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Title

Construction journals

Series Number

B1496

Summary

This series consists of account journals documenting expenses and payments for construction of the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. Information includes account name; what payment is for; amount paid; check number; and the corresponding ledger page or account number. Also included is an accounting journal documenting expenses for construction of new buildings in 1844.

Creator

• New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Index to certificates and accounts for purchase of forage and account of hay pasture and grain supplied to the Continental Army

Series Number

A0893

Summary

This a list of certificates issued by Deputy State Agent William Brown for the purchase of supplies for the Continental Army. It gives certificate number; date; name; amount of certificate; date paid and amount paid with interest. It also contains a list of supplies furnished to the Continental Army by Brown, giving date; from whom purchased; to whom delivered; and type and amount of supplies and includes an account of Brown's expenses and receipts.

Creator

• New York (State). Auditor General

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tax assessment rolls of real and personal estates

Series Number

B0950

Summary

Legislation enacted in 1799 (amended in 1801) established a system of assessing and taxing real and personal property and required tax commissioners or (beginning in 1801) county supervisors to submit to the State Comptroller a copy of the county's tax rolls and a list of unpaid taxes. This series consists of town and city tax assessment rolls (excluding New York City) prepared by county treasurers and filed with the State Comptroller's Office.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

Originals are in fragile condition. Microfilm is first use copy.

Title

Entry documentation pertaining to the new emission of bills of credit

Series Number

A1233

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of receipts, currency exchange ledgers, accounts of bills of credit, and cancelled lists of bundles of Continental money regarding the emission of currency by New York State. The receipts detail the cost of new printing plates, advertising costs, and cost of paper to print the new bills on. Also included is information on the amount of new emissions exchange for older notes and lists of bundles of old Continental notes.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Taconic Developmental and Disabilities Services Office routine administrative policies and procedures

Series Number

B2821

Summary

This series consists primarily of published procedures and administrative manuals, produced by the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, Wassaic Developmental Center, and the Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office, aimed at addressing critical functions and agency wide operations.

Creator

• New York (State). Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) declarations

Series Number

J0017

Summary

This series contains plaintiff's declarations, which were the initial pleadings in common law actions. The declaration was made out by the plaintiff's attorney after the defendant had been arrested by a writ of capias ad respondendum. The declaration contains the following parts: caption; venue; commencement; statement of cause of action; and conclusion.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Maps, blueprints, tracings, diagrams, plans, and cross sections of canal structures and sites

Series Number

B0171

Summary

These records primarily concern the Barge Canal system and its feeders. Series also contains items depicting the old Erie Canal and other canals such as the Black River Canal. Maps depict various canal structures such as bridges, diversion channels, dams, sewers, locks, culverts, stop gates, and aqueducts. Also shown are land patents, locations of towns and villages, land claims, towpath locations, roads, and streets in cities adjacent to canals.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Blotter of legal papers sent and received

Series Number

B0617

Summary

This series consists of daily entries of legal papers sent, received, filed, served or otherwise handled in cases involving the State of New York. Most cases are voluntary dissolutions of incorporated companies. Other cases involve receiverships of bankrupt companies, probate proceedings, and private suits in which the state had an interest. There appear to be no criminal cases included. Included are names of Attorneys for opposing parties.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

General orders tracking log

Series Number

L0085

Summary

This series contains a volume used to track all general orders considered by the Convention. A general order was required before an amendment could be voted on by the Committee of the Whole Convention. For each amendment, the volume provides: introducer; introductory number; print number; date referred to the Committee of the Whole; General order number; date sent for Third Reading; Third Reading number; and remarks (e.g., date reported, date sent to committee for revisions, date recommitted).

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1915

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York Guard service cards and enlistment records

Series Number

B2000

Summary

The New York Guard was created and later reactivated as a state defense force to replace the New York National Guard when the latter was mobilized into federal service during the two world wars. This series consists of service record cards for veterans of the New York Guard. Information varies but minimally includes name, address, date of enlistment, company, and regiment.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs

Access Restrictions

Microfilm roll no. 61 is partially restricted to protect personal privacy (medical reports).

Title

Commission hearing and meeting files

Series Number

B2014

Summary

The Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness was charged with studying the structure and operations of New York local government; reducing costs and improving the effectiveness of local government operations; and reforming election laws and procedures. The commission issued its final report, entitled "21st Century Local Government," in April 2008. These records consist of commission hearing and meeting files from 2007-2008, and transcripts of a State Assembly hearing on the commission's recommendations in 2008.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Law schedules and calendars

Series Number

18569

Summary

The series consists of daily and weekly schedules detailing the activities, appointments, and meetings of Attorney Generals: Robert Abrams (1980-1982), Dennis C. Vacco (1995-1997), Eliot Spitzer (1999-2006).

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law

Access Restrictions

18569-07: Designated records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute or common law. Requests for access to designated records are reviewed by staff of the State Archives and the Office of the Attorney General (Dept. of Law). In certain circumstances, designated records or portions of records may be withheld.

Title

New York State Department of Audit and Control accounts of taxes on state lands

Series Number

B0603

Summary

This series contains schedules of state-owned taxable lots within the Adirondack Forest Preserve and the Catskill Forest Preserve. Tax figures include school, highway, and special district taxes, and taxes rejected because of erroneous assessments. Individual lots are usually listed under the name of the patent or tract of which they are a part. Entries include lot number, location, acreage, assessed valuation, and tax amount. Entries also often include remarks such as "lumbered," "second growth," "burned," etc.).

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Recognizance rolls

Series Number

J0003

Summary

The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record upon which a plaintiff could bring an action against the defendant's bail.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Permanent exhibit planning and design files

Series Number

B2772

Summary

Series consists of records related to all phases of the design and construction of the New York State Museum's permanent galleries, including exhibit scripts, design concepts, production notes, audiovisual materials, floor plans, and exhibit layouts. Record types also include photographs, slides, artist concepts, correspondence, and expense reports.

Creator

• New York State Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Prison inventory and financial accounts ledger

Series Number

B1253

Summary

This series consists mostly of an inventory of furniture, equipment and property arranged by location at Clinton Prison. Quantity and value of each item are listed. Item values are totaled on each page and at the end of each section and at the end of the inventory. Also included are prison financial lists usually relating to prison debt that include names of individuals, amounts owed, and related journal pages or schedules.

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statement of bank failures

Series Number

A1390

Summary

This series consist of tables that list banks that failed between 1845 and 1876, giving year of failure, name of bank, and (presumably) amount owed to the state. The origin and purpose of the tables are unknown.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation Graphic Arts Unit transportation and state facilities related photographs and photo logs

Series Number

17672

Summary

These photographs, slides, and logs document the state transportation system, its structures, and state facilities created by the Department of Public Works (1923-1967) and its successor agency, the Department of Transportation. Images depict bridge and highway construction, canals repair and maintenance, and construction of state facilities. Some show employees and officials or landscapes and historic sites. Album pictures depict bridges, waterways, grade crossings, accidents, highways, hospitals, prisons, and schools. Some images document construction progress on the South Mall Project.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Graphic Arts Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Railroad valuation maps

Series Number

18541

Summary

The series primarily consists of reproductions of blueprint maps showing the right of way of railroads that owned real property in New York State. Generally, the maps depict not only the meets and bounds of the railroad right of way, but also public and private roads, bridges, and sewer lines that cross the right of way. In addition, the maps show town, village and county boundary lines, and often show adjacent structures and names of adjacent property owners.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Equalization and Assessment

Access Restrictions

Restricted in part due to fragile physical condition; use with assistance of archivist.

Title

Inspection documentation

Series Number

B1535

Summary

The series consists of a scattered collection of plans, specifications, and black-and-white photographs documenting various buildings inspected by the State Fire Marshal. The inspections apparently were undertaken after buildings sustained fire damage, or as a result of applications to install equipment or construct additions to buildings. State and local laws regulated construction, alteration or repair of any building to prevent fires.

Creator

• New York (State). Fire Marshal

Access Restrictions

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