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Displaying 134 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation department policies and procedures manuals
Series Number
- 15496
Summary
- This series includes a departmental policies and procedures manual; handbook on administration of state land acreage; forest tax law certification handbook; forest inventory (mapping) handbook; state forest multiple use management plan handbook; Division of Fiscal Management procedures manual; aircraft operations handbook; aviation operations manual; and filing system handbook.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Orders transferring Court of Chancery papers to county clerks
Series Number
- J1063
Summary
- The newly-established Court of Appeals assumed custody of the records and papers of the former Court of Chancery, including many files relating to cases pending at the time the Court of Chancery was abolished in 1847. The documents in this series consist of the order by a Supreme Court justice for transfer of papers in a Chancery case from the Court of Appeals to the county clerk in a particular county.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Dissenting report of commission member Louis J. Lefkowitz
Series Number
- B1105
Summary
- This report argues against the commission's recommendations that New York State enact legislation authorizing banks to expand the scope of their financial activities and services. It considers such matters as background of federal involvement and regulation of financial institutions; developments in the financial services marketplace such as federal deregulation; pending litigation; regulatory and legislative proposals; and why New York State should not act unilaterally.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Survey maps of village corporation boundary lines
Series Number
- A4035
Summary
- These 48 blueprint maps were produced in compliance with the legal requirement for villages applying for incorporation to have a survey and survey map of the village made. The maps show name of village; name of county; date surveyed; name of surveyor; village corporation boundary lines and measurements; streets and street names; railroads; waterways; names of landholders; and sometimes, the survey description.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Division Director's and Assistant Director's files
Series Number
- B0541
Summary
- This series consists of selected records transferred from the Municipal Services Division's Director and Assistant Director's files to the Department's archives. Records include subject and correspondence files relating to local civil service matters such as the establishment of new titles and rules; annual reports; and files relating to special committees and commissions concerning local civil service matters. Also included is information on Division operations and their effect on local civil service agencies and practices.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Municipal Services Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Certificates and correspondence relating to fish net bounties
Series Number
- A0938
Summary
- This series consists of the Comptroller's correspondence with county treasurers regarding bounties paid for destruction of illegal fishnets. Included are certificates signed by town supervisor describing seized nets, giving their type, size, and value and a receipt for bounty payment. Also included is a list of certificates with number, person issued to, amount, dates issued and paid, and witnesses' and/or recipients' names. Most of the bounties appear to have been paid in the Finger Lakes area for illegal fish nets.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's consents to local governments to issue bonds
Series Number
- A1379
Summary
- This series contains copies of Comptroller consents relating to issuance of bonds by towns and school districts for various improvements. Also included are consents of the Conservation Commission permitting state lands within the Adirondack Forest Preserve to be taxed; petitions and statements of towns or school districts to the Conservation Commission relating to the vote on bonding proposition; and related correspondence.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Holland Land Company field notebooks
Series Number
- A4012
Summary
- The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land in the 1700s. The company purchased over five million acres in central and western New York and Pennsylvania. This series consists of Holland Land Company survey notes and includes survey data, survey diagrams, and sometimes name of village surveyed.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this 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 Environmental Facilities Corporation board meeting files
Series Number
- B2549
Summary
- This series documents meetings of the State Environmental Facilities Corporation and its predecessor, the New York State Pure Waters Authority. Files include agendas, minutes, resolutions, reports, and discussions.
Creator
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Canal Commissioners calendar of petitions
Series Number
- A1195
Summary
- This list of petitions to the Canal Commissioners provides the number and date of petition; name of petitioner; and "nature of the petition and action had." Petitions are numbered 1 through 120 and concern location of the Erie Canal enlargement; construction of bridges, culverts, docks, and other structures; water power privileges; and all other matters under the authority of the Canal Commissioners.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of individual and depository bonds guaranteed by surety companies
Series Number
- A1354
Summary
- This series contains information on bonds and the surety companies that guarantee them. A numerical list of bonds includes bond number; name of the Surety Company; individual or depository; amount; and date filed. An alphabetically listing by name of individual or depository includes department number; name of individual or depository; official title; department or institution; fund covered; amount of bond; rate of interest; name of surety; date executed; surety company number; date filed; certificate of release issued; and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Cemetery Board meeting files
Series Number
- B2761
Summary
- This series consists of meeting files generated by the state's Cemetery Board. Files contain lists of attendees, minutes, correspondence with cemetery administrators, schedules of prices and estimates for expenses for cemetery services, requests for permission to adjust prices for services, and orders approving changes to price schedules. Also present are vandalism reports, requests for funds, and orders allocating funds to repair vandalism damage.
Creator
- New York (State). State Cemetery Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Comptroller's Office general specifications of purchasing committee for state institutions reporting to the Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities
Series Number
- A0937
Summary
- This series contains printed specifications and forms for purchasing foodstuffs, issued every three months.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Letterpress copies of decisions in appeals to the commissioner
Series Number
- A4212
Summary
- These volumes contain press copies of the commissioner's decisions in appeals submitted to him. This series includes the last 30 decisions prior to the 1911 Capitol Fire and all subsequent decisions to 1937.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Law Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of canal boats
Series Number
- A0923
Summary
- This series from the Office of the State Comptroller contains certified copies of registers of canal boats kept by the auditor. Information includes names of the boats; where they are from; boat tonnage; owner's names and the date; and a certificate of registry filed with collectors when the name of a boat was changed. Also included is a list of boats whose names were changed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Hudson River-Black River Regulating District land acquisition files
Series Number
- B2774
Summary
- This series consists of land title documentation for acquisition of all land used in the creation of the Sacandaga Reservoir. Typical files contain title searches, surveys, property descriptions, tract maps, correspondence, copies of deeds, and transmitted letters arranged numerically for tract numbers 1 to 1,142. Access is gained via a key map which depicts all tracts comprising the reservoir.
Creator
- Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- List of securities considered legal investments for New York savings banks
Series Number
- B0607
Summary
- This series consists of annual lists of securities considered by the Banking Department to be legal investments for savings banks. The securities are listed under the name of the issuing government or corporation.
Creator
- New York (State). Banking Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Subject files
Series Number
- 14141
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Division of Industrial Sciences and Technologies, which was responsible for coordinating activities and formulating policies in the New York State Department of Commerce relating to the development of environmental, energy, technology, and scientific industrial programs. The records cover a wide range of topics, including energy policy, resources, and providers; discharge of PCBs into the Hudson River by General Electric; proposed legislation; air, water, and thermal pollution; recycling; and water quality and supply.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Industrial Sciences and Technologies
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.