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Title

Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth admission and discharge registers

Series Number

B2608

Summary

This series contains admission and discharge information for boys enrolled at Berkshire Farm. Each entry includes first and last name, date admitted, home address, date of birth, farm number, reason for admission, and date of discharge. Also provided are the physical and mental conditions of the child, title and name of committing officer, amount received per capita, and name of person to whom discharged.

Creator

• Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth

Access Restrictions

Access administered according to the Freedom of Information Law. State Archives staff will confer with Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth regarding disclosure of student specific information.

Index to Intake Log 1886-1913 is in fragile condition and restricted from use. See the master file for a copy of the index.

Title

Office of Mental Health master patient index cards

Series Number

B2915

Summary

The cards in this series serve as an index to patient admission and discharge registers. Data on the cards includes name, address, next of kin, facility, case number (the facility assigns a patient identification number to the patient), and state identification number (assigned by the Office of Mental Health and is one number per individual regardless of where the individual is receiving treatment). Both the Office of Mental Health (OMH) and individual facilities maintain sets of these index cards. The OMH set of cards includes master numbers for patients admitted to private psychiatric facilities through circa 1980 and the patient numbers for all facilities at which a client received treatment.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Health

Access Restrictions

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 of Mental Health.

Title

Registers of indefinite and definite sentences

Series Number

B0066

Summary

This series consists of indefinite and determinate sentence information on incarcerated individuals at Auburn prison. The four indefinite registers contain the person's name; residence; consecutive number; minimum and maximum sentence terms; date paroled; expiration date of maximum sentence; discharge date; and date of parole violation if applicable. The two determinate or definite registers contain the same information except there is an added notation citing number of days of jail time.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Admission and discharge registers

Series Number

B2368

Summary

The registers in this series contain handwritten entries of admissions, discharges, and case observations, among other critical patient information. Data includes name, date of admission, age, county and/or municipality of origin, date of commitment, maintenance, and staff remarks. The indexes in this series record the patient's name, casebook volume and page number(s), existence of clinical records, burial record, autopsy record, or prescription record, or date of discharge.

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

Respites and commutations

Series Number

B0048

Summary

This series consists of respites and commutations. The governor has the authority to grant pardons and respites. The respites concern stays of execution for individuals sentenced to death; commutations are reductions of sentences. Respites and commutations normally include the name of the convicted felon, crime, date, court, original sentence, commutation and place of incarceration.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Gowanda Psychiatric Center master patient index cards

Series Number

B2914

Summary

These cards serve as an index to patient admission and discharge registers. Data on the cards includes name, address, next of kin, facility, case number (the facility assigns a patient identification number to the patient), and state identification number (assigned by the Office of Mental Health and is one number per individual regardless of where the individual is receiving treatment). Cards often include additional patient-related notations.

Creator

• Gowanda Psychiatric Center

Access Restrictions

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 of Mental Health.

Title

Record of normal school local board members and employees

Series Number

A2031

Summary

This volume records the local boards and staffs of the state normal and training schools at Albany, Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, Oswego and Potsdam. The entry for each school provides: local board member - name and appointment date; employees (mostly teachers) - name, date of confirmation, beginning date of employment, salary, nature of service (occupation), and occasional remarks.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Removals and resignations from office

Series Number

13248

Summary

These series consists of files documenting removals and resignations of state and local government office holders.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Diary of the Principal Keeper

Series Number

B0115

Summary

This series consists of a record of the inmate population kept by the principal keeper. Daily entries include total inmates, and, for earlier years only, the number received and discharged. Also included are brief notes on events at the prison each day, including the principal keeper's inspection visits, disciplinary incidents, escapes, deaths, construction and repairs, etc. Later entries list the names of men received or discharged.

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Resignations and removals

Series Number

B0004

Summary

The bulk of this series consists of resignations and removals of elected and appointed public officers that were filed in the Secretary of State's office pursuant to Chapter 126 of the Laws of 1850, which stipulated that written resignations were to be submitted and signed by the incumbent. Also included are records concerning investigations and hearings dealing with possible malfeasance, such as the impeachment of Governor William Sulzer. Sulzer documents include articles of impeachment in the Assembly, proceedings of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments (composed of the Senate and judges of the Court of Appeals), and the court's judgment removing Governor Sulzer from office.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Biographical registers and receiving blotters

Series Number

B0141

Summary

These registers contain a two-page summary of information on each incarcerated individual admitted to Elmira during the period 1879 to 1957. Most of the information was recorded at the time of admission to Elmira, with only minor notations relating to conduct and discharge. The detail of information recorded increased over time, particularly information relating to the crime for which committed and to past criminal record.

Creator

• Elmira Reformatory

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Discharge registers

Series Number

B1862

Summary

The two volumes in this series document the discharge of incarcerated individuals from Elmira Reformatory. Entries include name, consecutive number, date of discharge, and manner in which discharged. Within certain categories of discharge, other information, like the location to which the incarcerated individual was discharged or paroled, is also included. Religious affiliation is listed for those who died in the institution.

Creator

• Elmira Reformatory

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers of discharges of incarcerated individuals by commutation of sentences

Series Number

A0604

Summary

This series consists of the monthly reports sent to the governor from each prison indicating incarcerated individuals eligible for discharge by commutation. The reports from all prisons for each year were bound into volumes. Each monthly report from each prison provides the following information: name; county; crime; court; judge; date of sentence; date received at prison; term; commutation earned; date eligible for discharge; amount of time lost for rule violations; and occasional remarks recommending increase or decrease in commutation.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Notices of resignations, deaths and removals from office

Series Number

13249

Summary

The bulk of this series consists of letters sent to the New York State Secretary of State from local government officials and state legislators announcing resignations, deaths, or removals from office. Some of the letters are submitted from the officials themselves, whereas others simply announce that vacancies have become available in certain positions. The letters are stamped with the date received by the Department of State.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

Access Restrictions

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