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Title

Manual of procedure for local relief administrations

Series Number

A3263

Summary

This mimeographed volume outlines the legal mandates and procedures to be followed by the State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration (TERA) and local welfare districts providing relief assistance to New Yorkers. It contains information on the following: general requirements, definitions, home relief, work relief procedure, commodity distribution, purchases and equipment rentals, accounts of fiscal officers, and special programs (College Student Aid, Emergency Education, Fresh Milk, Civilian Conservation Corps, and Transient Program for Unattached Individuals and Homeless Families).

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary Emergency Relief Administration

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Law Litigation Bureau landmark case files

Series Number

19352

Summary

This series consists of landmark case files from the Department of Law. Files must meet at least one of these criteria: the files document cases that resulted in landmark decisions, rulings, or orders and therefore provide evidence of precedents; pertain to notorious figures or organizations that are likely to be the subject of ongoing research; involve prominent individuals who will likely be the subject of future research; define a shift or are illustrative of a major department policy or initiative.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law. Litigation Bureau

Access Restrictions

Designated records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute or common law. Requests for access to designated records are reviewed by staff of the State Archives and the Office of the Attorney General (Department of Law). In certain circumstances, designated records or portions of records may be withheld.

Title

Department of Mental Hygiene research studies

Series Number

B2531

Summary

Records in this series include data sheets, coding sheets, abstracts of patient records, and reports. Included are records relating to the Baxstrom patient research study and the pre-Baxstrom research study in the 1970s, which examined individuals transferred from hospitals of the criminally insane under the Department of Correctional Services to the civil mental hospitals in the Department of Mental Hygiene.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene

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 of Mental Health.

Title

Court of Chancery Clerk's rule book

Series Number

J0240

Summary

This rule book was maintained by a Chancery Clerk as a summary record of common orders, most pertaining to producing witnesses and taking testimony.The name R.R. Lansing (Richard R. Lansing) is written on the front cover; he was the Chancery Clerk at Utica. The volume contains several handwritings.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Writs of possession

Series Number

J4026

Summary

This series consists of writs of possession (habere facias possessionem), issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, commanding a sheriff to give possession of a parcel of land to the person who was entitled to it after having won an action of ejectment in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Requisitions for supplies for construction of the Barge Canal

Series Number

B0326

Summary

This series contains printed requisition forms used by the Western Division Engineer's office. These forms were used to request items and supplies from the office of the New York State Engineer and Surveyor for work on the Barge Canal as well as routine office work. The forms list the type and amount of supplies; total costs; address where items were to be sent; person requesting the items; and person to whom the form was sent.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York economic reports, testimonies, and speeches

Series Number

B1986

Summary

This series consists of testimony from the U.S. Senate and House hearings on the financial condition of New York City; U.S. Treasury, General Accounting Office, and Securities and Exchange Commission reports on New York City; and other economic reports, speeches, and testimony.

Creator

• Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Records

Series Number

A0583

Summary

These records consist of completed surveys sent to state judicial personnel regarding their job functions, activities, duties, and salary. The survey was meant to assist the judiciary in its budget operations and to provide data to the legislature for determining the correct appropriations necessary for court administration. Survey responses include the Supreme Court (3rd-10th Districts), Court of Appeals (1st-4th Department), and the Court of Claims.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene

Access Restrictions

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

Title

School for the Blind general ledger accounts

Series Number

B0440

Summary

This series consists of a variety of ledger accounts documenting costs or charges for institution maintenance, expenses, and student support. The majority of the accounts pertain to private companies, but others apparently refer to individual students. Other distinct accounts pertain to individual counties, cash, and funds from/to the state treasurer.

Creator

• New York State School for the Blind

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator José M. Serrano archived websites

Series Number

B2257

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator José M. Serrano.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1999-2010 : José M. Serrano)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator Thomas P. Morahan archived websites

Series Number

B2243

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Thomas P. Morahan.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1999-2010 : Thomas P. Morahan)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York Board of Directors meeting minutes

Series Number

B1992

Creator

• Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Executive clemency and pardon case files

Series Number

A0597

Summary

The case files in this series document the process of application for and granting of pardons or commutations of sentences by the Governor. Convicts and their families, friends, and attorneys applied to have sentences reduced or terminated and, for convicted felons, to have citizenship rights restored. The files may include letters and petitions to the Governor, copies of court documents, inmate data and conduct records, transcripts of testimony, Governor's commutation statement, and inmate's statement accepting terms of release.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor

Access Restrictions

Series is partially restricted. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose as permitted by New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) and other applicable state and federal statutes.

Title

War Service Scholarship candidate lists

Series Number

B0454

Summary

This series consists of candidate lists for state scholarships for armed services veterans of World War I and II. Information includes name; address; county; examination score; acceptance, declination, or failure to reply; revocation or resignation; scholarship number; and college. Rank within county may also be included.

Creator

• New York (State). Regents Examination and Scholarship Center

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Project files and reports

Series Number

14104

Summary

This series consists of project files and reports of the Planning Section. Report topics include turnover of civil service technicians, professional entrance program, nationwide recruitment activities, reasons for resignation from state service, and management improvement. Project files include surveys of the operations of Department units, investigations of civil service issues and routine administrative matters. Also included are the results of a 1956 study of all entry-level titles and promotion charts for competitive-class positions in State service.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Planning Section

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Newspaper clippings regarding canal operations and conditions

Series Number

B0332

Summary

This series consists of scrapbooks of newspaper clippings related to Erie and Barge Canal operations. Topics covered by the clippings include canal finances; safety; improvements; employees; maintenance; contracts; structures; the decline of the Erie Canal; and construction of the Barge Canal.

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

Unified services and local services management records

Series Number

B2525

Summary

This series documents plans concerning the allocation of state resources to local providers of services throughout New York State. These records include county plans, correspondence with state departments and county agencies, reports, and budgets pertaining to individual institutions.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to Department orders

Series Number

B1004

Summary

This series consists of card file that indexes orders and actions such as: position appointments and salary increases; applications for sewage, water supply and special protection; trespassing actions; dam approvals; pollution cases; settlements of fire cases; permit issuances. The orders are arranged alphabetically by subject, for four different time periods.

Creator

• New York (State). Conservation Department. Executive Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Civil Defense Commission subject files

Series Number

13125

Summary

The series includes correspondence, memoranda, plans, press releases, reports and cost estimates of the Civil Defense Commission activity, through the early 1970s. Activities documented include fallout shelter construction, emergency radio networks, disaster planning, and population evacuation engineering plans, specifications, designs, and cost estimates for planned fallout shelter construction throughout the state. Most of the records relate to shelters at state institutions.

Creator

• New York State Civil Defense Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

List of causes

Series Number

J1162

Summary

This multi-page document is an alphabetical listing of cases in the Court for the Correction of Errors that were commenced after June 1842 and were still pending and undecided in July 1847, when the court was abolished. The pending cases were transferred to the newly established Court of Appeals.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

Access Restrictions

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