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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor index to maps and plans
Series Number
- B0360
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to maps and plans created by the New York State Engineer and Surveyor. The indexes contain the book number; title of the map or plan; and date.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Newark Developmental Disabilities Services Office director's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2577
Summary
- This series includes reports and correspondence regarding contracts and significant events.
Creator
- New York (State). Newark Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection law. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Common order book for determination of amounts due in mortgage cases
Series Number
- J0206
Summary
- This series consists of common orders issued by the Clerk in the name of the Vice Chancellor in the 7th Circuit in mortgage cases, by which a Master was ordered to determine the amount of principal and interest owed to the complainant.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Indian education tuition and transportation files
Series Number
- 11748
Summary
- These files document aid to school districts for expenses related to the education of Indian children living on reservations including operating and maintenance costs of reservation schools; off reservations tuition payments; and transportation costs. Documents include correspondence; memoranda; tuition aid calculation worksheets; contracts with school districts for the education and transportation of Indian children; annual budgets from reservation schools; and censuses of Indian students (including name, date of birth, sex, age, one parent's name) at school districts and reservation schools.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Educational Management Services
Title
- Register of bonds of receivers and committees
Series Number
- JN539
Summary
- The register that comprises this series contains entries of filings of performance bonds by receivers and committees.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is in poor condition. Use may be restricted.
Title
- Senator Neil D. Breslin archived website
Series Number
- B2211
Summary
- This series consists of an archival copy of the official website of Senator Neil D. Breslin.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1997- : Neil D. Breslin)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Payment authorization to treasurer for support and maintenance of children born to slaves in the Town of Mamaroneck
Series Number
- B1718
Summary
- Abandoned children of slaves were to be supported at the state's expense by the local overseers of the poor. This series consists of a warrant to pay the Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Mamaroneck for the support and maintenance of children born of slaves and abandoned by their respective masters, as well as a signed statement that the money was received by the overseer.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Route books for Federal-Aid highways
Series Number
- 14156
Summary
- This series contains letters designating New York highways as eligible for federal aid, letters approving revisions or additions to the system as of 1931, and letters approving federal aid for highways. Included are descriptions of routes approved as of January 9, 1931, including beginning and ending points, intermediate cities, villages, and hamlets; and correspondence concerning designations of "urban areas." as defined by the Federal-aid Highway Act. Many of the letters refer to maps that are not in the State Archives.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Circuit Court account book of costs
Series Number
- JN511
Summary
- This volume contains accounts of court costs in circuit courts held in New York County and in other counties in eastern and southern New York. Each entry contains the name of the plaintiff's attorney, title of case, itemized court costs relating to trial or other proceeding in circuit court, and total costs assessed (computed in pounds, shillings, pence).
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- New York State Governor's Office of Employee Relations Employee Benefits Management Division Management Confidential benefits programs files
Series Number
- 18744
Summary
- The Employee Management Division represents New York State in contract negotiations over health and insurance benefit programs. It participates in Labor/Management Committee deliberations on benefits issues, and since 1989, administers Management Confidential (M/C) employee benefits. The series consists of financial reports and analyses, audits of claims, correspondence, program descriptions, minutes, and marketing plans for benefit options for employees classified as M/C.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Office of Employee Relations. Employee Benefits Management Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Senator Carl L. Marcellino archived websites
Series Number
- B2239
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Carl L. Marcellino.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1995-2018 : Carl L. Marcellino)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Transportation Division of Waterways Maintenance ledger of cargo cleared at Boonville on the Black River Canal
Series Number
- B1730
Summary
- This series consists of ledgers maintained by the toll collector at Boonville on the Black River Canal. The ledgers contain date; number of clearances for the year; name of boat; place of hailing; where loaded; destination; master's name; cargo description; quantity; miles traveled; and monthly and yearly totals of the number of miles by boats cleared through Boonville.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Registers of contract proposals regarding the enlargement of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0348
Summary
- This series contains registers of contract proposals received by the Canal Board for the Erie Canal enlargement, Western and Middle Divisions. With the exception of a single volume, entries provide the following information: number of proposal, names of proposers, names of guaranty, P.O. address (only sometimes), amount, estimate amount (only sometimes), and remarks (only sometimes).
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Writs of commission
Series Number
- J0170
Summary
- This series consists of writs of commission, directed to commissioners appointed by the writ, to take depositions from material witnesses residing in other states or countries. The return to the writ consists of the answers of the witness to interrogatories, transcribed and certified by the commissioners.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany and Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Legal opinions and issues files
Series Number
- 19062
Summary
- The series from the New York State Archives' Local Government Records Services unit consists of correspondence, opinions, and information on legal issues. Also included are bills, staff memoranda, and records concerning development of legislation and revisions to regulations under the Local Government Records Law. Topics include the status of records disposition authority in governmental entities, public access to records, and the status of audio tapes as records.
Creator
- New York State Archives and Records Administration. Local Government Records Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Determinations of state board of canvassers and transcripts of statements of town and city inspectors of elections
Series Number
- B0016
Summary
- This series contains determinations of the State Board of Canvassers of individuals elected to offices statewide and in multi-county districts. There are also transcripts of statements of local inspectors of elections of the number of votes cast for candidates in the Senate elections of 1799 and 1800, and in a special election for member of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1799.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Transcripts of public hearings of the Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Series Number
- B1308
Summary
- The commission conferred with members of the Joint Legislative Committee to Study the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law and studied transcripts of its public hearings to gather information and opinions on needed legislative reforms. This series consists of the Joint Legislative Committee's hearing transcripts. The Joint Legislative Committee, established in 1960, conducted these hearings as part of its charge to study the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law and the rules and regulations of the State Liquor Authority. Most hearings focused on the advisability of raising the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21.
Creator
- New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Newark Developmental Disabilities Services Office training and publicity audiovisual materials
Series Number
- B2629
Summary
- This series consists primarily of audiotapes created and used for the purpose of training staff in the care and therapy of patients. A variety of topics include first aid, communications, behavior modifications, and parental support and assistance. A few videotapes covering similar topics are also included.
Creator
- New York (State). Newark Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Environmental Conservation Office of Hearings and Mediation Services decisions, orders, rulings, and hearing reports
Series Number
- 17067
Summary
- This series consists of hearing files documenting the results of adjudicatory and legislative public hearings held by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Topics include New York City's application for a water supply permit for drought emergency operation of the Hudson River Pumping Plant at Chelsea, and solid waste disposal in Saint Lawrence County. Records include hearing notices, transcripts, and testimony; emergency declarations; correspondence; public comments; briefs; exhibits; reports; draft environmental impact statements; and results of public hearings.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Office of Hearings and Mediation Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors index to appeals and cases in error
Series Number
- J0158
Summary
- This series indexes Series J0157, Records of Appeals and Cases in Error, by name of appellant and plaintiff in error. Each entry consists of a file number referring to records in the series indexed and the names of the appellant or plaintiff in error and respondent or defendant in error. The first few entries in each alphabetical section also contain the date the case was opened and the name of the appellants or plaintiff's solicitor or attorney.
Creator
- New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.