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Title

Abstracts of expenditures for engineering

Series Number

B1379

Summary

This series documents expenditures for the construction of the Erie, Champlain, and Oswego Canals. Headings include name of division engineer, geographical division, name of canal, voucher number, date, to whom paid, contract number, amount of voucher, position of payee, services or equipment paid for, subtotals, and totals.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Athletic Commission boxing and wrestling event (show) files

Series Number

B2499

Summary

These files document boxing and wrestling events or shows conducted in New York. The files contain various documents concerning the particular events. Many of the records are fiscal and document attendance at the events and the State Athletic Commission's receipt of taxes based on tickets sold and other revenue sources. Also included are summary sheets listing event participants and the results of their matches, score cards, contracts, and permits.

Creator

• New York (State). State Athletic Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Entry documentation from New York and Erie Railroad

Series Number

B1190

Summary

This series documents the activities of the New York and Erie Railroad. Most of the documents are affidavits, bills, certificates of charter, and certificates of acceptance. Also included are progress reports, money deposits, correspondence, lists, and records of stocks. Canal records can also be found in this series.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Auctioneer records

Series Number

B1184

Summary

This series consists of documents regarding appointments and activities of auctioneers including applications to the governor and Council of Appointments; certificates of goods sold and taxes returnable; and descriptions of locations of lands.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Commissioner Thomas E. Sobol subject files

Series Number

W0107

Summary

This series includes correspondence, meeting agenda and minutes, and reports documenting State Education Commissioner Thomas E. Sobol's administration. Records document the daily operations of the commissioner's office, the functions of the Department's major program areas, and the Department's positions on federal education policies and proposed state and federal legislation. Of note are "A New Compact for Learning," a policy statement designed to shift responsibility to the local level, and "One Nation, Many Peoples," a controversial revision of the social studies curriculum.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner Thomas E. Sobol

Access Restrictions

This series may contain material to which access is restricted. Archives staff will review requested documents and disclose information pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).

Title

Panama Central School District records

Series Number

A4659

Summary

The series includes meeting minutes of school boards and municipal boards in the towns of Leon, Ripley, Ellicott, and Busti and the Village of Cuba, in Chautauqua County. School board records are from Watts Flats School No. 16; Watts Flat School No. 2; Niobe School No. 8; Ashville School No. 3; Panama School No. 6; Panama Central School, Board of Education; Busti School District No. 2; Union Free School District No. 3, Towns of Busti and Ellicott at Celoron; Union Free School District No. 1, Town of Busti, called Lakewood High School; and Southwestern Central School. Town and village board records are from the towns of Ripley and Leon and the village of Cuba.

Creator

• Panama Central School District (N.Y.)

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

Title

Reports of inmate conduct and punishments for offenses

Series Number

A3136

Summary

This series provides information on inmate conduct, and punishments for misconduct. Inmate conduct reports include date; name and number of inmates; offense or an indication of good or improved behavior, and by whom reported. Punishments for misconduct reports include date; name and number of inmates; and punishments for reported offenses. Institution bylaws required a misconduct report be filed in a "Complaint Book" before any inmate could be punished for an offense. Records are restricted.

Creator

• New York (State). State Industrial School

Access Restrictions

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).

Title

Lodi town board meeting minutes

Series Number

A4671

Creator

• Lodi (N.Y. : Town)

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

Title

Training reports and manuals and miscellaneous files

Series Number

14084

Summary

This series consists of publications, manuals, and other records relating to employee training and development produced by the Training Section of the Personnel Services Division and its predecessor, the Training Division. It includes course outlines, training presentations, annual and special reports, correspondence, and memorandums.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Personnel Services Division. Training Section

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Library charter and registration files

Series Number

B1812

Summary

This series documents the chartering and registration of municipal, school, and free association libraries. The records are arranged alphabetically by town and include application forms, reports, questionnaires, and copies of the provisional and absolute charters.

Creator

• New York State Library. Division of Library Development

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

Title

Annual reports of stage coach and omnibus companies, and other common carriers

Series Number

12393

Summary

These annual reports submitted by stage coach and omnibus companies provide detailed information pertaining to the identity of each company and its financial condition.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Regulation Division

Title

Register of Chancery and Vice-Chancery decrees docketed in New York City

Series Number

JN399

Summary

Volume contains summary information about decrees in the Court of Chancery circuits throughout the state that were docketed in the office of the Assistant Register in New York City, if the decree required a money payment by the losing party. The register was compiled after abolition of the Court of Chancery effective July 1, 1847.

Creator

• New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Files relating to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Administration of the Civil Service System

Series Number

14090

Summary

The files include correspondence and internal memoranda discussing departmental reorganizations; information on departmental organization and operations, jurisdictional and occupational classification of State positions, State manpower needs and examination announcement and application procedures; and Committee's staff report containing a general appraisal of New York's civil service system, a description of the Department's structure and administration, an analysis and critique of civil service rules and laws, and recommendations for improving the State's civil service system.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Urban area maps

Series Number

B1806

Summary

This series consists of mylar masters and paper prints of 1: 9600-scale urban area planimetric maps. The 36" x 48" maps provide large-scale coverage (one inch represents 800 feet) of the larger urban areas of the state, with the exception of New York City. Map features include: roads, route identification, railroads, airfields, civil boundaries, community names, water features, and the State Plane Coordinate and New York Transverse Mercator grid systems.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation. Map Information Unit

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Voorheesville Public Library records

Series Number

A4665

Summary

This series consists of microfilmed records of the Town of New Scotland and the Village of Voorheesville, collected by the Voorheesville Public Library. New Scotland town records include town board meeting minutes (1962-1977) and final tax assessment rolls (1958-1997). Voorheesville village records include tax assessment rolls (1922-1998), village board meeting minutes (1899-1998), and fire department meeting minutes.

Creator

• Voorheesville Public Library (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assignments of error

Series Number

J8011

Summary

This series consists of assignments of errors made by plaintiffs in error in the Supreme Court. The assignment of errors corresponds to the declaration in an ordinary action. In it the plaintiff in error states the "manifest error" found in the record, proceedings, and judgment in a case heard and decided by a lower court and asks that the higher court reverse and annul the judgment.

Creator

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

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

Title

Treasurer's account of canal tolls and salt duties deposited in banks

Series Number

A1090

Summary

This volume contains state treasurer's account of canal tolls and salt duties deposited in various banks in upstate New York as a security for repayment of State canal stock as a security for repayment of State canal stock. Canal toll receipts and salt duties are entered as debit and corresponding deposits in the Ontario, Geneva, Rochester, Utica, Ontario, Mohawk, Waterford Branch, Troy, and Mechanic's and Farmer's Banks are entered as credit. Monthly and annual totals are included.

Creator

• New York (State). Treasurer's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Abstracts of audited canal accounts

Series Number

A1084

Summary

The Commissioners of the Canal Fund were given charge of all financial operations of the canal system. These records are abstracts or summaries of audited accounts for expenditures on canals, including accounts with Canal Commissioners. Entries include contract or voucher number, name of payee, amount, and occasionally a brief note of purpose of the expenditure. Volume 2 includes accounts for the enlargement of the Erie Canal (1835-1840).

Creator

• New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund

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

Title

Governor audiovisual records

Series Number

13700

Summary

This series consists of audio and video tape cassettes, motion picture films, and reel-to-reel audio tapes documenting the activities of New York's governors. Included are tapes and films of Thomas E. Dewey, W. Averell Harriman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Malcolm Wilson, Hugh L. Carey, and Mario M. Cuomo. The tapes and films cover such events as: gubernatorial inaugurations; annual state-of-the-state addresses; budget messages; press conferences; interviews; radio and television announcements; award and dedication ceremonies; and meetings with government officials and representatives.

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

Title

Abstracts of sales of lands for unpaid quit rents, road and marsh taxes, and U.S. Direct Tax

Series Number

B1621

Summary

The United States government levied a direct property tax in 1798, for which the state administered delinquent accounts. The tax-sale of 1808 was conducted for instances of nonpayment of the U.S. direct tax. This series consists of brief typewritten abstracts of information concerning unpaid quit rents, road and marsh taxes, and direct taxes.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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