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Title

Moreau tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4749

Creator

• Moreau (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Toll collectors' annual accounts

Series Number

A1157

Summary

These annual accounts include two documents: a monthly summary of debits for refunded tolls, salary of collector, pay of clerks, and deposits of tolls in designated banks; and of credits for tolls collected, clearances issued, and penalties levied; second document provides summary totals under each debit and credit column for the Erie and branch canals.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Eastern Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0017

Summary

Eastern Correctional Facility, located in Ulster 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

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

List of land patents granted by the state

Series Number

A4007

Summary

This series serves as a record of original grants of state land to private owners, listing persons who received patents for New York State lands. Settlers seeking land grants applied to the governor, who ordered the surveyor general to survey the requested land before approving the grant. Information includes patentee name; number of acres granted; date patent was filed; and location of land, either by lot number or by a description of its geographic location.

Creator

• New York (State). Surveyor General

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Saranac Lake Central School District tax rolls and payroll records

Series Number

A4761

Summary

This series consists of tax rolls (1984-2003); and payroll and tax withholding records (1929-1965).

Creator

• Saranac Lake Central School District

Access Restrictions

Payroll records are restricted pursuant to Personal Privacy Protection Law.

Title

1938 Constitutional Convention records of William S. Bennet

Series Number

L0256

Summary

This series consists of William Stiles Bennet's records from the 1938 Constitutional Convention. The records include correspondence, proposed amendments and bills, miscellaneous literature, and pamphlets regarding changes to the Constitution.

Creator

• New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1938

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Binghamton State Office Building cleanup files

Series Number

22426

Summary

This series documents the effectiveness of decontamination cleanup efforts related to the complex and extensive accidental PCB contamination of the Binghamton State Office Building, which occurred as the result of an intense fire on February 5, 1981. Records chiefly consist of technical information and scientific analysis information, press releases, and correspondence documenting the cleanup, decontamination, and reoccupancy of the building.

Creator

• New York (State). Center for Environmental Health

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Urban Development Corporation reports and indexes to files

Series Number

A0507

Summary

This series contains project files, reports, memorandums, and indexes to files created by the Urban Development Corporation. Pertinent subjects include, but are far from limited to the Wilson Task Force; housing management; development and regulation; affirmative action; and legal issues.

Creator

• New York State Urban Development Corporation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Museum exposition award certificates

Series Number

B1902

Summary

This series consists of certificates awarded to the New York State Museum for exhibitions representing New York State in international expositions including the Pan-American Exposition (1901), the Universal Exposition/Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904), the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), and the World Colombian Exposition (1893). Most prizes relate to exhibitions and publications in geology and paleontology.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Governor (1668-1673 : Lovelace)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tax levy reports

Series Number

B1916

Summary

This series consists of tax levy reports submitted to the Department of Audit and Control by school districts. Information for each district includes names of municipalities in district, total assessed value, total amounts of levy, and tax rate per $1,000 of assessed value.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Municipal Affairs. Bureau of Research and Statistics

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senate session transcripts

Series Number

L0242

Summary

This series consists of transcripts of regular sessions of the New York State Senate. Each transcript is dated and gives names of the Senate President or Acting President and the Secretary of the Senate.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Alabama (N.Y.) minutes

Series Number

A4775

Creator

• Alabama (N.Y. : Town)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State population census schedules (1915)

Series Number

A0275

Summary

This series consists of the 1915 statewide census of population administered through the Secretary of State's office. Each page provides the block number (if any), election district number, ward number (if any), municipality, assembly district number, and county. Categories of information include: address, name and relationship of each person in family as of June 1, 1915, color or race, sex, age, nativity, occupation, and residence of persons in institutions. Records are restricted due to fragility.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragility of census schedules.

Title

Knox Trail historical marker files

Series Number

22354

Summary

The markers documented in this series were created by a special initiative to commemorate the route that General Henry Knox used to conduct an artillery train and supplies from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston in the winter of 1775-1776. Record types include applications, articles, correspondence, and other records concerning the Knox Trail markers.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the State Historian

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Federal Vocational Education Funds files

Series Number

A3041

Summary

These records document the expenditure of federal funds for vocational education in New York under the Vocational Education Act of 1917 and George-Deen Act of 1936. Included are correspondence; memoranda; appropriations estimates; certificates of approval for expenditures; appointments lists; salary schedules; payroll lists; supply requisitions; purchase orders; warrants for payment; vouchers for payment of federal funds; annual reports of trade and vocational schools; and appointment recommendations for extension vocational teacher trainer.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assembly Office of the Minority Leader press releases

Series Number

L0219

Summary

Press releases issued by the assembly minority leader's office address a variety of topics including medicaid funding; educational funding; state aid for soil and water conservation districts; proposed upgrading of road, rail, and air travel facilities; special education programs; prevention of child abuse and neglect; effectiveness of state agency services; public sector management and productivity; development of rural resources; crime prevention; and tax reform. Series also includes summaries of bills, suggested radio scripts, and speeches.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Office of the Minority Leader

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Theatre Institute author interview videos

Series Number

22469

Summary

This series consists of approximately one hundred original VHS and U-matic videocassettes containing interviews with the authors and set/costume designers of several plays performed by the New York State Theatre Institute (NYSTI). The series also includes videos pertaining to theater performance in general, NYSTI's activities, and other miscellaneous matters. These videos were generally used for instructional purposes as part of NYSTI's overall educational program.

Creator

• New York State Theatre Institute

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Canal equipment inventories

Series Number

B1795

Summary

This series consists of cards documenting inventories of equipment used in all operational aspects of the New York State Barge Canal System. Cards include specific details on item types, makes, models, where equipment was used on the canals, equipment life cycles, and dates of equipment operation.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Resident and division engineers' abstracts and vouchers of expenditures

Series Number

A1130

Summary

This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department contains monthly abstracts of expenditures by resident and division engineers. Abstracts lists vouchers by number and include date; to whom and amount paid; for what purpose and location of the work. Receipted vouchers accompany the abstract.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Camp Gabriels Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0064

Summary

Camp Gabriels was a minimum security state correctional facility located in Franklin County, New York. The State of New York purchased the facility from Paul Smith's College in 1982 and operated it as a correctional facility until 2009. This series contains two case files for two inmates released from Camp Gabriels.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

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.