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Title

Civilian Conservation Corps camp and personnel files

Series Number

A3268

Summary

Following passage of the Emergency Conservation Work Act in 1933, the federal government recruited and trained unemployed men ages seventeen to twenty-eight to develop forest lands and parks. In New York, the program commonly and later officially known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) focused on recreation, fishery, forestry, and pest control projects. The series consists of correspondence, reports, work plans, general orders, work applications, and personnel files related to New York's CCC camps.

Creator

• New York (State). Conservation Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District audit reports, budgets, and board of education minute books

Series Number

A4513

Summary

This series consists of audit reports of examination by the state comptroller; annual school budgets, form SBM-1 filed annually with the New York State Education Department; audited financial statements and supplemental reports, form ST-3; and Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District Board of Education minutes.

Creator

• Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Information file on joint legislative committees' staff

Series Number

L0024

Summary

The series consists of a card file on approximately 200 employees of each joint legislative committee in existence in 1958. The card file includes name, address, job title, and salary of each employee, and was used to study joint legislative committee hiring practices.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Legislative Practices and Procedures

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Governor Hugh L. Carey press clippings

Series Number

13489

Summary

These clippings compiled by the Carey Administration track press coverage of the governor, his administration, policies, issues and events. The newspaper name and date of the article appear on each clipping. Major subject headings under which a subset of the clippings is organized include agriculture; business; prisons; education; elections; environment; judiciary; legislature and legislation; public utilities; and transportation. A second subset is arranged alphabetically by name and documents coverage of state and local government officials; Executive Chamber staff; business people and firms; organizations; politicians; and other prominent individuals.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1975-1982 : Carey)

Title

Abstracts, check rolls, and vouchers for canal expenditures

Series Number

A0013

Summary

These monthly and bi-monthly abstracts, check rolls, and vouchers were submitted to the Canal Commissioners by Superintendents of Repairs. Arranged by canal starting with Erie, then chronologically by year, and alphabetical by name of Superintendent of Repairs, the records provide detailed information on labor performed (including laborers' names and wages) and expenditures on construction or repair projects on the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, Cayuga and Seneca, Chemung, Crooked Lake, Chenango, Genesee Valley, and Black River canals.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tenured teacher disciplinary case hearing transcripts and exhibits

Series Number

15946

Summary

This series consists of transcripts and accompanying exhibits produced during tenured teacher disciplinary hearings. These case files often include graphic testimony about teacher performance, classroom situations, and education administration (particularly teacher supervision and efforts to identify and remove incompetent teachers). Transcripts provide information about workplace relations and working conditions, and on "social" labor relations in an adversarial context. Exhibits may include lesson plans, observation reports, and audio or videotapes of teachers in the classroom.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of School District Employer-Employee Relations

Access Restrictions

Access to certain records in this series is restricted pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) section 87.2(a), relating to records specifically exempted from disclosure by state or federal statute: State Education Law section 2-d (unauthorized release of personally identifiable information); federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 USC section 1232g; and State Civil Rights Law section 50-B (right of privacy for victims of sex offenses). Access to certain records is also restricted pursuant to FOIL sections 87.2(b) (unwarranted invasion of personal privacy) and 87.2(g) (inter- and intra-agency materials which are not statistical or factual tabulations or data, instructions to staff that affect the public, or final agency policy or determinations).

Title

General correspondence

Series Number

A4275

Summary

This series contains general correspondence files relating to the planning and implementation of the Mutual Aid Plan for Highway Repair and Debris Clearance in the event of a wartime emergency. The War Council's Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee developed a plan patterned after London's system which designated a site for a central pool of equipment and personnel that would be available on short notice to a stricken area.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Highway Repair and Debris Clearance Committee

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Charter school denied/withdrawn application files

Series Number

20916

Summary

This series contains applications submitted to the Regents to establish charter schools or to renew charters of existing schools. Also included are review materials, correspondence, comments on the applications and charter requests received from other State Education Department units which reviewed the applications, and documentation of the Regents' final actions to deny charters or notification from schools of their withdrawal of applications.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Charter Schools Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Auburn Prison correspondence and report file relating to inmate escapes and captures

Series Number

B1225

Summary

This series consists of records relating to the escape and capture of incarcerated individuals who had escaped from Auburn Prison and its various prison camps. Folders include correspondence, telegrams, and general releases notifying police departments, county sheriffs, and railroad police of the escape and asking for assistance in capture; memorandums describing circumstances of the escape; and reports explaining the escape and capture of the incarcerated individuals.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Records of commitments

Series Number

B1543

Summary

This series consists of petitions, certificates of lunacy, and orders of commitment (commitment papers) for patients admitted to Utica State Hospital. Information includes name and residence, information showing existence of insanity; and medical examiners statements concerning alleged insanity. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Admiralty case papers

Series Number

A3297

Summary

This series consists of process, pleadings, motion papers, evidence, and exhibits for cases brought before the Court of Admiralty. Over half of the cases are uncontested seizures of goods at customs.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Admiralty

Access Restrictions

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

Title

National Guard regimental and brigade files of Brigadier General James Gibson

Series Number

A3283

Summary

This series consists of correspondence, special and general orders, morning reports, descriptive lists, and ordnance returns pertaining to commands held by Brigadier General James Gibson in the state's National Guard. The bulk of the series post-dates the Civil War and concerns Gibson's command of the 12th Brigade of the Third Division. The series also contains a small amount of material concerning Gibson's command of the 30th New York State National Guard between 1862 and 1865.

Creator

• New York (State). National Guard. Brigade, 12th

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Weekly reports of commitments to training schools from New York City

Series Number

B0649

Summary

This series consists of reports in the form of internal memoranda listing boys committed and transferred to state training schools from New York City. Information includes name; date of birth (beginning in 1958); date committed; court committing the boy; New York City facility from which transferred; training school to which transferred; and date of transfer. The same information is given for boys committed to a training school but still awaiting transfer. Records are restricted to protect personal privacy.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Utica Psychiatric Center patient and employee x-ray log books

Series Number

B1557

Summary

This series consists of logbooks recording information related to x-rays taken of patients and employees of Utica State Hospital (later Utica Psychiatric Center). Each entry typically records date, number, name, and area of the body x-rayed. Some volumes contain only lists of patients to be x-rayed and the dates of scheduled appointments. The volumes may have been created to track the status of patients who had received x-ray treatment, possibly for followup.

Creator

• Utica Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Patient and employee medical information is restricted in accordance with Section 33.13 of the Mental Hygiene Law (relating to confidentiality of clinical records), by Section 18 of the NY Public Health Law, and the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Vouchers submitted for publishing session laws of 1893

Series Number

A0952

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of vouchers itemized each chapter printed, column inches, and amount due to newspaper from the State. Attached to each voucher is a certificate from the Deputy Secretary of State that the publication was made according to provisions of Chapter 715 of Laws of 1892.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Criminal court statistical reports

Series Number

14319

Summary

The records consist of detailed statistics of arrests, arraignments, indictments, convictions, and sentences in all criminal courts in New York State (including New York City). The statistics are broken down according to type of offense and are tabulated for all counties and cities in the state.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Criminal Justice Services. Bureau of Statistical Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Journal of fines and compensation

Series Number

B1231

Summary

This series consists of a journal of fines imposed on individuals incarcerated at Auburn Prison and the State Prison for Women. Information includes names; number of days fined and amount of fine. The journal also lists individuals with amounts of "fines restored" and monthly listings of amounts received from fines and from the "P.C. Fund."

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

George A. Fuller Company monthly status reports on construction of the Empire State Plaza

Series Number

15761

Summary

This series consists of custom report binders in which George A. Fuller Company South Mall Project management staff filed copies of monthly status reports submitted to the Office of South Mall Construction. In addition to narrative summaries, the reports also include meeting minutes, fold-out progress charts, and statistical tables.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Chancery Register's minutes of decrees

Series Number

J0049

Summary

This series consists of copies of decrees and special orders issued by the Chancellor. The decrees include those appointing court officers, establishing court rules, and providing relief to petitioners and complainants. Information includes names of complainant, petitioner or applicant and defendant, date the decree was issued, and particulars of the case. Special orders generally include the name of the requester; the reason for issuing the order; the substance of the order; and occasionally the particulars of the case.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Department of Agriculture and Markets Division of Agricultural Promotion Services publicity photographs

Series Number

14457

Summary

Photographic prints and negatives of images used for Department publications. Images include crop cultivation, harvesting, and processing; livestock care and inspection; promotional events and meetings; and portraits of Department officials. Laboratories, cattle, beekeeping, onion and lettuce cultivation, inspections and exhibits are particularly well documented. These photographs are the only known general subject photograph file for the Department of Agriculture and Markets.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Division of Agricultural Promotion Services

Access Restrictions

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