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Title

First-of-State issuance of 1985 New York Migratory Bird Stamps

Series Number

16181

Summary

The series consists of 30 stamps comprising the "New York State First-of-State Issuance of 1985 New York Migratory Bird Stamps." The stamps were produced as a promotional effort of the Department of Environmental Conservation. The theme emphasizes the importance of New York to aviary migration patterns, the value of endangered wetlands, and the need to protect the state's natural resources.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Fish and Wildlife. Marketing Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes of The Board of Commissioners constituted to examine claims for uniforms lost or destroyed by Militia or National Guard units while in the service of the United States since April 16, 1861

Series Number

A4163

Summary

Legislation passed in 1864 appointed a board mandated "to receive proof, ascertain and determine what regiments of the uniformed militia or National Guard have lost, worn out or destroyed their uniforms in the service of the United States." These minutes record the board's resolutions, procedures adopted as to the filing of claims, descriptions of claims submitted by regiments, abstracts of claims audited and allowed, abstracts of claims audited and allowed to clothing manufacturers for uniforms, and descriptions of board expenses.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Commissioners Constituted by Section 3, Chapter 334, Laws of 1864

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

Title

Sea Cliff village board of trustees meeting minutes

Series Number

A4605

Creator

• Sea Cliff (N.Y. : Village)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Miscellaneous deeds, leases, and releases

Series Number

A0463

Summary

This volume contains recorded copies of three partition deeds for Adirondack Forest Preserve Lands owned in common by the state and private parties, executed pursuant to the Laws of 1895, Chapter 273. There is also a deed to the United States for land on Staten Island and accompanying deeds of cession of jurisdiction by the governor to the U.S., made pursuant to the Laws of 1896.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

State Library photographs of the Flushing Remonstrance

Series Number

B1872

Summary

This series consists of photographic images of the Flushing Remonstrance taken before and after the New York State Capitol fire of 1911. Material includes 3 glass negatives of the Flushing Remonstrance taken before the fire; prints made from those negatives; and photographic prints of the Remonstrance, after it was repaired following the fire, but prior to its display in the New York State Freedom Train Exhibits (1950).

Creator

• New York State Library

Access Restrictions

Access to glass negatives is restricted due to fragility.

Title

Registers of mortgages to the state

Series Number

A0477

Summary

Mortgages to the state were required to be registered in the Secretary of State's office. This series contains mortgages primarily for lands sold by the state in patents and former Indian reservations. Information includes mortgagor, property description and mortgage terms. Many mortgages were discharged or cancelled. A certificate of payment and cancellation was entered in the margin. Discharges are mostly for lots in the East and West Cayuga Reservations.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is available for onsite use only at the New York State Archives; not available through interlibrary loan.

Title

Planning and promotional records for the opening of the New York State Museum

Series Number

A4611

Summary

This series contains planning and promotional documents for the grand opening celebration of the New York State Museum (July 1-4, 1976) at its new location at the Cultural Education Center in the Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York. Included are Museum Opening Committee agendas and meeting minutes, press releases, transcripts of speeches, invitations and programs, posters, pamphlets, and other promotional materials, plans for various events, exhibit planning notes, and black and white photographic prints.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

South Mall project specifications

Series Number

16195

Summary

Architectural project specifications define the procedural and administrative requirements for a project, as well as the materials, equipment, products, systems, and standards of workmanship required for the project's completion. This series contains specifications relating to all components of the South Mall construction project.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Work reports and personnel, travel, and purchasing files

Series Number

A4177

Summary

This series consists of various types of administrative records relating to work progress, personnel matters, travel, and purchasing activities. The following types of records are included: monthly narrative and statistical reports by district supervisors; periodic work status reports by the central office; lists of workers in each district; personnel reports; labor reports; district supervisors' weekly itinerary reports; employee depositions; requisitions for workers; travel orders; purchase orders; and correspondence concerning personnel, travel, and purchasing matters.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Researchers must agree in writing, before access is granted, not to divulge personally identifiable information from personnel-related forms found in files (e.g. "Personnel Questionnaire"); restricted until 55 years after end date of series.

Title

Card index to the Board's administrative files

Series Number

B0239

Summary

This series consists of an index to the administrative files of the Jamaica Bay-Peconic Bay Canal Board (Series B0238). Information includes the date, name of correspondent or subject, whether sent or received, identifying number or letter, and a brief content description.

Creator

• Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Petitions and affidavits for proof of wills

Series Number

J1041

Summary

This series contains documents relating to the proof of wills in the Supreme Court at Albany. Documents include the executor's petition for proof of the will in Supreme Court; affidavits of witnesses regarding competency of the testator; and notices to next-of-kin. Wills could be proved in the Supreme Court when the decedent resided out of state, when heirs resided in several different counties, or when the will had to be proved immediately because the estate was in danger of loss.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Chancery transcriptions of enrolled decrees into libers

Series Number

JN306

Summary

This series contains transcriptions of enrolled decrees, the final determinations in equity cases involving a complainant and defendant. The decrees were issued by the Chancellor, the Circuit Judge in the 1st Circuit (1823-1829), the Vice-Chancellor in the 1st Circuit (1830-1847), or (after July 1, 1847) a Justice of the Supreme Court. The most numerous case category is mortgage foreclosures. Less numerous case categories include matrimonial proceedings (divorce, separation, annulment), commercial disputes, wills, trusts, injunctions, and receiverships.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Title

Public Employment Relations Board Conciliation Unit closed interest arbitration case files

Series Number

17506

Summary

The series consists of PERB case files with "A" numbers that document the binding arbitration process for public safety interest contract negotiations that have reached the impasse stage. Typically, an individual file will contain the opinion and award of the arbitration panel and dissents; requests for arbitration; panel list(s) for the selection of arbitrators; and arbitrator report forms and related correspondence.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Employment Relations Board. Conciliation Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Minutes, agendas and meeting files of governing and advisory boards

Series Number

B2348

Summary

This series contains board meeting minutes and agendas of the New York State Science and Technology Foundation; New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation; and New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research (NYSTAR), including NYSTAR's Advisory Council and Foundation Board. These entities were created to fund research into and develop high-tech industry in New York State, and they worked closely with the Department of Economic Development through Empire State Development to achieve these goals.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Economic Development

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Erie Canal Museum records inventory

Series Number

B1899

Summary

This series consists of records either transferred to the State Archives or retained by the Erie Canal Museum. Records include correspondence; records inventories; indexes; and other finding aids.

Creator

• Erie Canal Museum

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Daily census and activity registers

Series Number

B1641

Summary

The series consists of daily registers that record the population and activities of patients at the Syracuse State School and its predecessors. Starting in 1883, the asylum purchased and remodeled farm buildings at which older students were placed to learn farming and to produce crops. By 1931 the Syracuse State School had fifteen such "colonies" (eight junior boys' colonies, three senior boys' colonies, and four girls' colonies) and the work activities noted in these registers reflect that system.

Creator

• Syracuse State School

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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Minutes of return of writs by sheriffs

Series Number

J3130

Summary

This volume contains minutes of the return of writs by sheriffs (or by coroners, in cases of attachments against sheriffs), with notes of motions and orders for proper execution of writs which had been returned only partially executed. The most frequent entries are for writs of capias ad respondendum (abbreviated "capias"), fieri facias ("fi.fa."), and capias ad satisfaciendum ("ca.sa.").

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Exhibit map of Taggarts Paper Company land claim

Series Number

A0488

Summary

This "Map of the Taggarts Paper Co Land on Township 2 Brown's Tract Herkimer County N.Y." was used as an exhibit in the Court of Claims case, the Taggarts Paper Company Claim No. 10335. The map is an annotated copy of a topographic map and shows natural features of land and water, as well as trails, roads, lumber camps, and lot and range numbers. The meaning of the annotations or the significance of the sequestered land blocks depicted is unknown.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Claims

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Vouchers and purchase estimates

Series Number

B1655

Summary

The series consists of a small amount of contingent account vouchers (1854-1859) from the State Asylum for Idiots, and special fund estimates (1920-1923) from the Syracuse State School. These are probably only a small part of a larger (unknown) group of institutional finance or purchase records. The estimates are for office stationery items, rubber footwear, coal, and other commodities approved for purchase by the State Department of Purchase.

Creator

• Syracuse State School

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Town and city registers of men who served in the Civil War

Series Number

13774

Summary

These registers of officers, soldiers, and seaman who served during the Civil War were completed by town and city clerks throughout New York State. They provide: name, residence, date and place of birth; rank, regiment and company; dates of enlistment muster and rank; place and length of enlistment; race; bounty paid, marital status; previous occupation; parents' names; and dates of promotions, resignations, discharges, and death. Often listed are engagements fought in, date killed, and burial place.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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