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Title

War plant protection instructional materials

Series Number

A4386

Summary

This series contains lecture transcripts, syllabi, correspondence, memoranda, maps, and a test with answer key documenting the Office of Civilian Protection's two-day training institutes held statewide to instruct war industry plant managers in basic defense procedures to avoid damage from enemy attacks. Issues include: training personnel in emergency response; reducing work place hazards; preventing espionage and sabotage; fighting fires from incendiary and other bombs; protection from gas attacks; building camouflage; and in-plant bomb shelters.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Election district reapportionment maps

Series Number

B1300

Summary

This series consists of approximately 900 city and county maps from local boards of elections, collected by the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, apparently as part of the development of a state reapportionment plan. The maps show election districts that were current between 1970 and 1980; city, village, town or county boundaries; bodies of water; roads; streets; railroads; and power lines.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors sample administrative records

Series Number

J5000

Summary

This series contains a small sample of administrative records compiled by the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors. Documents include resolutions appointing court officers and proposing changes in court administration, signed oaths of office of court officers, an undated list of court fees charged in various cases, a calendar of cases for September 1829, and a list of court members and officers from 1838.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Warrants for payment

Series Number

A0863

Summary

The Office of Comptroller was established to settle accounts of the state and to keep records of all state funds, accounts, and expenses. This series contains listings of payments of state funds, indicating to whom paid; reason for payment; amount; and totals.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Employee payroll records

Series Number

B1466

Summary

This series consists of payroll records for employees of Willard Asylum for the Insane (later Willard State Hospital). Payroll for each month includes employee name; service (position); rate per month; time worked; and amount due. Total amounts are given for each month. Records of overtime worked and employee time reports are included for the twentieth century portion of the series.

Creator

• Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tributes to retired judges of the Court of Appeals

Series Number

J2021

Summary

This series consists of memorial tributes, testimonials, court orders, letters, and other documents honoring judges of the Court of Appeals. Several documents refer to portraits of judges that presumably hang in the Court of Appeals courtroom.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Affidavits of non-occupancy of lands purchased at Comptroller's tax sales

Series Number

B0988

Summary

This series consists of affidavits of purchasers of land at Comptroller's tax sales, stating that the land purchased was wholly unoccupied and vacant. The affidavits were filed with the Comptroller to prove that no occupant had rights to redeem land from the tax sale.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority archived websites

Series Number

B2147

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority.

Creator

• Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York House of Refuge daily census of inmates

Series Number

A2084

Summary

These volumes track the movement of the New York House of Refuge inmate population from 1860 until the institution's closing in 1935. Information generally includes date; division; number of boys in each of six size categories (until 1900); number of boys or girls in each division; total number of boys or girls (no girls in institution after June 1905); number of inmates in each category admitted and discharged; and total number of inmates.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Public Employment Relations Board Office of Counsel case files for Board decisions challenged in court

Series Number

11378

Summary

This series consists of case files documenting representation and improper practice cases in which the parties involved litigated Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) decisions through the courts. As such they concern board decisions that were challenged. Files also document cases in which PERB sought court enforcement of its decisions. Files contain original PERB case files plus non-record copies of court documents, such as records and briefs on appeal.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Counsel

Access Restrictions

Access to certain records in this series is restricted pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Sections 87.2(a) and/or 87.2(g) due to the presence of attorney-client communications, attorney work-product, settlement drafts, and certain inter-agency correspondence. State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose in accordance with FOIL.

Title

Deputy directors' correspondence

Series Number

A4393

Summary

This series contains copies of correspondence between the Office of Civilian Protection's (OCP) deputy directors and individuals and organizations involved in civil defense work. The copies were sent to the OCP's director to keep him informed of activities and programs.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Archivist State Historical Records Advisory Board files

Series Number

19042

Summary

This series documents the work of the state archivist/assistant commissioner as chair of the State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB). It contains membership and project files, correspondence, grant applications, administrative records, annual and special reports, and board meeting files containing agenda, notes, and background material. Chairs have included Larry J. Hackman, Bruce Dearstyne, and V. Chapman-Smith, State Archivist, 1996-2002.

Creator

• New York State Archives and Records Administration. State Archivist

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgement rolls and other documents on parchment, Court of Chancery First Circuit filed and transcribed documents, and New York City Court of Common Pleas and New York City Superior Court filed documents

Series Number

JN109

Summary

This series is an electronic index of selected data from Series JN103, Card Index to Court of Chancery Enrolled Decrees and Filed Papers and Series JN120, Card Index to Supreme Court and Court of Chancery Documents on Parchment. This spreadsheet serves as an index for documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York), Supreme Court (New York County), and Court of Chancery. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, year of filing document, alphanumeric file reference code, and entry or line number.

Creator

• New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Notices of appointments of agents

Series Number

J0150

Summary

The documents in this series are brief notices of appointment of local agents by attorneys to act for them in all matters in the Supreme Court of Judicature. On the dorso of each one are found the names of the attorney and his local agent and the filing date. Appointment of legal agents was authorized by rules of the court first adopted in January Term 1799, and August Term 1809. The series also contains incoming correspondence, primarily concerning agents.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Aerial photographs and index to aerial photographs of state highways

Series Number

10700

Summary

This series consists of aerial photograph negatives and prints and corresponding photographic indexes depicting the state's roads and highway system. The aerial photography which forms the basis for the index was contracted by the Department of Public Works and its successor, the Department of Transportation, to document the statewide infrastructure for planning and construction purposes. A relatively small number of images depict state institutions, such as state university campuses, and other geographic features.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Office of Public Employment Practices and Representation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing personnel and administration files

Series Number

B1328

Summary

These records comprise the commission's central operational files documenting the staffing of the commission and the conduct of its investigation. The series includes the executive order creating the commission, correspondence, questionnaires, accounting statements and reports of harness racing associations, memorandums summarizing financial and banking records, lists of individuals and organizations given subpoenas, reports on various issues studied, witness lists, commission opinions, information comparing laws and regulations of horse racing in other states, and staff personnel files.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Title

Detailed statement of expenditures of Republican National Committee

Series Number

B0036

Summary

This series consists of a list of expenditures made by the Republican National Committee during the 1908 election. The statement provides the date of the disbursement, to whom it was made, the purpose, and the amount. The statement differentiates between the expenditures paid out by the Republican National Committee's New York and Chicago headquarters.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Record of nominations

Series Number

B0022

Summary

This register contains names of individuals nominated for state and federal elective offices. Information includes filing date, candidate's name, party or political principle represented, nominee's residence and the name and address of the principal signer of the certificate of nomination. Nominees are listed for the offices of governor, attorney general, justice, U.S. representatives in Congress, state senators and presidential electors. No actual certificates are included.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Local war council volunteer participation information and statistics

Series Number

A4387

Summary

This series contains carbon copies of monthly report forms compiled by the state and local war councils. The state and local report forms are both entitled "Civilian Defense Report," and include volunteer participation information and statistics. The forms were sent to the Office of Civilian Protection, which compiled the totals for a consolidated report, and then sent the originals to the United States Office of Civil Defense Statistics Section.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Protection

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Internal administration files

Series Number

19056

Summary

The series consists of files documenting the development of the local government records management program. Also included are planning reports on local and state government records, proposed position classifications and job descriptions, narrative and statistical reports, budget summaries, and information on the establishment of the State Archives.

Access Restrictions

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