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Title

Newspaper notices of tax sales

Series Number

A1396

Summary

This series consists of notices published by county treasurers giving town, patent or other subdivision, lot number, description of parcel, owner's name, and amount of back taxes due. Included are notices for Oswego, Niagara, Rockland, Ulster, and Sullivan Counties, for various years. Clippings are on newsprint and are badly deteriorated.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inmate admission registers

Series Number

B1255

Summary

This series consists of registers providing summary information on inmates admitted to Albion State Training School. Volumes 1-7 contain detailed information related to their personal and criminal histories and confinement at the institution. Volumes 8-10 contain one page of summary information on women received at Albion but only only up to the time of admission to Albion. Volumes 11-13 consist of three distinct alphabetical indexes to inmates, by last name and with corresponding case number.

Creator

• Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)

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

Fairview Fire District board of Commissioners meeting minutes

Series Number

A4588

Creator

• Fairview Fire District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Barge Canal vessel registers

Series Number

17674

Summary

The series consists of nonactive registration applications and certificates of registry for vessels operating on the Barge Canal system, as well as documentation of vessels' trips on the canal. Applications provide information on each vessel, including vessel type, dimensions, history, and owners. The certificates provide a chronology of ownership. The Division of Waterways Maintenance was responsible for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the canal system until 1992.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Vouchers, payment orders, and payrolls for highway maintenance and repair

Series Number

A0936

Summary

Supply vouchers and payment orders are duplicate printed forms sent to the Highway Commission Auditor in Albany, who submitted them to the Comptroller pursuant to legislation of 1909. The forms provide order number; date; name and address of supplier; amount of labor or materials (cement, tools, pipe etc.) required; signatures of Division Engineer and Deputy; and road number and location.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Monthly mineral market reports

Series Number

B1533

Summary

This series consists of U. S. Bureau of Mines' monthly reports summarizing industry surveys and market reports of minerals such as iron ore; silver; lead and zinc; coal and coke; gold; sulphur; gypsum; slate; talc; gem stones; mica; mercury; peat; salt; natural gas; sand and gravel; abrasive materials; and nonferrous scrap metal. Reports include advance and final summaries and preliminary returns of statistical and economic surveys. Information typically includes data on trends in commercial production, demand, and shipments; interstate transportation; exports; and consumption.

Creator

• New York State Geological Survey

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Elmira Reformatory officers' time book

Series Number

B2012

Summary

This series consists of summary information for employee absences, make-up days, and scheduling adjustments at the Elmira Reformatory. Information includes names, dates absent or made up, and nature of absences, usually sickness or vacation.

Creator

• Elmira Reformatory

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Requisitions for Barge Canal materials and equipment

Series Number

B0605

Summary

These requisitions were submitted by the Department of Public Works, Division of Canals and Waterways, to the Department of Audit and Control. Requisitions were made for steel, lumber, gravel, pipe, machinery, and other heavy equipment and material. Each file contains bid proposals with detailed specifications of the equipment or materials and proposed price; identification of low bidder; and information and instruction sheets to bidders. Some files contain manufacturer's catalogs, photographs or blueprint drawings of machinery, and correspondence.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Poliomyelitis case report cards

Series Number

B0163

Summary

Physicians across the state were required to report each case of designated communicable diseases to the State Department of Health. This series consists of personal and medical data of polio victims. Personal data includes patient's name; address; occupation; age; sex; color/race; and national origin. Medical data includes where and how the disease was contracted; physical relationship to milk production or dairy farming; onset, duration, extent, and location of paralysis; contagion preventative measures; and (after 1960) immunization history. Records are restricted pursuant to state and federal laws.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Acute 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

Stipulations

Series Number

J0005

Summary

The small number of documents in this series relate to a judgment by a town of Romulus justice of the peace in Seneca County. The judgment was removed to the Seneca County Court of Common Pleas by a writ of certiorari, and thence submitted without writ of error to the Supreme Court by stipulation of the attorneys. The documents are the return to writ of certiorari, with stipulation, plaintiff's brief, and a letter to the clerk of the Supreme Court at Utica.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to Attorney General's cases

Series Number

B0611

Summary

This series is an index to registers and filed papers in cases to which the State of New York was a party or in which it had an interest. The location of the registers and filed papers is unknown. The volumes contain an alphabetical list of cases and numbers, alphabetical entries of plaintiffs and defendants, references to box numbers of filed papers and registers and page numbers. The index does not state the courts in which these cases were heard.

Creator

• New York (State). Attorney General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor's Office of Employee Relations Division of Contract Negotiations and Administration correspondence, policy statements, and background materials relating to strikes

Series Number

16226

Summary

This series consists of records relating to strikes by public employee bargaining units, predominantly representing correction officers and security guards. Records include transcripts, audiotapes of hearings, and a smaller amount of correspondence, materials on grievance procedures, agency contingency plans, fact-finding reports, and hearing officers' notes and exhibits. Records are arranged roughly by bargaining unit.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor's Office of Employee Relations. Division of Contract Negotiations and Administration

Access Restrictions

Access to this series is partially restricted. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).

Title

Clerk's registers of cases in Supreme Court of Judicature and Courts of Common Pleas

Series Number

J0007

Summary

The volumes in this series are clerks' registers of writs issued and returned, declarations and other documents received and filed, and other business transacted in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Courts of Common Pleas in some of the counties of upstate New York. Each case is identified by the names of the parties, the name of the court, the type of action or matter, and the amount of damages sought and awarded.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual financial statements of employee welfare funds

Series Number

B0161

Summary

The Welfare Fund Bureau of the State Insurance Department was formerly responsible for the registration and supervision of all welfare and pension funds (with the exception of those registered with the Banking Department) and for auditing the annual statements of those funds. In 1974, Congress passed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and responsibility for the regulation of these funds was transferred from the State Insurance Department to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Creator

• New York (State). Insurance Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

List of securities considered legal investments for New York savings banks

Series Number

B0607

Summary

This series consists of annual lists of securities considered by the Banking Department to be legal investments for savings banks. The securities are listed under the name of the issuing government or corporation.

Creator

• New York (State). Banking Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register's statement of cases handled by the Court of Chancery

Series Number

J2176

Summary

This series consists of a Register's statistical report to the Chancellor of cases handled by the court. It contains lists of: the number of bills filed in the court's Albany and New York City offices; the number of decrees enrolled in Albany and in New York City and the number of bills filed with the Register each month.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Wholesale livestock reports

Series Number

13438

Summary

This series consists of daily and weekly wholesale livestock sales reports for the Buffalo, Niagara Frontier Region. Reports include date, time, and temperature at time of report, and livestock type by category. Information generally includes demand, estimated numbers sold, general market strength, average weight, and price of steers, heifers, slaughter cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, and lambs. Reports may include reporter name and broadcast call letters when report was broadcast.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Reformatory for Women parole reports for mental defectives

Series Number

B1519

Summary

This series consists of admission, transfer, discharge, and parole reports for mental defectives at the New York State Reformatory for Women. The bulk of the series consists of parole reports which include brief narratives; inmate number; current whereabouts; social and mental history; current living and social conditions; progress made in behavior; and likelihood of discharge or return. Also included is statistical information and summary reports with names of women transferred, discharged, and deceased. Records are restricted.

Creator

• New York State Reformatory for Women

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect personal privacy.Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.

Title

Forest, Fish and Game Commission glass plate negatives of logging and lumbering

Series Number

B2010

Summary

This series consists of 23 glass plate negatives depicting activities and machinery associated with logging and lumbering, particularly in the Adirondack Mountain region. Most if not all of the images appear to have been duplicated from unknown publications, possibly Forest, Fish and Game Commission annual reports.

Creator

• New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of papers served and other business conducted

Series Number

B0613

Summary

This series consists of daily entries of legal papers served, hearings attended, and other business conducted by the Attorney General's Office in New York City. The title of the action is stated for each entry. At the end of each day's entries, the amount of postage is calculated. Some volumes are missing.

Creator

• New York (State). Attorney General's Office. New York City Office

Access Restrictions

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