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Title

Fishkill tax assessment rolls and town clerk's record books

Series Number

A3368

Summary

Microfilmed records include assessment and tax rolls (1873-1987) indicating the amount of tax per property, used to anticipate revenue and provide basis for budgets and local expenditures; and town board minutes (1848-1993) that document actions and decisions of the Fishkill Town Board.

Creator

• Fishkill (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Director's correspondence

Series Number

A4407

Summary

This series contains correspondence documenting the War Transportation Committee Director's efforts to regulate transportation resources. Issues discussed include: staggered hours for school and business operations; special bus regulation exemption requests; transportation to summer camps; and school transportation for athletes. Agencies for which correspondence is found include: Office of War Training; U.S. War Manpower Commission; U.S. Office of Price Administration; and U.S. Office of Defense Transportation. The status of transportation programs throughout the state is also found in this series.

Creator

• New York State War Council. War Transportation Committee

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Executive secretaries' correspondence with state and War Council agencies

Series Number

A4361

Summary

This series contains correspondence and other materials between the Executive Secretary and state and War Council agencies primarily concerning the organization of defense-related work. Topics of the letters include war rationing; citizen morale; discrimination in employment; health; labor; and transportation.

Creator

• New York State War Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Subject files of Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Programs

Series Number

22026

Summary

This series consists of subject files documenting the development of agency policy, preparation of an agency strategic plan for economic development, and business development activities. The files include speeches to economic groups, correspondence on agency responsibilities and activities, and information on the World Trade Center (WTC) and the economic impact of 9/11.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Economic Development

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Records

Series Number

A0107

Summary

The series consists of a small quantity of correspondence, reports, rosters of commissioned officers, provision returns, special and general orders, reports, morning reports and related records concerning the Independent Corps, Light Infantry. The regiment, which was also known as the "Enfants Perdu" or "Lost Children," was initially mustered into federal service in 1862. The unit disbanded in 1864 when the enlisted men transferred to several regiments.

Creator

• New York (State). Militia Volunteers. Independent Corps, Light Infantry

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Civilian defense driver corps instructors organization and training files

Series Number

A4375

Summary

The Civilian Defense Driver Corps was formed to train instructors in emergency driving techniques in order to provide civil defense organizations with drivers capable of transporting essential supplies, evacuating children, or ferrying civil defense units. This series contains correspondence and instructional materials documenting the organization of the program, which was administered by the Office of War Training for the Office of Civilian Protection.

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

Register of employees

Series Number

A2062

Summary

This register tracks the hiring, salary, performance, and departure of officials and employees of the institution. Each entry includes name; address; ; position; appointment date; salary or wages; date of retirement/ departure ; and remarks, such as manner of and reason for leaving, character, and salary increases and dates. Some entries also include name and address for references, and application date.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Abstracts of expenditures

Series Number

A4413

Summary

This series consists of abstracts of expenditures, including payrolls of manual laborers for maintenance and repairs to various elements of the state canal system. The expenditures documented here apparently pertain to work on a grain elevator at Gowandus Bay, Brooklyn.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Comptroller's Office cancelled certificates of sale of land for unpaid taxes

Series Number

B0985

Summary

This series contains certificates of sale of lands for unpaid taxes that are marked "Cancelled." They are evidence that sales of non-resident land advertised to be sold for unpaid taxes in fact did not occur.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical reports ("Claims Transactions Weekly")

Series Number

B1443

Summary

This series consists of volumes (with gaps) of statistical reports produced by the Department of Labor, Division of Employment, Bureau of Research and Statistics. Beginning reports provide detailed information on claims for state unemployment insurance and federal unemployment compensation for veterans by region, insurance district, and local office. Later issues show regular and extended benefits for state unemployment insurance, including compensation under federal programs.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Employment

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Vouchers for Senate and Assembly expenses

Series Number

A0846

Summary

This series contains vouchers maintained by the clerks of the Senate and Assembly, which consist of a statement of moneys received, disbursed, and submitted to the Comptroller's Office for audit. Titles on the voucher bundles include "contingency expenses", "statement of special accounts", "statement of moneys received and disbursed by the Clerk..." and "State of New York Sundry Accounts". They include expenses for purposes such as cleaning costs, stationery supplies, engrossing, publishing and binding expenses, and hardware.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Papers of Aaron Burr (Project) card index to court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or litigant

Series Number

JN104

Summary

Card indexes document court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or a litigant. Separate card files index plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; cases in each court; and cases in chronological order. Courts represented are the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Chancery, and Court for the Correction of Errors; the New York City Mayor's Court (Court of Common Pleas for County and City of New York); and the United States District Court for New York and the Circuit Court for New York, Southern District. Most cards refer to a court document (filed parchment or paper, or entry in a minute book or common rule book). There are also cards for Burr legal documents in private manuscript repositories.

Creator

• Papers of Aaron Burr (Project)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Investigation and bill files of the Joint Legislative Commission to Study the Pari-Mutuel System

Series Number

B1325

Summary

The commission used these records of the Joint Legislative Commission as background and reference materials. Most of the series concerns proposed legislation introduced at the request of the Joint Legislative Commission between 1940 and 1943. Bill files contain the printed bill and an accompanying summary sheet. The series also contains investigation and background materials on jockey clubs, and newspaper articles and abstracts of articles regarding racing and criminal activities or corruption connected with racing.

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

Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court pleadings and other documents

Series Number

JN110

Summary

This series is an electronic index (Historical Court Records Index II) for filed documents of the Supreme Court of Judicature (New York). It contains selected data from Series JN121, Card Index to Supreme Court Pleadings and Other Court Documents. It also serves as an index for filed documents of the reorganized Supreme Court (New York County) held by the New York County Clerk's Office. Few documents in the index predate 1751. Most index entries post date 1847. No post-1910 documents are indexed. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, date of filing document, 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 the material. Email ARCHREF@nysed.gov to obtain a copy of the spreadsheet index and instructions for navigating the file.

Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) notices of appointment of agents

Series Number

J0149

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.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

U.S. Deposit Fund miscellaneous reports and correspondence

Series Number

B0991

Summary

This series consists of loan requests from the U.S. Deposit Fund, correspondence with mortgagors and with County Commissioners, notices of foreclosures, and reports of County Commissioners' transactions.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Office of Unclaimed Funds

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Bureau of School District Organization reference file of school district boundary maps

Series Number

14219

Summary

Included are: Photostats of maps bound as a school district atlas, compiled by the Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System in 1943 with some post-1943 consolidations or centralizations; political boundary maps showing municipal boundaries with a translucent overlay showing school district boundaries; and a miscellaneous maps of school districts.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Willard State Hospital parole registers

Series Number

B1457

Summary

This series consists of registers documenting patient paroles at Willard State Hospital. Early entries include parole date and name, relation, and address of person to whom the patient is paroled. Some entries include period of parole/expiration date. Most include results of parole (discharged, returned, parole extended). Later registers include parole date; aftercare; parole expiration/extension date; date of discharge or return to hospital; condition at end of parole; and to whom paroled, relation to patient, and address.

Creator

• Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Survey map of Susquehanna and Chemung rivers

Series Number

A0852

Summary

This volume contains survey maps of a proposed railroad from Fort Plain on the Erie Canal to Otsego Lake and of the Susquehanna and Chemung rivers, "for a Slack Water Navigation." Maps show streams; lakes; towns; roads; bridges; mills; and town and county lines.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Adirondack Mountain Authority administrative subject files

Series Number

11349

Summary

The series consists of Adirondack Mountain Authority meeting files, correspondence, feasibility/construction estimates for various recreational projects, administrative files, and public relations contract files. In addition, there is a small quantity of meeting files of the superseded Whiteface Mountain Authority.

Creator

• New York (State). Adirondack Mountain Authority

Access Restrictions

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