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Title

Senator Shirley A. Huntley archived website

Series Number

B2226

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Shirley A. Huntley.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (2007-2013 : Shirley A. Huntley)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator Andrew J. Lanza archived website

Series Number

B2232

Summary

This series consists of an archival copy of the official Website of Andrew J. Lanza.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (2007- : Andrew J. Lanza)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Surveyor General's reports on petitions to the State Legislature

Series Number

A1820

Summary

These reports concern value of land; land claims and title disputes; errors in previous surveys; requests for unappropriated state land; surveys and sales of state land; grants of land to persons in the problematic military tracts; and requests for title to unappropriated lands settled and improved. Also included are survey maps; minutes and resolutions of the Commissioners of the Land Office; reports from the surveyor general; and affidavits supporting petitions.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

Access Restrictions

Access to original records is restricted due to burn damage sustained in the 1911 New York State Capitol building fire.

Title

Assessment rolls of towns in which the state owns forest preserve land

Series Number

A0280

Summary

The series consists of individually bound property assessment rolls for towns, predominantly in the Adirondack Park, in which the state owned "wild or forest" lands. Each roll is divided into sections for taxable residents, lands of non-residents, and wild or forest lands belonging to the state.

Creator

• New York (State). Conservation Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Journals pertaining to state institutional buildings

Series Number

B0343

Summary

This series consists of journals documenting appropriations and expenditures for the design, construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance state institutional buildings such as state hospitals, buildings operated by the State Board of Charities, state prisons, state normal schools, armories, State Capitol, Executive Mansion and miscellaneous other public buildings. Entries document procurement of building materials and; supplies; payment of draftsmen; vendors; contractors; laborers; inspectors and other professionals.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner's speeches

Series Number

19337

Summary

This series consists of copies of speeches delivered by Commissioners Joseph H. Murphy and Norman Gallman to various economic and political groups, associations, and executive institutes. It also contains copies of speeches of Commissioners Roderick G. W. Chu (1983-1988), James W. Wetzler (1988-1994), and Michael H. Urbach (1995-1999).

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Mohawk Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0035

Summary

Mohawk Correctional Facility, located in Oneida County, N.Y., is a medium security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
• Mohawk Correctional Facility

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Annual statistical reports of cargoes cleared at various canal ports

Series Number

A1175

Summary

These tables submitted by canal toll collectors provided quantity (feet, pounds, barrels, etc.) of freight passing up or down the canal. Commodities included: lumber, timber, shingles, lime, beer, oats, wool, iron, brick, cheese, butter, flour, ashes, wheat, salt, and "sundries." Reports are fragmentary but cover Albany, Troy, Whitehall, Utica, and Rochester for 1830, and for 1832 for West Troy, Utica, Rochester, and Buffalo.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Card index to canal records

Series Number

B1908

Summary

This series consists of a card index to Series B0730, Engineers' Field Books Pertaining to the Construction of the State's Canal System; Series B0377, Final Estimates and Accounts; and Series B0729, Roll Maps and Plans of the Middle Division of the Erie Canal.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Lists of businesses, occupations, and code numbers used in the Wage Investigation

Series Number

A3010

Summary

This series contains rough notes and lists providing agents of the Factory Investigating Commission with information on the recording and coding of business establishments and occupations.

Creator

• New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

1967 Constitutional Convention records of Francis Bergan

Series Number

L0248

Summary

These records were compiled by Judge Francis Bergan, a Convention delegate who served as chair of the Committee on Education. The series consists mostly of constitutional article proposals, delegate correspondence, correspondence from Convention President Anthony Travis, reports, and speeches. Topics discussed include education; the Blaine amendment (prohibiting use of public monies for private education); higher education in New York; the proposed reorganization of the judicial branch in New York State government; and the "forever wild" status of the Adirondack Park.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Environmental Conservation Office of General Counsel civil and administrative litigation files

Series Number

16945

Summary

This series contains records pertaining to litigation in state or federal court against or on behalf of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) including but not limited to Article 78 proceedings, federal Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) cases, and violators of the Environmental Conservation Law. Records include summonses, pleadings, affidavits, notices, briefs, memoranda of laws, findings of fact, opinions, decisions, correspondence, and court documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of General Counsel

Access Restrictions

Access to attorney-client privileged correspondence, attorney work-product, and certain inter-agency correspondence is restricted pursuant to Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Section 87(2)(g). State Archives staff will review requests and disclose records in accordance with FOIL.

Title

Estimates of blank forms required by Superintendents of Repai

Series Number

A1161

Summary

Estimates of blanks forms required for sixteen or seventeen month periods were submitted to the Chief Clerk or Auditor of the Canal Department. They list the number of forms on hand and the number required, in various categories. The series is an interesting early example of "forms management" and provides names and locations of superintendents of repair.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Fulton Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0021

Summary

Fulton Correctional Facility (1975-2011), located in Bronx, N.Y., was a minimum security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Surveyor General land survey field books

Series Number

A4019

Summary

This is a series of surveys of unappropriated state lands or, in a few cases, land being resold. Many volumes contain surveys of land in the New Military Tract, the Totton and Crossfield Purchase, or George Scriba's patent. Volumes generally provide survey notes; name of surveyor; name and/or number of township, tract, or lot; county; date survey was completed or filed; occasional rough maps; and/or valuations of lots.

Creator

• New York (State). Surveyor General

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Transcriptions of Civil War records

Series Number

A0257

Summary

This series consists of transcriptions of official reports, correspondence, and orders primarily relating to the volunteer artillery, cavalry, and engineer regiments furnished by New York during the Civil War. Most of these records were transcribed from the multi-volume U.S. War Department publication, <emph render="italic">The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies</emph>. These transcriptions provide a chronological record of the activities of individual units during the Civil War as reported in the Official Records.

Creator

• New York (State). State Historian

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Engineer and Surveyor Barge Canal contract cross section sheets

Series Number

B0394

Summary

The volumes in this series contain cross section drawings relating to Barge Canal Western Division Contracts No. 6 and No. 202 in Monroe County, New York. Drawings are done in pencil and ink on 16 x 20 inch sheets of 10 x 10 grids-to-one inch cross section graphing paper.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Prison financial records

Series Number

A1149

Summary

This series consists of abstracts and vouchers submitted to the State Comptroller for audit by the agent of Newgate Prison. Also included are balance sheets; pay rolls; inventories of property; lists of materials purchased; accounts of work done in prison factory, for prison construction, and for sheriffs for delivering prisoners; and "final accounts" on closing of the prison in 1828.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Beacon Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0009

Summary

Beacon Correctional Facility (closed in 2013), located in Dutchess County, N.Y., was a medium security correctional facility for female felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated women.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Topographical and geological highway and canal planning maps of New York

Series Number

A4031

Summary

This series contains topographical highway planning maps used for the preliminary location and planning of railroad lines and highway improvement; geological highway planning maps of the area north and west of Poughkeepsie used by the Highway Commission to test and analyze road surface materials; and topographical canal planning maps showing Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, and Champlain Canal routes used for planning canal enlargement.

Creator

• New York (State). State Highway Commission

Access Restrictions

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