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Displaying 552 Finding Aids
Title
- Vouchers and correspondence submitted by the State Roosevelt Memorial Commission
Series Number
- A1459
Summary
- This series consists of vouchers for expenses incurred by Frederick Law Olmsted of the architectural firm of Olmsted Brothers. Olmsted was employed by the State Roosevelt Memorial Commission to design an educational building adjacent to the American Museum of Natural History. Also included is correspondence about Olmsted's bills.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Court of Appeals ledgers
Series Number
- J0245
Summary
- The ledgers in this series appear to document expenses incurred by parties in various legal cases. Parties to a case are listed across from each other in the ledger. Each entry generally includes name, date, description of activity, and amounts. Amounts are totaled at the bottom of each entry.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Cash books
Series Number
- J0236
Summary
- This series consists of chronological log books recording cash receipts, disbursements, and balances of the Court of Appeals, Albany, N.Y. The function of the cash book was to provide an on-going record of the court's income and expenditures; entries are frequently for certificates of registration, remittiturs, and certified copies of petitions.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Institution for the Blind ledger accounts of counties
Series Number
- B0436
Summary
- This series is a ledger of individual counties' accounts with the institution. The accounts appear to record charges to and payments by counties for expenses of students. Accounts include dates, students' names, and amounts credited or debited.
Creator
- New York State Institution for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Ledgers pertaining to engineering appropriations
Series Number
- B0344
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts of vouchers created by the Superintendent of Public Works for engineering work on the Barge Canal System. Each abstract lists the date of expense; voucher number; names; description of expense; the canal or waterway to which expense relates; subtotals; and totals.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Treasurer's Office auditor's journal
Series Number
- A3201
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Copies of outgoing telegrams
Series Number
- A1370
Summary
- This series contains copies of telegrams sent to individuals and state agencies by the Comptroller. The subject is primarily the financial transactions of the State. Information is extremely brief and it is very difficult to determine the exact nature of the message.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Check register, income tax account
Series Number
- A1402
Summary
- This series consists of a register of checks drawn by the Comptroller for distribution of tax monies to the various counties, or for transfer of tax funds to other banks. Monies came from the state income tax, the bank tax, and the motor fuel tax. Each entry in the register gives date, bank drawn on, payee, check number, amount, and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of property transfer taxes
Series Number
- B0973
Summary
- This series consists of a summary record of property transfer taxes paid to the State Comptroller. Information includes the date of receipt; receipt number; decedent; name of person paying tax; payer's address; amount paid; amount of gifts, legacies, etc.; and remarks. There are no indexes to names of decedents.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bills, receipts, and warrants for the proposed state prison at Albany
Series Number
- A0873
Summary
- A proposed State Prison at Albany was authorized to be built under Chapter 30 of the Laws of 1796. A Board of Commissioners was appointed, which was authorized to purchase a lot not exceeding four acres, and a number of the records concern the controversy over the purchase of that land. It was also authorized to submit warrants for the cost of building the state prison to the Treasurer, and these warrants were passed on by the Comptroller.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual financial and statistical reports of universities, colleges, and junior colleges
Series Number
- B0557
Summary
- This series consists of annual reports submitted by higher education institutions, including overseas schools, chartered by the Board of Regents. The reports provide information on students, faculty, finances, and facilities. Data includes academic session length; names of officers and deans; number of faculty by academic rank and field; degrees conferred; library holdings and circulation statistics; property values; receipts and expenditures; endowment; and length and type of degree programs. Annual surveys of college and university libraries may be included in later reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Statistical Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Executive Committee meeting minutes
Series Number
- B1675
Summary
- The series consists of minutes of meetings of the "Executive Committee" of the New York State Asylum for Idiots, held roughly once a month between 1855 and 1891. Meetings are described as "informal" in the minutes, and the bulk of entries list bills audited. Lists show vendor/company and amount owed. Sometimes those conducting the audit are named. Damage to opening pages of the volume obscures information on the first few reported meetings.
Creator
- New York State Asylum for Idiots
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to severe mold damage. Closed pending conservation treatment.
Title
- Abstracts of expenditures of Erie Canal contracts
Series Number
- B0219
Summary
- These abstracts deal with administrative costs incurred during Erie Canal contracts. They record period covered by and type expenditure; division (eastern, middle, western);; voucher number and date; position (e.g. engineers, assistants, leveler, draftsman, etc.); salary; date and cost of contract; amounts paid (e.g. for printing, fuel and light, etc.); quantity of materials delivered,; material furnished by the State and estimate figures.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rome Developmental Center fiscal records
Series Number
- B2383
Summary
- This series documents receipts and disbursements of cash, billing and payments made for facilities maintenance, documentation of funds encumbered and appropriated, and accounting for cash belonging to patients. The records detail the management of patients' funds, expenditures for patient and facilities maintenance, and handling of monies in general. Records may contain personally-identifying information.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Certificates of exemption from quit rents
Series Number
- A1211
Summary
- This series consists of certificates stating that residents were obliged to leave their farms in order to participate in the late war between the United States and Great Britain. Information includes name and signature of the judge issuing the certificate, the name of the farmer and the location of the farm.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to lands sales for unpaid quit rents (Sale of 1808)
Series Number
- B0966
Summary
- During the early nineteenth century, the Comptroller conducted several sales of land for unpaid quit rents. This series indexes lands sold for unpaid quick rents. Each entry gives lot number; owner's name, if known; acreage; amount of tax due; charges for interest, advertising, and sale; grand total due; name of purchaser; sale certificate number; portion of parcel purchased; name of person redeeming parcel from sale; and amount paid to redeem.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records regarding bonds for the New York and Erie Railroad Company
Series Number
- A0912
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of records of bonds of the New York and Erie Railroad Company. The records include a list of bonds, correspondence relating to the assignment of bonds. Information provided includes dates, assignee and the dollar amount of bonds.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Superintendent of Prisons' vouchers for services and expenses of engineers for prison highway construction
Series Number
- A1166
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts of expenditures and accompanying vouchers for services and expenses (mainly travel) submitted by the Superintendent of Prisons to the Comptroller's Office. The Engineer of Prison Highways could spend up to $50,000 on highways designated by the State Commissioner of Highways to be built by prison labor.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Account book listing expenditures and monthly balance statements of the Western Division
Series Number
- B0741
Summary
- This volume contains expenditures and the monthly balance of the Western Division of the New York State Canal System.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Engrossed minutes of the Canal Commissioners
Series Number
- A0872
Summary
- This volume consists mainly of resolutions of the canal commissioners, who were established by Chapter 188 of the Laws of 1811. The resolutions give date, people present; resolution; and vote.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.