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Title

Correspondence concerning prisons

Series Number

A1165

Summary

This series contains routine letters to the Comptroller's Office concerning financial matters such as expenditures, appropriations and bonds mostly from Auburn and Sing Sing prisons.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Engineer and Surveyor Eastern, Middle, and Western Division canal records

Series Number

B0384

Summary

These records consist of fragments from many series relating to canals. The records include calculations, specifications, monthly estimates, instructions, damage claims, contracts, Canal Board resolutions, surveys, preliminary estimates, advertisements, lettings, proposals, maps, and final accounts.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

U.S. Loan mortgage foreclosure records

Series Number

A0482

Summary

This series consists of a single volume entitled, "Lands Bought in for the State on the Foreclosure of Mortgages" [Commissioners for Loaning Certain Monies of the U.S.]. The volume contains #283-#786 of mortgages foreclosed. Each record includes the mortgagee's name, lots affected, a brief description, county, amount, foreclosure date, resale, and amount.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Register of nominations for state offices

Series Number

A1951

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Census of non-institutionalized insane and idiots

Series Number

A1979

Summary

The Commissioners of Public Charities requested information about every non-institutionalized insane or retarded person to determine what provisions the state should make for their care and to plan appropriate legislation. Forms provide information regarding background and condition of mentally ill or retarded persons not currently under state care: name; sex; age; birth county; marital status; occupation; year disability began; if recovered, living independently, or died during the year; and remarks on the diagnosis and severity of the condition.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Annual reports of dispensaries

Series Number

A1986

Summary

This series consists of reports submitted by private dispensaries to the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities containing information on the institution's history, objectives, facilities, management, finances, and on the number of patients treated since opening and during the previous year. Each annual report contains financial information on the value of real and personal property, investments, indebtedness, receipts, expenditures, and cash on hand and statistical information on patients treated, persons vaccinated, prescriptions made, home visits, and home treatments.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Notices to state regarding cutting of brush along highways on state land

Series Number

A1386

Summary

The Commissioner of Highways could assess the cost against the owner for removing weeds and brush growing on privately owned land abutting highways. This series consists of notices of assessment, bills, and other documentation charging the cost of cutting brush along state roads within town boundaries. Also included are letters protesting the assessment, typically disputing ownership of the land involved.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Register of bonds received

Series Number

B0615

Summary

This volume is a register of bonds received by the Attorney General's Office. The bonds appear to have been given by contractors for building of state facilities, such as prisons, schools, hospitals, etc. and by banks holding deposits of state funds. Each entry states the date of receipt, name of firm putting in bond, date bond was approved or not approved, and initials of person approving bond.

Creator

• New York (State). Attorney General's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Hearing officer decisions on individualized education plans (IEPs)

Series Number

19506

Summary

This series from the Office of Special Education Services consists of the hearing officer's findings and decision on cases regarding a special needs child's Individualized Education Plan. The findings detail the positions of the child's parents and of the school system. Pre- 1990 files also include school district name; ; nature of the child's disability; the issue(s) in dispute; and a brief summary of the decision. Most decisions are from the New York City Board of Education's Impartial Hearing Office.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of Vocational and Educational Services. Office of Special Education Services

Access Restrictions

Restricted under the Freedom of Information Law (personal privacy) and FERPA. The restrictions of non-directory student information under FERPA last for 100 years unless a student or parent has signed and filed a waiver allowing disclosure of the record.

Title

Annual financial reports of school districts, BOCES, community colleges, libraries, and vocational extension boards

Series Number

11166

Summary

This series consists of annual financial reports of school districts, BOCES, community colleges, libraries, and vocational extension boards.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Minutes of the Canal Commissioners and Superintendent of Public Works

Series Number

B0201

Summary

This series contains minutes of meetings, maps, diagrams, drawings, tracings, decisions, petitions, correspondence, resolutions, contract lists, testimonies, depositions, affidavits, and newspaper clippings. Minutes are missing from this series from early December 1883 through late May 1887 and from early January 1889 late October 1896.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Department of Transportation Executive Deputy Commissioner's Office subject files

Series Number

B1334

Summary

This series consists of the subject files of Department of Transportation Executive Deputy Commissioner E. B. Hughes. Files document all aspects of departmental responsibility including State Thruway and arterial highway construction and maintenance; traffic safety; the interstate highway system; Tri-State Transportation Study; rights of way; federal aid; state office buildings; and canal system maintenance and operation.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Executive Deputy Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Applications and resignations for the office of notary public

Series Number

A1022

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of application forms and occasionally resignation letters for the Office of Notary Public. Information generally includes applicant name, occupation, residence, birthplace, and citizenship.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Annual reports on poorhouses and almshouses

Series Number

A1988

Summary

County superintendents of the poor submitted these standard form reports which contains information on inmate population statistics organized by sex, mental classification, and cause of pauperism; expenditures for equipment, supplies, and facility maintenance; remarks on needed or completed facility improvements; and suggestions on facility development, institutional management, and administration of poor relief.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control typhoid fever carriers case control cards

Series Number

B1068

Summary

This series consists of cards used to track and categorize chronic carriers of typhoid fever, their status, and reasons they received state aid. Information includes carrier's name; address; birth date or age at operation; occupation; and household census, indicating relevant medical history of others in the household, or the number of cases attributed to the carrier. Medical information includes origin of carrier status; surgeries; state financial aid; brief medical history; and cause of death. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control

Access Restrictions

Restricted by New York Public Health Law sect. 18 and New York Code of Rules and Regulations part 10, sect. 50-4; by New York Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6) sect. 87.2(b); by New York Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6-A) sect. 96; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.

Title

State population census schedules (1925)

Series Number

A0276

Summary

This series consists of a statewide census of population administered through the Secretary of State's office. Each page provides block number (if any), election district number, ward number (if any), municipality, assembly district number, and county. Categories of information include address, name and relationship of each person in family as of June 1, 1925, color or race, sex, age, nativity, citizen or alien, occupation, and inmates in institutions. Records restricted due to fragility.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragility of census schedules.

Title

Rough minute books

Series Number

J1130

Summary

These two volumes contain the rough version of the engrossed minutes of the Supreme Court in its terms at Albany. These rough minutes sometimes contain less information than the engrossed minutes, especially in April term, 1797.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Veterans' Home resident case files

Series Number

A0710

Summary

This series consists of case files for individuals who died or were discharged from the New York State Veterans' Home in Oxford (formerly known as the New York State Woman's Relief Corps Home). While the contents of the case files vary, each contains the completed application form for admission into the Home, which includes data on the veteran's military service and a statement of disability.

Creator

• New York State Veterans' Home

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.

Title

Lists of teachers employed in New York City schools

Series Number

A3225

Summary

This series contains lists of teachers employed in New York City during school year 1918-1919. Included are lists of teachers employed in evening schools, exclusively in elementary schools, exclusively in high schools. Each lists gives name, license type, number of hours or days taught, grade taught or amount paid.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Administration Division

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Statements of court-administered trust funds (New York and Kings counties) transferred to National Bank of Commerce in New York

Series Number

A1397

Summary

This series consists of statements of court-administered trust funds transferred to the National Bank of Commerce in New York. Most of these funds were apparently set up for the benefit of widows and orphans in New York City and Brooklyn. Some date back to before the Civil War, but most were established around the turn of the twentieth century.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.