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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- Warren M. Anderson personal papers
Series Number
- B1943
Summary
- This series consists of the personal papers of State Senator Warren M. Anderson. The papers include campaign materials, general correspondence, and constituency files from his district in Binghamton.
Creator
- Anderson, Warren M., 1915-2007
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey press release files
Series Number
- L0201
Summary
- This series contains approximately 1,000 press releases from New York State Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey's office. A large number relate to his work on the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Writs of certiorari
Series Number
- JN547
Summary
- This small series consists of writs of certiorari. Writs were directed to the Court of Common Pleas (Mayor's Court) in New York City and County and in several other counties in eastern New York. Most of the writs have attached to them the return of proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Inmate nationality register
Series Number
- B1000
Summary
- This series consists of a register of inmates by their receiving date, then by nationalities. The first section of the register provides monthly, yearly inmate totals as well as totals t by foreign and native inmates. The second section lists Italian inmates chronologically by date received and includes inmate's names; inmate numbers; what county they are from; their crime; maximum sentence; age; and years in the United States.
Creator
- New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of rejected property descriptions
Series Number
- B0849
Summary
- This series consists of registers describing non-resident property on which taxes were owed which the Comptroller's Office "rejected" because the descriptions were incomplete, inconsistent, inaccurate or for another technical reasons. The descriptions were used to produce accurate lists of lands to be advertised for sale. Reasons for rejection are stated in the margin in red ink. Descriptions may include a brief description of property; location; acreage; valuation; taxes owed or type of tax owed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Copies of Monroe County Clerk's Office records of awards, deeds, and claims for canal lands
Series Number
- B0691
Summary
- This series consists of copies of records for canal lands originally held in the Monroe County Clerk's office. These records include copies of deeds, releases of damage, claims for damages, awards given to claimants, and descriptions of land appropriations.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Franklin County title abstracts, naturalizations, and annual reports of school district trustees
Series Number
- A4534
Summary
- Records of the Franklin County Clerk's Office included in this microfilm are naturalization petitions and orders, including indexes in each volume; abstracts of title searches; and school district trustees' annual reports.
Creator
- Franklin (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Assemblyman John F. Duane bill files
Series Number
- L0003
Summary
- These files pertain to legislation sponsored or cosponsored by Assemblyman John F. Duane. Files include multiple copies of proposed bills, memorandums in support of legislation, press releases, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and internal memorandums circulated within Assemblyman Duane's office.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1983-1984: John F. Duane)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Empire State Development Corporation archived websites
Series Number
- B2086
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Empire State Development Corporation.
Creator
- Empire State Development Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- List of decrees entered in Register's office
Series Number
- J0091
Summary
- This series consists of a list of cases in which decrees had been entered in the Register's office. Each entry in the list contains the names of the complainant, defendant, and solicitor; the date the decree was issued and the date the bills, answers, and other documents relevant to the case were received from the Assistant Register; and remarks. Entries before 1821 sometimes contain the date the decree was enrolled.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of investigations for fires of suspicious origin
Series Number
- A4252
Summary
- This series consists of a register of investigations of fires of suspicious origin. Information includes the report number, date filed, street address, locality, county, owner or occupant, investigator, recommendations (whether pending or insufficient evidence), and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Fire Marshal
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of visitors to New York Building
Series Number
- A0034
Summary
- This series records the names, addresses (usually city and state), and residence in New Orleans of individuals who visited the New York Building at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition held in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1884-1885. The register is dated from January 9, 1885 through June 4, 1885. The volume also contains one photograph labeled as "New York Press Correspondents, 1885." A marker indicates the page on which Susan B. Anthony registered.
Creator
- New York (State). Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War of 1812 veterans' certificates of claim awards and related records
Series Number
- A0020
Summary
- This series consists mostly of affidavits documenting a claimant's right to reimbursement from War of 1812 service in a New York militia or volunteer unit, as well as certificates issued to claimants after the Adjutant General's Office reviewed and adjusted their claims. The bulk of the series documents in-state claimants.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Clerk's minutes of petition cases
Series Number
- J0085
Summary
- This series consists of a short chronological record of actions taken and documents filed in petition cases heard by the Vice Chancellor of the 7th Circuit. Most cases concern matters of incompetency (lunatics, infants, and drunkards), the administration of estates, and petitions for special performance. Information includes the name(s) of the petitioner(s) or the subjects of the petition and of the solicitor, and a chronological listing of each action taken and their dates.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of approved plans and specifications
Series Number
- A4246
Summary
- This register contains information and requests to the State Fire Marshal for approval of plans and specifications for changes or additions to buildings. The register provides name of resident or business requesting change or addition; building classification; address; locality; date plans were approved; size of the addition; and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Fire Marshal
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Cheektowaga accounting and zoning records
Series Number
- A4520
Summary
- Microfilm records include general ledgers; general journals; posting journals; town budgets, showing annual accounts of all anticipated incoming and outgoing monies; financial reports and audits, including monthly and annual accounts of all income, revenues, and expenditures; capital projects funding files; and records of variances and property rezoning.
Creator
- Cheektowaga (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation archived websites
Series Number
- B2092
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation.
Creator
- Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Summary account of bounties paid out by paymaster general
Series Number
- A1458
Summary
- This series contains a fragment from an account book of John D. Van Buren, Paymaster General, giving monthly totals of bounties paid out to volunteers by the State of New York between May 1863, and December 1864. The summary table gives number of bounties paid out to new or re-enlisted men in amounts ranging from $10 to $150.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Summary of estimates for extraordinary canal repairs on the Western Division of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0685
Summary
- This series consists of estimates for repairs on the Western Division of the Erie Canal. The estimates describe the type and cost of work being done for the Nine Million Dollar Improvement of the Erie Canal which was initiated in 1895.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Surveyor's bills and receipts for advertising sales of land
Series Number
- A3267
Summary
- This series consists of records documenting the advertisement of state land sales in various counties, cities, towns, and villages throughout New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.