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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- Canal Board sample form book compiled by Canal Department
Series Number
- A1088
Summary
- This series of sample forms includes circular letters from the Canal Department to Superintendents of Canal Repairs and to Collectors of Canal Tolls and resolutions of the Canal Board regarding routine maintenance of the canal and other canal business.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General legislative orders
Series Number
- A0396
Summary
- The series is a volume used for tracking the progress of legislative bills. Beneath printed headers, handwritten entries appear for general order number; printed bill number; introduction number; title of the act; when legislation was referred to the Committee of the Whole; and when passed, or other disposition of the bill.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Clerk of the Senate
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office annual reports
Series Number
- B2442
Summary
- This series consists of annual reports published by the Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office and predecessor entities, the Rome State School and the Rome State Custodial Asylum. The annual reports describe the functions, activities, and events of each year.
Creator
- New York (State). Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Boards of Visitors meeting minutes
Series Number
- B2324
Summary
- This series consists of Governor W. Averell Harriman's copies of meeting minutes from the various Boards of Visitors from state institutions. Also included are reports to the Boards of Visitors by the director or superintendent of the institution under the Board's care or reports of the Boards of Visitors to the Governor and the acknowledgement of their receipt.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman)
Access Restrictions
- Reports created by the Division for Youth are 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). Reports created by the Department of Mental Hygiene are restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records.
- Other records may be exempt from disclosure by New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) section 87.2(a).
Title
- Governor annual and final reports of state agencies and commissions
Series Number
- A0187
Summary
- This fragmentary series consists mainly of typescript annual or final reports of various state agencies and commissions required to submit such reports to the governor. There is no indication of why these materials were filed together. Also filed with these records are copies of attorney general's opinions and court decisions regarding jurisdiction, powers, duties, and rights of fire districts and fire fighters; transmittal letters for reports not found in this series; and a few pieces of unrelated, miscellaneous correspondence.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Stone measurements and quantities used in the enlargement of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- B0722
Summary
- This series consists of a volume of measurements of stone used for the enlargement of the Erie Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Payment authorization to treasurer
Series Number
- A0839
Summary
- These records, from the Comptroller's Office consist of warrants to pay salary of the Attorney General.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Inactive institution files
Series Number
- 14272
Summary
- This series contains documents relating to the incorporation and dissolution or liquidation of defunct state-chartered banking institutions. Records document the following categories of banking institutions chartered and supervised by the Banking Department: banks, savings banks, trust companies, safe deposit companies, savings and loan associations, personal loan companies (licensed lenders), and private bankers.
Creator
- New York (State). Banking Department
Access Restrictions
- Partly restricted by Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) section 87.2(d) and 89.5(a)(1) making "trade secret" information exempt from disclosure; and by Banking Law former section 13.4, making "reports and communications" by staff of the Banking Department to the Banking Board "confidential."
Title
- Assembly archived websites
Series Number
- B2135
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Assembly.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego Board of Cooperative Educational Services school district record and minute books and other historical documents
Series Number
- A4487
Creator
- Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego Board of Cooperative Educational Services (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Service contract obligation bond transaction books
Series Number
- B1414
Summary
- This series consists of the Division of the Budget's copies of Housing Finance Agency's service contract obligation bond transaction books. The books document mortgage loans to build or maintain housing for medical, youth, and senior citizen service facilities. Volumes include opinions; exhibits; canceled checks; certificates; schedules; letters of representation; compliance; and other agreements, correspondence, and resolutions.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of the Budget
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey Adirondack Park centennial meeting and background files
Series Number
- L0198
Summary
- This series consists of records relating to Assemblyman Maurice Hinchey's involvement with the centennial celebration of the Adirondack Park in 1992. Materials include correspondence, reports, publications, press releases, legislative resolutions, brochures, meeting agendas, 3 VHS videotapes, and about 60 color photographs (4 x 6"). Also included is a small amount of records relating to public hearings on the Adirondack Park.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Executive pardons, respites, commutations, restorations of citizenship, and certificates of good conduct
Series Number
- 13253
Summary
- This series consists of executive pardons, respites, commutations, restorations of citizenship, and certificates of good conduct issued to convicted criminals by the State of New York. Each clemency record is stamped with the case number and, with the exception of earlier years, the date it was filed. Information provided by each record includes: county where convicted; month and year of conviction; name of criminal; crime convicted of; sentence; type of clemency granted; terms and conditions of clemency, if applicable.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Office of Mental Health administrative reports and seven-day leave reports for state psychiatric centers
Series Number
- B1366
Summary
- This series consists of computer printouts which tabulate an inpatient census for the statewide network of psychiatric centers. There are two reports for each facility: the daily inpatient census that summarizes the number and type of patient on wards; and on-ward and on-leave census with patient information according to the type of unit or service.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Certificates of election to the Board of State Canvassers
Series Number
- 13247
Summary
- This series consists of certificates of election to the Board of State Canvassers.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Department of State Supreme Court (First Judicial District) Record of Naturalizations
Title
- Supreme Court (First Judicial District) record of naturalizations
Series Number
- B0078
Summary
- Court clerks were required to file an annual return to the Secretary of State's office containing the full names and residences of naturalized citizens, along with the date of their naturalization. This series consists of the names of persons naturalized from 1896-1906 in the New York State Supreme Court, First Judicial District (New York City). Information includes the name, residence, and naturalization date.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor's Committee Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law reports and public hearing transcript
Series Number
- 10996
Summary
- The Committee studied the history of thought and legislation on abortion. They solicited information and opinions from representatives of medical, psychiatric, social, legal, theological, and other fields. This series is the Committee's final report file and includes a hearing transcript, Committee report, supplemental position paper, and correspondence regarding state abortion law in 1968.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor's Committee Appointed to Review New York State's Abortion Law
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Court of Appeals Clerk's calendars
Series Number
- J1200
Summary
- This series consists of clerk's calendars for the New York State Court of Appeals, commencing at the time of the reorganization of the court under the Judicial Article of 1869.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Health archived websites
Series Number
- B2109
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Department of Health.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Matteawan State Hospital inmate trip register
Series Number
- A1528
Summary
- This series records trips made by Matteawan inmates for reasons other than medical treatment. The entries record the date of the trip; destination; accompanying correctional officer(s); inmate's name and number; reason; time out and in; and total time gone. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Matteawan State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.