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Displaying 193 Finding Aids
Title
- Insurance company bonds and reports of agents
Series Number
- A0829
Summary
- Agents of Fire Insurance Companies were to make annual reports of all premiums received, pay 10% of these to the state treasury, and were required to deliver on demand to the comptroller a bond declaring intent to do so or pay a $1,000 penalty. This series, which documents this requirement, contains premium reports and bonds of agents. Also included are lists of stockholders and annual financial reports of various companies.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Governor printed reports and studies
Series Number
- B0294
Summary
- Executive Chamber staff maintained this report file to track the status of current policies and issues. The file includes draft and final versions of the governor's annual messages to the legislature; reports and plans of state agencies, commissions, task forces, advisory boards, councils, and private businesses hired by the state; state budget records; and statistical reports. These reports cover numerous subjects, such as: health care; child welfare; domestic violence; substance abuse; crime; gambling; education; economic conditions; tourism; and pollution.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Scrapbook relating to canal matters
Series Number
- B1820
Summary
- This series consists of documents relating to the construction and repair of the state's canal system. Included are proceedings of the Board of Canal Commissioners; correspondence between several offices and agencies responsible for canal administration; and a small amount of financial information regarding awards of the Board of Canal Appraisers, awards of the Canal Board, appropriations, and expenditures.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Duplicate correspondence directed to and received from military offices
Series Number
- A4130
Summary
- This series consists almost entirely of duplicate correspondence and special orders dating between May and August 1861. In addition, there are a few items dating from 1862 and one document dating from 1866. These are mainly copies of bills, vouchers and ordnance inventories. The correspondence in this series deals almost exclusively with the organization and supply of volunteer units raised by the state in response to President Lincoln's call for men in 1861.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Docket books
Series Number
- B0295
Summary
- This series records the dates when records pertaining to railroad cases were acted upon by the Board of Railroad Commissioners were received or sent by the board. The docket books contain entries pertaining to accidents investigated by the board as well as resolutions made by the Legislature and proposed legislation placed before the board by the governor, who wanted to obtain its recommendations.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Paymaster General's Office administrative files
Series Number
- A4118
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, vouchers, abstracts and statements of receipt, lists of expenditures, copies of special orders, reports, claims, lists of officers and men paid, and volunteer certificates issued for bounty money received. The records in this series deal mainly with routine administrative duties such as certifying the accuracy of accounts submitted for payment and the actual payment of funds to individuals for goods or service purchased by the state's military establishment.
Creator
- New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of supernumerary officers
Series Number
- 13727
Summary
- This volume consists of an alphabetical register of officers in the New York State Militia and National Guard who were retired or discharged. Each entry provides the name of officer; office held; regiment number; brigade, division, or corps; residence; date of certificate of discharge; and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- National Guard muster rolls
Series Number
- 13726
Summary
- This series consists of muster rolls for each division and brigade in the New York National Guard, as well as all organizations in the New York Naval Militia. Information provided generally includes: name; rank; whether present or absent at annual muster; date of rank; date and rank of original entry into service; and remarks on any change in status. Each roll also lists names of men gained or lost since the last annual muster, by discharge, promotion, expulsion, transfer, removal, desertion, or death. NOTE: Only Naval Militia muster rolls are available for the period 1942-1954.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Title
- Deputy warden and deputy superintendent inmate supervision files
Series Number
- B0121
Summary
- This series consists of records concerning inmate supervision: weekly punishment reports; intradepartmental communications; memorandums and affidavits from internal investigations of alleged prisoner abuse; library statistics and reports; roll calls for prison employees; schedules for weekly assignments; case reports; Adjustment Committee minutes; employee suggestion forms; employee reports suggesting psychiatric help for inmates; prisoner protective custody requests; and messages from prisoners concerning potential disturbances.
Creator
- Clinton Correctional Facility
Access Restrictions
- Protective Admission and Custody Assignment Reviews and convicts' messages less than 75 years old are restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Work force book for section 13 of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0684
Summary
- This series consists of a volume that tracks the work force accounts of laborers working on section 13 of the Erie Canal. These work force accounts include the number and types of laborers working on projects, as well as special equipment needed to complete these projects. This volume also includes the type and amount of work completed each day.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes and accounts of Standing Committee on the State Library
Series Number
- A2019
Summary
- This series consists of two badly burned volumes of minutes of the Board of Regents' Standing Committee on the State Library. The first volume also contains some accounts, apparently of the Standing Committee.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Architect's letter books
Series Number
- B0336
Summary
- This series consists of copies of outgoing correspondence from the State Architect, Lewis F. Pilcher about the reconstruction and other improvements of the State Capitol following the 1911 fire. Addressees include the Trustees and Superintendent of Public Buildings, State Comptroller, heads of state agencies housed in the Capitol, contractors, building materials and furnishings manufacturers, and periodicals in which notices to contractors were published. Topics include contract specifications, bids, awarding and payment of contracts, progress and approval of completed work.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Architecture
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Commissioner's interim subject files
Series Number
- B0444
Summary
- This series consists of subject files maintained by Commissioners Ewald B. Nyquist and James E. Allen'. Included in these files are correspondence, reports, texts commissioner's decisions, and proposals related to desegregation orders. Also included are records documenting the creation of decentralized "demonstration" school districts in New York City and the impact on New York schools of federal legislation, particularly the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
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
- Job application registers
Series Number
- B0334
Summary
- At the time when these records were created, the superintendent of public works was responsible for all aspects of canal maintenance and as a member of the State Canal Board, was directly involved in hiring employees. The superintendent's office used the two volumes in this series to record the names of applicants for employment, their trades, and the persons by whom these applicants were recommended.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Clinton Prison correspondence and subject files of the Warden
Series Number
- B0120
Summary
- Office files of the Clinton Prison Warden contain correspondence, memorandums, and printed forms. Subjects include accidents involving staff; aliens in custody; arms and ammunition; amusements; Champlain College; chaplains; commissary; contraband; duty chart; fires; grievance procedures; insurance; lands owned by Clinton Prison; and medical reports. The remainder of the files are not extant.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department Office of Higher and Professional Education Deputy Commissioner's Office subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 14288
Summary
- This series includes State Education Department determinations regarding regulations of professional training programs; department reviews and audits of such programs; replies to inquiries regarding requirements for professional certification in the areas overseen by the department; notices of approval or disapproval of appeals to retake examinations or substitute experience for educational requirements; and surveys of state policies regarding funding of higher education programs.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Higher and Professional Education. Deputy Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Returns
Series Number
- A0155
Summary
- This series consists of statewide vote tabulations, primarily for presidential/vice presidential tickets. Records are restricted due to severe burn damage.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of State Canvassers
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to severe burn damage. Consult with archivist before use.
Title
- Journal of proceedings in engineer's office at Whitehall
Series Number
- B0712
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Administrative files
Series Number
- A4266
Summary
- DO NOT PUBLISH. As of December 2016, there was no evidence that NYSA held these records.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Division of Marketing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Office of the Commissioner outgoing correspondence
Series Number
- B0466
Summary
- This series consists of outgoing letters and memoranda from Commissioners Allen and Nyquist, as well as from other NYSED staff. Correspondents include state legislators, district superintendents and other school district personnel, school principals, teachers, and citizens. Commissioner Nyquist's letters include letters referred by the Governors Office to the Commissioner for response. These letters generally request information on NYSED programs and policies, or to protest NYSED or local school programs and policies.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.