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Title

Governor W. Averell Harriman central subject and correspondence files (microfilm version)

Series Number

13682_96

Summary

The central subject and correspondence files of Governor W. Averell Harriman pertain to appointments of judges and members of government commissions; civil service; housing; rapid transit; Thruway Authority; commerce; conservation; flood control; education; fiscal revenues; harness racing, labor; legislation; personnel administration; public safety; public utilities; and welfare.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Bureau of Publications publicity photographs negatives

Series Number

A0471

Summary

The photographic negatives in this series were created by the Education Department for department publications and to document departmental functions. Sample subjects include: Education Department staff; Board of Regents; visitors to the Education Department; materials held by the New York State Library; and the New York State Museum; schools, teachers, and school activities; and agricultural scenes.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Publications

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Record of stone re-cut

Series Number

A3178

Summary

The series consists of a bound volume documenting the recutting of stone used in the construction of the new State Capitol building. Information includes the date of recutting, type of stone cut, number of days used by workers, and dimensions of the stone following recutting. Other information includes the names of skilled and unskilled employees, and the price per day.

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Jefferson County tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4617

Creator

• Jefferson (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Correspondence and reports of the church archives editor

Series Number

A4171

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and radio program transcripts concerning the inventory of church archives conducted by the Historical Records Survey. The correspondence and memoranda are between the editor and Historical Records Survey district supervisors, field workers, members of the clergy, and state WPA administrators.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

George A. Fuller Company South Mall project central files

Series Number

16187

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, shop drawings, specifications, change orders, construction logs, diaries, status reports, contract transmittals, claims, delays, and damages related to various buildings constructed by the George A. Fuller Company as part of the Empire State Plaza (South Mall) project. Records pertain to the following buildings and/or facilities: Central Automated Control Facility (CACF); agency buildings 1, 2, 3, and 4; Legislative Office Building; Central Air Conditioning Plant and Transformer Vault; Swan Street Building; and Central Security System (CSS).

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under New York State Freedom of Information Law sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").

Title

Green Island Union Free School District board of education meeting minutes and tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4603

Creator

• Green Island Union Free School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to aerial photographs of state highways

Series Number

B1860

Summary

This series consists of approximately 600 reference sheets, partially bound into 4 volumes that function as an index to accretion 10700-00A, Department of Transportation Aerial Photographs of State Highways. Each sheet measures approximately 20 x 24 inches. Also included are blueprint topographical maps indicating the general location of each section entry of the index.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Agricultural and Industrial School parole agents' registers of occupation and conduct of paroled inmates

Series Number

A3144

Summary

Catholic and Protestant Chaplain, who served as Parole Agents, kept these records about paroled inmates', home, schooling, occupation and conduct at the State Agricultural and Industrial School. Information may include inmate name and number; reference marker to inmate's case history; if died, discharged, "dropped" or "discontinued"; name and relationship of parent or guardian; address; parole date; age; and quarterly employment records. Records are restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

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

Bids on contracts for materials used on the Barge Canal System

Series Number

A4411

Summary

This series consists of transmittal memoranda, correspondence, and comptroller's certifications, lists of vendors, and blank and completed proposal forms and specifications for materials contracts let by the Department of Public Works for use on the Barge Canal.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of Reception and Parole Committee

Series Number

A2060

Summary

These minutes summarize the committee's consideration of parole of new inmates, inmates eligible for parole, inmates who applied for parole, and inmates returned to the institution for violating parole. The minutes list inmates' names and numbers and the action to earn parole; investigation to be made; father applied in prison; denied; and parole approved.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Program administration correspondence

Series Number

A4377

Summary

This series contains routine correspondence between administrators in the Office of War Training and those involved in specific programs, such as the School Bus Driver Training Program, the Bus and Truck Driver Training Program, and police and fire training. Topics discussed include: certificate distribution; pamphlet requests; equipment distribution; meeting and conference scheduling; instruction sites; and training film distribution.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of War Training

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Public health films

Series Number

B2835

Summary

These films ("TV Spots"), produced by the New York State Department of Health (DOH), were made to educate the public on health-related issues. Topics covered include dental health, vaccinations, cancer, and home safety. Film reels also document the construction of the DOH office building and the 1958 Polio Committee with Governor W. Averell Harriman and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health

Usage Restrictions

Original media is not available for viewing and visual materials have not been reformatted.

Title

Legal documentation relating to quit rents

Series Number

A1227

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence, certificates, affidavits, copies of maps of land grants, surveys of patents and a list of persons forced to quit their farms for failure to pay quit rents. Most records are certificates and affidavits attesting to the amount of taxes due on real estate, ownership of land patents and lots, and remissions from quit rent. Also included are surveys of land patents and maps depicting lots and patents subject to quit rents.

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

Utica State Hospital personnel application records

Series Number

B1482

Summary

This series consists of summary information taken from employment applications at Utica State Hospital. Included are application date; name of applicant; age; height; weight; civil condition; degree of education; previous occupation; state or country of birth; town of residence; persons giving recommendations (usually blank); position examined for; person examining; civil service rating; date of appointment; and remarks.

Creator

• Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assorted records

Series Number

B0944

Summary

This series consists of unprocessed records, apparently from the Comptroller's Office. Records include: applications to revoke redemptions; letters and telegrams from appraisers; assessment rolls and lists of construction expenditures; documents on rejection of taxes in 1908 returned from towns; miscellaneous reports and papers; responses to circular letters sent to town clerks; documents pertaining to the tax sales and applications for issuance of deeds.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tarrytown Clerk administrative, tax, and budget records

Series Number

A4439

Summary

This series includes planning board minutes, zoning board of appeals minutes, assessment/tax rolls, board of trustees minutes, water commissioners' minutes, and budgets.

Creator

• Tarrytown (N.Y. : Village). Clerk

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Plans of the Cultural Education Center in the Empire State Plaza, Albany

Series Number

A2048

Summary

This series consists of oversize and rolled architectural, sanitary, engineering, and plot plans of the Cultural Center in Albany's "South Mall." Included are floor and ceiling plans, details, elevations, and section drawings. Planning for the Cultural Education Center began about 1963 and the building was first occupied in 1976.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Associate Commissioner for Cultural Education

Access Restrictions

Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").

Title

Office registers and related records

Series Number

21263

Summary

This series contains summaries of the status of legal cases handled by the Department of Law. Types of cases include habeas corpus actions, workmen's compensation claims, mortgage foreclosures, incompetency actions, liens on public improvements, civil actions, and agricultural cases. Volumes contain lists of witnesses, notices of intentions, alphabetical and numerical indexes, judgments and dismissals received.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

City of Albany building permit plans

Series Number

A3342

Summary

Records include building plans of the city's building department exclusively. These "as-built" drawings are submitted to the department as part of its building permit and certificate of occupancy issuance records. The building permit plans are arranged by permit number; there is no index accompanying the microfilm.

Creator

• Albany (N.Y. : City)

Access Restrictions

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