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Title

Register of legislative agents: counsels

Series Number

B0015

Summary

This series consists of registers with the names of agents or counsels representing interests promoting or opposing the passage of legislation within New York State. Information includes agent's name; employer, and a brief description of the legislation that is under consideration.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Board of Elections political advertisements and campaign literature files

Series Number

15883

Summary

The series consists of printed, audio-visual, and ephemeral materials received by the State Board of Elections from candidates and their organizations as examples of items produced during various campaigns for statewide elective office. The State Board of Elections regulates campaign advertising and financing as part of its responsibility to administer the election process and enforce the State Election Law.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Elections

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes

Series Number

A0868

Summary

These four volumes of minutes document the Canal Board's administration of the state's canals in accordance with legislation of 1826. The records consist mostly of resolutions and financial statements concerning the canals and provide: date; names of persons present; names of persons making motions; resolutions; and votes.

Creator

• New York (State). Canal Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Cases and briefs on appeal

Series Number

J2002

Summary

The records and briefs in this series were submitted to the New York State Court of Appeals upon appeal of a lower court judgment. They usually contain: Record or appendix, Plaintiff's briefs, and Defendant's briefs. Other documents, such as Reply brief(s) and Amicus brief(s), may also be included. Together, these records document the legal history of a case, often including lower court transcripts, necessary formal applications, arguments for and against legal issues, testimony, and exhibits.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

Volumes containing confidential case(s): Restricted: No access without prior permission of Court of Appeals.

Title

South Shore Estuary Reserve Council archived websites

Series Number

B2164

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the South Shore Estuary Reserve Council. At some point after this site was copied in January 2011, it was removed from the live Web and its content was incorporated into the main website of the Department of State.

Creator

• New York (State). South Shore Estuary Reserve Council

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual reports

Series Number

B1479

Summary

This series consists of annual reports of the Board of Managers (later Board of Visitors) of the New York State Lunatic Asylum (successor Utica State Hospital). Each annual report includes reports from the Board of Managers Treasurer and Superintendent. The reports discuss conditions, progress, notable events or changes, fiscal status, statistics on patients by various factors (age, occupation, nativity, etc.), descriptions of the facilities.

Creator

• Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes, apportionment maps, and related material

Series Number

J2016

Summary

This series documents the activities and determinations of a special judicial commission appointed in 1966 to reapportion state legislative districts. Records consist of the commission's meeting minutes and published final report (including an exhibit volume of legislative district maps); other rolled and flat maps; incoming correspondence; and published materials on apportionment issues. Of special interest are the large-scale maps which show exact boundaries of legislative districts of urbanized areas in New York City.

Creator

• New York (State). Judicial Commission on Reapportionment

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Descriptions and Impressions of official seals filed with the Secretary of State

Series Number

B0001

Summary

This series consists of descriptions and impressions of the Great Seal and Privy Seal of the State of New York, the seals of the clerks of the Assembly and Senate, of state agencies, various courts, of county clerks and surrogates, and towns and notaries public. The description and sample impression are accompanied by certificate signed by the official submitting the document for filing by the Secretary of State. Both volumes have indexes at the front. Many seals are fragile.

Creator

• New York (State). State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled. Executive Bureau

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

Common rule books

Series Number

J0167

Summary

This series contains common rule books, which the clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature were directed to keep. The books contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. Each entry in the common rulebooks contains the title of the cause, the name of the attorney moving the court, and the rule granted.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Case files of incarcerated individuals discharged by death

Series Number

B0029

Summary

These are records of incarcerated individuals who died in Auburn Prison. Case files were kept for all incarcerated individuals, and records of deceased individuals were pulled from the active files and filed together.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

Summary information on incarcerated adult 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. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Files on milk-borne disease outbreaks

Series Number

B1337

Summary

The State Department of Health investigates communicable disease outbreaks traced to contaminated milk, with the goal of diagnosing and documenting the cause, extent, and spread of illness and locating responsible milk producers and distributors. This series consists of reports, memorandums, correspondence, laboratory test results, survey data, and news clippings documenting outbreaks of septic sore throat in Ulster and Greene counties. Also included are memorandums summarizing the epidemic and tables showing cases by gender and age.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Survey map of extension of Genesee Valley Canal from Olean to Mill Grove Pond

Series Number

A0854

Summary

This is a map of survey lines for a 6.7 mile extension of the Genesee Valley Canal from Olean to Mill Grove Pond. Authorized in 1857 and brought into use in August 1859, the map includes names of villages; property owners along the proposed extension route; significant buildings; locks; tollgates; survey stations; topographic shadings; woodland areas; and bodies of water.

Access Restrictions

Restricted: Map extremely fragile.Use under supervision or with assistance of archivist due to fragile condition.

Title

Assorted early records relating to taxes and accounts

Series Number

B1451

Summary

This series consists of an assortment of unrelated documents. Many documents date from the establishment of the Office of the Comptroller. Several documents may relate to the comptroller's duties to sell land for payment of delinquent state taxes. Included are certificates of payment to the Treasurer's Office; property inventory and other information on tax sales and quit rents; and a note relating to payment for an elector for president and vice president of the U.S.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Report

Series Number

B0997

Summary

This series consists of a report prepared and issued by the Joint Committee for the Study of the Organization and Functioning of the Emergency Relief Bureau, (ERB) New York City, on September 1, 1936. The report analyzes the present organization, procedures, and finances of the ERB and proposes a new organizational structure. The report also includes charts, tables, graphs, and sample forms on the proposed organization and functioning of the ERB.

Creator

• New York (State). Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. Joint Committee for Study of Organization and Functioning of Emergency Relief Bureau, New York City

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Account book of salary payments to government officials and employees

Series Number

A0840

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of a Cash Book recording salary payments by State Comptroller to the Governor, Chancellor, and other officials and employees of the state.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Willard Psychiatric Center School of Nursing records

Series Number

B1445

Summary

This series consists primarily of black-and-white photographs depicting students and facilities of the Willard State Hospital School of Nursing. Venues and activities include classroom, laboratory, and operating room instruction; commencement ceremonies; study; formal group photos of classes, by year; interaction with patients; and recreation activities. Most individuals are unidentified. Also included are handbooks, commencement programs, yearbooks, course catalogs, news clippings, and other material related to the history of the school or nursing history in general.

Creator

• Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to Comptroller's tax sale records

Series Number

B0983

Summary

This series consists of indexes to unidentified comptroller's tax sale records. Information includes tract names and (apparently) purchaser names, with page numbers next to each name. Also included is an alphabetical index to tract name (with lots on parcels entered under each tract). The reference for each entry is to an "old" number, a "new" number, or a "case" number. Several additional volumes include lists of personal or tract names, accompanied by unexplained numeric references.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Crime Victims Board Chairman's subject and correspondence files

Series Number

18357

Summary

This series consists of the Crime Victims Board (CVB) Chairman's correspondence with the Governor's Office, state legislators, the Attorney General's Office, state agencies, individuals, and private organizations. Series also contains individual files for cases that received significant public attention. Most cases involve the compensation of crime victims from monies derived by criminals from books or movies portraying their crimes. Files include court testimony; lawyer, claimants, and CVB correspondence; and news clippings. Also included are administrative records related to the board's operations.

Creator

• New York (State). Crime Victims Board

Access Restrictions

Portions of files contain information on claimants and claims, which is restricted. Files will be reviewed to identify and remove non-disclosable information. Access to that information is governed by Executive Law, Sect. 633.

Title

Special charter bus permit request correspondence

Series Number

A4398

Summary

This series contains correspondence primarily between local war transportation administrators and the War Transportation Committee, which was responsible for promoting and ensuring the efficient use of transportation resources regarding the issuance of charter bus permits. These requests were usually for one-time-only trips. Often, letters from the organizations seeking the charter bus permits are found. Both types of correspondence detail the trip, destination, miles, date, time, type of bus, and reason for the trip.

Creator

• New York State War Council. War Transportation Committee

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing investigation and exhibit files on individuals

Series Number

B1323

Summary

This series consists of background information and supporting documentation compiled by the Commission during its investigation of individuals with financial interests or other involvement in harness racing associations. The bulk of the series consists of investigation files on individuals. A few files at the beginning of the series are legal exhibits.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Executive Session (private hearing) testimony: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.

Investigation background reports on individuals: Restricted; Personal Privacy Protection Law, Section 96.1.c and personal privacy exemption of Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.b.

Grand jury minutes and federal and state tax returns: Restricted: Closed permanently; exempted from public disclosure by specific statutes, therefore deniable under Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.a.

Finding aid to the records, which lists subjects of investigations: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8, Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8.