Hearing, research, and report files, 1958, 1965-1967.

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Hearing, research, and report files, 1958, 1965-1967.

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The files in this accretion were compiled by William J. Ronan, who was a member of the commission from 1965 to 1967, and also served as chairman of the Subcommittee on State Government, Legislative Apportionment, Suffrage and Methods of Constitutional Amendment. Ronan, former secretary to Governor Nelson Rockefeller, served concurrently as a member of the commission and as the first chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Ronan's files include meeting minutes; correspondence; memoranda; newspaper clippings; copies of journal articles; press releases; lists of convention delegates; draft reports; and background materials used in the preparation of reports. The records pertain to all of the various subject areas, outlined above, upon which the commission focused its investigations.

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