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Title

State Police non-criminal investigation case files

Series Number

A0795

Summary

This series consists of investigation files of non-criminal activity generated by the New York State Police Special Services Unit (known before 1970 as the Criminal and Subversives Section) as it examined organizations and individuals with supposed subversive or radical connections. The files contain police investigation reports, related correspondence and intra-agency communications, index cards summarizing known affiliations or previous investigations of individuals or groups, and background material pertinent to each case.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Special Services

Access Restrictions

Restricted: Boxes 3-5, 19-24, and 43-47 contain Department of Correction and FBI "rap sheets" that are exempt from disclosure under state and federal law.

Restricted: Some files contain information that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law, including but not limited to the exemptions to protect personal privacy and to protect the identity of confidential informants.

Title

Temporary Commission of Investigation archived websites

Series Number

B2041

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible Web site of the Temporary Commission of Investigation, which was empowered to investigate "any matter concerning the public peace, public safety and public justice" and ceased operations on April 1, 2009.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary Commission of Investigation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center photographic images of mental health patients, staff, and facilities

Series Number

B1560

Summary

Prints, slides, and photo albums provide extensive visual documentation of the daily activities at several central New York state mental health facilities. Scenes include parties; sports; field trips; dining; ceremonies; entertainment, patient therapy and treatments and interior and exterior of buildings. Staff, patients, and visitors are shown in committees; classes; meetings; therapy groups; nursing school, and other settings. Images include facilities and equipment, and patient art.

Creator

• Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center

Access Restrictions

Photographs depicting patients are 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 of Mental Health.

Title

Accounts of taxes on incorporations

Series Number

A0965

Summary

Accounts of taxes on incorporated companies, in five sewn booklets varying in content and format.

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) sheriff's writs and other historical documents

Series Number

JN999

Summary

This series contains writs, other court documents, and miscellaneous non-government documents. Among the writs are capias ad respondendum (order to arrest a civil defendant); capias ad satisfaciendum, fieri facias, and scire facias (orders to execute a civil judgment); and venire facias juratores (order to summon jurors). Documents were filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature, except for those from 1825-1826 which were filed in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York. Also in the collection are mortgages given by Daniel D. Tompkins and his wife Hannah, 1807, 1815; and a printed broadside address by Daniel Webster at Saratoga Spring, Aug. 19, 1840.

Creator

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

Title

Commission on Local Government Efficiency & Competitiveness archived websites

Series Number

B2069

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency & Competitiveness, which submitted its final report to the Governor in April 2008.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Clinton Prison outgoing correspondence of agent and warden

Series Number

B0118

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, and printed forms compiled by the office of the warden of Clinton Prison. Records pertain to insurance claims, aliens incarcerated at the prison, arms and munitions, amusements (amateur theatricals and field days), Champlain College, chaplains, contraband, staff assignments, grievance procedures, and lands owned by Clinton Prison.

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Office of General Services Bureau of Records Management record series inventory (RM-14) forms

Series Number

B1206

Summary

The State Office of General Services (OGS) operated the state's record center storage facility until the establishment of the State Archives in 1978. These forms were completed in response to a statewide survey carried out by OGS in 1975 to determine the total volume of records in state agency custody. This series consists of records series inventories and accompanying records disposition requests, memorandums, background material, and correspondence submitted in response to the OGS survey.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services. Bureau of Records Management

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual city constitutional tax margin statements

Series Number

13333

Summary

This series contain annual statements of cities relating to the computation of their constitutional tax margins. Each statement contains a breakdown of the current tax levy including computation of constitutional taxing power, determination of amount not affected by constitutional tax limitation, total taxing power of the city, and the constitutional tax margin.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Survey maps relating to the "1854 Survey" in the Western Division

Series Number

B1212

Summary

These maps were created to show changes to the narrow and crooked parts of the Erie, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca Canals in order to admit larger boats. They typically depict property boundaries and names of property owners; character or cultivation of the land; bodies of water; roads and streets; railroads; prominent buildings and private dwellings, often showing owners' names; and boundaries of state-owned land.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragile condition: use only with assistance of State Archives staff.

Title

Temporary Commission of Investigation master case files

Series Number

18266

Summary

The Temporary State Commission of Investigation is authorized to conduct investigations in connection with the execution and enforcement of state laws affecting organized crime and racketeering; the conduct of state and local public officers and employees; and any matter concerning the public peace, public safety, and public justice. This series contain case files of investigations, and includes the commission's investigation of the "Apalachin Organized Crime Meeting".

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary Commission of Investigation

Access Restrictions

Partially restricted by Laws of 1958, Chap. 989; Civil Rights Law, section 73.8; Civil Practice Law and Rules, section 3101(b), (c), and (d) and 4503(a); Freedom of Information Law, section 87.2(b), (e)(iii) and (iv), and (g). For further information, please contact the State Archives.

18266-96: Transcript of proceedings of a New Jersey grand jury (Box 6) is restricted. Remainder of the accretion is open for research.

Title

Logbooks of sick ward and nursery

Series Number

B1574

Summary

The series consists of log books recording information on inmates using "sick wing," "quarantine," and "nursery" facilities at Westfield State Farm. Entries generally include date (of admission, diagnosis, report, or release); inmate name and number; whether a new or repeat patient; and remarks (reason for admission/discharge, if paroled). Summary information or recapitulations are sometimes present, giving totals of inmates under observation and/or cases reported.

Creator

• Westfield State Farm

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates 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.

These records have been treated for mold; some researchers may be affected.

Title

Certificates of searches of judgment dockets and mortgage records

Series Number

A0971

Summary

This series consists of certificates listing judgments or mortgages in force against individuals, with affidavit of clerk of court, submitted to the Comptroller. A state law required the Comptroller to obtain certificates from the mortgagors that the mortgaged premises were free of all other encumbrances. The series is fragmentary.

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 Engineer and Surveyor histories of various canal projects on Western Division of the Erie Canal

Series Number

B0681

Summary

This series consists of bound manuscript and typescript copies of reports compiled by or submitted to the Erie Canal Western Division Engineer's Office in Rochester, New York. Most reports detail the history of canal projects undertaken in or near the city of Buffalo, such as the Tonawanda and Oak Orchard Creek Feeder, Erie and Ohio Basins, Main and Hamburgh Street Canal, and Clark and Skinner Canal.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Indian census rolls

Series Number

A0742

Summary

This series consists of original census enumeration rolls prepared by the state agent assigned to a given Indian tribal group or reservation for the purpose of identifying those eligible to receive annuity payments from the state. As such, the series serves as the basis for validation of tribal membership and as an important, often the only, source of basic vital statistics for reservation residents and non-residents alike.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Queens West Development Corporation archived websites

Series Number

B2096

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Queens West Development Corporation.

Creator

• Queens West Development Corporation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Senator James H. Donovan hearing files

Series Number

L0013

Summary

The series contains testimony given at public hearings conducted by Senator James H. Donovan as chairman of the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Mental and Physical Handicap. In addition to testimonies and hearing transcripts, the series also contains reports, correspondence, memorandums, pertinent printed materials, and copies of legislation. Topics addressed include mental health deinstitutionalization, children with handicaps, licensing of New York City teachers, education technology, and services to children at risk.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Administrative and correspondence files

Series Number

A4242

Summary

This series consists of copies of legislation, organizational charts, requisitions, memoranda, informational circulars, reports, bulletins, minutes, and some correspondence relating to the organization and administration of the New York State Defense Council's war work. Consistent with the council's purpose to coordinate the military, industrial, agricultural, and commercial resources of the stateT, the series reflects cooperation with other state agencies (especially the Departments of Health, Agriculture, Education and the Food Supply Commission), the Council of National Defense, and the network of state home defense committees. Also Included are files of the council's Divisions of Films, Information, and Women as well as material related to committee work on highway transportation, provision of legal service, and the Liberty Loan campaign.

Creator

• New York State Defense Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Transcripts of investigation concerning death of Buffalo State Hospital patient

Series Number

B2928

Summary

This series consists of transcripts of testimonies given by witnesses involved or having knowledge of issues and circumstances surrounding the death of a patient at Buffalo State Hospital.

Creator

• New York (State). State Commission in Lunacy

Access Restrictions

Access to certain information in this series is restricted by multiple state laws. State Archives staff will review requests for specific information and disclose in accordance with the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).

Title

New York State Insurance Fund Actuarial Division Aggregate Trust Fund (ATF) deposit lists

Series Number

A0030

Summary

The Workmen's Compensation Commission (later Workmen's Compensation Board) has the discretion to require insurance carriers or employers to deposit into the State Insurance Funds future payments owed to beneficiaries in workmen's compensation settlements. This series lists workers' compensation cases in which deposits were made into the Aggregate Trust Fund. Entries include employee name, deposit amount, type of case, dates money deposited/removed from fund, and percentages and financial calculations pertaining to deposit.

Creator

• New York (State). State Insurance Fund. Actuarial Division

Access Restrictions

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