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Title

New York State Constitutional Convention, 1938 transcript of proceedings

Series Number

L0092

Summary

This series contains the published verbatim transcripts of the complete proceedings of the Convention from April 5 to August 26, 1938. The Convention Record, as it is known, is arranged numerically by number of session held by the Convention, with seventy-one in all. A Revised Record was published subsequently and contains the delegates' corrections and additions made to the original transcript.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1938

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

Title

Photographs

Series Number

B0426

Summary

These photographs were gathered for inclusion in Department publications. Subjects include: trees and vegetation; the Fairview Garden School in Yonkers, New York; orchards, fruit trees, and fruit, including a few pictures showing fruit pickers; Peckham's Pond, Harriman Road, and Central Valley Road; and clocks. Most photographs are labelled on the back, but few are dated.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Publications

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

Title

Transcript of proceedings

Series Number

L0114

Summary

The series consists of a carbon copy (8,766 pages) of the complete floor proceedings of the Convention from April 4 to September 26, 1967. Proceedings from individual Convention sessions are bound together.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967

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

Title

Draft of "The State Museum 1904-1944"

Series Number

A3295

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

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

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Assistant State Paleontologist's correspondence, research, and publication files

Series Number

B1596

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, publications drafts, research, and photographs compiled by Lawrence V. Rickard, Assistant New York State Paleontologist. Much of the material concerns the preparation and publication of articles written for a variety of State Museum publications, Topics include descriptions of strata, classifications, and descriptions of fossil flora and fauna; geology of specific New York localities; tectonics; and geological nomenclature. Also included are published copies of geological publications prepared by State museum Geological Survey staff.

Creator

• New York State Geological Survey

Access Restrictions

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

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Federal Writers' Project Director's publications working files

Series Number

A0551

Summary

This series contains files relating to proposed publications of the New York State Federal Writers' Project (FWP). Included are files of projects undertaken at both statewide and local levels. Publications included travel and tourism guides to New York State and local communities; the New York State Almanac; the New York State Encyclopedia; and publications on such topics as health, wildlife, and agriculture.

Creator

• Federal Writers' Project (N.Y.)

Title

State Archeologist's research and publications files

Series Number

A3293

Summary

This series contains the written drafts and publications of New York State Archaeologist Noah T. Clarke on Indian tribes in New York. In addition to Clarke's works, there are a number of related pamphlets, articles, bibliographies, and publications from other individuals and organizations within each folder. Some folders contain correspondence in which Clarke responds to questions about Indians. The subject matter of the material relates to tribes, songs, traditions, reservations, and education.

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

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

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Bindery and printing records

Series Number

B1558

Summary

This series consists of records relating to bindery and printing work done at the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). It contains correspondence about articles for publication, printing accounts, order books for bindery services, instructions, lists of materials to be bound, and ledger books.

Creator

• Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

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

Title

Published record of selected Convention reports and proceedings

Series Number

L0090

Summary

The series consists of 53 printed documents issued by the Convention ranging from a list of committee assignments (Document #1) to procedures for presenting the proposed Constitution to voters (Document #53). Included are Convention rules, committee reports relating to specific amendments, committee minority reports, addresses by Convention President Elihu Root, and hearing testimony of special significance such as that by ex-President William Howard Taft on the Executive budget.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1915

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

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Photographs of custodial institutions for the mentally deficient

Series Number

A4228

Summary

This series consists of several hundred black and white photographs illustrating conditions at custodial institutions for the mentally deficient in New York and other states. The photographs were gathered by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient to illustrate its final report. The photographs show a wide range of views including building exteriors, interior facilities and rooms, and patients working, eating, in classroom activities, and at play or rest.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

Access Restrictions

Access to photographs depicting patients is restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

New York State Constitutional Convention, 1915 transcript of proceedings

Series Number

L0089

Summary

The series consists of a printed verbatim transcript of the complete floor proceedings of the Convention from April 6 to September 10, 1915. The Record is numbered consecutively from pages 1-4577; the Record pertaining to proceedings of a particular session is stapled as a separate section or number. Number 1 of the record, therefore, covers proceedings on April 6 while Number 93 covers proceedings on the last day of the Convention, September 10.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1915

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

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Plates, illustrations, and drawings for various State Museum publications

Series Number

B1711

Summary

This series consists primarily of illustrations used in various New York State Museum publications on geological and paleontological subjects. Items include plates from State Museum Memoir 14 "Eurypterida," photographs of the reconstruction of the Cohoes Mastodon, cross sections of geological data from Museum "Guide Book No. 1," wash drawings of the "Orthothecid Cephalopod" and other illustrations. Other items include a tribute to Professor James Hall on his 86th birthday, and a geologic map of New York.

Creator

• New York State Geological Survey

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

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Original drawings for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology

Series Number

A4193

Summary

This series consists of original pencil illustrations for Volume V of the Natural History of New York: Paleontology, written by James Hall and published in 1874. The drawings are of fossil specimens of radiata, crinoidea, and corals.

Creator

• New York State Museum of Natural History

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

Title

Summary of proceedings

Series Number

L0094

Summary

This series is comprised of the Convention Journal summarizing the daily floor proceedings of the Convention from April 5 to August 26, 1938. It includes all the activity of the delegates including motions, introduction of amendments, changes in Convention rules, reading of reports, etc. The Journal contains a roll call of delegate voting on amendments. The Journal for August 25 has the text of the proposed revised Constitution.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1938

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

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Bills for state printing

Series Number

A1223

Summary

This series consists of bills compiled by the State Printer's Office for the printing and binding of New York State government publications. Included are a list of the acts, messages, reports and other government publications printed, cost to the State, and date of the bill. Also included are State agency reports and audits of bills questioning a particular charge.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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