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Displaying 193 Finding Aids
Title
- Board of Estimate and Control report files
Series Number
- A3215
Summary
- Legislation of 1921 established a Board of Estimate and Control and directed it to conduct a survey of all state departments, offices, and institutions to determine where waste and duplication of effort existed. The Board was then to recommend improvements to each agency or recommend to the legislature that agencies or functions be consolidated or discontinued. This series consists mainly of typescript studies or "surveys" made by Board employees concerning particular state agencies or institutions.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1921-1922 : Miller)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Governor George Clinton letterbook of official correspondence and proclamations
Series Number
- A3189
Summary
- This volume contains official correspondence between Governor Clinton and the State Legislature, as well as gubernatorial proclamations and annual messages. Governor Clinton apparently used this book to record his official gubernatorial correspondence concerning legislative and judicial matters; the volume breaks off after Clinton retired from office in 1795 and resumes in 1802 following his return to office.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1801-1804 : Clinton)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Opinions and related correspondence issued and received by the Judge Advocate General's Office
Series Number
- B1927
Summary
- This series consists of opinions issued by the Judge Advocate General's Office and correspondence and related documents concerning military issues on which the Judge Advocate General was asked to comment. Topics include court martial cases, military supply procurements, leaves of absence, rehabilitation of armories bonds, articles of war, jurisdiction of the Court of Claims pertaining to military matters, martial law, inclusion of aliens in the state militia, and contracts concerning military-related functions.
Creator
- New York (State). Judge Advocate General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence and subject files relating to State War Council activities
Series Number
- A2095
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, reports, memoranda, bulletins, press releases, meeting minutes, and payroll records relating to the Education Department's cooperation with the State War Council. Many of these records are transmittals and copies of reports of cooperative efforts by the state agencies represented in the State War Council's Division of Industry, Agriculture and Labor. Other files in the series relate to the Evacuation Committee and Vocation Training for War Industries program.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Deputy Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York Naval Militia roster of commissioned officers
Series Number
- 13723
Summary
- This roster of commissioned officers in the New York Naval Militia lists officers by rank for each unit. Each entry gives officer name, office held, division or battery number, commission date, date of rank, address, in whose place appointed, and remarks. There is a unit index but no name index.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Soldiers' Depot Board of Managers proceedings and reports
Series Number
- A4108
Summary
- Established in 1863, the Soldiers' Depot was to be "a place of rest and relief for the sick and wounded, furloughed and discharged soldiers belonging to the State of New York who shall have been, now are, or may hereafter be engaged in the United States service while being transported to and from their homes..." This series consists of minutes, resolutions, reports, and a small amount of correspondence generated by or directed to the Board of Managers of the Depot.
Creator
- New York State Soldiers' Depot. Board of Managers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Education Department Commissioner's files on Regents meetings
Series Number
- B0467
Summary
- The Board of Regents considers and votes on matters of educational policy and administration at monthly meetings. This series consists of files relating to the Regents monthly meeting and other occasional meetings such as the Regents Legislative Hearings. Files include meeting planning materials; Commissioner's monthly reports; committee reports; summaries of actions and of proceedings; copies of reports and briefings; and press material.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to the State Teachers' Library
Series Number
- A2006
Summary
- This bound volume contains press copies of letters sent by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to book publishers. The letters relate to the acquisition of books for the State Teachers' Library and many include lists of books accepted or refused for the Library. The State Teachers' Library was established in 1895 (Chapter 546) in the Department of Public Instruction to loan books by mail to teachers located in rural parts of the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Western Division Resident Engineer's annual report to Division Engineer
Series Number
- B0671
Summary
- This series consists of annual reports submitted to the Western Division Engineer, John D. Fay, by the Resident Engineer in Buffalo, William J. Keeler, on the progress of work on the Erie Canal enlargement in Sections 360-365. The reports include narrative descriptions of work under contract, progress of construction, and costs, as well as various statements. Most of the statements detail the respective sections of work, costs, work completed, and remaining work to be completed.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly reports of the Board of Visitors
Series Number
- A3060
Summary
- These reports summarize inspections of the institution conducted in accordance with institution bylaws by the Board of Visitors (called the Board of Managers until 1927).
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- Partly restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).
Title
- Education Department Office of the Commissioner cabinet meeting minutes
Series Number
- B0469
Summary
- This series consists of binders containing minutes, agenda items, and occasionally other meetings materials of NYSED's departmental cabinet. Minutes vary base on commissioner. The minutes of Commissioners Spaulding's and Wilson's cabinets include attendees, agenda items, short summaries of presentations, summaries of discussions, and actions lists of on agenda item. The minutes of Commissioner Nyquist's cabinet tend to be briefer, been more akin to "to-do lists," rather than detailed accounts of the meetings.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Meeting files and attachments
Series Number
- 15175
Summary
- The series consists of meeting agendas and minutes; summaries of State Board decisions; background material prepared by staff of the Department of Equalization and Assessment for State Board meetings (e.g., tentative lists of equalization rates, draft legislation and regulations, special reports); findings and determinations of state equalization rates; and printouts listing approved assessment rates of taxable state lands, railroad ceilings, and special franchise assessments.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Real Property Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Commissary General's Office administrative files
Series Number
- A4105
Summary
- This series consists of invoices of ordnance and ordnance stores, receipts, monthly ordnance returns, incoming correspondence, requisitions, duplicate bills and invoices, and lists of military expenditures directed to and generated by the State Commissary General's Office. This office is essentially responsible for the preservation, issue, and transportation of the arms, equipment, and other military property of the state. These records provide detailed information on the types of arms, equipment, and accoutrements stored by state arsenals and armories.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissary General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Incoming correspondence received from medical officers of New York State Volunteer units
Series Number
- A4104
Summary
- This series consists of incoming correspondence from various medical personnel affiliated with New York State Volunteer Units, directed to the Surgeon General. Most of the letters were generated by regimental surgeons and assistant surgeons. They are arranged numerically by regiment number and therein chronologically.
Creator
- New York (State). Surgeon General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of Mental Health Bureau of Management Services formal communications records
Series Number
- B2529
Summary
- This series consists of communication records in the form of reports, policies and procedures, and guidelines for staff of the Office of Mental Health. These documents provide guidance on operating facilities, coordinating health care, maintaining accounts, and various reporting requirements.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence files pertaining to stage coach and omnibus companies' annual reports
Series Number
- B0302
Summary
- This series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence but also includes memoranda and copies of orders issued by the Public Service Commission. The files pertain mainly to annual reports previously filed with the Public Service Commission and include detailed information as well as clarifications, amendments or explanations of these earlier reports. They include some amendments and changes to records in Series 12393, Annual reports of stagecoach and omnibus companies, and other common carriers, 1909-1980.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
New York State Education Department Commissioner's Office Executive Assistant's Administrative Files
Title
- Education Department Commissioner's Office Executive Assistant's administrative files
Series Number
- B0470
Summary
- The position of Executive Assistant was added to the Commissioner's staff in 1945. This series consists of the files maintained by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Allan P. Bradley. They include files related to engagements, legislation, Constitutional Convention, paid travel vouchers, cabinet, budget, annual staff conference, and general subject and day files.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to Department orders
Series Number
- B1004
Summary
- This series consists of card file that indexes orders and actions such as: position appointments and salary increases; applications for sewage, water supply and special protection; trespassing actions; dam approvals; pollution cases; settlements of fire cases; permit issuances. The orders are arranged alphabetically by subject, for four different time periods.
Creator
- New York (State). Conservation Department. Executive Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Office of the Commissioner executive assistant subject files
Series Number
- B0468
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, pamphlets, clippings, and salary schedules generated or received by the Executive Assistant to the Commissioner. These files are fragmentary and non-comprehensive in nature. Subjects include: psychological services to schools; activities of the Motion Picture Division; educational films and audio-visual materials published guides; the Governor's Committee on Library Aid; and salary proposals for state teachers' colleges, district superintendents, New York State School for the Blind, and New York State Education Department employees.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Division of Vocational and Extension Education central correspondence files
Series Number
- A0409
Summary
- This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, memorandums, and occasional curricula, course descriptions, or printed publicity flyers from schools. These records resulted from the division's supervisory and advisory responsibilities for all pre-college level vocational classes, extension classes for working minors and adults, and training of teachers in vocational subjects. The correspondence is primarily between the division director and vocational education teachers and supervisors, school principals, college and university faculty, students, and the Federal Board for Vocational Education.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.