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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- Engineers' accounts
Series Number
- A1270
Summary
- This account book documents expenses of canal engineers. Columns on each page include received, salary, travel, stationery, postage, office rent, miscellaneous, and dollar amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Canal Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Dutch Delaware River settlement administrative records
Series Number
- A1878
Summary
- This series contains letters, minutes, and other administrative documents, in Dutch, created by the West India Company during its struggle to dominate trade and establish trading posts on the South (Delaware) River. The records, generated in the Delaware region and sent to New Amsterdam, largely relate to Swedish activities in the region; the takeover of New Sweden in 1655 by the Dutch; and agreements and terms met during the struggle with Sweden for control over the region.
Creator
- New Netherland. Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Civil Service Commission meeting calendars
Series Number
- 14105
Summary
- This series consists of agendas or "calendars" and background memoranda of the Civil Service Commission. Calendars contain a listing of items to be discussed by the Commission. Typically a calendar contains over one hundred items on topics such as jurisdictional classification, temporary and provisional appointments, leaves of absence, eligible list extensions, selective certification, examination appeals, waiver of requirements, and review of municipal civil service commission rule changes. Memorandums containing background information, recommendations and/or supporting documentation may be included with items.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to commissions for public offices
Series Number
- A1850
Summary
- This series appears to be an index to one of the earlier volumes in State Archives series A1852, Record of commissions by the Governor and the Senate, 1823-1927, that does not have an index.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- War Service Scholarship Examination scores list
Series Number
- B0455
Summary
- This series consists of lists of scores for State War Service scholarships for veterans of World War I and II. Recipients could use their scholarships at any college, university, business, professional, vocational, technical, or trade school in New York State. Information includes city where examination was held; candidates' names; and total scores. The lists are annotated to indicate candidates who withdrew from the competition.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Examinations and Testing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to registers of titles of bills received by the governor
Series Number
- A0596
Summary
- Staff of the governor's office maintained these volumes to facilitate access to information about legislative bills recorded in Series A0595, Registers of Titles of Bills Received by the Governor. For each bill, the index volumes include subject of the bill; explanation; Senate or Assembly printed bill number; and date signed.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York records of bonds purchased
Series Number
- B1993
Summary
- This series consists of documentation of mirror bonds issued by the City of New York and purchased by the Municipal Assistance Corporation.
Creator
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Senator Velmanette Montgomery archived websites
Series Number
- B2242
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Velmanette Montgomery.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1985-2013; 2019-2020 : Velmanette Montgomery)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Commission to Investigate Canal Affairs list of summoned witnesses and accumulated receipts
Series Number
- B0333
Summary
- This series consists of a single volume used by the clerk of the New York State Commission to Investigate Canal Affairs to record information regarding witnesses summoned to appear before the commission. The back of the same volume was used by the clerk to record receipts for funds disbursed to the commission by its treasurer.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Investigate Canal Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Scrapbook of the water levels on the Oswego and Erie Canals
Series Number
- B0327
Summary
- This series consists of a scrapbook of daily listings of water levels on the Oswego and Erie Canals.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) calendars of enumerated motions
Series Number
- J0241
Summary
- This series consists of calendars of enumerated motions argued before the Supreme Court of Judicature in the general terms. These calendars list motions made to arrest judgment; those arising when a point or problem was referred to a justice for decision; those arising on a demurrer, on a bill of exceptions, or on various writs; and those made to set aside a verdict.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Direction and supervision of facilities records
Series Number
- B2530
Summary
- This series consists of long range plans, correspondence, memorandums, minutes of mandated committees, reports, and Board of Visitors materials with regard to the operation of facilities for people with mental disabilities. Also included are surveys of some of the facilities.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Access Restrictions
- Series may contain restricted material. Consult reference archivist before use.
Title
- Senator Eric T. Schneiderman archived websites
Series Number
- B2256
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the official website of Senator Eric T. Schneiderman.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1999-2010 : Eric T. Schneiderman)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Analysis of provision account
Series Number
- B0441
Summary
- This series consists of tables accounting for the quantity and cost of food provisions required to operate the institution. As a state operated facility, the institution received general appropriations for its maintenance as well as special appropriations for building and other needs as required. Provisions are individually accounted. Statistical data reported for each individual provision includes quantity; daily cost totals; daily, monthly, annual purchases; and averages for costs, quantity, and amounts consumed.
Creator
- New York State Institution for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York New York City government files
Series Number
- B1987
Summary
- This series documents financial actions and policies of the City of New York, particularly for the period of the Four-Year Financing Plan for New York City (FY 1979-FY 1982).
Creator
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State University of New York Board of Trustees meeting files
Series Number
- B2901
Summary
- This series contains drafts of State University of New York Board of Trustees meeting minutes, memorandums, reports, meeting agendas, and supporting material pertaining to those agendas.
Creator
- State University of New York. Board of Trustees
Access Restrictions
- Access to this series is partially restrited. State Archives staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with the New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
Title
- Subject files relating to state and federal records programs
Series Number
- A3262
Summary
- This series contains files pertaining to federal archives and records management programs during the 1940s. They were probably compiled for an ill-fated postwar proposal to establish a State Archives program.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Audited accounts of the comptroller
Series Number
- A1475
Summary
- The series consists of accounts audited by the state comptroller for monies due to the state treasury or owed to individuals or agencies by the state. Each entry includes name, date, brief description with amount due, and account balance. An index appears at the end of the volume.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to laws and court decisions affecting the state comptroller
Series Number
- A1461
Summary
- The series consists of an informal, handwritten subject index to laws pertaining to responsibilities of the state comptroller. Laws dating from 1784 to 1915 are referenced. The creation date is unknown, but entries are by several hands, perhaps added over time, and represent a working copy. Subjects are wide-ranging and in keeping with this historically important office. Quite often there is a precis of the legislation with its citation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Miscellaneous deeds and title papers
Series Number
- 12945
Summary
- This series consists of the recorded copies of "deeds and title papers" which were filed primarily in Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers. The documents are described more fully in that series, but in general they are deeds or leases to the United States and to New York State, releases of rights to lands under water, cessions of jurisdiction to the United States, and leases from the state.
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.