New York State Crime Commission records, 1951-1953

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Series II: Manuscripts



Box 1 Folder 3 Waterfront Public Hearing, testimony of: A.P. Guistra, December 18, 1952


Box 1 Folder 3 Waterfront Public Hearing, testimony of: C. Scannavino, December 18, 1952


Box 1 Folder 3 Waterfront Public Hearing, testimony of: J. Mangiameli, December 18, 1952


Box 1 Folder 3 Waterfront Public Hearing, testimony of: S. Camarda, December 18, 1952


Box 1 Folder 3 Waterfront Public Hearing, testimony of: H.S. Lipman, December 18, 1952


Box 1 Folder 3 Waterfront Public Hearing, testimony of: A.V. Camarda, December 18, 1952


Box 1 Folder 3 Waterfront Public Hearing, testimony of: M. Russo, December 19, 1952


Box 1 Folder 4 Handwritten notes from testimony (Includes thoughts of author, possible Lithgow Osborne, on physical characteristics of testifiers), 1952-1953


Box 1 Folder 5 Financial Questionnaire, [1952]


Box 1 Folder 6 Supreme Court, Appelate Division Charles Haydon vs. Joseph M. Proskauer, Chairman, Ignatius M. Wilkinson, Vice-Chairman, Edward P. Mulrooney, Lithgow Osborne and Samuel P. Capen, as members constituting the New York State Crime Commission., April 7, 1953


Box 1 Folder 7 Digest of information on certain arrest records – Confidential, [1952]


Box 1 Folder 8 Proposed paragraphs for insertion in Commission's Report re: General legislation applicable to labor unions, [1952]


Box 1 Folder 9 Waterfront report, for discussion of sections, [1952]


Box 1 Folder 10 Interim report of evidence adduced by the State Crime Commission relating to Six Brooklyn Locals of the International Longshoremen's Association, by Peter M. Brown, Robert J. Ensher and George Berlstein, marked secret and confidential, September 1952, 2 copies


Box 1 Folder 11 A report by the New York State Crime Commission to the Governor and Legislature of the State of New York (draft), 1952


Box 1 Folder 12 Recommendations relating to waterfront labor employed on piers or wharves, January 1953


Box 1 Folder 13 First report of the New York State Crime Commission to the Governor, the Attorney General and the Legislature (drafts), with covering memo from B.A.M. to Lithgow Osborne, January 1953, 2 copies


Box 1 Folder 14 Second Report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New York, second of a series of reports by the New York State Crime Commission, embodying observations and recommendations based upon investigations conducted by the Commission (drafts), January 1953, 2 copies


Box 1 Folder 15 Proposed draft of section dealing with Luchese, February 6, 1953


Box 1 Folder 16 Memorandum of draft of proposed recommendations relating to the waterfront, February 24, 1953


Box 1 Folder 17 Revised draft of proposed recommendations and covering memo from Leslie H. Arps to Commissioner Lithgow Osborne, March 6, 1953


Box 1 Folder 18 Third report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New York (drafts) includes covering memo from B.A. Matthews to Lithgow Osborne, March 11, 1953, 2 copies


Box 1 Folder 19 Third report to the Governor, the Attorney General and the Legislature of the State of New York (draft for comments) includes covering letter from Ben A. Matthews to Lithgow Osborne, April 3, 1953



Box 2 Folder 20 Crime Commission, copies of draft bills for third report Marked "Confidential", June 1953


Box 2 Folder 21 Fourth Report of the New York State Crime Commission to the Governor, the Attorney General and the Legislature of the State of New York (draft), April 20, 1953


Box 2 Folder 22 "The Invisible Men" Memorandum on the plan of the book and point of view of the Authors, 1953