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Title

Registers of teaching certificates issued

Series Number

A4197

Summary

This series provides information on recipients of all varieties of teaching certificates issued by the Education Department. These include certificates entitling the licensee to hold administrative positions in schools as well as to teach. A great variety of teaching certificates were issued based on years of teacher training, previous general education, and examination results.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Teacher Education and Certification

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman social files

Series Number

B2343

Summary

This series consists of records of the social or official engagements given by Governor and Mrs. Harriman or by the Governor alone while in office. Records include acceptances, regrets, guest and seating lists, thank-you notes, memoranda, and a few press releases relating to luncheons, dinners, parties, and other social or official events. There are several functions given in honor of heads of state in foreign countries highlighting Governor Harriman's former role as an ambassador from the United States.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Legal files for establishment and alteration of school districts and vocational education and extension boards

Series Number

B0554

Summary

This series relates to the formation and alteration of central rural and high schools; enlarged city schools; village superintendencies; union free schools; consolidated districts; BOCES; and VEEBS. Documents include orders of the commissioner of education and district superintendents; petitions for school district meetings; and minutes of organizing meetings of school districts. Common school and union free school district legal files were destroyed in the 1911 State Capitol building fire.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Educational Finance

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

Title

Register of nominations for state offices

Series Number

A1951

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Abstracts of letters patent

Series Number

B1892

Summary

This series consists of a partial set of volumes containing summary information about land patents awarded by New York Colony and New York State. The volumes abstract, in rough chronological order, patents awarded from 1664-1679 and 1695-1842; however, patents awarded to veterans of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War as payments for military service are not included. Patents granting lands that New York ceded to Vermont, circa 1820, are scattered throughout the volumes.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Record of deaths

Series Number

B1662

Summary

This series records deaths of residents at the New York State Asylum for Idiots (1851-1890), later known as the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (1891-1895). Basic information includes number, name, age, sex, date admitted, and date of death. Following are more detailed narratives on "description of case" (physical characteristics, mental development), "history of case" (medical), "causes of death," and "post-mortem appearance." When no autopsy was performed, the latter category typically includes brief information on disposition of the body.

Creator

• Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Census of non-institutionalized insane and idiots

Series Number

A1979

Summary

The Commissioners of Public Charities requested information about every non-institutionalized insane or retarded person to determine what provisions the state should make for their care and to plan appropriate legislation. Forms provide information regarding background and condition of mentally ill or retarded persons not currently under state care: name; sex; age; birth county; marital status; occupation; year disability began; if recovered, living independently, or died during the year; and remarks on the diagnosis and severity of the condition.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

School district centralization files

Series Number

B1104

Summary

These files contain proposals for central school districts that were approved or rejected by voters. Files include: applications including statistical, financial, and narrative information; memoranda from the Bureau of Rural Administrative Services summarizing local sentiment and expressing the bureau's opinion on proposed centralization; petition requesting a special meeting to vote on the proposal; minutes of the special meeting laying out a central school district; and correspondence concerning the proposal.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of Counsel

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

Title

Woman's Program annual report

Series Number

B2419

Summary

This series consists of one unpublished annual report which includes statistics; lists of members; reports and printed programs for specific activities and programs conducted; and original photographs and publications describing the purposes, services, and activities of the Woman's Program and the New York Woman's Council.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Commerce

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

Title

Clerk's semi-annual report of accounts

Series Number

J1076

Summary

This series consists of semi-annual reports on monies paid to the Clerk that were still in the custody of the court at the end of the reporting period. Each entry in the report was required to contain the title of the cause in or an account for which money was paid, the date the money was paid, for what purpose the money was paid, and bank in which the money was deposited.

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

Registers of new incarcerated individuals received by county of sentencing

Series Number

B1110

Summary

This series consists of a register of new incarcerated individuals received at Elmira. Each entry includes their name, sentencing date, date received, and consecutive number.

Creator

• Elmira Reformatory

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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of these records.

Title

Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children specifications book

Series Number

B1676

Summary

This series consists of copies of specifications printed by the City of New York for purchase of building supplies, dry goods, and raw materials. Most specifications were adopted by the city in 1914. The copy was likely used as a reference for institutional purchases, or for cost estimates and other planning purposes. Included are specifications for such items as crushed stone, steel, wire, plaster, and various types of wood; urinals, mirrors, and candles; and medicine droppers, drinking cups, and gauze.

Creator

• Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence files of the executive secretary of the Executive Committee on the 150th Anniversary of the American Revolution

Series Number

B0568

Summary

The Education Commissioner appointed the Executive Committee on the 150th Anniversary of the American Revolution to develop a plan for statewide observances of events that occurred during 1776 and 1777 in New York. This series consists of correspondence, clippings, programs and pamphlets relating to official state and local celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution. Correspondence relates to planning, execution and participation of the committee in local observances, and placement of historical markers.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Aerial photographs

Series Number

B2394

Summary

This series consists of aerial photographs, produced or acquired by various federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, dating from the 1930s and 1940s. The photos were collected and used by the New York State Museum and State Science Service for the purpose of geological research and mapping of New York State.

Creator

• New York State Science Service

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

Title

Register of inmates approved for discharge

Series Number

A3149

Summary

When an inmate's good conduct earned a discharge, friends/relatives could provide evidence, called a certificate, of a good home and steady employment. This series consists of a register of inmates at the Western House of Refuge for whom a "certificate of home and employment" and travel expenses have been provided. Information includes name, destination, travel costs, who provided certificate and travel money (often relative or person with whom parolee will live), and discharge date. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Western House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents (Rochester, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).

Title

Rockland County sewer commissioners meeting minutes, county court records, and subdivision maps

Series Number

A4626

Creator

• Rockland (N.Y. : County)

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

Title

New York State Science Service Director's correspondence and subject files

Series Number

B0583

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, memorandums, and reports of the State Museum Director. Most records concern the administration of the Geological Survey, Biological Survey, and Anthropological Survey units. Subjects include preparation of State Museum exhibits; planning for archaeological fieldwork; issuance of permits allowing collection of fossils on state land; preparation of museum publications; review of legislative proposals; expenditure of budgeted funds; and filling staff vacancies.

Creator

• New York State Science Service

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

Title

Annual reports of dispensaries

Series Number

A1986

Summary

This series consists of reports submitted by private dispensaries to the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities containing information on the institution's history, objectives, facilities, management, finances, and on the number of patients treated since opening and during the previous year. Each annual report contains financial information on the value of real and personal property, investments, indebtedness, receipts, expenditures, and cash on hand and statistical information on patients treated, persons vaccinated, prescriptions made, home visits, and home treatments.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

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

Title

Card index to survey maps of lands in New York State

Series Number

B1845

Summary

This series is an index to series A0273, Survey of Maps of Lands in New York State. The maps of surveys were made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated state lands.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

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

Title

Barge Canal land appropriation files

Series Number

22561

Summary

The land appropriation files contain comprehensive legal documentation of the process by which the state acquired lands for the Barge Canal system (pursuant to Laws of 1909, Chapter 391, as amended), and of the state's title to those lands. The files document not only the transfer of legal title to the state (i.e. the deed), but also the title and lien history of the property, the negotiations with the landowner, and the review and approval by control agencies - Offices of the State Comptroller and Attorney General. All of this documentation is important for confirming that due process was observed and that the owner was justly, fairly compensated for the property taken by the state. In addition, the records thoroughly document an important government function, the appropriation of private property for a public purpose, in this case for the Barge Canal.

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