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Displaying 203 Finding Aids
Title
- Papers of Aaron Burr (Project) card index to court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or litigant
Series Number
- JN104
Summary
- Card indexes document court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or a litigant. Separate card files index plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; cases in each court; and cases in chronological order. Courts represented are the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Chancery, and Court for the Correction of Errors; the New York City Mayor's Court (Court of Common Pleas for County and City of New York); and the United States District Court for New York and the Circuit Court for New York, Southern District. Most cards refer to a court document (filed parchment or paper, or entry in a minute book or common rule book). There are also cards for Burr legal documents in private manuscript repositories.
Creator
- Papers of Aaron Burr (Project)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Hearing transcripts of the Strong Investigation of charges against the State Board of Charities
Series Number
- A3156
Summary
- The Commissioner of Public Charities of New York City charged the State Board of Charities with neglecting its responsibility toward institutions for children in the city. This series documents Charles Strong's investigation into the management and affairs of the board relating to the charges. Records include transcripts of testimony; lists of witnesses and hearing dates; partial list of hearing exhibits; and one exhibit in the form of a letter from an institution protesting its inspection ranking.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Charities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Boundary line maps
Series Number
- B1867
Summary
- This series consists of maps compiled by the Office of the Secretary of State in its capacity as the general recording office for the government of New York State. The maps depict boundaries between New York and other states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Also included is a plan and profile relating to the Spuyten Duyvil Parkway which lays out the streets, avenues, roads, parkways, public parks, squares and places in the twelfth, twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards of the City of New York".
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York consolidated index of court judgments docketed in New York County and City
Series Number
- JN111
Summary
- This series consists of printed volumes containing summary information on money judgments in the superior civil courts in New York County and City, and occasionally other courts in New York City and State.
Creator
- Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York City proposed salary amendments
Series Number
- B1522
Summary
- This series consists of reports to the Board of Regents from the New York City Board of Education recommending amendment of its by-laws with reference to salaries of: principals of parental schools, teachers, substitutes of industrial subjects in trade schools for girls, principals of junior high schools, and schools for the deaf and crippled. Also included is one printed copy of minutes of a special meeting of the board.
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
- Card index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery documents on parchment
Series Number
- JN120
Summary
- This card index provides access to documents (mostly on parchment, some on paper) filed by clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Chancery.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Staten Island Developmental Center patient case files
Series Number
- 19452
Summary
- This series consists of case files of patients who died, discharged, or were transferred to other institutions, from Willowbrook State School. Case files document patients' admission, treatment, therapy, and education. They typically contain admission records; records of visitors and correspondents; psychiatrist, physician, and social worker reports and notes; school reports; physical examination information; prescription and dental records; clothing lists; correspondence from other institutions; and information regarding the circumstances under which patients left the care of Willowbrook Records are restricted.
Creator
- Staten Island Developmental Center
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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgement rolls and other documents on parchment, Court of Chancery First Circuit filed and transcribed documents, and New York City Court of Common Pleas and New York City Superior Court filed documents
Series Number
- JN109
Summary
- This series is an electronic index of selected data from Series JN103, Card Index to Court of Chancery Enrolled Decrees and Filed Papers and Series JN120, Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents on Parchment. This spreadsheet serves as an index for documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York), Supreme Court (New York County), and Court of Chancery. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, year of filing document, alphanumeric file reference code, and entry or line number.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- William Beard estate papers
Series Number
- A1200
Summary
- This series consists of statements and tables of income (mainly rents), from taxes on the real estate of the late William Beard whose lands were to be acquired by the Barge Canal Terminal Commission for its terminal in New York Harbor. Also included are working papers submitted by the Comptroller's office to the Attorney General in litigation over the estate. They include data on the operation of the old Erie Basin, which had apparently been leased to Beard as agent of the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) judgment rolls
Series Number
- JN529
Summary
- This series consists mostly of judgment rolls filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City, prior to July 1, 1847. It also includes judgment rolls of the reorganized Supreme Court, July 1-December 31, 1847, filed by the New York County Clerk. A judgment roll (also called a judgment record) contains a summary of the pleadings and other proceedings in a common-law action, including the trial if there was one. At the conclusion of the judgment roll is the final determination by the court and the amount of the money judgment (debt and/or damages, court costs). The file may contain additional documents relating to defendant's attorney and bail, and satisfaction (payment) of the judgment debt.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Supreme Court (New York County) record of wills proved at New York
Series Number
- JN540
Summary
- The first two volumes in this series contain records of wills proved in the Supreme Court in New York City, 1787-1829. The record of a probate proceeding includes a copy of the will and the proof of the will. The volume for the years 1847-1856 includes wills of individuals residing or dying out of state that were proved in the Supreme Court (New York County), Special Term. In some cases there is written testimony regarding the authenticity and validity of the will.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Financial Control Board archived websites
Series Number
- B2101
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Financial Control Board.
Creator
- New York State Financial Control Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York City subway contract drawings and plans
Series Number
- A0414
Summary
- The series consists of sets of contract drawings of New York City subway system routes and facilities in Brooklyn from 1907 and 1908. Each set includes several portfolios of drawings, plans, maps, details, and sectional drawings. They are arranged chronologically by year and therein by route number and alphanumeric contract drawing number.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor public information photographs
Series Number
- 13703
Summary
- These photographic images were used as public relations vehicles for New York's governors. The photographs helped to publicize their official, and occasionally unofficial, activities. Most of the images reveal the routine activities that the governors' photographers were assigned to photograph. Records tend to be arranged by gubernatorial administration for the following governors: Thomas E. Dewey, W. Averell Harriman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Malcolm Wilson, Hugh L. Carey, Mario M. Cuomo, and Eliot Spitzer.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Testator index to wills recorded in New York City
Series Number
- A4699
Summary
- This microfilm series is an index to testators in State Archives series J0043-92, Record of Wills and Probates, 1665-1787, and in series 1043-92, Record of Wills and Probates, 1787-1879 (pre-1851 wills only). The index lists testators (makers of wills) in alphabetical order by surname, then by given name. The index provides name, date when will was proved, and book and page number.
Creator
- Sawyer, Ray Cowen,1895-
Access Restrictions
- Restricted; microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or reproduction for any purpose.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court (New York County) certificates of clerkships and other attorney admission documents
Series Number
- JN504
Summary
- Most documents in this series are certificates of clerkships of applicants for admission as attorney or counsellor in the Supreme Court of Judicature and (after July 1, 1847) the Supreme Court. Other documents include reports of examiners of candidates for admission; copies of orders admitting attorneys to practice; attorney licenses (most on parchment); certificates of education in a college or academy; and affidavits of age, citizenship, residence, and good character of candidates for admission. A few documents relate to admission to practice in the Court of Chancery and in county-level courts.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) clerk's register of cases argued and decided
Series Number
- JN510
Summary
- This register contains entries for cases placed on the calendar and argued during May term, 1842. Disposition of each case is indicated. Cases include arguments on demurrer, motions for a new trial (including a few criminal convictions), motions to set aside a referee's report, and applications for a special writ (attachment against a defaulting sheriff, mandamus, habeas corpus, etc.). There are a few entries relating to partition of real property and the admission of attorneys to practice in the court.
Creator
- New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Study Commission for New York City administrative and investigative files
Series Number
- A3337
Summary
- The State Study Commission for New York City was established in 1971. It investigated and prepared reports on the management of three New York City agencies, two housing programs, and the city pension system. The series consists of records of the commission's chief counsel, John F. Keenan, and document one of the many state efforts to investigate and reform New York City government. The records cover commission investigations of management controls in selected New York City agencies.
Creator
- New York (State). State Study Commission for New York City
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Assembly transcript of Assembly debate on rent control
Series Number
- L0147
Summary
- The series consists of a verbatim transcript of the May 26, 1971 New York State Assembly floor debate on Assembly bill #7078. The bill, which was passed by both houses of the legislature and signed into law as Chapter 371 of the Laws of 1971, extended state emergency housing rent control for a two-year period and provided for decontrol of those apartments left voluntarily by the occupant.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) bills of costs taxed by court officers
Series Number
- JN601
Summary
- This volume contains bills of costs in civil court proceedings taxed (approved) by a judge or court clerk. Each entry includes the name of court, title of case, itemized costs of the proceeding (whether it went to trial or not) allowed by statute, total costs, name of the defendant's attorney, and signature of the judge or court clerk. Most cases were determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature, others in the Mayor's Court in New York City and the Mayor's Court in Albany.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.