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Title

Bonds of banks holding deposits of Canal Fund monies

Series Number

A1170

Summary

This series consists of articles of agreement between the State of New York in a bank, specifying terms and conditions of deposit of monies of the canal fund; and of forms supplied by the Canal Department outlining the terms and conditions of the bank directors acceptance of the agreement. Also included are letters, memoranda, and canceled checks.

Creator

• New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Monthly schedules of accounts and balances in bank

Series Number

A1164

Summary

This fragmentary series consists of monthly schedules of Comptroller's accounts, including the canal funds and municipal bond issues across the state. Also included are lists of balances of Canal Fund monies in various banks.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Great Meadow Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0024

Summary

Great Meadow Correctional Facility, located in Washington 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

• Great Meadow Correctional Facility

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

New York State Department of Transportation Governmental Relations Division Westway trade-in files

Series Number

B1919

Summary

The Westway was a transportation project conceived and planned in part by Governor Nelson Rockefeller's administration as a replacement for the elevated West Side Highway on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City. This series documents the Westway trade-in, a plan in which the funds allocated for the Westway project were divided between the Route 9A project and the New York City Transit Authority. Records include reports, correspondence, and planning material.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Governmental Relations Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District district reorganization and litigation records

Series Number

A4742

Summary

This series consists of microfilm copies of correspondence, memorandums, reports, tables, district maps, newspaper clippings, and other documents, mostly relating to the studies and the process of district reorganization.

Creator

• Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

A small quantity of documents in this series is exempt from disclosure, in whole or in part, under New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). Restricted materials include privileged attorney-client communications, attorney work product, material prepared for litigation, certain other inter- and intra-agency materials, and social security account numbers.

Title

Sing Sing Prison newspaper, "Star of Hope"

Series Number

B0144

Summary

This series consists of issues of "Star of Hope," a bi-weekly periodical edited and printed by and for the incarcerated individuals at Sing Sing Prison. Issues contain articles on world news, health, and sports. Also included were editorials, fiction, and poetry.

Creator

• Sing Sing Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Canvasses of proposals for enlargement of Erie Canal and completion of Genesee Valley Canal

Series Number

A1399

Summary

These canvasses, arranged numerically by canal section number, are for proposals for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and completion of the Genesee Valley Canal. Each sheet contains section number, proposition number, name of bidder, amount of work to be done (grubbing, cleaning, bailing, draining, excavation, masonry, etc., in cubic yards), and quantity of materials needed, and dollar amounts proposed by each bidder.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Work assignment record cards

Series Number

B1272

Summary

This series consists of 3" x 5" record cards probably used by Auburn's principal keeper to record locations of incarcerated individual's work assignments within Auburn Prison and at prison work camps. Each card includes name and consecutive number, length of sentence, location of each work assignment, date each work assignment began, date discharged, and method of discharge. Records are restricted to protect personal privacy.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Sing Sing Prison photographs

Series Number

B1514

Summary

This series consists of approximately 50 black-and-white photographs related to Sing Sing Prison. Included are images of incarcerated individuals, officials, buildings, cell interiors and exteriors, automobiles, the chapel, prison money, cemetery and the electric chair. Several photos are copies of early prints. Photographs are not captioned and neither people nor groups are identified.

Creator

• Sing Sing Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Transportation Map Information Unit aerial photographs

Series Number

B2009

Summary

Photographs in this series were created during aerial flights that spanned multiple decades and are either 1:24000 or 1:40000 in scale. The envelopes containing the photographs include information such as quadrangle name, date, scale, "flown for," and "flown by." Envelopes also have annotated photocopies indicating the portions of quadrangles covered by the photographs. Coverage is statewide.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Law records of Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz

Series Number

18574

Summary

This series includes administrative files, legal opinions, reports, litigation and investigation files, and requests for legal opinions from Governor Hugh Carey and Comptroller Arthur Levitt. The series also documents legal cases involving labor unions and the New York State Retirement System; the Moreland Act Commission Investigation of nursing homes (Hynes Commission); the Organized Crime Task Force investigation of the state's harness racing industry; and development of civil rights legislation. Two training films entitled, "The Fine Art of the Fraud" and "Caveat Emptor," are also included. Records are restricted.

Access Restrictions

Restricted: Records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute, or common law.

Title

Reference copy of published statistics on British insane

Series Number

B1500

Summary

This series consists of a copy of the "Statistical Appendix to the Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy." This published appendix, pertaining to patients in institutions for the insane in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, was kept as a reference work at the State Asylum for the Insane in Utica, N.Y. It includes statistics for admissions; re-admissions; discharges; deaths; cures; forms and causes of insanity; hereditary dispositions; and causes of deaths.

Creator

• New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Resolutions and reports of the Commissioners

Series Number

A0905

Summary

This series documents the activities of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund. It includes an 1818 report listing receipts and payments and explaining certain aspects of the report; resolutions passed by the commissioners in 1825 regarding tolls, contracts, and other matters and providing the date and names of the commissioners present at the meeting.

Creator

• New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Research and drafts files for <emph render="italic">The Empire State at War: World War II</emph>

Series Number

A4236

Summary

This series contains Karl D. Hartzell's research documents, correspondence, interviews, notes, and portions of chapter drafts of his book <emph render="italic">The Empire State at War: World War II</emph>. It provides information regarding the organization and coordination of industry, the population, and the State towards war production and civil defense compiled by Hartzell to assist in the writing of his book. It contains two subseries: chapter drafts and reviews, and interview files.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Division of Records

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Joint Commission on Public Ethics press releases and newsletters

Series Number

B2784

Summary

This series contains published materials issued by the agency to the media and others. Record types include press releases, newsletters, ethics reminders, and posters.

Creator

• New York (State). Joint Commission on Public Ethics

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Deeds of cession and assorted documents of record

Series Number

A0050

Summary

The volume contains approximately 60 documents mostly related to deeds ceding land and/or jurisdiction of property to New York State or the federal government, largely for military and protective purposes.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Appraisers

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragile condition. Use under supervision of an archivist.

Title

New York State Commission on Cultural Resources administrative and project files

Series Number

A0736

Summary

The Commission on Cultural Resources studied the fiscal needs of cultural institutions in the state and made recommendations for meeting their short and long-term needs. This series includes publications by state agencies and private and public cultural institutions; project files related to cultural resource survey; a report to the legislature; meeting files; and legal hearings on financial needs and reports on grants made by the New York State Council on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Cultural Resources

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Motion Picture Division censorship files

Series Number

A1428

Summary

These records were apparently generated by the Motion Picture Division in order to gather background data on the activities of other censorship boards on questionable films, on court opinions regarding freedom of expression, about various motion picture associations and unions that advocated freedom from censorship, and other subjects dealing with film censorship. The files contain records that document the Division's approach to sensitive film topics, such as burlesque, liquor, religion, sex, communism, crime, narcotics, prostitution, and birth control.

Creator

• New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Scotia-Glenville Central School District tax assessment rolls

Series Number

A4550

Creator

• Scotia-Glenville Central School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Textbook draft files

Series Number

L0067

Summary

The series consists of draft versions of the Committee's textbook, the American Story of Industrial and Labor Relations (1943), and copies of an extensive teacher's guide prepared by the Committee for assisting instruction of industrial and labor relations in secondary schools. The New York State Library holds several copies of the published textbook.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions

Access Restrictions

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