Control #:
SZNAR001
Format:
2.6 c.f. (6 boxes and 1 envelope)
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Series:
Narcotic Drug Study Commission
Records, 1963-1967
Control #:
SZNAS001
Format:
3.75 c.f. (8 boxes)
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Series:
Legislative Commission to Study Narcotics
Minutes and Report, 1951-1952
Control #:
SZNAT001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (4 folders)
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Series:
Commission to Study Obscenity and Depravity in Public Media
Records, 1969-1970
Control #:
SZOBS001
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Restrictions:
Contains material restricted to minors under New Jersey law
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Series:
Off-Track Betting Study Commission
Interim Report on the Feasibility of Off-Track Betting, 1972
Control #:
SZOFF001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)
Notes:
Dated 1 June 1972.

Series:
Commission to Study Organization and Operation of the Executive Branch of the State Government
Report, 1956
Control #:
SZORG001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Commission for the Investigation of the Oyster Industry
Report to the Governor, 1902
Control #:
SZOYI001
Format:
0.01 c.f. (1 report)

Series:
Commission to Investigate the Practicability of Acquisition of the Title of Potable Waters of the State
Report, 1907
Control #:
SZPOW001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
New Jersey Prison Inquiry Commission
Report and Supplement, 1917-1918
Control #:
SZPRJ001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (5 vols. and 1 letter)

Series:
Commission on Prison System of New Jersey and on an Intermediate Prison
Report, 1877
Control #:
SZPRM001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 report)

Series:
Commission to Study the Administration of Public Medical Care
Report and Recommendations, 1959
Control #:
SZPUM001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Study Commission on Regulatory Efficiency
Records, 1987-1988
Control #:
SZREG001
Format:
4 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Series:
Commission to Investigate the Subject of the Distribution of State School Monies
Report to the Legislature, 1922-1927
Control #:
SZSCM001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (2 vols.)

Series:
Commission on Sex Discrimination in the Statutes
Records, 1978-1994
Control #:
SZSEX001
Format:
3 c.f. (3 boxes)
Notes:
These records are not processed; a preliminary inventory of the box contents is included in the accession file.
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Series:
Commission to Study the Uniform Commercial Code
Interim Report, 1960
Control #:
SZUNF001
Format:
0.01 c.f. (1 report)

Series:
Unemployment Relief Commission
Reports, 1938-1939
Control #:
SZUNR001
Format:
0.2 c.f. (2 vols.)

Series:
Temporary Commission on the Condition of the Urban Colored Population
Report to the Legislature, 1939
Control #:
SZURB001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vol.)

Series:
Urban Colored Population Commission
Records, 1944-1947
Control #:
SZURC001
Format:
2.5 c.f. (4 boxes)
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Series:
Joint Legislative Commission to Study the Subject of Benefits for Veterans of the Present Wars
Transcripts of Meetings and Hearings, and Rutgers University Report, 1943
Control #:
SZVET001
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
Arrangement:
Chronological
Notes:
[World War II].
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Series:
Commission to Investigate the Charges Concerning the Wrecks on the Monmouth Coast
Report to the Legislature, 1846
Control #:
SZWRE001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 vols.)


~ The collections listed on this page represent 103.63 c.f. of paper records and 2.3 reels of microfilm ~

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This page last updated 05/17/2006