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Title

Managers' facility inspection reports

Series Number

A2061

Summary

This series consists of reports on the condition of shops, dormitories, hospital facilities, other buildings and on the inmates at the institution. Facility conditions include needs painting; in good order; panes of glass out; freshly painted; floor need repairing and recover steam pipes with asbestos and canvas. Margin notes provide comments, regarding actions needed or to be taken.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Daily administrative lock reports

Series Number

A4410

Summary

This series consists of daily reports on the operation of locks on the Erie and Champlain Barge Canals. These reports document day-to-day traffic on the canal as well as specific information on the lock. Records consist primarily of daily lockage reports; weekly operation work force logs; records of rainfall and snowfall; river and climatological observations; phone logs; station logs; and status logs.

Creator

• New York State Canal Corporation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Food and drug chemists institute organization files

Series Number

A4376

Summary

This series contains information from two institutes, arranged by the Office of War Training, to teach food and drug professionals about threats to food and drug supplies (contamination, spoilage, improper labelling, etc.). The series contains a transcript of the first two days of the first institute, and registration forms from the second institute. Also found is routine correspondence detailing speakers' arrangements, meeting places, and other organizational details of the two institutes.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of War Training

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War Council executive secretary's correspondence with civil defense administrators

Series Number

A4362

Summary

This series contains correspondence between Thomas L. J. Corcoran, the War Council's Executive Secretary, and various state and federal administrators who coordinated civil defense work. Topics covered include: air raids; auxiliary police and fire fighters; blackouts; Civil Air Patrol; information distribution; and fire fighting. A large number of correspondence referral forms kept by Corcoran about letters forwarded to the director of the New York State War Council's Office of Civilian Protection (OCP) are also found.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York City Watershed subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B2808

Summary

This series consists of a wide range of subject and correspondence files resulting from the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) participation in the development and the subsequent implementation of the New York City Watershed Agreement.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Watershed Management

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State and local tax deductibility files

Series Number

15689

Summary

These records document efforts by a coalition of state education departments to oppose elimination of the deductibility of state and local taxes on itemized federal income tax returns. These records, created by the Federal Legislation Unit to monitor and promote the State Education Department's position (commonly referred to as "SALT-D"), consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, testimony, speeches, U-matic and VHS video tapes, and other documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office for Federal Legislation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

General fund ledger

Series Number

B0979

Summary

This series consists of ledgers listing accounts of New York State with various banks.

Creator

• New York (State). Treasurer's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York House of Refuge visitors' registers

Series Number

A2075

Summary

All visitors to the institution were required to sign in. These volumes list the name, city, state or country of each visitor. Visitors included legislators, jurors, students, teachers, professors, and members of the state legislature. Most visitors were from the New York City area; others included 25 other states, Washington D.C., Latin America, the West Indies, Canada, Europe, India, China, and Japan.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Complaint correspondence file

Series Number

A4404

Summary

This series contains correspondence between the War Transportation Committee (WTC) and its subordinate organizations detailing complaints and problems regarding WTC programs and decisions, and documenting the committee's efforts to enforce both state and federal war-time energy and resource regulations. Issues include: charter bus regulation; school bus routes; gasoline ration allotment; and continuation of routes. Complaints include: parental concerns with bus stop proximity to homes; children's right to ride the school bus; gasoline rationing inequities; and cancellation of charter bus routes.

Creator

• New York State War Council. War Transportation Committee

Access Restrictions

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

Title

U.S. Deposit Fund title searches

Series Number

B0992

Summary

This series consists of standard title searches, showing chains of title for property mortgaged to secure loans from the U.S. Deposit Fund.

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

Original maps of surveys for the Erie Canal

Series Number

A0851

Summary

These survey maps show the proposed route for the Erie Canal was made by James Geddes in 1817. The area mapped extends from "Tonewanta Creek" east to the outlet of Mud Creek in the "Great Cayuga Marsh" (Montezuma). The maps show proposed line of the canal; roads; houses; mills; settlements; streams, ponds, and lakes; steep terrain; swamps and marshes; town and lot lines; and other features adjacent to the canal route.

Creator

• New York (State). Canal Commissioners

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inventories, receipts, and transfer documentation for assorted land records

Series Number

B1454

Summary

This series consists of transfer documentation primarily concerned with land records transferred among offices of the Secretary of State, the Office of General Services (OGS), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and the New York State Library. Records include a list of maps, field books, inventories, acquisition receipts, memoranda and other records relating to records transferred from DOT to the State Library.

Creator

• New York State Library

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission docket books

Series Number

B1332

Summary

This series consists of Public Service Commission Second District and Unified Public Service Commission case docket books. Docket book entries for each case include case number; name of the party or parties involved; abstract of the matter under consideration; name of attorney for complainant or petitioner; and dated line entries documenting the progress and resolution of the case.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Policies and procedures files

Series Number

19058

Summary

The series consists of administrative policies and procedures of the New York State Archives local government records program, and background material on the history of archival records programs in the state. Records include information on the Local Government Records Advisory Council of the early 1950s; proposals for the establishment of the state archives; a report on the office of the state historian, comments on the Wicks Commission Records Management Bill of 1948, and letters to local officials.

Creator

• New York State Archives and Records Administration. Local Government Records Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Orders for appointment of guardian or next friend

Series Number

J5026

Summary

This series consists of petitions to a Supreme Court justice, commissioner, or judge of a court of common pleas for appointment of a guardian for an infant-defendant, or a next friend (prochein ami) for an infant-plaintiff (a minor could not appear in court).

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of proceedings of City of Buffalo Common Council

Series Number

A0714

Creator

• Buffalo (N.Y. : City)

Access Restrictions

The State Archives holds only master microfilm of this series. Duplication is available upon request.

Title

Division of Science and State Museum Director's speeches, articles, and essays

Series Number

A4214

Summary

This series contains texts of articles, speeches, and essays by John M. Clarke, director of the Division of Science and the State Museum. Most appear to be prepared for popular rather than scientific audiences. Included are newspaper articles and an essay on evolution; an unpublished essay, "The Content of Paleontology"; and essays on the history and geology of the Gaspe area of Quebec.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of court cases relating to trust funds

Series Number

A1344

Summary

This series documents money received through Court action. Information includes title of action or proceeding; court in which proceeding took place (Surrogate or Supreme); date received; and amount received. There is an index in the front, which arranges the information alphabetically by county. This information was apparently collected by the Comptroller in conjunction with his duty of overseeing the finances of the state.

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 Commission to Recodify the Public Service Law transcripts of proceedings and public hearings

Series Number

A3235

Summary

This series contains transcripts of the initial organization meeting and forty-three days of public hearings held by the Commission to Recodify the Public Service Law. The transcripts document the examination of ninety-five witnesses, including all members of the New York State Public Service Commission and relevant commission staff; members of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities; members of the Public Service Commission of Indiana; representatives of municipalities and civic organizations; technical experts and advisors; representatives of the utilities; and members of the public.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Recodify the Public Service Law

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Record of films rejected or films approved with eliminations

Series Number

A1422

Summary

This series documents through those films rejected or approved with elimination, the Motion Picture Division's concern with sex, violence, and adult situations such as infidelity or abortion. Information includes film's serial number, title, applicant and manufacturer's name, changes/eliminations required for final approval, reel number of altered scene or dialogue, and the reason for the determination. For rejected films a plot summary, critique of acting, dialogue, plot, and reason(s) the film was not licensed are included.

Creator

• New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Access Restrictions

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