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Title

Registers of licensed druggists and prescription clerks in New York City

Series Number

B0481

Summary

This series consists of lists of druggists and prescription clerks in New York City registered with the state. Each entry contains the following information: name; register number; age; country of birth; place of business; length of time in business; date of examination; date license granted (sometimes this is completed as "passed"); and, while usually blank, remarks (for example, "refunded," "not paid").

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Board of Pharmacy

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Warrants to prepare letters patent

Series Number

A1884

Summary

The governor issued these warrants directing the attorney general to prepare letters patent. These patents transferred title to land from the colonial government to private owners whose application to purchase land had been approved following a survey. Each warrant contains governor's name; attorney general's name; size and boundaries of the land to be patented; and date of the warrant. These records sustained moderate to severe burn damage in the 1911 State Capitol fire.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Governor

Access Restrictions

Access to original records is restricted due to burn damage sustained in the 1911 New York State Capitol building fire.

Title

Governor W. Averell Harriman campaign records

Series Number

B1947

Summary

This series documents W. Averell Harriman's campaigns for governor of New York in 1954 and 1958, and for president in 1956. It is divided into five subseries: 1954 New York State Gubernatorial Campaign Files; 1954 General Election Files; 1956 Campaign and Election Files; 1958 Gubernatorial Campaign Files; and 1958 Election Records.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Theatre Institute photographs

Series Number

22463

Summary

This series includes slides, photographic prints, and photographic negatives created to publicize the New York State Theatre Institute's productions. Prints and slides are in both color and black and white, and generally depict scenes from various productions and close-up shots of actors in costume. The images were created by professional photographers hired under contract.

Creator

• New York State Theatre Institute

Access Restrictions

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

Usage Restrictions

Because these photographs were taken by professional photographers under contract, it is unclear who has the rights to them or if any restrictions may be required on their use or display.

Title

Land management files

Series Number

B2296

Summary

This series consists of files documenting discussions of land permit and land abandonment issues throughout the Barge Canal System. Records consist chiefly of correspondence between the main canal office and Department of Transportation Regional Offices (later Canal Corporation Divisional Offices). Background documentation, such as maps, is also sometimes included.

Creator

• New York State Canal Corporation

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

Title

Senate press releases

Series Number

L0213

Summary

This series consists of press releases from offices of state legislators in the senate and assembly; executive chamber governors Rockefeller, Lindsay, La Guardia; various state agencies; state committees; and private organizations. A wide variety of subjects are covered in the series, notably: commerce; workman's compensation; milk pricing; tax laws and reform; bond issues; civil rights; and Republican Party politics. Additional material includes speech and broadcast transcripts and weekly legislative newsletters.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Historian's teaching and research notes

Series Number

A0224

Summary

This series contains teaching and study notes, reading lists, examination questions, outlines and drafts of papers, a few graded examinations, and some correspondence of James Sullivan prior to his appointment as State Historian in 1916. Courses include American, European, economic, constitutional, legal, and political history. Also included in this series is 1916 correspondence of State Historian James A. Holden concerning distribution of published "Proceedings at the Unveiling of a Memorial to Horace Greeley at Chappaqua, New York February 3, 1914."

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bill files and memoranda

Series Number

L0207

Summary

The Standing Committee on Governmental Operations oversees legislation on civil and human rights, military and naval affairs, state contracts and purchasing, and the executive law. The files include copies of bills, committee reports and memoranda, reports on the impact of legislation, testimony, and news clippings. The committee bill memorandum is typically the most comprehensive document in the bill file, providing bill numbers and sponsors; origin, subject and purpose of bill; legislative history; pro and con arguments; and fiscal implications.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Governmental Operations

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

Title

Palmyra-Macedon Central School District Board of Education minutes

Series Number

A4730

Creator

• Palmyra-Macedon Central School District (N.Y.)

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

Title

County treasurers' statements of conveyance and redemptions of non-resident land sold for unpaid taxes

Series Number

B0938

Summary

This series consists of lists of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes and subsequently conveyed or redeemed. Each list gives the lot number; description of the parcel sold; acre sold; date of conveyance or redemption; to whom the parcel was conveyed or by whom it was redeemed; and amount paid if redeemed.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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

Title

Registers of pupils in the LeRoy Academic Institute

Series Number

A2034

Summary

LeRoy Academic Institute was chartered by the Board of Regents in 1864 and was private until 1891 when it apparently became the LeRoy Union School. Information for each student includes name, age, residence, parents' names, studies pursued, and tuition charged and paid. A list of the school's professional staff is included for most academic years.

Creator

• University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

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

Title

Name index of the members of the 1846 State Constitutional Convention and the 1848-1850 State Legislature

Series Number

L0172

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature

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

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Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation engineering plan drawings

Series Number

A4445

Summary

Microfilmed records include architectural, engineering, landscape, and topographical drawings; and contract drawings and plans. The records were created to document public structures such as bus shelters, playgrounds, sewers, bridges, firehouses, and seawalls on Roosevelt Island.

Creator

• Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Account of Literature Fund and other moneys for the use of colleges and academies

Series Number

A2020

Creator

• University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

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

Title

Tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4451

Creator

• Chester Union Free School District (N.Y.)

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

Title

Index to records returned to local governments

Series Number

A0637

Summary

This is a list of records that were returned to the custody of the appropriate local governments after being appraised as non-state government records. The records listed were transferred to the local governments prior to 1993 by State Archives Local Government Records Services staff. The list was created by State Archives staff as documentation of the records transfer.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State environmental quality review (SEQRA) repository positive declaration files

Series Number

15804

Summary

These records consist of positive declarations, the arrangement of which is based on Department of Environmental Conservation geographical region and levels of governmental organization (county, town, village), which was adapted from an arrangement used by the Division of Equalization and Assessment. Negative declarations are not extant.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Environmental Quality Review

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

Title

Daily activity notebooks

Series Number

B0092

Summary

This series consists of notebooks recording daily activities at the Western Reformatory for Women. Information includes records of routine inspections at various posts; items going into and out of the laundry; officers' orders; issuances of items such as shoes; visitors; behavior of inmates in segregation (separate, tighter-security confinement); and infractions by and action taken against inmates.

Creator

• Western Reformatory for Women

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

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Summary charts of volunteer assignment reports received from local offices

Series Number

A4337

Summary

This series contains tally lists of the number of volunteers working on various civilian mobilization programs within the local war councils. This information allowed the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) to monitor the local organizations' successes or needs. Less than ten percent of the local councils reported their figures, however, and those that did report did not do so regularly. The list of programs includes: block leaders; child care; housing; nutrition; recreation; and war bonds.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

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

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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation State Park Police manual of conduct - standard operating procedures

Series Number

21579

Summary

This series consists of the official manual of the State Park Police. The manual details policies and procedures ranging from how to compile and submit various types of reports to pursuit and arrest procedures. Although a unit of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the State Park Police are a fully accredited law enforcement agency. The agency's responsibilities extend outside park boundaries and encompass cooperation with both the State Police and county and municipal law enforcement agencies.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. State Park Police

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