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Title

Administrative reports and meeting minutes

Series Number

A4231

Summary

This series consists of reports and meeting minutes prepared by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient. The minutes include discussions, resolutions and recommendations; survey information (especially in Westchester County); reports on visits to custodial institutions; monthly progress reports and an abstract for the final report. The institution reports include history of the institution; building and facility conditions; inmates data; staffing; diagnosis and placement procedures; training programs; laboratories and other special facilities.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Carmel Central School District assessment rolls and board of education meeting minutes

Series Number

A4557

Creator

• Carmel Central School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Office of Education Performance Review subject files

Series Number

A0731

Summary

The Office of Education Performance Review was created in 1973, and was empowered to investigate and review the cost effectiveness of public expenditures for the operation of public elementary and secondary school programs. This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, publications, newspaper clippings, press releases, and copies of legislative bills. The records reflect the daily operations as well as the major decisions rendered by the office.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Education Performance Review

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Photographs of Regents

Series Number

22604

Summary

The photographs consist of black/white and color images of the Board of Regents, both formal portraits of the group and images of Regents' meetings and convocations; black/white photographic portraits of Regents and at least one of a commissioner (Andrew S. Draper); and numerous other photographs. Subjects of the remaining photographs are group images of Regents, Regents' convocations and meetings, and other matters.

Creator

• University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Woodstock town clerk's record and minute books, and local laws and ordinances.

Series Number

A4543

Creator

• Woodstock (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office Deputy Director's subject files

Series Number

B2797

Summary

This series contains the subject files of former deputy directors of the Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office. Included are the records of Mark Searle, Barbara Stapholz, and Michael Kirchner. Files consists of meeting minutes, monthly reports, personnel files, memorandums, and other records.

Creator

• New York (State). Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office

Access Restrictions

Records identifying clients are restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Survey of mentally deficient inmates in county jails

Series Number

A4225

Summary

The series contains completed survey forms from physicians at county jails in the state on policies and procedures relating to mentally deficient prisoners. The survey form contains: policies for examining mentally deficient prisoners; numbers of prisoners considered mentally deficient and insane; transfer of mentally deficient prisoners to custodial institutions; total number of inmates, number of inmates mentally deficient, number of inmates insane; methods for determining mental deficiency and insanity; and recommendations for more adequate disposition of mental deficiency cases.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Highway money system reports by county boards

Series Number

A1375

Summary

This series consists of reports of tax levied for the repair of highways by the Board of Supervisors for the respective counties. Information includes town name; assessed valuation and equalized valuation of real estate in the town; assessed valuation of real estate exclusive of all incorporated villages; assessed valuation of personal property exclusive of all incorporated villages that maintain their highways as separate road districts; highway tax; extraordinary repairs; and total tax.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Monthly reports of activities at institutions

Series Number

B0816

Summary

This series consists of monthly reports providing summary information on activities at state institutions supervised by the Department of Social Welfare. These reports or meeting minutes generally provide information about programs; activities; living conditions; physical facilities; staff personnel changes; legislation affecting institutions; and summary population statistics. Also included are monthly reports of the Home Service Bureau of Boys Training Schools which was responsible for placement of parolees in foster homes and schools.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities Medical Records Investigations Board case records

Series Number

17697

Summary

This series consists of individual case files concerning the final disposition on deaths of mental hygiene service recipients. These individual cases were selected for investigation by the Commission on Quality of Care of the Mentally Disabled and files contain all documentary evidence associated with the death and disposition of each mental hygiene recipient.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).

Title

New York State Treasurer's Office accounts and tax assessment lists

Series Number

A3210

Summary

This series consists of accounts of revenues and expenditures recorded by the Treasurer of New York Colony, 1721-1729, and tax assessment lists submitted by Superintendents of Taxes to the Treasurer of New York State, 1779-1788. The records document the first, second, and third wards of the City of Albany as well as the following counties: Albany, Dutchess, Montgomery, Orange, Queens, Richmond, Ulster, and Westchester.

Creator

• New York (State). Treasurer's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Epidemiological studies

Series Number

17683

Summary

This series consists of the final reports and publications of study results of epidemiological studies conducted by the Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology

Access Restrictions

Working files found in this series are restricted.

Title

Abstracts of muster rolls for National Guard units mustered into federal service during the 1916 Mexican Punitive Campaign

Series Number

B0802

Summary

This series consists of muster rolls abstracts of New York National Guardsmen who were mustered into federal service during the Mexican Punitive Campaign (1916-1917). All abstract contains: name; age; date of enlistment or commission; home station; date mustered into federal service; grade; company and regiment. Some abstracts include: how, when, why, and in what grade the individual left the organization; age, occupation, personal information, and brief remarks related to military service.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Abstracts of applications to redeem land from tax sale of 1920

Series Number

A1407

Summary

This series consists of abstracts of applications to redeem property from tax sales. Each entry contains name of matter, name of attorney, and a register of correspondence with Comptroller's office concerning redemption. Included is an abstract of affidavit(s) showing that the affiants know location of boundaries of parcel, the identity of the current occupant, and the precise use of the property. Also included are letters and miscellaneous documents relating to the redemption.

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

Research files

Series Number

A0719

Summary

This series from the Office of Local Government consists primarily of reports and research data concerning municipal finance administration, and proposed revisions of the Municipal Finance Law. Many of the studies were carried out in conjunction with the activities of the Temporary State Commission for the Revision and Codification of Laws Relating to Municipal Finance and the 1967 Constitutional Convention. The files also include hearing minutes, staff memoranda, and correspondence, proposed legislation, working files, press releases and newspaper clippings.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State. Office for Local Government Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Incoming correspondence from the Chief Tax Clerk

Series Number

A1361

Summary

This series contains letters from the Chief Tax Clerk, primarily relating to applications to purchase state land.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Saratoga Tree Nursery administrative records

Series Number

20991

Summary

This series consists of microfilmed copies of the Saratoga Tree Nursery's genetic histories of trees grown at the nursery and subsequently transplanted in other locations. These records document the trees initially grown as seedlings at the nursery and subsequently distributed to public and private lands and landowners for conservation planting.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Lands and Forests. Bureau of Private Land Services. Saratoga Tree Nursery

Access Restrictions

Restricted access: by appointment only.

Title

American Super-Power Corporation license application maps and drawings

Series Number

A4219

Summary

The American Super-Power Corporation submitted these exhibit maps and drawings to the Water Power Commission as part of a license application for a St. Lawrence River water power project. Action on this application was suspended in 1927 and superseded in 1930 by the creation of the St. Lawrence River Power Development Commission. Records include general maps, development maps, profile of the St. Lawrence River, views of power house, maps of proposed transmission lines, and land ownership maps.

Creator

• New York (State). Water Power Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Writs of error

Series Number

J0031

Summary

Files in this series usually include the writ of error ordering the lower court to return records of the case to the Supreme Court; the lower court's return or answer; and the defendant's bill of exceptions stating the objections to the lower court proceedings. Defendants obtained writs of error to have a cause, previously judged in an inferior court, removed to the Supreme Court for review.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Director of Operations correspondence and subject files

Series Number

B2740

Summary

The series consists of the correspondence and subject files created by various Directors of Operations of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. The files reflect the duties of the Director of Operations and include records on topics dealing with the day-to-day and core development functions of Roosevelt Island.

Creator

• Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation
• Roosevelt Island Development Corporation
• New York State Urban Development Corporation

Access Restrictions

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