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Displaying 139 Finding Aids
Title
- Correspondence and working files for Saratoga County Historical Survey
Series Number
- A4194
Summary
- This series contains records resulting from a 15-week white collar relief project funded through the State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. Records of the survey include: memoranda on procedures and staffing of the project; correspondence of the survey supervisor; newspaper clippings about the survey and historical events related to survey work; descriptions of and extracts from public records and private manuscripts; drawings of markers and monuments on the Saratoga battlefield; and notes on the history of Saratoga County.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Office of Mental Health research studies
Series Number
- 11963
Summary
- This series documents research projects in areas pertaining to mental health and policy. One copy of each resesarch report is kept.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records of the Proposed Constitutional Convention
Series Number
- B1962
Summary
- In August 1956, the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention was created to study and report on proposals for changes in and simplification of the State Constitution and to collect information and data useful to the delegates and people before and during the convention to be held in 1959. This series contains minutes, reports, correspondence, and other records documenting the work of Governor W. Averell Harriman's staff to assess and gain support for the proposed Constitutional Convention.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Files relating to the Advisory Committee on New York State's Records System
Series Number
- A3044
Summary
- This series consists of statistical and other information abstracted from school district trustees' reports or school district commissioner's reports. The abstracts generally concern smaller schools, usually located in rural areas of the state. Information includes statistical reports including school district number; town(s); buildings; property values; teacher numbers and qualifications; number of pupils; private schools; session length; violations of compulsory attendance law; district offices; and miscellaneous (number of inspections, sanitary facilities, and instruction subjects. Also included are detailed financial reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Research
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Moreland Act Special Commission on Educational Structure, Policies, and Practices research, hearing, meeting, and report files
Series Number
- B1800
Summary
- The Special Commission on Educational Structure, Policies, and Practices was established to make recommendations to improve the structure, policies, and practices of school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). This series consists of hearing transcripts; briefing materials; meeting minutes; correspondence; and publications and reports produced by the commission. Also included are photographs and a video related to the Commission's Children's Education Summit and videos and audiocassettes of hearings and meetings.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Act Special Commission on Educational Structure, Policies, and Practices
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.
Title
- Index to State Geologist's correspondence files
Series Number
- B1815
Summary
- This series consists of a card file index to part of Series B0561, State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's Correspondence Files. The cards, which provide correspondent's name, date of correspondence, and place where correspondence originated, predominantly index correspondence between James Hall and other geologists and paleontologists during Hall's lengthy career with the State Museum and other institutions. The index is incomplete and should be used with caution.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Mental Hygiene research studies
Series Number
- B2531
Summary
- Records in this series include data sheets, coding sheets, abstracts of patient records, and reports. Included are records relating to the Baxstrom patient research study and the pre-Baxstrom research study in the 1970s, which examined individuals transferred from hospitals of the criminally insane under the Department of Correctional Services to the civil mental hospitals in the Department of Mental Hygiene.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
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
- Project files and reports
Series Number
- 14104
Summary
- This series consists of project files and reports of the Planning Section. Report topics include turnover of civil service technicians, professional entrance program, nationwide recruitment activities, reasons for resignation from state service, and management improvement. Project files include surveys of the operations of Department units, investigations of civil service issues and routine administrative matters. Also included are the results of a 1956 study of all entry-level titles and promotion charts for competitive-class positions in State service.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Planning Section
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Archeologist's correspondence files on the New York State Archeological Association
Series Number
- A3289
Creator
- New York State Museum and Science Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Harold A. Jerry, Jr. professional papers
Series Number
- B1830
Summary
- This series consists of Harold Jerry's personal copies of records compiled during public service with the Office for Regional Development, the Temporary Commission on the State Court System, the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, and the Adirondack Highway Council. Records include correspondence; working, policy, and issue papers; press releases; economic and environmental studies; environmental field reports; draft legislation; meeting minutes, summaries, and agendas; budget materials; and clippings.
Creator
- Jerry, Harold A., Jr., 1920-2001
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Unpublished manuscript of "The ministry and churches of all denominations in the Middle Colonies from the first settlements until the year 1800," by Edward T. Corwin
Series Number
- 13911
Summary
- This unpublished manuscript, prepared by Edward T. Corwin, was sent to the State Library. It contains an alphabetical list of clergy, their denomination, location, and birth and death dates; a citation to a biographical sketch; and a list of churches alphabetically by community noting their denomination, year established and the names and dates of pastors. The states or colonies included in this manuscript are New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.
Creator
- New York State Library
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Historic sites bronze marker file
Series Number
- 11890
Summary
- These files document the placement, with State financial aid, of hundreds of bronze tablets commemorating sites of historical significance in the colonial, revolutionary, or state formative periods. The files include financial application, historical importance of site, structure, person, or event commemorated and citation of sources for this information; description and sketch or plan of marker; text of inscription; and location of marker. The series does not contain information on the thousands of iron roadside markers erected under the same legislative appropriation.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor's Committee to Review New York State Laws and Procedures in the Area of Human Rights public hearing, research, and report files
Series Number
- 10994
Summary
- This series is the central file of correspondence, public hearing information, and background materials maintained by the Committee in carrying out its studies and producing its report. The records reflect the Committee's charge to review and make recommendations concerning New York's human rights laws and procedures. The series consists of reports and subject files related to affirmative action, banking, employment discrimination, employers' use of arrest records, segregation and discrimination in education and housing, and the status of migrant workers.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Committee to Review New York State Laws and Procedures in the Area of Human Rights
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission on the State Court System research and administration files
Series Number
- 10360
Summary
- The Temporary Commission on the State Court System was created to investigate the effects of new pre-trial procedures, civil rights decisions and legislation, narcotics and divorce laws, bail and detention procedures, and measures to prevent recidivism. This series consists of the general administrative, correspondence, research, and study files related to court staffing and caseloads; goals and objectives of the court system; selection and disciplining of judges; court structure and financing; the grand jury; and the bail system.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary Commission on the State Court System
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Governor's Committee on the State Employees' Retirement System correspondence, research, and report files
Series Number
- 10995
Summary
- This series is the central file of correspondence, memoranda, and background materials maintained by the Committee in carrying out its studies and producing its report. The records reflect the Committee's charge to study and make recommendations concerning the State Employee's Retirement System. The Committee solicited input in meetings and correspondence from state officials, state employees, and citizens and sought comparative information from other states. In addition to correspondence, the records include benefit and statistical information, studies, draft legislation, press releases, news clippings, and reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Committee on the State Employees' Retirement System
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Health photographs of laboratory research activities
Series Number
- B1629
Summary
- This series consists of photographs of health research operations. Some depict the Center for Laboratories and Research and an exhibit of herbals. Others show construction and evacuation processes during the work of the interagency task force handling the Love Canal disaster in Niagara Falls.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Manuscript copy of Volume 25 of the New York Colonial Council Papers
Series Number
- 13913
Summary
- This series consists of an unbound transcription of documents in Volume 25 of the New York Colonial Manuscripts, Administrative Records, 1675-1676. These transcriptions were made before the 1911 New York State Capitol building fire damaged or destroyed many volumes of the Colonial Manuscripts. Original documents from Volume 25 are found in Record Series A1894, New York Colonial Council Papers, 1664-1781.
Creator
- New York (State). State Historian
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Historian's teaching and research notes
Series Number
- A0224
Summary
- This series contains teaching and study notes, reading lists, examination questions, outlines and drafts of papers, a few graded examinations, and some correspondence of James Sullivan prior to his appointment as State Historian in 1916. Courses include American, European, economic, constitutional, legal, and political history. Also included in this series is 1916 correspondence of State Historian James A. Holden concerning distribution of published "Proceedings at the Unveiling of a Memorial to Horace Greeley at Chappaqua, New York February 3, 1914."
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- File relating to the purchase of photostatic copies of New York Colonial Council Minutes from the British Public Record Office
Series Number
- 13914
Summary
- This series contains notes, memorandums, and correspondence of the state historian regarding this purchase. Included are lists of colonial council minutes that survived the 1911 State Capitol fire, lists of similar minutes on file in the British Public Record Office (PRO), and list of photostats proposed to be ordered from the PRO. Also included are memorandums proposing the acquisition of photostats and a letter concerning French archival sources relating to New York State.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.