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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- Index to cases transferred by Clerk of Eighth Circuit to Supreme Court
Series Number
- J0238
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Agency public information files
Series Number
- 18034
Summary
- This series consists of speeches, press releases, Governor's briefings, and scattered copies of the "OER News."
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Office of Employee Relations. Executive Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation board meeting files
Series Number
- B2549
Summary
- This series documents meetings of the State Environmental Facilities Corporation and its predecessor, the New York State Pure Waters Authority. Files include agendas, minutes, resolutions, reports, and discussions.
Creator
- New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control typhoid fever carriers case control cards
Series Number
- B1068
Summary
- This series consists of cards used to track and categorize chronic carriers of typhoid fever, their status, and reasons they received state aid. Information includes carrier's name; address; birth date or age at operation; occupation; and household census, indicating relevant medical history of others in the household, or the number of cases attributed to the carrier. Medical information includes origin of carrier status; surgeries; state financial aid; brief medical history; and cause of death. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Epidemiology and Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- Restricted by New York Public Health Law sect. 18 and New York Code of Rules and Regulations part 10, sect. 50-4; by New York Freedom of Information Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6) sect. 87.2(b); by New York Personal Privacy Protection Law (Public Officers Law Art. 6-A) sect. 96; and by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acct (HIPAA), 42 U.S. Code sect. 1320d-6, and -7.
Title
- Register's and Assistant Register's reports of balances, bonds, and mortgages
Series Number
- J4076
Summary
- This series consists of draft and file copies of account balance sheets and lists of bonds and mortgages held by the Register and Assistant Register. Balance sheets note, for each case monies, on deposit with the court. Bond and mortgage lists include names of mortgagor or obligor; and original receiver of bond or mortgage; date received; penalty; amount and conditions of the loan; title of suit or fund used as surety; and to whom loan interest is paid.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to contractors whose proposals were accepted for projects on the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal Enlargement
Series Number
- B0376
Summary
- This slender volume lists names of contractors in rough alphabetical order by first letter of last name. Included with each name is the proposal number (referred to as "proposition"), the nature of the work to be completed (sections, culverts, aqueducts, bridge superstructures, locks, waste weirs, etc.), and a numeric reference to a related, but unidentified volume(s).
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Jurisdictional determination maps and drawings
Series Number
- 20583
Summary
- The Jurisdictional Inquiry Unit provides advice and determinations to agency staff, local government officials, and the general public regarding permit requirements and procedures in the Adirondack Park. This series consists of maps and plans used to determine jurisdiction over projects built within the Adirondack Park.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Legal Division. Jurisdictional Inquiry Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) index to returns of writs and executions
Series Number
- J0210
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to writs returned by sheriffs and other court officers to the clerks of the Supreme Court at New York City. Indexes to writs returned to the Supreme Court provide date of return, name of attorney, names of plaintiff and defendant, type of writ, and hour returned.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Senator James S. Alesi archived website
Series Number
- B2207
Summary
- This series consists of an archival copy of the official website of Senator James S. Alesi.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1996-2012 : James S. Alesi)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Temporary State Commission on Constitutional Tax Limitations subject files
Series Number
- 11038
Summary
- The Temporary State Commission on Constitutional Tax Limitations was directed to review the constitutional and statutory tax limitations of political subdivisions and make recommendations to provide adequate means for financing the local share of current expenses of municipal and school district operations. The series consists of the commission's subject files, interim and final reports, and research data. There are also approximately 20 cassette recordings present in the series.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Constitutional Tax Limitations
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Provincial Congress military returns
Series Number
- A1815
Summary
- These returns provide names and commission dates of militia officers elected by local committees, as well as numbers of troops in militia regiments. Also included are lists of enlisted men, lists of prisoners, minutes of the Provincial Congress concerning election returns, records of arms and ammunition on hand, and incoming correspondence of the Committee of Safety regarding orders carried out. Records are fragile due to burn damage.
Creator
- New York (State). Provincial Congress
Access Restrictions
- Records are fragile due to burn damage. Use is restricted. Microfilm is first use copy.
Title
- Federal-aid secondary highway system county maps
Series Number
- 14154
Summary
- The series consists of maps of all the counties in New York, outside of New York City, annotated to show proposed and approved federal-aid secondary highways as of 1945. There are two maps present for each county: one indicates state and county highways that were not considered part of the federal-aid highway system; the other shows the state and county highways that were designated as part of the system.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Senator Marc A. Coppola archived website
Series Number
- B2213
Summary
- This series consists of an archival copy of the official website of Senator Marc A. Coppola.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (2006 : Marc A. Coppola)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Special order book for appointment of receivers
Series Number
- J0204
Summary
- This series consists of copies of special orders issued by the Vice Chancellor in the 7th Circuit directing a Master to appoint a receiver for an insolvent debtor and directing the debtor to turn over all his property, account books, and papers to the receiver.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery (7th Circuit)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor summary of engineering expenditures for constructing Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0362
Summary
- This series consists of a volume of monthly engineering expenditures for the improvement of sections of the Champlain, Erie, and Oswego Canals. The forms in this volume detail amounts of expenditures by various offices under the supervision of the State Engineer and Surveyor and the purpose of each payment.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Copies of hydrographs and flow data of the Canaseraga and Keshequa Creeks and the Genesee River
Series Number
- B0389
Summary
- This series consists of hydrographs of the Canaseraga and Keshequa Creeks and of the Genesee River showing gage heights and discharge at various points and stations along those waterways and showing water surface elevation in connection with the Canaseraga Creek improvement. Hydrographic work was undertaken to measure the volumes of streams and flow of water for the purpose of determining water supply available for canals, domestic purposes, and for potential water power.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court calendars
Series Number
- J4089
Summary
- This series consists of court calendars prepared by the Register for the Chancellor. Entries consist of a priority number (starting at "1"), the names of the complainant and defendant, the date the case was begun, the method by which the case reached the hearing stage (e.g., bill confessed, demurrer, bill and answer), and the names of the solicitors.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Barbers' applications for certificate of qualification
Series Number
- A1154
Summary
- Applications for barbers' certificates of qualification were made to the Board of Barber Examiners, which regulated barbering, and required sanitary inspection of barbershops. Information on applications includes barber's name, place of business and residence; length of time in barber business; age and signature or mark. Accompany by the application is a questionnaire and checklist for rating of applicant's knowledge of barbering and sanitation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Clinton Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0014
Summary
- Clinton Correctional Facility, located in Clinton County, N.Y., is a maximum security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
- Clinton Correctional Facility
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult inmates 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
- Factory Investigating Commission research files on contract prison labor
Series Number
- A3025
Summary
- These letters, reports, articles, notes, and government documents provide information about the prison contract labor system for the manufacture of shoes and shirts in other states and countries. The series includes correspondence comparing prison labor to free labor in the shoe industry; questionnaires recording productivity and convicts' earnings; and legislation, hearings, and reports for and against contract prison labor.
Creator
- New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.