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Displaying 139 Finding Aids
New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History Historic Area/Site Marker Files
Title
- Historic area/site marker files
Series Number
- 22353
Summary
- This series documents area and site-specific markers erected along New York State roadways during the 1960s and thereafter by the State of New York and private organizations to commemorate events, persons, and places of historic interest. The files contain documentation of many, but not all, of the historical markers, including many markers which were later removed. Types of records include applications (approved and denied), correspondence, public online inventory, and other records concerning area and site-specific markers.
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
- Historical background and research files
Series Number
- B1440
Summary
- This series consists of various records considered to be historical that were collected or retained by the Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital and Willard Psychiatric Center). Records include chapel books; hospital rules and regulations; patient and staff handbooks; orientation material; histories of Willard facilities; biographies of founders and officials; training materials; legal documents and photographs of groups and activities. Also included are early reference works on psychoanalysis, demonic possession, hysteria epidemics, and double consciousness.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of broadsides identified in western New York
Series Number
- A4174
Summary
- These abstracts or transcriptions of broadsides were made by staff of the Buffalo district office as part of the survey of American Imprints. In addition to the abstracts there is one original broadside dated 1869. Most of the broadsides were issued in western New York, although a few come from other parts of the state and nation.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Division of Science and State Museum Director's speeches, articles, and essays
Series Number
- A4214
Summary
- This series contains texts of articles, speeches, and essays by John M. Clarke, director of the Division of Science and the State Museum. Most appear to be prepared for popular rather than scientific audiences. Included are newspaper articles and an essay on evolution; an unpublished essay, "The Content of Paleontology"; and essays on the history and geology of the Gaspe area of Quebec.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor's/White House Conference on Aging files
Series Number
- 22351
Summary
- This series documents both the Governor's Conference on Aging and the White House Conference on the Aging, particularly New York's delegation to the latter conference. Records include presentations; planning and priority documents; records documenting processes and discussions; and publications, reports, and related records. Records document aging in specific groups, such as women, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans, as well as the implications of aging on the national economy.
Creator
- New York (State). Office for the Aging. Director's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Joint Legislative Committee on Legislative Practices and Procedures administrative files
Series Number
- L0022
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, public hearing testimony, and drafts of interim and final reports generated by the Joint Legislative Committee on Legislative Methods, Practices, Procedures, and Expenditures in its study of the state legislative process. Areas studied included the quantity of bills introduced each session, assignment of bills to inappropriate committees, late filing of bills, difficulties with handling local government bills, and the possibility of dividing the legislative year into split sessions.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Legislative Practices and Procedures
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Pre-publication texts and illustrations for State Museum publications
Series Number
- B0578
Summary
- This series contains draft materials including notes, texts, galleys, illustrations, tables, and maps for Museum publications. Includes approximately 100 photoprints and drawings apparently used to illustrate publications and reports in geology, paleontology, and other areas of natural history. Of note are records and correspondence relating to James Hall's publications. Also included are annual reports of the state geologist, State Museum director, and State Cabinet of Natural History; and volumes of the Paleontology of New York.
Creator
- New York State Museum of Natural History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Museum Director's, State Geologist's, and State Paleontologist's correspondence, drafts of publications, and photographs
Series Number
- B0579
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence; drafts publications; notes; photographs of fossils and geological features and formations; maps; pamphlets; and drawings of geological sections. The records were accumulated by James Hall, State Geologist, State Paleontologist, Curator of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and Director of the State Museum of Natural History. Much of the material concerns the preparation and publication of the Paleontology of New York.
Creator
- New York State Museum of Natural History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Working files for a name and subject index to French's Gazetteer of 1860
Series Number
- A4186
Summary
- This series consists of cards typed in preparation for compiling a complete name and subject index to the Gazetteer of the State of New York by J. H. French, published in 1860. Each card contains a name or subject entry and a page reference. Entries include personal names, political subdivision names, and geographic feature names, subjects named in the text and newspaper titles.
Creator
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Maps, charts, and illustrations prepared by Historical Records Survey staff
Series Number
- A4192
Summary
- This series consists of printed half tones charts and maps, and negative photostats of maps prepared by the Historical Records Survey for publications. Included are half-tones of colonial and revolutionary era buildings; organization charts of the colonial and state court system and county government; Revolutionary era county boundaries maps; floor plans of the Onondaga County Court House; and maps showing town, village, and city boundaries in Allegany, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Lewis, Monroe, Montgomery, Oneida, and St. Lawrence counties.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Works Progress Administration sponsored surveys and studies
Series Number
- A4179
Summary
- This series consists of surveys and apparently unpublished studies conducted under W.P.A. sponsorship. These studies are on many subjects, but tend to focus on real estate values, land use, and population in communities in New York. Examples include police arrest survey; social and economic survey of Indian reservations; real property survey (several cities); report on Albany transients and homeless; professional and service projects; 1850 census index for Buffalo; and Erie County street names.
Creator
- United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Mental deficiency reference file
Series Number
- A4227
Summary
- The series contains pamphlets and article reprints from mental health journals discussing topics relating to mental deficiency including patient diagnosis, methods and costs of care and training, epilepsy, and delinquency of mental deficients. A large portion of the records relate to Eugenics, the science of improving hereditary traits particularly through the social control of mating and reproduction.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Original drawings of fossil graptolites
Series Number
- B1061
Summary
- This series consists of original drawings of graptolites and other fossils including phyllocarids, arthropods, eurypterids, machaeridia, Hyolithes, Protoscolex and Lingula. Rudolf Ruedemann, State Paleontologist, prepared the drawings, many of which subsequently appeared in State Museum and other scientific publications.
Creator
- New York State Geological Survey
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Transcriptions of Civil War records
Series Number
- A0257
Summary
- This series consists of transcriptions of official reports, correspondence, and orders primarily relating to the volunteer artillery, cavalry, and engineer regiments furnished by New York during the Civil War. Most of these records were transcribed from the multi-volume U.S. War Department publication, <emph render="italic">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies</emph>. These transcriptions provide a chronological record of the activities of individual units during the Civil War as reported in the Official Records.
Creator
- New York (State). State Historian
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Office of Mental Health facility administrative records
Series Number
- B2810
Summary
- This series consists of records that document the administrative work of Office of Mental Health facilities. Included are laboratory and administrative subject files of the Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, which investigates the causes, treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation of severe and persistent mental illnesses. Records include correspondence, reports, project proposals, administrative records, and budget documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- Portions of series 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 of Mental Health.
Title
- Photograph album of geologic features in Great Britain
Series Number
- A3159
Summary
- This series consists of photographs and printed descriptions of geologic features in Great Britain. Descriptions indicate the location, date of photograph, and explain the characteristics and origins of the feature depicted. A typed note in the album indicates that all photographs exist as lanternslides.
Creator
- New York State Museum of Natural History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- 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
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Research files
Series Number
- A0719
Summary
- This series from the Office of Local Government consists primarily of reports and research data concerning municipal finance administration, and proposed revisions of the Municipal Finance Law. Many of the studies were carried out in conjunction with the activities of the Temporary State Commission for the Revision and Codification of Laws Relating to Municipal Finance and the 1967 Constitutional Convention. The files also include hearing minutes, staff memoranda, and correspondence, proposed legislation, working files, press releases and newspaper clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State. Office for Local Government Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Publications and newsletters
Series Number
- B1699
Summary
- The series consists of scattered single issues of publications and newsletters pertinent to the field of mental retardation. They were probably retained based on the presence of articles relating to the school's programs or facilities, or to staff development. Included are copies of "Mental Hygiene News" (1942-1952); "New York State Personnel News" (1950-1954); "Youth Board News" (1957); "Mental Hospitals" (1953, 1960); and "The Psychiatric Aide" (1946, 1951).
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Inventory of local school records
Series Number
- A3165
Summary
- The commissioner of education requested all boards of education and school administrators to complete an inventory of their official records. School districts completed forms recording data on the extent and location of: meeting minutes of trustees or boards of education; enrollment, attendance, grade, and graduation records; district organization papers, financial reports, payrolls and any other existing records. Most responses also include the founding dates of schools, and information on record storage conditions and previous losses of records.
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.