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Title

Park Ecology Committee monthly agency meeting reports

Series Number

21750

Summary

This series from the Resource Analysis Unit consists of monthly reports, minutes, agendas, and reports received from Adirondack Park Agency staff or units by the Park Ecology Committee.

Creator

• Suffolk Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Title

Tioga County mortgage records

Series Number

A4678

Summary

These microfilmed mortgage records show names of mortgagors and mortgagees, a detailed description of land parcels mortgaged, time and amount of payments, dates of satisfaction, mortgage assignments, releases, and mortgage sales and foreclosures.

Creator

• Tioga (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Memoranda concerning orders, requests, or actions of institution officials

Series Number

A3117

Summary

This series consists mostly of memoranda between the Superintendent and the Chief of the Discipline Department relating to reporting and punishment for misconduct procedures; requests for supplies and repairs; monthly lists of employees and employee misconduct; books sent to various departments; solitary confinement notices; religion of cadets; cadets transferred; and statistical reports on the number of inmates in each division, number of reports of misconduct, number of paroles, number of escapes, and related matters. Records are restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). State Industrial School

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c (1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).

Title

Carmel Central School District tax rolls

Series Number

A4650

Creator

• Carmel Central School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Committee meeting files

Series Number

B2484

Summary

This series consists of minutes, memoranda, and calendars relating to meetings held by Willard Psychiatric Center and Willard State Hospital committees in the Psychiatric, Nursing, and Medical Departments. Most records do not identify patients.

Creator

• Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Records identifying patients are restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Index to map and plan books of the location and construction of the state's canal system

Series Number

B0293

Summary

This series indexes two series: for Series B1808, Maps of Lands Permanently Appropriated by the State of New York for the Use of the Barge Canal, it is arranged by county and then by last name of property owner; for Series B0292, Map and Plan Books of the Location and Construction of the State's Canal System, indexes are provided by division (eastern, middle, western), alphabetical by structure, and alphabetical by subject.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Reports to director

Series Number

B2490

Summary

This series consists of staff reports to the director of the Nursing Department of Willard Psychiatric Center. The records include reports from nurse administrators, nursing grounds supervision daily reports, nursing care needs assessment reports, patient acuity reports, scheduling reports, and departmental monthly and annual reports.

Creator

• Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Records identifying patients are restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Telegrams pertaining to the 1892 Buffalo Riot

Series Number

A4122

Summary

This series includes correspondence primarily between militia leaders and occasionally their subordinates. One can find a number of telegrams and letters addressed to Major General Josiah Porter in Albany, Governor Roswell P. Flower, and Brigadier Generals Peter Doyle and James McLeer. The content of these telegrams and letters centers on the mobilization of state militia troops at Buffalo, but many also contain descriptions of the chaos erupting in the city.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tioga County records

Series Number

A4644

Summary

Microfilm contains meeting minutes and proceedings of the Tioga County Board of Supervisors and County Legislature (1813-1994); deed books (1791-1901); certificates of incorporation (1818-1995); naturalization records (1822-1955); and election canvas records (1860 and 1868-1920).

Creator

• Tioga (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Transit Commission case files and minutes

Series Number

19595

Summary

The series consists of microfilm copies of minutes of meetings and case files of the Transit Commission dating from 1921 through 1943 (when it was abolished). Also included is "supplemental case file material" (those documents not filmed because of size or condition, including maps, drawings and/or exhibits; or materials filmed, but for which the film was found to be of poor quality).

Creator

• New York (State). Public Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of foreign born inmates

Series Number

B1827

Summary

Foreign-born prisoners accounted for nearly fifty-five percent of the prison population increase in the early twentieth century. Individual facilities gathered detailed information about their foreign-born inmates to document the increase and burden on the state. This series consists of information concerning foreign-born inmates in Auburn Prison including name; age; color; nativity; arrival date in United States; vessel name; port; citizenship status; naturalization; literacy; former trade or occupation; crime; sentence; marital status; children; residence of wife and children; and previous convictions.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Abstracts of deeds conveyed to purchasers of land sold for unpaid taxes

Series Number

B1614

Summary

These records contain abstracts of information originally included in deeds conveyed to purchasers of lands sold for unpaid taxes. The State Comptroller's Office was in charge of selling lands for unpaid taxes until 1926, when that function was assumed by the Department of Taxation and Finance. For each entry, information includes date of sale; sale amount; to whom deeded; description of property, including county and town, name of tract, number of acres, and description; and names of comptroller and deputy comptroller.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Reports of commissioners appointed to appraise lands taken for street openings in New York City and Brooklyn

Series Number

J1014

Summary

This fragmentary series consists of petitions for appointment of commissioners to appraise lands taken for street openings in the incorporated cities of New York and Brooklyn. There are also reports of the Commissioners, returned to the Supreme Court of Judicature.

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 this material.

Title

State University Construction Fund Office of the General Manager subject files

Series Number

15422

Summary

The State University Construction Fund is responsible for construction projects on all state-operated campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY). It finances and oversees building construction for the university system. The series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, policy documents, and administrative files of the general manager, who is the chief operating officer of the fund. Files cover issues relating to SUNY's built environment and construction, and document the policies and priorities of the fund.

Creator

• New York State University Construction Fund. Office of the General Manager

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part: Personnel evaluations are restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review remaining documents and disclose information pursuant to the State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

Records of petitions and details of roads built

Series Number

B0278

Summary

This series consist of forms recording actions taken on petitions for road construction. Information includes the petition number; page number; name and number of road, county, section petitioned for; towns that the section passes through; dates petitions for survey and for work were passed; amount appropriated by county; date the preliminary examination was made; date approved; distance to be improved; surface and width of the road; date the plans were adopted; and information on bids and contracts.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assorted estrayed documents

Series Number

J1000

Summary

This series consists of a variety of documents from the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Albany, Geneva, and Utica. Included are motions; briefs; pleadings; writs of venire; returns of writs of error, certiorari, and commission; appointments of guardians; conditional testimony; cognovits; draft rules; affidavits; writs of commission; reports of commissioners of appraisal regarding land; and writs of satisfaction, ejectment, and eases. It contains depositions regarding the last will, the business and official records, and the property of Sir William Johnson.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Heritage area management plans

Series Number

21793

Summary

This series documents establishment of and provides information on the history and cultural resources of heritage areas. Each management plan includes description of area boundaries; inventory of cultural resources; goals and objectives statement; types of area uses; potential property acquisitions; proposed exhibits and programs; cost/benefit analysis; cultural resources preservation techniques; organizational structure; environmental reviews; park planning schedule; schedule for park development and State-issued approval; and photographs, other images, and historical records.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Heritage Areas System Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York Colony Commissioners of Indian Affairs minutes and recorded documents

Series Number

B2309

Summary

The Commissioners of Indian Affairs conducted negotiations and exchanged communications with the Five Nations as agents of the Governor of New York. The records in this series include minutes of resolutions and other actions; summaries of Indian affairs, particularly during wartime; detailed proceedings of formal conferences and informal meetings with nations or groups of chiefs; copies or summaries of letters to the Governor, other officials, and Indian nations; instructions for Indian agents and interpreters; and a few proclamations.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Commissioners of Indian Affairs

Title

Abstracts of National Guard service in World War I

Series Number

13721

Summary

The series consists of abstracts for officers and enlisted men in units of the New York National Guard who were mustered into the U.S. Army during World War I. Each individual's entry includes: U.S. Army serial number; date and place of commission or enlistment; muster dates (N.Y. and U.S. with rank, company, and regiment); and date, rank, and reason (type of discharge or transfer) for leaving service. Sometimes additional remarks detail service overseas, promotions, or service conduct.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Council on the Arts audio and video tapes of council-supported events and activities

Series Number

B1600

Summary

The series consists of audio-visual material (produced by grantees) that document a variety of events and activities related to the Council on the Arts. The audio tapes contain poetry readings; interviews; public service announcements; speeches; panel discussions; and radio programs. Some video tapes were created as television programs or intended as artistic works; others contain material similar to the audio tapes, as well as documentation of visual arts programs and craft demonstrations sponsored by the Council.

Creator

• New York State Council on the Arts

Access Restrictions

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