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Displaying 193 Finding Aids
Title
- Subject files
Series Number
- B0314
Summary
- This series consists of subject files of the Assistant Commissioner for District Organization and District Superintendents. The records include correspondence, reports, memoranda meeting minutes, and addresses relating to the various educational and legislative committees, councils, and commissions on which the Assistant Commissioner and District Superintentant served or in which they held an interest.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for District Organization and District Superintendents
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Superintendent of Public Works General Inspector's Office letter books
Series Number
- B0328
Summary
- This series consists mostly of administrative correspondence, generated by the General Inspector's Office, regarding the Erie and Barge Canals. Subjects include payment vouchers, supplies, and instructions to canal superintendents. Many copies are faded. Some are illegible.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. General Inspector's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Long Island duck promotion program files
Series Number
- A4265
Summary
- The Long Island Duck Farmers' Cooperative appealed to the Department of Agriculture and Markets for assistance in increasing consumption of ducklings. Series consists of correspondence with retailers, industry representatives, government, allied industry, extension service, farm bureau, service organizations, media, and others. Also included are recipes, food pictures, syndicated articles, radio and television scripts, press kits, and news clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Letter books
Series Number
- B0329
Summary
- This series is comprised of 16 volumes of letter books that contain copies of correspondence created by the office of the Assistant Superintendent of Public Works, located in Rochester. The correspondence in these letter books is routine and administrative in nature, relating to construction, maintenance, and repair of the Erie Canal and Barge Canal. The time period of letter books coincides with the construction of the Barge Canal and much of the correspondence deals with this topic.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works. Assistant Superintendent's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Unidentified maps, plans, and drawings of New York State canals
Series Number
- B1023
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Boards of Cooperative Educational Services correspondence and administrative files
Series Number
- B0473
Summary
- Included are requests for approval or alteration of shared educational programs and transmittals of applications for shared services and contracts. Requests by district superintendents of schools for establishment of BOCES contain the following information about each school district in the superintendency: town; county; district type; enrollments in grades K-6 and 7-12; number of teachers and assessed and true valuation. Occasional copies of BOCES budgets, memoranda concerning department visits to BOCES, and contracts are also included.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Warden's office files
Series Number
- B0077
Summary
- This series consists of Auburn Prison Warden's central administrative files. Records include correspondence; orders; parole applications; character references for paroled individuals; lists of parole applicants and those that were discharged; and population reports. Records relate to Auburn Prison transfers; the segregation, housing and furlough of incarcerated individuals; family visitation; firearms in the arsenal; volunteer services; the escorting of incarcerated individuals outside the prison; punishments; and personal effects at time of transfer.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
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
- Administrative correspondence files
Series Number
- A4111
Summary
- The bulk of this series consists of incoming correspondence received by the Bureau of Military Statistics and its successor, the Bureau of Military Record dealing with the acquisition of information needed by the bureau in order to perform its duties. subject include raising and equipping of volunteer regiments; appointments of officers to volunteer units; desertions by soldiers; drafting of men to fill quotas; number of men and financial aid provided by counties; and bounties paid to soldiers.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Western Division Engineers' annual reports, estimates of expenses, and other reports regarding canals
Series Number
- B0670
Summary
- These volumes contain reports, statements, and cost estimates submitted by engineers working on the Western Division of the Erie Canal. Records document construction work and repairs to the Erie Canal and Genesee Valley Canal. Cost estimates generally take the form of charts, which provide a brief description of the project, quantities, items or type of work involved, unit prices, and total amounts. Narrative reports found in the volumes provide detailed descriptions and justifications for various projects.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Albany County Alms House daily reports of admissions and discharges
Series Number
- A3154
Summary
- This series consists of standard forms, submitted daily, recording inmates admitted to or discharged from the Almshouse or its hospital. Entries include inmate's name; address or city/town; and date admitted, readmitted, or discharged. Deaths are recorded under "Discharged".
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Charities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Printed proceedings of the Canal Board and the Canal Contracting Board
Series Number
- B0212
Summary
- This series consists of newspaper clippings of the Canal Board and Canal Contracting Board proceedings. Most clippings deals with the Canal Board but a few clippings about the Canal Fund and the Canal Commissioners are also included. Subjects include appointments of various canal officials and employees, improvements and alterations made to the canal system, and resolutions passed. The bulk of the series deals with the awarding of contracts and progress of work on these contracts.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
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 files
Series Number
- B0561
Summary
- This series contains correspondence files of the Director of the State Museum, State Geologist, and State Paleontologist with such entities as scientists within and without New York State, museums and institutions of science or higher learning, the Board of Regents, private citizens, the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.), and Museum staff. Until 1925, the Director also held the position of State Geologist. Until 1894 and from 1904 to 1925, he also served as State Paleontologist.
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
- Assistant Commissioner's correspondence file
Series Number
- A3223
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and memoranda between the Assistant Commissioner for Secondary Education, secondary school principals, students, private citizens, and officials at the New York State Nautical School. The bulk of the records concern: qualifications for secondary school diplomas; qualifications for state college scholarships; requirements for academics to receive state financial aid; approval of secondary school curricula; syllabus development; inspections of secondary schools; and the movement to develop junior high schools.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Secondary Education
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Agriculture and Markets Division of Marketing Director's subject and project files
Series Number
- A0702
Summary
- These files from the director's office relate principally to promotion and distribution of agricultural products. They include a variety of material within a wide range of subjects, such as ACF Center Flow Conditionaire, eggs, flowers, potatoes, seed, and U.S.D.A. Home and Food Fair.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Division of Marketing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Merchant Marine Academy supervision files
Series Number
- A3037
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, and meeting minutes relating to the departmental investigation of management at the New York State Merchant Marine Academy; selection of the school's Superintendent and Commanding Officer; controversy over the training and experience of the faculty; preparation of annual reports; routine administrative supervision; and plan of Fort Schuyler (1927).
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Special Schools Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Incoming correspondence
Series Number
- A1144
Summary
- This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consists of correspondence of the Canal Auditor relating to financial matters such as salaries, contracts and tolls.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Transportation Commissioner's correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- 10487
Summary
- Records in this series document highway projects; planning and programming; administration and program management; finance; training and recruitment; contracts, legislation, claims, and other legal affairs; agency bureaus and units; transportation-related authorities, commissions, and committees; meetings and conventions of professional organizations; rights of way and land acquisition; federal aid; traffic safety, signals, and regulations; and highway research and development.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation
Access Restrictions
- Personnel records in this series are restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records in the series and disclose in accordance with State Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Telegrams received and sent
Series Number
- A4148
Summary
- This series pertains to the state's effort in raising and equipping the volunteer forces mustered into federal service during the early years of the Civil War. Specific subjects include the appointment of officers, mustering in of regiments, assignments of companies to regiments, promotions, arrangement of transportation for regiments leaving the state, recruitment of new regiments, procurement of arms from the Commissary General's office, mustering out of three-month regiments, and the payment of troops.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes of meetings of Niagara Frontier Port Authority
Series Number
- 10491
Summary
- This series contains copies of minutes of meetings and related correspondence of the Niagara Frontier Port Authority. The minutes deal with such issues as the abandonment of the barge canal terminal and terminal lands in Buffalo by the State and their transfer to the board; operation of the Greater Buffalo International Airport; and the expansion and financing of port facilities in the area.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Finance and Planning
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary
Series Number
- A0270
Summary
- This series contains a vast array of legal documents in the Dutch language filed with the provincial secretary of New Netherland in conjunction with civil and criminal proceedings. Among other duties, the provincial secretary was responsible for recording and authenticating official documents for potential presentation in court. Included are records relating to the administration of real property, commerce, personal and family matters, and other civil and criminal affairs.
Creator
- New Netherland. Provincial Secretary
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.