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Title

Board of Public Disclosure subject and correspondence files

Series Number

19094

Summary

The series consists of correspondence, memorandums, meeting agendas and minutes, newspaper clippings, published articles, drafts of speeches, and related material in support or clarification of financial disclosure procedures, requirements, statements, or requests for exemptions as mandated by the state's ethics law.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Public Disclosure

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Local defense council appointment notification and inquiry response correspondence

Series Number

A4345

Summary

the secretary of the Council of Defense (predecessor to the New York State War Council), or the Lieutenant Governor and State Defense Coordinator. Correspondence from the local councils usually notified the State Council of Defense of local office of appointments or requested information on policies. In some cases, information on meetings or programs, clarification of regulations, or entire lists of local defense council personnel are found.

Creator

• New York State Council of Defense

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York House of Refuge minutes of the Acting Committee

Series Number

A2052

Summary

This series contains minutes of the House of Refuge's Acting Committee, later Executive Committee. Minutes include discussions of maintenance, finances, education, employment, and other matters and also contain resolutions; lists of bills presented for approval; and reports of committees of the Managers. Routine inmate census data includes number of males, females, whites, and blacks; total number of inmates in each division; number discharged; and starting at mid-19th century, number indentured and in hospital.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Card index to documents relating to the Oswego Canal

Series Number

A4423

Summary

This series consists of a card file that apparently indexes documents relating to building and/or maintenance of the Oswego Canal, which ran from Syracuse to Oswego, New York. Most cards are undated and are pre-printed with the title "Barge Canal Field Books," They give canal name, contract number, geographical area, or type of structure; a description of the item indexed; and an "original number" and a "file number." Cards cover surveys, cross-sections, structures, and hydrological data.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Ledger

Series Number

B1498

Summary

This series consists of a ledger containing debits, credits, and other transactions. Accounts and headings, include State Treasurer; Oneida Bank; building fixtures and drains; furniture; attendants, assistants, and labor; fuel; lights; provisions; individual patient accounts; books and stationery; leases; farm, garden and barn; grounds improvements; officers' salaries; patients clothing; accounts of individual counties; and water supply. Balances of all accounts are given for some years.

Creator

• New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commissioner's election certificates

Series Number

A2046

Summary

This series consists of the two election certificates of Andrew S. Draper as the first Commissioner of Education. The Unification Act of 1904 creating the State Education Department, and f the Education Law of 1909 specified that the Commissioner be elected by the legislature until 1910; subsequently the Board of Regents would appoint the Commissioner. The 1904 certificate was certified by the Secretary of State; the 1910 certificate was certified by the Board of Regents.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Teachers' Retirement System archived websites

Series Number

B2185

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the New York State Teachers' Retirement System.

Creator

• New York State Teachers' Retirement System

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Ulster County (N.Y.) tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4437

Summary

Tax assessment rolls in this series indicate the properties in each town assessed for taxation, property owner, quantity and value of land, amount of taxes, and certificate of authorization by the governing body of the county. Beginning in 1887, tax rolls also include school district numbers, abutting properties, acreage, receipt number, and the date of tax payment.

Creator

• Ulster (N.Y. : County). Treasurer's Office. Tax Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Study of impeachment precedents and practices in England and New York State

Series Number

A3358

Summary

This series consists of a binder containing a 300-page typed manuscript entitled, "Precedents on Impeachment." The manuscript discusses the "customs, practices and proceedings" of the English Parliament regarding impeachment and reviews the history of New York State constitutional and statutory provisions relating to impeachment. There is no indication of who prepared this work, when, or for what purpose, although it might have been related in some way to Governor William Sulzer's impeachment and removal from office in 1913.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Federal advisory and instructional releases and promotional material

Series Number

A4351

Summary

This series documents how the activities of the New York State War Council Salvage Division were directed, coordinated, and informed by the United States War Production Board. The series includes: federal releases describing what materials were to be salvaged, directing the state division on how to proceed with salvage campaigns, and listing available promotional materials; correspondence between the Salvage Division and the War Production Board; bulletins; newsletters; manuals; and promotional and instructional materials.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Salvage Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Accounts for road improvement

Series Number

A1229

Summary

These records from the Comptroller's Office document the construction, operation, and maintenance of turnpikes in New York State, mostly around Salina (Onondaga County), Oneida Creek to Chittenango Creek, and Oswego to Sackets Harbor. Most records are itemized accounts detailing construction costs and receipts for services or goods. Also included are vouchers, contracts and agreements, correspondence, lists of taxes received for road improvements, and affidavits.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Historical Records Survey institution forms

Series Number

A0137

Summary

Following the entrance of the United States into World War II, the federal government took steps to safeguard the nation's cultural resources against potential destruction. This series consists of Historical Records Survey forms used to record storage information of institutions in New York State that were custodians of public records, art objects, museum artifacts, books, manuscripts, or other library materials.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bureau chief's public employee training program files

Series Number

A4379

Summary

This series primarily contains the correspondence, memoranda, program schedules, and syllabi of Albert H. Hall, chief of the Bureau of Public Service Training. The bureau provided instruction to state employees on subjects related to their vocations. Though it was part of the Education Department, it served all state agencies.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Public Service Training

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tax lists and assessment rolls

Series Number

A1201

Summary

This series contains lists of persons upon whom real and/or personal property taxes were levied in response to State tax legislation passed in 1779, 1786, 1787, and 1788. All of the tax lists in the series pertain to districts within Albany County. Lists vary slightly in format from year to year and even within the same year. All, however, feature the names of persons taxed in each district, in no discernible order, and the total amount of taxes owed by each person.

Creator

• New York (State). Treasurer's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Albany-Schenectady-Schoharie Board of Cooperative Educational Services District Superintendent of Schools records

Series Number

A3370

Summary

Microfilmed records include statistical, fiscal, legal, publicity, and other records relating to school districts in the constituent counties. Most of the documents relate to the district superintendent's function as representative and agent of the State Commissioner of Education. Records include annual financial and statistical reports; Communications Director's news files; District Superintendent's administrative office files; annual and statistical reports; component school district case files; certificates of apportionment of public school monies; teacher certificates; records of reorganization; and public employee contract negotiation files.

Creator

• Albany-Schenectady-Schoharie Board of Cooperative Educational Services (N.Y.) District Superintendent of Schools

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Central New York School for the Deaf annual reports

Series Number

A3364

Summary

These reports from Central New York Institution for Deaf Mutes were submitted each fiscal year to corporate members and benefactors by the school's board of trustees. Continuing to operate as a private facility known as Central New York School for the Deaf, it became a state facility in 1963. Some reports after 1891 had pictures of buildings, students, or alphabetic diagrams.

Creator

• Central New York School for the Deaf

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Accounts of cash received

Series Number

B0976

Summary

This series consists of daily entries of cash received from corporations in payment of the corporation tax on capital stock and gross earnings. Types of corporation included: transportation, telephone, telegraph, gas and water, and others.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Corporation Tax Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Affidavits relating to land taxation

Series Number

A1215

Summary

This series consists of affidavits and certificates documenting land ownership, payment of real estate taxes and the location of land owned apparently compiled by local county officials and submitted to the Auditor General's later to the Comptroller's Office. Information includes landowners name; location and amount of land, amount paid; date purchased; from whom, taxes due; taxes paid; date and whether or not improvements have been made on the land.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Wassaic Developmental Center design and construction photographs

Series Number

B2807

Summary

This series contains photographic material from the Wassaic Developmental Center and its predecessor, the Wassaic State School. The images depict the construction of facilities and buildings located on the campus. Contents include negatives, as well as color and black and white photographs.

Creator

• Wassaic Developmental Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Newark Developmental Disabilities Services Office Facilities photographic images

Series Number

B2634

Summary

This series consists of photographic images collected by the Newark State School (later Newark Developmental Center). The images document daily activities of staff and patients, as well as special occasions.

Creator

• New York (State). Newark Developmental Disabilities Services Office

Access Restrictions

Images that include recognizable consumers are restricted pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13 and Public Officers Law (Freedom of Information Law), Section 87.2.