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Title

Council for Tobacco Research files

Series Number

B1721

Summary

This series consists of printouts of scanned documents relating to the operation of the Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) and the administration of its grants programs. These records were made available by CTR counsel via the NYS Attorney General's Office pursuant to subsection 9.3 of the CTR's Plan of Corporate Dissolution and Distribution of Assets. Personnel records are restricted.

Access Restrictions

B1721-01: These records are restricted in accordance with Article 6-A of the New York Public Officers Law as stated in the 7/14/2001 Memorandum of Understanding between the Dept. of Law and the New York State Archives.

Title

Senator Craig M. Johnson archived website

Series Number

B2228

Summary

This series consists of an archival copy of the official website of Senator Craig M. Johnson.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (2007-2010: Craig M. Johnson)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Engineer and Surveyor Barge Canal final accounts

Series Number

B0359

Summary

This series consists of final account forms related to work being done on the Barge Canal and other canals in New York State.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Report of treasurer of Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission

Series Number

A1184

Summary

This series consists of statements of receipts and disbursements with list of vouchers and original audited and receipted vouchers of members of the Lake Champlain Tercentary Commission and suppliers of goods and services.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Cash book for the Barge Canal

Series Number

B0371

Summary

This series consists of a cash book for accounts related to the Barge Canal. Information in the cash book includes date; payee; fund (general, Cayuga and Seneca, canal) from which the payment was taken; and monthly balances of each fund.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Division of the Budget Education Unit Ford Foundation grant school finance study files

Series Number

14147

Summary

This series documents the Ford Foundation grant awarded to New York State to support studies and reports on school finance and the Real Property tax. The report was compiled by the office of Lois J. Wilson, Special Assistant for Education in the Education Unit of the Division of the Budget. Files include administrative materials relating to the grant, correspondence, memorandums, minutes of the Consultants' Advisory Panel, mailings, reports, and studies on school finance issues in other states.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of the Budget. Education Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Director's daily journal

Series Number

B1709

Summary

This series consists of the daily desk journal of State Museum Director F.L.H. Merrill for the period October - November, 1890. The journal lists appointments, telephone calls received and notes on the calls, letters received or sent, and financial accounts.

Creator

• New York State Museum and Science Service

Access Restrictions

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

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New York State Provincial Congress petitions

Series Number

A1812

Summary

This series consists of petitions submitted to the Provincial Congress, Committee of Safety, or Council of Safety by individuals or local committees requesting appointments of military officers or regimental surgeons; permission to travel; pardon or release of imprisoned or suspected loyalists; permission to export goods; and payment due to militia troops or for other services or goods. The volume is fragile due to burn damage.

Creator

• New York (State). Provincial Congress

Access Restrictions

Closed to research due to severe burn damage.

Title

State Police duty rosters

Series Number

B2200

Summary

This series consists of volumes of New York State Police duty rosters.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of State Police

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator John A. DeFrancisco archived websites

Series Number

B2214

Summary

This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator John A. DeFrancisco.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1993-2018 : John A. DeFrancisco)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Engineer and Surveyor preliminary estimates for construction of the Barge Canal

Series Number

B0365

Summary

This series consists of forms estimating construction costs for contracts on the Barge Canal. The forms detail costs associated with work being done, type of work, and contract number under which work is being done.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Adirondack Park Agency Environmental Enforcement Unit Environmental Enforcement maps and drawings

Series Number

20590

Summary

This series from the Environmental Enforcement Unit consists of maps and drawings related to the investigation and resolution of violations of statutes enforced by the Adirondack Park Agency.

Creator

• Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Environmental Enforcement Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tuition contracts between school districts

Series Number

A3220

Summary

These contracts provided for payments to allow children from one school district to attend school in a neighboring district. It included information about contracting districts; number of students who will attend school under the contract; who will provide transport students, period of contract, and amount to be paid; and list of children to be taught under the contract, giving names, ages, and number of miles to contract school.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Rural Education Bureau

Access Restrictions

Restricted under the Freedom of Information Law (personal privacy) and FERPA. The restrictions of non-directory student information under FERPA last for 100 years unless a student or parent has signed and filed a waiver allowing disclosure of the record.

Title

List of members of various fire companies

Series Number

B0832

Summary

This series consists of lists of paid, volunteer, and "honorary" firefighters attached to hose companies, steamer companies, and fire departments throughout New York State. Lists may provide local reports on residency requirements for firefighters. Transcribed totals for each county were apparently routinely reported. Lists include the name of Fire Company; its county; names and addresses of individual firefighters; and total personnel for the company. Typically the fire chief and assistant(s) are designated.

Creator

• New York (State). Fire Marshal

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Sample forms for canal tolls paid by railroads

Series Number

A1437

Summary

This series consists of multiple copies of two different blank forms. One is an "Account of Tolls" paid by railroads whose routes paralled the canals, and the other is a "statement Showing the Total Quantity of Each Article Subject to Toll" (listing various articles of produce and manufacture).

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

List of quit rents

Series Number

A1351

Summary

This series consists of a copy of a transcription from the original volume listing quit rents in New York State. Information includes patentee's name; grant date; number of acres; county in which situated; county in which now situated; and description of property in popular name.

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

Willard Psychiatric Center patient case files

Series Number

14231_21

Summary

These patient case files consist of the official forms and administrative data documenting the admission, legal status, assessment, treatment planning, treatment, and discharge of patients at Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center). Records include admission, death and discharge records; patient photographs; census statistics; and autopsy reports of patients.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Health
• New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
• Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
• Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Buffalo State Hospital patient case files

Series Number

14231_93

Summary

This accretion documents the admission, legal status, assessment, treatment, and discharge of patients of Buffalo State Hospital (later Buffalo Psychiatric Center). Casebooks (Boxes 1-22) contain bound records pertaining to the admission and treatment of patients during the period from 1881 to 1898 (patient case file numbers 151 to 6449). Records which cover the period 1899-1920 (boxes 23-99) consist solely of medical records pertaining to patient care at the facility. These records include patient case file numbers 6456 to 16389. Black and white photographs of patients are included in later case files.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Petitions for attachment of property of absconding, concealed, and non-resident debtors

Series Number

JN534

Summary

Petitions were submitted by creditors for the issuance of a warrant of attachment, ordering a sheriff to seize the real and personal property of a debtor for payment of his debts. The proceeding was available when a debtor could not be arrested, either because he had absconded or concealed himself, or was not a resident of New York.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Weekly statements of canal shipments through Buffalo to or from other states

Series Number

A1171

Summary

This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consists of weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through Buffalo. Information includes quantity of general merchandise and of particularly commodities going west (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, crockery, oysters); and the quantity of produce going east (pork, beef, cheese, lard, wool, wheat, corn, etc.) from western states and from Canada. The series is fragmentary.

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.