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Title

"The Price of Liberty" sound recordings

Series Number

B1551

Summary

The series consists of a set of six long-playing sound recordings, produced for radio broadcast by the Junior Leagues of Albany in cooperation with the New York State Education Department, as an educational tool about freedom. Entitled "The Price of Liberty," the recordings may be connected to the popular "Freedom Train" movement of the early 1950s. The set consists of twelve recorded segments.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Social Studies

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual financial reports of public authorities

Series Number

13316

Summary

The series consists of the annual financial reports of public authorities generated pursuant to Article 9, Section 2500 of the Public Authorities Law. That law requires that, within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year, every authority submit a complete and detailed report to the governor, the chair of the senate finance committee, the chair of the assembly ways and means committee, and the state comptroller. Each report contains a statement of the financial transactions of the authority.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Auburn Prison cash accounts ledger

Series Number

B1237

Summary

This series consists of a ledger of credits and debits pertaining to cash accounts for incarcerated individuals. For each listing, the ledger records date, type of transaction, and amount of credit deposited or debit charged.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Biographical register of federally incarcerated individuals

Series Number

B0129

Summary

This series consists of information relating to incarcerated individuals sent to Elmira from federal courts. Since they were not eligible for parole, the registers document admission to release. Information includes name; date received; country of birth; age; names and addresses of parents and siblings; maximum sentence; dates maximum and minimum sentences expire; family history; incarcerated individual's previous history; physician's report at admission; outline of treatment; mug shots; physical condition at discharge (rarely completed); and discharge date.

Creator

• Elmira Reformatory

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Correspondence and administrative files of Project Redesign

Series Number

11501

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, grant applications, and other files related to Project Redesign, a New York State Education Department effort to foster wide-reaching change and innovation in New York education. Files include correspondence and memoranda, progress reports, grant proposals, budgets, meeting minutes and agenda of the Executive Redesign Council, and copies of contracts with consultants. Also included is a group of files of the Prototype Coordinator for Greece Central School District #1.

Creator

• New York (State). Auditor

Title

State records program organization files

Series Number

A4298

Summary

This series contains copies of evaluations and reviews of plans conducted in order to establish a records program at the State War Council. This set was held by Division of Records Director Karl Hartzell, possibly as a model for the War Council's record collection program.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Punishment register

Series Number

B1223

Summary

This series consists of a register of offenses and punishments given to individuals incarcerated at Auburn Prison. For each individual, the register includes name; date received; crime; term of sentence; sentencing judge; and date discharged or transferred from Auburn. For each instance of punishment, the register includes date; name of keeper; description and location of offense; name of person giving punishment; and description of punishment.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Introductory training course for matrons

Series Number

B1545

Summary

The series consists of a copy of an introductory course manual for matrons of custodial institutions, prepared by the Central Guard School of the Department of Correction with cooperation and assistance of the superintendent and staff of the Albion State Training School. This is apparently a copy of the manual used at training sessions at Albion.

Creator

• Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Archeologist's correspondence files on the Eastern States Archeological Federation

Series Number

A3291

Summary

This series consists of correspondence used by the State Archeologist related to and documenting the organization of the Eastern States Archeological Federation (E.S.A.F.). Included in the series are meeting minutes, general correspondence, correspondence related to membership and meeting planning (both regional and annual), and member and officer lists. To a lesser extent, included documents such as paper abstracts and organizational goals document the activities of the Federation.

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Richmond County school commissioner's teacher certification records

Series Number

A2010

Summary

This series consists of Richmond County teacher certification records including name; address; age, number of terms taught; previous certification; examination dates; numerical scores in examination subject areas; and number, grade, and certificate issue date. Also included are names of persons granted first, second and third grade certificates, temporary licenses, endorsed certificates, uniform examination system examinees. In addition, the series contains stubs of second and third grade certificates which include summary information.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Investigation and reports files

Series Number

L0156

Summary

This series contains information on rents, banking, insurance, labor, and construction supply gathered during an investigation of the high cost of housing. Records include reports detailing abuses which increased housing costs; bylaws of labor and building supply associations; testimony transcripts; and exhibits. There are also lists, indices, and digests of witnesses, transcripts of court cases, and records relating to grand jury hearings.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Housing

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Orange County railroad and water drainage maps

Series Number

A4461

Summary

Microfilmed records include railroad maps, depicting the entire railroad system or specific branches for all railroads in operation in Orange County (1866-1939), including routes and stations; grade crossing elimination plans, consisting of blueprint depictions of locations of railroad crossings and parcels in Orange County; and water drainage maps created for Wallkill Valley Drainage Improvement District environmental studies.

Creator

• Orange (N.Y. : County). County Clerk

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Journals of governors' actions and decisions

Series Number

A0607

Summary

These volumes provide a chronological record tracking actions taken and decisions made by the governor. Pursuant to Laws of 1858, Chapter 64, the governor was required to record in these volumes all applications made to him for appointments, pardons, commutations of sentences, or other gubernatorial actions, and to keep on file the original documentation relating to each application.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Matteawan State Hospital requisition log

Series Number

A1519

Summary

This volume contains a listing of supplies received by one of the wards at Matteawan for the months of June, July and August of 1976. The entries record type of supplies, quantity, and date of receipt. The entries start on page 13 of the volume; the previous twelve pages are missing.

Creator

• Matteawan State Hospital

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Petitions and other records

Series Number

A0161

Summary

This series may have originally been part of Series A0204, Legislative Petitions. Extreme burn damage precludes item-level identification or further description of the series. Records are restricted due to their condition.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature

Access Restrictions

Restricted indefinitely due to extreme burn damage, which precludes any definitive identification or description.

Title

Rationed resources coordination correspondence

Series Number

A4313

Summary

This series contains correspondence between the Bureau of Rationing and state agencies and local boards. The Bureau of Rationing was established to act as a liaison between the federal government's rationing program and local rationing boards. The correspondence details the procedures and requirements of the bureau in its efforts to coordinate rationing procedures. Much of the material documents appeals concerning automobile rationing decisions, but information on coffee, gasoline, rubber, shoes, sugar, and tires is also found.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Bureau of Rationing

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Daily journals from the office of the Attorney General

Series Number

B0908

Summary

This series consists of official daily journals of the Attorney General, in calendar format. Entries note meetings with individuals, many of who represented businesses, as well as reminders of court cases, arguments scheduled, briefs to file, correspondence to respond to, and assorted reminders. Some entries about court cases contain notes about the case.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Subject files of correspondence received

Series Number

A2004

Summary

This series of unbound records consists of correspondence, narrative and statistical reports, certificates, and miscellaneous financial papers received by the Office of the Superintendent. The records relate to a wide variety of responsibilities of the Superintendents' Office, including specific programs authorized by statute, as well as ongoing administrative activities.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Lewis County records

Series Number

A4475

Summary

Civil court records (Supreme and County Court) include complaints, judgment rolls, referees' reports, sheriff's reports of sales, satisfactions, and documents relating to appealed cases. Separate Supreme Court files include affidavits, orders, executions, lunacy proceedings, infancy proceedings, and committee reports. Separate County Court files include orders and affidavits. Criminal court records include indictment files and records of convictions in town and village justice's courts. Other records include deeds, notary public appointments, lis pendens, coroner's inquisitions, and county treasurer's tax assessment rolls for the towns in Lewis County.

Creator

• Lewis (N.Y. : County). County Clerk

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Accounts of the County Loan Commissioners

Series Number

A1334

Summary

This series contains accounts that provide a financial record of state money loaned via county loan commissioners. All such loans had to be approved by the Comptroller's Office. Arrange county by county, information includes the amount received; the amount in warrants issued; an alphabetical county list of maps with correlated numbers (which may or may not relate to the accounts); and a list of dates and financial actions such as interest, salaries, transfers, and payments for related services.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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