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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- Register of incorporated companies
Series Number
- A1289
Summary
- This series contains a listing of incorporated gas, insurance and railroad companies and banks (both state and national). Entries include the name of the corporation, chief officer(s)' name, place where to direct communications amount of authorized capital stock; and , for some gas companies the amount actually paid in. Only the entries for insurance and railroad companies are filled in completely.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Insurance company bonds and reports of agents
Series Number
- A0829
Summary
- Agents of Fire Insurance Companies were to make annual reports of all premiums received, pay 10% of these to the state treasury, and were required to deliver on demand to the comptroller a bond declaring intent to do so or pay a $1,000 penalty. This series, which documents this requirement, contains premium reports and bonds of agents. Also included are lists of stockholders and annual financial reports of various companies.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to records of wills and probates
Series Number
- J2043
Summary
- This series consists of a name index to testators in series J0043-92, Record of Wills and Probates from the Prerogative and later Probate Courts, and J1043-92, New York County Surrogate Court Record of Wills and Probates. Information includes last and first names of the testator; year, month, and day the will was proved or recorded and the liber and page reference. Volumes for letters I-L are missing.
Creator
- New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Preliminary estimates of quantities and costs for Barge Canal contracts
Series Number
- B0732
Summary
- This series consists of preliminary estimates of quantities and costs for various Barge Canal contracts.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Rensselaer City School District Administration Office personnel and financial records
Series Number
- A4497
Summary
- Microfilmed records include school district personnel and financial records. Personnel records consist of an employee civil service directory (1954-1993) showing school district employees' names, addresses, and titles. Financial reports (1964-1992) consist of certified annual reports, and detail the revenues and expenditures for each school year as required and audited by the New York State Comptroller's Office.
Creator
- Rensselaer City School District (N.Y.). Administration Office
Access Restrictions
- Personnel directories: Restricted in part; State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
Title
- Regents charter and incorporation files
Series Number
- 18458
Summary
- Education Law, section 216, empowers the State Board of Regents to incorporate colleges, schools, libraries, museums, and other education corporations. The incorporation document is called a charter. This series documents the incorporation and/or dissolution of educational corporations formed by the Regents. Typically a file contains a petition for a provisional or absolute charter, a copy of the Regents resolution granting or revoking a charter, and correspondence and amendments to a charter.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Division of Correctional Industries archived websites
Series Number
- B2125
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Department of Correctional Services's Division of Correctional Industries, which uses the marketplace name Corcraft.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Correctional Industries
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Employee position and salary roster of state agencies
Series Number
- A0801
Summary
- A typed carbon copy list of employees of the various State agencies. Each entry includes: title of position; incumbent's name; date when entered the service of the state; and date of entrance in the specific appointment in the agency.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Certificate appointing James A. Parsons as attorney general
Series Number
- B1404
Summary
- This series consists of an original certificate dated September 2, 1914, appointing James A. Parsons as attorney general of the State of New York. The office of attorney general is an elected position. The certificate credits an appointment which was apparently the result of the legislative authorization process to fill a vacancy prior to the next general election.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Assembly Speaker's Office appointment books and selected outgoing correspondence files
Series Number
- L0188
Summary
- This series consists of appointment books related to the Assembly Speakers' daily meetings and functions he attended. Occasionally the books include trip and meeting itineraries; receipts; invitations; and memorandums. Also included is a small amount of correspondence with constituents, citizens, and interest groups pertaining to proposed legislation or pending bills.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Office of the Speaker
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Wadsworth Center journal publication files
Series Number
- 20689
Summary
- The Wadsworth Center of the Department of Health combines basic and applied research and education in biomedical and environmental sciences with a public health mission of clinical and environmental testing and quality assurance. This series consists of articles published in scientific journals by Wadsworth Center scientists relating to their research at the center's facilities. The series also includes pre-publication editorial memoranda related to scientific content, choice of journal, and adherence to procedures when experiments are conducted on humans or animals.
Creator
- Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Hearing, research, and report files
Series Number
- 10992
Summary
- These files were compiled by commission member William J. Ronan, and include meeting minutes; correspondence; memoranda; newspaper clippings; journal articles; press releases; lists of convention delegates; draft reports; and background materials used in the preparation of reports. The records pertain to all of the various subject areas upon which the commission focused its investigations.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary Commission on the Constitutional Convention
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Village incorporation files and maps
Series Number
- 13243
Summary
- This series consists primarily of resolutions by county legislative bodies and responses to questionnaires filed with the Department of State relating to village incorporation and changes to the boundaries of incorporated villages. Related maps documenting village boundaries and boundary alterations are also included in the series but are filed separately from the other documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Receipts and related documents for accounts with the Court
Series Number
- J5076
Summary
- This series consists of receipts, copies of orders and decrees, certificates of appointment of guardian, powers of attorney, and correspondence relating to money deposited with the court. Most of these funds were deposited with the court in cases involving guardianships and incompetencies (i.e., lunacy, habitual drunkeness), trusteeships, and disputes over estates. The receipts make up the bulk of the series.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Auburn Prison registers of incarcerated male individuals discharged
Series Number
- B0068
Summary
- The volumes in this series document incarcerated individuals released from Auburn Prison. The amount and detail of information recorded varies over time, but typically includes name, age, date sentenced, term to which sentenced, and date and nature of discharge (parole, commutation, pardon, transfer, or death). Certain volumes contain detailed physical descriptions of incarcerated individuals, as well as personal and criminal history data.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commissioner's meeting materials
Series Number
- 13257
Summary
- This series contains draft and final reports as well as meeting minutes generated by the Temporary State Commission on Management and Productivity in the Public Sector. Among the subjects dealt with by the Commission were civil service reform, department and agency productivity and goals, state mandates to local government, state and local governmental cooperation, and management issues.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Management and Productivity in the Public Sector
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Elementary teacher certification project files
Series Number
- B1376
Summary
- This series documents the work of the Advisory Committee for the Elementary Teacher Certification Project established to assisted the Commissioner of Education and Board of Regents with their revision of certification standards. Included are meeting minutes; reports of the committee's regional hearings; correspondence from administrators, teachers, local teacher certification committees, and professional education associations; and findings and recommendations of the committee to the commissioner.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Higher and Professional Education. Assistant Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Moreland Act Commission to Investigate the Supervision, Licensing, and Regulation of Bingo public hearing transcripts and exhibits and final report
Series Number
- 10986
Summary
- This series contains transcripts of public hearings held by the commission to convey information related to its investigation into bingo games in New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Utica, and rural communities in nineteen counties. The series also includes 131 numbered exhibits compiled for the hearings and copies of the commission's final report. Exhibit materials include several recommended legislative bills and investigative materials relating to various bingo operations. The commission submitted these transcripts and exhibits to the governor along with its final report.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Act Commission to Investigate the Supervision, Licensing, and Regulation of Bingo
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.
Title
- Division of Human Rights archived websites
Series Number
- B2119
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Division of Human Rights.
Creator
- New York (State). State Division of Human Rights
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Impeachment trial subpoenas and subpoena tickets for Canal Commissioner
Series Number
- A0815
Summary
- This series contains subpoenas and subpoena tickets issued by the clerk of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments, August 14-16, 1853 of John C. Mather. Mather was convicted for unauthorized and excessive expenditures as canal commissioner.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.