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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- Index to accounts of loan officers, auctioneers, and mortgagors
Series Number
- A1191
Summary
- This series is an alphabetical index to names of persons acting as commissioners for loaning money; as auctioneers submitting accounts to the State Comptroller; and as mortgagors of state lands. It also lists page references to accounts for counties (i.e., county treasurers).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Land Use and Natural Resources Inventory and Land Related Information System aerial photographs
Series Number
- B1052
Summary
- These aerial photographs were taken to produce overlay maps for the LUNR and LRIS projects as part of a natural resource inventory in New York State. The base maps for the overlays were United States Geological Survey/New York State Department of Transportation quadrangle maps. The photographs document general and specific use of land for analysis by government and private planning, development, and conservation agencies. Discernible features include agricultural land, forest land, waterways, residential developments, commercial/industrial developments, buildings, and roads.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Planning Services
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- B1052-88: Photonegatives closed for research. Photographs are use copy.
Title
- Albion Correctional Facility administrative files
Series Number
- B1734
Summary
- This series consists of a time payroll book for working inmates; a census of the prison infant population; an inmate and parolee census; daily guard reports; a log of suspended sentences; and reports and logs of behavior infractions and inmate offenses. Information typically includes inmate name, crimes and sentences, and inmate prison jobs. The series also includes two 16 mm. color films and photographs depicting classroom scenes and the exterior of the facility.
Creator
- Albion Correctional Facility
Access Restrictions
- Parts of this series are restricted pursuant to the Personal Privacy Protection Law.
Title
- Cohoes City School District Board of Education meeting minutes
Series Number
- A4764
Summary
- This series consists of microfilmed copies of minute books (1950-1964, 1992-1997) and meeting minutes (1986-1998).
Creator
- Cohoes City School District (N.Y.)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- 1967 Constitutional Convention records of Harold Fisher
Series Number
- L0253
Summary
- Harold L. Fisher, a delegate to the convention, served as chairman of the Committee on Economic Development. This series consists of administrative records of that committee, including meeting agendas, reports, statements, memoranda, drafts, and notes. The series also includes reports and propositions of other committees during the Convention; records relating to the development of Convention proposals; a complete set of final printed drafts of proposals; correspondence from special interest groups; and correspondence between the delegates at the Convention.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Work stoppage investigation files
Series Number
- 17498
Summary
- This series consists of Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) Counsel's Office work stoppage investigation files, documenting the agency's effort to determine if work stoppages constituted strikes. The files includes correspondence and memorandums; affidavits; grievance forms; disciplinary decisions; exhibits; memorandums of findings; and newspaper clippings publicizing the work stoppage.
Creator
- New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Counsel's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State maps
Series Number
- B1907
Summary
- This series consists primarily of paper copies of large scale maps of the State of New York, created for sale by the Department of Transportation. Each sheet depicts one of four regions of the state and measures approximately 40 x 55 inches. When joined together, the sections create a map of the entire state measuring approximately 7 x 5 feet.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Assembly transcripts of hearings
Series Number
- A0264
Summary
- These transcripts of Assembly debates and hearings are in both shorthand and typescript format. They duplicates information also contained in the Assembly Journal of 1906.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minutes of meetings of Niagara Frontier Port Authority
Series Number
- 10491
Summary
- This series contains copies of minutes of meetings and related correspondence of the Niagara Frontier Port Authority. The minutes deal with such issues as the abandonment of the barge canal terminal and terminal lands in Buffalo by the State and their transfer to the board; operation of the Greater Buffalo International Airport; and the expansion and financing of port facilities in the area.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Finance and Planning
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Engineer and Surveyor books of sales of state land
Series Number
- A4002
Summary
- This series consists of volumes recording sales of lands in tracts, military lots, Indian reservations, as well as sales of land for foreclosures of mortgages and arrearages of interest.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Records of surveys and maps of state lands
Series Number
- A4016
Summary
- This series contains the miscellaneous filed papers of the New York State Surveyor General and the State Engineer and Surveyor. The series documents the role of the Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor in establishing the boundaries of public and private lands, and in planning the development of the State's transportation system. A number of volumes contain documents relating to the sale of Loyalist lands by the Commissioners of Forfeitures during and after the Revolutionary War.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
Title
- Governor's/White House Conference on Aging files
Series Number
- 22351
Summary
- This series documents both the Governor's Conference on Aging and the White House Conference on the Aging, particularly New York's delegation to the latter conference. Records include presentations; planning and priority documents; records documenting processes and discussions; and publications, reports, and related records. Records document aging in specific groups, such as women, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans, as well as the implications of aging on the national economy.
Creator
- New York (State). Office for the Aging. Director's Office
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary
Series Number
- A0270
Summary
- This series contains a vast array of legal documents in the Dutch language filed with the provincial secretary of New Netherland in conjunction with civil and criminal proceedings. Among other duties, the provincial secretary was responsible for recording and authenticating official documents for potential presentation in court. Included are records relating to the administration of real property, commerce, personal and family matters, and other civil and criminal affairs.
Creator
- New Netherland. Provincial Secretary
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence
Series Number
- B1913
Summary
- The State Education Department created institutes to provide education and training for men and women in arts, crafts, subprofessions, and technologies on a short-term basis in Binghamton, Buffalo, New York City, White Plains, and Utica. This series documents local officials' attempt to establish an aeronautics institute in Syracuse. Records include photocopied correspondence from Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, Mayor's office, Syracuse University, Assemblymen, General Electric Co., and other organizations; reports profiling local resources and benefits of the proposed institute.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary Commission on Institutes of Applied Arts and Sciences
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Crime, Its Causes, Control and Effect on Society tape and transcript of "Voices of Organized Crime" report
Series Number
- L0247
Summary
- The committee investigated organized crime, the illegal use of narcotics, the publication of obscene material, juvenile delinquency, and the control of firearms. This recording of "The Voices of Organized Crime: An Education Tape," features secretly recorded conversations of members of organized crime compiled in April 1968. The conversations pertain to assault, extortion, murder, and numerous other crimes.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Crime, Its Causes, Control and Effect on Society
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Guilderland town board minutes
Series Number
- A4770
Creator
- Guilderland (N.Y. : Town)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection bill files
Series Number
- L0208
Summary
- The Assembly Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection is responsible for developing legislation to protect consumers' rights. This series provides detailed information on the progress, strengths, and weaknesses of consumer-related legislation. The files include correspondence, memorandums, bill analyses, issue papers, sponsor's memorandums, newspaper clippings, journal articles, and support materials relating to legislation developed by the committee. Also present is a small amount of summary information on legislation, including status sheets, budget priorities, committee agendas, and final or annual reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- School district enrollment reports
Series Number
- A3050
Summary
- Series consists of forms reporting school district enrollments for each year from 1923-1924 through 1932-1933. Each form gives the following information: school district name and number; town, village, or city; county; name of superintendent of schools (occasionally); enrollment in each grade K-12 for each school year; and total enrollment for each school year in grades 1-8 and 9-12.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of School Buildings and Grounds
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State and federal institution wastewater disposal files
Series Number
- A1121
Summary
- The series consists of memorandums, reports, plans, and correspondence relating to the inspection, construction, and upgrading of sewage treatment plants and the establishment and monitoring of waste water pollution controls for various state and federal institutions.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Barge Canal plans
Series Number
- B1009
Summary
- The volume contains plates of plans, drawings, profiles and location maps relating to the improvement and enlargement of the Barge Canal. Locks, dams, and bridges are frequently represented. Generally the plates depict: typical channel sections, prism walls and the types of wall and bank protection employed; locks; power plants; fixed and movable dams and navigation aids. A list of plates in front of volume functions as an index.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.