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Title

Deputy warden and deputy superintendent inmate supervision files

Series Number

B0121

Summary

This series consists of records concerning inmate supervision: weekly punishment reports; intradepartmental communications; memorandums and affidavits from internal investigations of alleged prisoner abuse; library statistics and reports; roll calls for prison employees; schedules for weekly assignments; case reports; Adjustment Committee minutes; employee suggestion forms; employee reports suggesting psychiatric help for inmates; prisoner protective custody requests; and messages from prisoners concerning potential disturbances.

Creator

• Clinton Correctional Facility

Access Restrictions

Protective Admission and Custody Assignment Reviews and convicts' messages less than 75 years old are restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.

Title

Court of Chancery (2nd through 8th Circuits) Clerks' minutes of common orders

Series Number

J0047

Summary

This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Vice Chancellors of the 2nd through 8th circuits. A court rule required the clerks of the circuits to enter common orders in separate bound volumes. Included in this series are orders to appear; for subpoena; for answer; to produce witnesses; for confirmation of report; for injunction; to amend bill; and other orders of a routine nature.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Hospital staff draft status classification and recruit screening files

Series Number

A4284

Summary

In conjunction with, and under the auspices of, the War Council, the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene assisted with various wartime mental health-related tasks during World War II; primarily, it conducted psychological screening of recruits for the Selective Service. This series contains records detailing the department's work in the screenings, in addition to correspondence and memoranda between staff relating to the department's efforts to prevent its hospital personnel from being drafted by classifying them as essential to operations.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Barge Canal aerial photography survey

Series Number

B2050

Summary

This series consists of aerial stereo photographs documenting the New York State Barge Canal from Waterford to Oswego. The photographs were taken for use in planning for the 1935 Federal Improvement to the Barge Canal System. Portions of the 19th-century Erie Canal alignments are also visible.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Utica Psychiatric Center School of Nursing records

Series Number

B1559

Summary

This series contains records from the Utica and Marcy State Hospital Schools of Nursing and affiliated schools at Faxon Hospital and St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center, as well as records of the School of Nursing Alumni Association. Types of records include photographs, histories of nursing, student handbooks, clippings, faculty correspondence, curricula, lists of graduates, brochures, event photographs and announcements, and student record cards.

Creator

• Utica Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

B1559-97A, Non-directory data: Restricted under Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Use under supervision of archivist.

Title

New York State Department of Social Welfare Division of State Institutions monthly reports of runaways from institutions

Series Number

B0647

Summary

State training schools submitted these reports to the Department of Social Welfare to document instances where inmates either escaped or attempted to escape. Each report provides the following information on runaways or attempted runaways: name; dates left and returned; housing unit of runaways; and remarks briefly describing circumstances of escape and return.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions

Access Restrictions

Partially restricted 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

Proceedings and draft legislation

Series Number

A0948

Summary

Limitations on local indebtedness are specified in the constitution. This series contains mimeographed sheets of statistics, graphs and discussions of state aid to counties and villages, and local tax rates. Also included is a copy of a mimeographed publication "State Assistance Paid to Erie County, and the Cities, Towns, Villages and School Districts Therein. 1947."

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Committee on Constitutional Tax and Debit Limitations and City-School Fiscal Relations

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Profiles of locks 98 and 99 on the Genesee Valley Canal

Series Number

B0653

Summary

This volume contains profile drawings and diagrams of locks 98 and 99 of the Genesee Valley Canal, as well as diagrams and sketches of projects related to locks 98 and 99, including an eleven-foot lift. Only a few pages of this volume are filled out and much of it is left blank.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Law archived websites

Series Number

B2044

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Department of Law, which is commonly known as the Office of the Attorney General.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Forest Ranger Louis C. Curth subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B2722

Summary

This series documents forest ranger duties, training, and routine activities; policies, procedures, and history; interactions with members of the public and other State agencies; administrative directives and decisions; and public relations.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Forest Protection and Fire Management

Access Restrictions

Some files may contain restricted personal information. State Archives staff will review records and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law.

Title

Register's minutes of guardians, committees, and receivers

Series Number

J0053

Summary

This series consists of actions taken and documents filed in cases involving the appointment of a guardian, committee, or receiver. The heading for each case recorded contains the name of dependent(s), whether a lunatic, drunkard, or infant, the name of the solicitor, and the year the case was brought before the Chancellor. The main body of entries for each case contains a chronological listing of each action taken or document filed and date.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Card index to Western Division canal maps, plans, estimates and related structures

Series Number

A4290

Summary

This volume indexes three series of records documenting work on the western division of the State's canal system: B0380, Western Division Maps and Plans; B1211, Roll Maps Relating to the Western Division of the Erie and Barge Canals; and B0730, Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of the State's Canal System. They provide subject access to maps, plans, drawings, estimates, and related documents produced for proposed work and ongoing maintenance of the canal system.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Ledger of monthly and cumulative statistics on the prison population

Series Number

B0135

Summary

This series consists of statistical profiles of incarcerated individuals at the New York State Reformatory. Category statistics include type of offense; length of maximum and definite sentence; occupation; personal and physical characteristics; educational level; mental level; religion; color; ethnicity; past criminal and institutional history; and level of drunkenness. Other statistics relate to number of incarcerated individuals discharged; paroled; returned for parole violations; pardoned; escaped; transferred to other institutions or died while in prison.

Creator

• New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the State Archives.

Title

Board on Electric Generation Sitting and the Environment project application case files

Series Number

B2911

Summary

This series consists of case files created by the Board on Electric Generation Sitting and the Environment in the process of reviewing applications to construct and site major electric generating facilities.

Creator

• New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment

Access Restrictions

Critical infrastructure information about power generation and transmission facilities is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Law, section 86.5 and 87.2(i).

Title

Biographical history cards on prominent New Yorkers

Series Number

A3272

Summary

This series consists of about 2,500 3" x 5" index cards containing basic biographical information on influential New York residents from the late seventeenth to early twentieth centuries. Information on cards includes name; birth and death dates; place of birth; town and county of residence; place of burial; education; and occupation. The records were most likely created in conjunction with various projects undertaken by the Federal Writers' Program.

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

Ledgers for state stock

Series Number

A1465

Summary

This series consists of two volumes, one containing accounts of principal, the other of interest, for the issue of state stock totaling $1,600,000. Each page contains names of stockholders and entries of debits and credits for principal or interest. There is a separate paperbound index to names of stockholders.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Report on taxation of state land within the Forest Preserve

Series Number

A1471

Summary

The series consists of a report, supporting memoranda, and statement on taxation within the Forest Preserve. The files discuss gains/loses to the state on taxes, returns of taxes, or loss of land titles through cancellation of land sales. Also included is a memorandum relative to taxes on lands of non-residents and on state-owned "wild land." and a statement of towns where state-owned lands exceeds 25% of the total acreage of each town.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Mount Pleasant tax assessment rolls and town board minute books

Series Number

A4509

Summary

Records microfilmed are minute books of the town board (1922-1993) and tax assessment rolls (1892-1992).

Creator

• Mount Pleasant (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Transcriptions and translations of Dutch colonial records

Series Number

A3266

Summary

This series consists of transcripts and translations of Dutch colonial manuscripts created and/or edited by A.J.F. Van Laer.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Comptroller's Office ledger 'K'

Series Number

A1317

Summary

This series consists of a general ledger, containing accounts of receipts and disbursements for virtually every state office, department, commission, institution, fund, and activity. Receipts are usually given summarily as from a general or special fund, but there is often columnar breakdown of different categories of expenditures.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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