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Title

War Council Civilian Training Program newspaper clippings

Series Number

A4293

Creator

• New York State War Council. Civilian Training Program

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Biographical register of men returned for parole violations

Series Number

B0136

Summary

This series consists of a register of men returned to Elmira for parole violations. Information includes name; age; initial crime; date first received at Elmira; date paroled; date returned; time on parole; trade taught at Elmira; situation during parole (employment, personal and social habits, arrest information); previous criminal history; family members employment and criminal history; incarcerated individual's statement on why he violated parole; brief parole officer report; brief reformatory physician report and short prognosis on ability to reform.

Creator

• Elmira Reformatory

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals 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

Auburn Prison disbursement journal

Series Number

B1228

Summary

This series documents expenditures in prison accounts, mostly relating to prison industries (Hollow Ware, Iron Castings, State Industries, Women's State Industries, etc.). Information includes name of account, payment, date of entry, individual/company being paid, and amount paid.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Original and preliminary cross sections for 1895 survey of Erie Canal improvement

Series Number

B0650

Summary

This series consists of hand-drawn cross sections from an 1895 survey done for proposed canal improvements. Various colored lines represents the existing canal bed; proposed improvements; and water level of the canal. Measurements give changes in elevation for use in determining the amount of excavation or fill needed for the improvements. Represented are parts of the middle and western division of the Erie and Oswego canals, along with several prominent feeders.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Agriculture and Markets archived websites

Series Number

B2047

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Department of Agriculture and Markets.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Commissioner of Social Services César Perales Subject and Correspondence Files

Series Number

16034_99

Summary

This accretion, which forms part of the larger Department of Social Services commissioner's subject and correspondence files, consists of the executive office files of César Perales. As commissioner, Perales served on the Governor's Task Force on AIDS and as chair of the Governor's Interagency Task Force on Immigration Affairs, which monitored the implementation of the federal Immigration Reform Act of 1986. The accretion consists of reports, legislative bills, clippings, correspondence, memoranda, daybooks, and other materials.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Services. Commissioner's Office

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part to protect confidentiality of client correspondence; 8NYCRR Sect. 357.

Title

Shoreham Nuclear Power Facility litigation files

Series Number

19682

Summary

This series of legal pleadings, witness testimony, judicial decisions, and transcripts of proceedings is related to the public utility hearings held by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission concerning the investigation of nuclear power and the licensing of the Shoreham Nuclear Generating Station on Long Island.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor. Special Counsel to the Governor

Access Restrictions

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

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Ramapo minutes of meetings of the town board, planning board and zoning board of appeals

Series Number

A4553

Creator

• Ramapo (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence of county home defense committees

Series Number

A4235

Summary

This series consists of memoranda, letters, and resolutions sent to county home defense committees from the New York State Defense Council, and also correspondence from the various committees sent to the Council reporting on their organizing and program efforts. Topics include: assuring a workable system of transportation; monitoring food production and conservation; enrolling men for home defense; providing needed labor for defense industries; and supervising instruction in personal hygiene, first aid, and economy in the home.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Parks and Recreation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Sacandaga Reservoir deeds

Series Number

B2787

Summary

This series consists of deeds documenting the transfer of real property from private individuals to the Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (HRBRRD). Information contained in a typical deed includes the name of the property's former owner, the purchase price, an exact description of the property being conveyed, and the date of sale. These deeds pertain exclusively to property acquired in the area of the Sacandaga Reservoir.

Creator

• Hudson River-Black River Regulating District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Outgoing general correspondence from the Deputy Comptroller

Series Number

A1365

Summary

This series includes correspondence from the Deputy Comptroller and the second Deputy Comptroller. The letters relate to a variety of financially related subjects: reports relating to Court and Trust funds; authorization of investment of funds; and reports of incorporated companies.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

General and Canal Fund bond register

Series Number

A1403

Summary

The register of State bonds is organized by alphabetically, M-Z only, by city or town of bank holding the bond. Each entry includes name and location of bank; date of maturity, name, and amount of security;; date of bond and rate of interest.. Bonds were issued for many purposes, including highways, bridges, parks, railroad crossing elimination, unemployment relief, etc. Also contains bonds fro Port Authority of New York and other authorities.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Motion Picture Division eliminations bulletins

Series Number

A1417

Summary

This series consists of monthly "Eliminations Bulletins" compiled by the Motion Picture Division and distributed to countries and states with film censorship boards to inform them of actions taken on films. Information includes film title, applicant, and film footage in one of three categories: licensed without eliminations; licensed with eliminations (including a description of material determined to be offensive); or rejected. Also included is a listing of changed film titles, containing the old title, new title, and applicant's name.

Creator

• New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Access Restrictions

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

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Transcript of hearing before the Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections

Series Number

A1371

Summary

This series consists of a transcript of the hearings before the Assembly Committee on Privileges and Elections when Edwin J. Chapman contested the right of John Hill Morgan to hold the First Assembly District seat. It includes witnesses who appeared before the Committee; and comments of the assembly members.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Vouchers for payment of expenses of the geological and natural history survey, the geological survey, and the agricultural survey

Series Number

A4209

Summary

This series consists of vouchers submitted by employees of the New York State Geological and Natural History Survey for payment of services rendered; supplies purchased; transportation and equipment costs. Also included are a few receipts, drafts for payment, abstracts of expenses, and a letter by Governor W. L. Marcy explaining special pay arrangements for geologist W. W. Mathers and vouchers and comptroller's warrants to pay the salaries and expenses of the State Geological Survey and the State Agricultural Survey.

Creator

• New York (State). Geological and Natural History Survey

Access Restrictions

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

Title

South Mall contract agreements

Series Number

18749

Summary

The series consists of signed copies of contract agreements and related material (including transmittal letters, notes, memorandums on changes to contract amounts or payments, and copies of encumbrance requests) for architectural services and supplemental agreements for extension of the period of services to be performed in connection with work on Albany's South Mall project (later Empire State Plaza).

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator Kenneth P. LaValle archived websites

Series Number

B2234

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Kenneth P. LaValle.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1977-2020 : Kenneth P. LaValle)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Petitions and correspondence regarding the New York-Vermont boundary dispute

Series Number

A1826

Summary

Records include petitions from New Yorkers requesting help in defending their land rights; minutes and resolutions of local and congressional committees concerning proposed solutions; correspondence of government officials and local committees regarding use of armed forces to protect New York's land claims, actions taken against New York by Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys, and Congressional response to the dispute; records regarding patents for land granted by New York State to compensate property holders for land lost; and lists of names of "Vermont sufferers" entitled to land.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1846

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Cash account of Toll Collector at Rochester

Series Number

A1198

Summary

These cash books of J. Bowman, Toll Collector at Rochester, list names and amounts which are total daily. The books were presumably submitted to the Comptroller along with the accounts of the collector.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Superintendent of Public Works advertising journal for the letting of canal construction contracts

Series Number

B0345

Summary

Staff of the office of the Superintendent of Public Works used this volume to maintain a record of public advertisements for proposals to undertake canal construction contracts pursuant to Chapter 147 of the Laws of 1903 (Barge Canal Act) and supplementary acts. Each entry includes contract number and type of contract (Barge Canal or Terminal); year and chapter of legislation under which contract was enabled; a copy of the advertisement as it appeared in the newspapers; and a list of newspapers in which the advertisement was published.

Creator

• New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works

Access Restrictions

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