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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- State Environmental Board subject files
Series Number
- 15796
Summary
- This series consists agendas and minutes of the State Environmental Board's meetings; correspondence; memoranda; copies of proposed rules and regulations; resolutions and internal reports; and audio cassettes of meetings and briefings. The Bureau of Regulatory Management serves as the board's executive secretariat.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Regulatory Management
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Department of Health Bureau of Adjudication State Administrative Procedures Act Index
Title
- Department of Health Bureau of Adjudication State Administrative Procedures Act index
Series Number
- B2917
Summary
- This series serves as an index to Series 17373, Department of Health Adjudication Case Files. The index is in chronological order by year and therein alphabetical by case name. It provides the case name, document type, date signed or served, and document number.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Adjudication
Access Restrictions
- Certain data in these indexes is exempt from disclosure under state and/or federal law. State Archives staff will review requests for specific data and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
Title
- Meeting minutes of various building code councils
Series Number
- 19812
Summary
- This series consists primarily of meeting minutes. Associated material includes agendas; background material; public hearing documents; reports and studies on the operation and effectiveness of the code; local regulation restrictions, adoptions, or amendments to state building codes; and other documents pertaining to council activities.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Building Standards and Codes
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Social Welfare files relating to public health
Series Number
- A3274
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, reports, project applications, proposals, news releases, articles, newspaper clippings, speeches, programs, publications, charts, maps, schedules, and other literature about public health in New York State. Most records which document public health, public assistance, and health insurance, were created and maintained by Dr. H. Jackson Davis, who established the first statewide health care program for persons on public relief assistance. Also included are medical plans from New York counties and literature on milk sanitation.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Journal of surveyor general's accounts
Series Number
- A1463
Summary
- This series contains accounts of the State of New York with Simeon De Witt, Surveyor General. Debits are on the left hand folio and credits on the right. Most of the expenses recorded are for surveys of tracts of unappropriated lands and for newspaper advertisements of land sales.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Assistant Engineer's letter book
Series Number
- B0331
Summary
- This series consists of a letter book kept by the assistant engineer in the Western Division engineer's office of the New York State Engineer and Surveyor. The correspondence in this volume mainly concerns the construction and repair of the Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor. Western Division Engineer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Environmental Conservation Office of Counsel water pollution control case files
Series Number
- 10407
Summary
- This is an incomplete series of case files documenting legal action brought by the Department of Environmental Conservation against water polluters, usually municipalities or businesses (accused parties' names fall between F and L). The files, which document the entire enforcement process, contain notices of hearings, findings, correspondence, transcripts of hearings, memoranda, rough notes from meetings, maps, case reports, petitions, complaints, registered mail receipts, and a small number of photographs. The whereabouts of the remaining case files is unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of General Counsel
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Senator George D. Maziarz archived websites
Series Number
- B2240
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator George D. Maziarz.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1995-2014 : George D. Maziarz)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau project review files
Series Number
- 19423
Summary
- This series consists of files created while reviewing state or federal projects which may affect so-called "cultural resources" (structures or archaeological sites) that are listed, or are eligible to be listed, on the national or state Register of Historic Places.
Creator
- New York (State). Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York committee files
Series Number
- B1991
Summary
- This series consists of files created by Municipal Assistance Corporation committees to document their various activities. Records are chiefly meeting minutes. Other records include agendas, reports, and correspondence.
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
- Record of commissions by the Governor and the Senate
Series Number
- A1852
Summary
- The secretary of state's office was responsible for records in these commissions which appointed the secretary as the clerk to the Council of Appointment. This series consists of bound volumes of copies of commissions of office, the original of which was sent to the appointee. The volumes record commissions pertaining to a variety of offices.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education subject files
Series Number
- B0457
Summary
- The Office of Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education administers the State Library, State Museum, State Archives, Motion Picture Division, Educational Television, and Intercultural Relations. This series consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting minutes, and clippings relating to Cultural Educations' program areas. Subjects include historic preservation; legislation; budgets; advocacy; policy; South Mall; and Adirondack Forest Preserve and statewide issues. Also included are Cabinet meeting minutes; monthly reports to the Regents, program publications and Commissioner's speeches. Job applications are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education
Access Restrictions
- B0457-14, Box 17: Partially restricted to protect personal privacy. Some job applications contain social security numbers.
Title
- Buoy boat drawings and specifications
Series Number
- B1749
Summary
- This series consists of plans, drawings, and specifications used in building the state's buoy boat fleet at the Syracuse Canal Shops. Buoy boats were used to maintain and refuel kerosene lighted buoys on the state's canal system. Also included are typed and handwritten lists of labor, materials, equipment, and costs incurred to construct various numbers of boats.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways. Syracuse Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Annual reports to the governor and legislature
Series Number
- A0580
Summary
- This series contains reports from a wide variety of state agencies, offices, commissions, schools, hospitals, and other institutions as well as private organizations required to submit such reports to the governor. The series also includes a body of reports of "sundry commissions" not transmitted to the legislature by the governor's office.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York municipal worker files
Series Number
- B1985
Summary
- This series documents municipal workers, their productivity requirements under the Federal Credit Agreement of 1975, their pension systems' bond purchases, and the financing of severance pay for city workforce reduction programs.
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
- Board of Regents audiotapes of convocations and Education Department functions
Series Number
- B0443
Summary
- This series consists of audio tape recordings of the proceedings of Convocations of the University of the State of New York and other selected Education Department functions. Included on these tapes are partial proceedings of convocations held between 1952 and 1970, a Regents legislative conference held in 1969, and the proceedings at Commissioner James E. Allen, Jr's. retirement dinner in 1969.
Creator
- University of the State of New York. Board of Regents. Secretary
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Senator John L. Sampson archived websites
Series Number
- B2254
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator John L. Sampson.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1996-2015 : John L. Sampson)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Vocational training manuals
Series Number
- A3089
Summary
- This series contains instruction manuals published by the State Education Department for the Vocational Education Program for National Defense Industries to help prepare citizens for the increasingly complex nature of warfare and the increased demand for skilled workers in defense industries. The manuals cover metal work, carpentry, machine work, and other skills related to manufacturing, and were distributed to vocational and high schools to assist in the technical training of students.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correction
Title
- New York State Office of Mental Health program planning and evaluation files
Series Number
- B2532
Summary
- This series contains studies and analyses of all facility programs with recommendations, studies of process of service delivery, and outcome of treatment intervention. It includes records on: program planning, program surveying and audits of effectiveness, and plans for correction. Included are records on local government mental health plans as well as client intake and discharge forms for the Task Force on Integrated Programs.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
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
- Letters of instruction to Western Division engineers
Series Number
- B0325
Summary
- This series is comprised of letters of instruction to the Western Division Engineer's Office from the office of the State Engineer and Surveyor regarding the construction and repair of the Barge Canal. The letters contain instructions on surveying; repairs; requisitions; plans; estimates; contracts; reports; dealing with labor issues; and various other administrative aspects of constructing and maintaining the Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.