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Title

Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary issue files

Series Number

L0175

Summary

This series consists of correspondence; memorandums in support of or opposition to legislation; draft and final versions of legislation; court opinions; background reports; staff notes; press clippings; and a journal on issues and proposed legislation. Primary topics include proposed legislation relating to court administration, reorganization, and the unified court system. Other topics include court reform, court selection and salaries, code of evidence, cameras in the courtroom, sentencing guidelines, the Domestic Relations Law, surrogate parenting, adoption procedures, and the Equitable Distribution Law.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on the Judiciary

Access Restrictions

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

Title

National Education Association Meeting attendance register

Series Number

A2033

Summary

This series consists of attendance registers of the thirty-fifth annual meeting of the National Education Association held in Buffalo, 1896. Each entry provides the member's name, residence, date of registration, and occasionally remarks.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers of applications for office

Series Number

A0624

Summary

This series serves as a central record of applicants for offices to which the Governor made appointments or nominations. The volumes generally provide the name of the office or position at the top of each page and then list, for each applicant name; date application filed; residence (town and/or county, state if outside New York, and country if outside the United States); by whom recommended (governor, mayor, or other prominent individual); and date appointed (1865-1870 only).

Creator

• New York (State). Governor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Shoreham-Wading River Central School District minutes and newsletters of the Board of Education

Series Number

A3339

Summary

Microfilmed records include minutes and newsletters of the board of education of the Shoreham-Wading River Central School District (1973-1992). Also microfilmed were district clerk's record books for the former Wading River schools, Town of Riverhead Common School District 1 (1861-1941, 1950-1968) and Union Free School District 1 (1968-1973); and the former Shoreham schools, town of Brookhaven Common School District 10 (1949-1952), and Union Free School District 10 (1952-1973).

Creator

• Shoreham-Wading River Central School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Microfilm of employee earnings reports, terminated employees files, and student permanent records: Restricted; Secure storage only.

Title

Summaries of requests for allocations to design state and municipal public works projects

Series Number

L0161

Summary

The series contains information on several hundred projects for which the Commission allocated funds for design work. Municipal projects usually consisted of constructing schools, libraries, sewage systems and treatment plants, streets, etc. Projects for State government typically involved construction projects at colleges, institutions, and in parks and other recreation sites The summaries provide title, location, estimated construction and design costs, recommended design allocation from the Commission, and a one paragraph project description.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services board of education meeting minutes and agendas

Series Number

A4456

Summary

Microfilmed records were created by several jurisdictions within the Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). Included are Amityville Union Free School District Board of Education meeting minutes; Babylon Union Free School District Board of Education meeting minutes and board agendas; and Harborfields Consolidated School District Board of Education meeting minutes.

Creator

• Western Suffolk BOCES (N.Y.)

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

Title

Reports and special studies files of the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education

Series Number

A2027

Summary

This series consists of preliminary, interim, and final reports and supporting documentation related to the Regents Inquiry into the Character and Cost of Public Education. The reports provide background information, current state, and recommend for future action. Many reports also include charts, statistical tables, and appendices. Subjects include school district organization, financial support for education, adult and vocational education, the use of motion pictures and radio programs for instructional purposes, population trends, school construction, and health education.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office staff development and training files

Series Number

B2682

Summary

These records document mandated and optional training courses for employees that were developed by staff, the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and expert vendors.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Local war council operating reports

Series Number

A4330

Summary

This series contains quarterly operating report forms sent to the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) by local war councils detailing their home front activities, programs, and personnel. Information about the Volunteer Office, Division of Civilian War Services, the Block Plan, and Office of Civilian Protection, among others, is found. Each form lists the local war council's office address, officers, resignations, and appointments.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Photographs of Clinton Prison

Series Number

B0095

Summary

These photographs of Clinton Prison, mostly from 1932-1945, depict buildings and facilities, such as prison shop; barber shop; kitchen; mess hall; reservoir; athletic facilities; and hospitals. Also depicted are locations of accidents, assaults, suicides, and other special occurrences. Also included are prisoner art, prisoner identification documents, and aerial views circa 1969. There is an album of 1930s prison construction photographs and documents relating to prison administration.

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

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

Title

Reports by stock corporations

Series Number

A1248

Summary

This series consists of questionnaires sent by the Comptroller's office to corporations, joint stock associations, and navigation companies asking for their financial data. Information includes name of the corporation or association; place of principal business and office; amount of capital stock; capital stock paid in; number of stock shares and par value; actual value of capital stock per share; amount of funded debt, surplus funds, and sinking funds; net earnings; and taxes paid in 1867.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Health Executive Deputy Commissioner subject files

Series Number

B1214

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, clippings, printed materials, reports, press releases, speeches, and other records of the Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Health. The files deal with such health related issues as abortion, child abuse, family planning, generic drugs, nuclear radiation, smoking, teenage pregnancy, toxic shock syndrome, hazardous waste, hospital and nursing home construction, legionnaire's disease, lead poisoning, Medicaid and Medicare, nutrition, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health. Executive Deputy Commissioner

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Map and assessments prepared by commissioners for draining the swamp and marsh lands in the Town of Salina

Series Number

A0977

Summary

The series consists of maps, assessments, and certifications prepared for draining swampland near the village of Liverpool. Land Office commissioners were responsible for appraising marsh lots leased to the salt manufacturers in the town of Salina. Appraisals include probable expenses and benefits of draining the lands. Tract map shows farm, pasture, and marsh lot boundaries, and route of road and drain line. Newspaper clipping has notice of assessment and comptrollers statement provides information on sale of lots in the swamp.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to case files and transcripts

Series Number

B1572

Summary

The series consists of a card file index to numbered case files and transcripts of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) formerly held by the Labor-Management Documentation Center, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. The index is divided into sections within these two categories. Each card shows a box number and an alphanumeric case/transcript code or range of codes. Box numbers are those assigned at Cornell, and do not correspond to State Archives box numbers.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Time book pertaining to locking procedures in the Western Division of the Erie Canal

Series Number

B0678

Summary

This volume is entitled "Record of Time Consumed in Lockage. Data, Water Supply Etc. Eastern and Western Division Erie Canal 1879." Entries track the timing of boats in canal locks according to various operations performed (e.g. lower gates shut; boat leaves lower jaws) for locks 58-59 and 62-66. Data is provided for "up boats" and "down boats." Calculations, drawings, and observations as to procedures and operations regarding the lock may also be included.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Rome Developmental Center census and attendance records

Series Number

B2709

Summary

This series contains scattered attendance records for individual patients or students and summary statistical information, in the form of census rosters, for treatment units.

Creator

• Rome Developmental Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Ledger of fees paid by solicitors and counsellors

Series Number

J0078

Summary

This series is a record of fees paid by solicitors and counsellors to the Register. Each account contains the name and residence of a solicitor, counsellor, or law partnership and a listing of fees. Each entry in an account gives the date the fee was charged, the title of the case, the service provided (e.g., "filed bill," "entered in Rough Minutes"), and the fee. At the end of the account is the total amount of fees.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund

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

Title

Annual financial reports of fire districts

Series Number

13321

Summary

Annual financial reports of fire districts are generated pursuant to Article 3, Section 30 of the General Municipal Law that requires every fire district to make an annual report of its financial condition to the State Comptroller. Such reports are compiled and submitted by the treasurer of each fire district. Each report contains a statement of the financial transactions of the fire district, according to type of funds (such as general, capital, reserve, trust and agency).

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics

Title

Deputy Commissioner's subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B2721

Summary

This series consists of the subject and correspondence files of Eugene J. Leff, Deputy Commissioner for Remediation and Materials Management, and James M. Tierney, Assistant Commissioner for Water Resources. The records reflect the executive level decision and policy making of individuals in these positions in relation to the Marcellus Shale High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing project.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Environmental Quality and Remediation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Clerk's minutes of foreclosure decrees

Series Number

J0050

Summary

This series contains copies of decrees issued by the Vice Chancellors of the 4th, 7th, and 8th Circuits authorizing the sale of land in mortgage foreclosure cases. Each decree contains the following information: date and location of the hearing during which the decree was issued; names of the complainant, defendant, and Master investigating the case; date the Master's report was filed; amount of the mortgage and, if partially paid, amount outstanding; and description of the land to be sold.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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