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Title

Newsletters

Series Number

B2003

Summary

This series consists of newsletters created to inform the public about events, activities, and accomplishments of the State Division of Human Rights and its predecessor agencies, the State Commission Against Discrimination and the State Commission for Human Rights. Also included is a special newspaper edition of the New York Amsterdam News celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the agency in 1956.

Creator

• New York (State). State Division of Human Rights

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Writs of commission

Series Number

J0014

Summary

This series consists of writs of commission, issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, directed to commissioners appointed to take depositions under oath from witnesses residing in other states or countries. The return to the writ consists of the answers of the witness, transcribed by the commissioners and certified by them. Attached to the writ and the return are the interrogatories, and occasionally cross-interrogatories, submitted by attorney for parties to the action.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Log of actions relating to incarcerated individuals scheduled for execution

Series Number

B1244

Summary

This series consists of volumes used to track events relating to incarcerated individuals scheduled for execution at Sing Sing. Logs contain the person's name and consecutive number; county of sentencing and date received; name and address of family; spiritual advisor and attorney; dates of receipt, appeal, respite, or commutation; and execution date and time. Also included are documents entitled "Statistics Relative to Sentences for Murder in the First Degree," listing individuals executed, transferred, discharged by reversal of judgment or whose sentences were commuted.

Creator

• Sing Sing Prison

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Legal documentation relating to Comptroller's sales of land for taxes

Series Number

A1387

Summary

Land was sold when taxes were unpaid for two years. If the owner paid the taxes within one year after the land was sold for taxes, it reverted to that person's ownership. This series consists of documents relating to sale and redemption of land on which taxes were owed, mostly in the Forest Preserve. Documents include tax searches, tax sale deeds, lists of lands on which taxes were unpaid or sold for unpaid taxes, affidavits, opinions, and legal briefs.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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

Livingston County board of supervisors meeting minutes and proceedings

Series Number

A4599

Summary

This series consists of microfilm copies of minutes and other documentation of meetings of the Livingston County Board of Supervisors.

Creator

• Livingston (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Dispensation records and press releases

Series Number

B1536

Summary

The series consists primarily of records pertaining to the War Council's notification of determination and recommendations for renewal of dispensation orders to hire minors during wartime. Also included are letters sent to the War Council and a significant number of press releases, primarily from the governor, pertaining to rationing and conservation; civilian defense; emergency planning; physical fitness; farm labor; use of vehicles and speed limits; promotion of the war abroad; and planning for selective service.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Final progress report

Series Number

B0628

Summary

This series consists of an original signed copy of the final report of the Temporary State Commission on Estates. Report addresses staff, enabling legislation, procedures, legislative recommendations, and concluding work. Included are 14 appendices, each one pertaining to a commission recommendation.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Modernization, Revision, and Simplification of the Law of Estates

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Daily log of morning clinic, hospital, and tuberculosis treatments

Series Number

B1250

Summary

This series consists of daily information on inmates receiving medical treatment at Clinton Prison. In addition to regular medical needs, Clinton served as the facility for all inmates suffering from tuberculosis. Information includes descriptions of the general inmate population; number of inmates applying for treatment, treated and not treated; number of men excused; number of days lost; and information about the tuberculosis population (number admitted, and names and number discharged) and hospital (number admitted, and names and number discharged).

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Writs of capias ad respondendum

Series Number

J0028

Summary

This series consists of writs of capias ad respondendum (cap. ad resp.), which were orders to a sheriff to arrest and take into custody a defendant for appearance in court to answer the plaintiff's declaration. The writ states the name of defendant, the court term when he was required to appear, the name of the plaintiff, the type of action, and the names of the justice, clerk, and plaintiff's attorney.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Budget request files

Series Number

B2759

Summary

This series contains files detailing financial and narrative information conveyed to the Division of the Budget for the purpose of documenting projected service plans, income sources, expenses, and financial needs for activities carried out by the agency. Information provides details as to the sources of funds; statistical data; appropriations from various state, federal, and private sources; requests for changes; fund types; consulting service contract expenses; and other financial and accounting information.

Creator

• New York (State). Office for the Aging

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

South Mall project site acquisition and clearance files

Series Number

16209

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memorandums, weekly inspection reports, contract specifications, and engineering drawings and plans related to the South Mall (Empire State Plaza) project site. The records document the interaction of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Department of Public Works, and Office of General Services in acquiring land and property for the South Mall site, and in overseeing the demolition of buildings at the site.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services. Office of South Mall Construction

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Statements of taxes assessed on lands of Allegany State Park

Series Number

A1378

Summary

This series consists of statements of taxes giving parcel location, acreage, assessed valuation, and amount of tax due. There are also transcripts of parts of town assessment rolls and related correspondence of the Comptroller's Office.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Banking Department financial records

Series Number

A0700

Summary

The series includes a wide variety of records relating to bank administration, operations, and accounting. The records document the state's activist supervision of banks under the Safety Fund Act, passed in the aftermath of the Panic of 1837.

Creator

• New York (State). Banking Department

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Accounts of land grants

Series Number

A3209

Summary

This series consists of accounts of land grants in the counties of Cumberland, Tryon, Charlotte, Albany, and Gloucester. Records are burned around the edges. Records must be se under supervision of an archivist.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Treasurer's Office

Access Restrictions

Records are fragile due to burn damage. Use with the supervision of an archivist.

Title

Assembly action logs and roll call votes

Series Number

L0051

Summary

This series records the activity of each Assembly committee during legislative sessions and action taken on each bill referred to it. Information for each bill includes: standing committee action (approved, killed, referred); introductory and print number; bill title; introducer; bill number companion bill in the Senate or assembly; and roll call vote.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Clerk of the Assembly

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Glens Falls building permits, tax assessment rolls, and conditional sale records

Series Number

A4566

Summary

Microfilm includes a variety of tax and building records for the city of Glens Falls: city and county tax rolls; tax collection records; conditional sales index records; chattel mortgages index records; building permits; certificates of occupancy; building permit application index files; building plans; and plumbing and electrical permits.

Creator

• Glens Falls (N.Y. : City)

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Greece (N.Y.) building permits and other records

Series Number

A4572

Creator

• Greece (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Interview tape recordings and transcripts regarding the 1964-1977 State Education Department doctoral program review

Series Number

B1658

Summary

This series consists of cassette tape recordings and typed transcripts of interviews with administrators and employees of the State Education Department, Board of Regents members, and other educators. The interviews were conducted in 1993 by Rose Mary Roy as research for her doctoral dissertation. The general subject of the interviews is the development, procedures, activities, and impact of the Education Department's doctoral program review during the period 1964-1977. Special attention is given to the role of the Board of Regents in developing and guiding the doctoral program review.

Creator

• Roy, R.P.M.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Index to unidentified Middle Division Barge Canal contracts

Series Number

B1880

Summary

This series consists of a card index to unidentified contract files. The index seems to refer to expenses, correspondence, maps, and field books primarily of the Middle Division. This is not a working index and is retained for internal use only.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.