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Title

Seized Attica inmate documents

Series Number

22421

Summary

This series consists of paper records that were gathered as evidence by the Division of State Police in the aftermath of the Attica Correctional Facility uprising of September 9-13, 1971. State Police personnel tagged the documents as evidence for the investigation and eventual prosecution of acts considered to be criminal. Most of the documents had been in the possession of inmates prior to the retaking of the facility by state authorities.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of State Police. Troop A, Batavia

Access Restrictions

Portions of this series are restricted to protect personal privacy and attorney-client privilege.

Most of the material in this series suffered severe water damage prior to seizure. Access to materials in boxes 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 is restricted until the records receive conservation treatment.

Usage Restrictions

Records in this series may be protected by U.S. Copyright. Consult with archivist to obtain more information.

Title

General highway maps

Series Number

B1905

Summary

This series consists of detailed maps of Nassau and Suffolk Counties created for highway planning.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical tables compiled for report on wage investigation

Series Number

A3009

Summary

Statistical tables based on data collected by field agents about factory employees from establishments studied 1912-1914. The tables provide statistics about factory workers such as: wages; age; sex; time worked; years worked; immigration status; occupation; and housing. The series contains background information about how the information was gathered to create the tables.

Creator

• New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assembly records of Martin M. Psaty

Series Number

L0251

Summary

This series consists of bills, legislative and general correspondence, legal documents, memoranda, published material, and other related items, created and compiled by Martin M. Psaty. It is divided into three subseries: Correspondence, Subject Files, and Bills. Subjects documented in the records include air pollution, education, and health.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1963-1965 : Martin M. Psaty)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Otsego Northern Catskill Board of Cooperative Educational Services records

Series Number

A4766

Summary

This series includes tax rolls and other financial records of the Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School District; Morris Central School District; Cooperstown Central School District; Otsego Northern Catskill BOCES School District; Schenevus Central School District; Gilboa Conesville Central School District; Windham Ashland Jewett Central School District; Charlotte Valley School District; and Hunter Tannersville Central School District.

Creator

• Otsego Northern Catskill Board of Cooperative Educational Services (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Scotia-Glenville Central School District records

Series Number

A4772

Summary

This series consists of payroll records and salary summaries, pre-centralization accounting ledgers, class lists, pre-centralization attendance registers, annual financial reports, board meeting minutes, and tax assessment warrant rolls.

Creator

• Scotia-Glenville Central School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator Janet Hill Gordon Senate and Assembly records

Series Number

L0245

Summary

This series consisting of the Assembly and Senate records of Janet Hill Gordon concentrates heavily on the topics of matrimony, adoption, juvenile delinquency, family courts, divorce, child custody, and social agencies working with families and children. They also reflect the various committees on which Janet Hill Gordon served while in the New York State Senate and Assembly. Included are publications, bills, correspondence, memoranda, and minutes.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1959-1962 : Janet Hill Gordon)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

County planimetric base maps

Series Number

B1911

Summary

Maps in this series cover 23 counties and vary in size from 27 x 30 inches to dimensions as great as 46 inches. Scale of maps is either 1:75,000 or 1:100,000. Maps show civil boundaries; roads; railroads; airports; publicly owned recreation areas; and non-recreation areas such as prisons, military installations, and university forests.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Applications for land grants

Series Number

A0272

Summary

The series consists of applications for grants of unappropriated land by letters patent from New York Colony and State. Along with the applications are related reports, surveys, maps, warrants for surveying lands and drafting of letters patent, objections to title, and letters.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

A0272-19: Map is fragile and should be handled under the supervision of an archivist.

Title

Historic area/site marker files

Series Number

22353

Summary

This series documents area and site-specific markers erected along New York State roadways during the 1960s and thereafter by the State of New York and private organizations to commemorate events, persons, and places of historic interest. The files contain documentation of many, but not all, of the historical markers, including many markers which were later removed. Types of records include applications (approved and denied), correspondence, public online inventory, and other records concerning area and site-specific markers.

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

Records relating to sales of state lands

Series Number

A4014

Summary

This series contains records relating to sales of state lands, some titled "Book of Sales," listing: lots, amounts paid, amounts due, names of purchases, and town or tract.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation Commissioner's correspondence and subject files

Series Number

10487

Summary

Records in this series document highway projects; planning and programming; administration and program management; finance; training and recruitment; contracts, legislation, claims, and other legal affairs; agency bureaus and units; transportation-related authorities, commissions, and committees; meetings and conventions of professional organizations; rights of way and land acquisition; federal aid; traffic safety, signals, and regulations; and highway research and development.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

Personnel records in this series are restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records in the series and disclose in accordance with State Freedom of Information Law.

Title

Index to Comptroller's miscellaneous papers

Series Number

A1187

Summary

This series consists of an alphabetical subject index to "miscellaneous papers" filed in office of Comptroller. Every subject involving state finances is included from academies to wolf bounties. The whereabouts of the "miscellaneous papers" is unknown.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Resurvey field notes of Onondaga Indian Reservation

Series Number

B1722

Summary

The Onondaga Indian Reservation was established by treaty between the Onondaga Indians and the State of New York in 1788. After various tracts were sold by the Onondagas, they petitioned the state for a re-survey of their reservation. This series consists of field notes of a United State Department of the Interior survey of the Onondaga Indian Reservation executed in 1938 to restore and remark the boundaries of the reservation established by an earlier re-survey executed in 1856.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Recorder's Court (New York) assignments and discharges of insolvent debtors

Series Number

JN503

Summary

An insolvent debtor could with consent of creditors assign his property to an assignee (trustee), who sold it to pay the creditors. The assignment consists of two parts: first, a summary of the insolvent debtor's petition for relief, the notice to creditors of the pending assignment, and the judge's direction that an assignment be made; second, the debtor's assignment of his real and personal property to an assignee. Accompanying the assignment is the judge's order discharging the debtor from debts contracted prior to the date of the assignment.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

Use of fragile microfilm may be restricted.

Title

Boards of Cooperative Educational Services annual financial and statistical reports

Series Number

11000

Summary

The BOCES provide shared educational services to school districts that pool their resources. These annual reports contain information on services provided, staff, receipts, and expenditures of each operating BOCES. The reports also include calculations and approval of state financial aid for the ensuing year.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Educational Finance

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Trial calendars

Series Number

JN517

Summary

The calendars in this series contain lists of civil cases commenced in the Supreme Court of Judicature and announced for trial in regular Circuit Court terms and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York.

Creator

• New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Institution for the Blind stock book

Series Number

B0428

Summary

This series primarily consists of a record of the Institution for the Blind's expenditures for food, merchandise, contracted repair work, and construction materials. Also included are payroll lists for officers and teachers; entries for per diem labor; salary increases; authorized back pay; and a salary list, apparently pertaining to hired laborers. Information on expenditures includes amount; date; name of vendor; description; quantity, and price.

Creator

• New York State Institution for the Blind

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to invalid pensioners

Series Number

A1193

Summary

This series consists of an alphabetical index to invalid pensioners for Revolutionary War service. Records referenced in this index are found in volumes 3 and 5-7 of Series A0174, Certificates submitted by disabled Revolutionary War veterans claiming pensions and audited accounts of pensions, 1779-1789.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of Court of Appeals decisions

Series Number

J0228

Creator

• New York (State). Law Reporting Bureau

Access Restrictions

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