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Title

Edgecombe Correctional Facility inmate case files

Series Number

W0067

Summary

Edgecombe Residential Treatment Facility (formerly Edgecombe Correctional Facility), located in the New York City borough of Manhattan, is a minimum security correctional facility for female inmates and male inmates 18 years of age or older. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Correctional Services

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

New York State Contracting Board proposals and bonds for canal enlargement and repairs

Series Number

A1127

Summary

The Contracting Board received proposals and bonds for performance of work submitted by persons wishing to obtain contracts for construction or repair of canals. Series includes printed forms for locks, culverts, waste weirs, aqueducts, bridge abutments, reservoirs, iron superstructure, and general excavation. Proposals specify the cost of clearing, excavation, masonry, carpentry, lumber, stone, iron, cement, and additional labor or materials necessary to perform the work.

Creator

• New York (State). Contracting Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Military returns, Albany County

Series Number

A0239

Summary

These are primarily inspection returns and muster rolls of militia units in Albany County after the Revolutionary War. Also included are: copy of orders to Captain Jacob Lansing (1781) and account of expenses (1783); and bills on account of Captain Abraham Verplank (1783).

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Superintendents of Repairs' annual reports of structures or work completed or repaired

Series Number

A1133

Summary

Each annual report lists the number of locks, aqueducts, and waste weirs; weigh locks, bridges, scows, and buildings; and dams, repairs of breaches, and other works or structures completed or repaired during the preceding year, with the cost of new and repair work and total cost in each category. At the head of the report are given the name of superintendent, location of section, and date.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Historical sketches and photographs of school systems in cities and villages

Series Number

A3042

Summary

These historical sketches which include photographs were collected from school systems in 1916 to illustrate a report on the history of school systems in cities and villages. The sketches generally provide information on the establishment and location of the first school or school district in the city or village, and development of the school system's programs, facilities, administration, and geographic area. Photographs of school buildings, classrooms, facilities, students, and administrators accompany each sketch.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Elementary Education

Access Restrictions

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

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Registers of applicants examined and licensed

Series Number

B0488

Summary

This series contains information identifying individuals applying for and taking pharmacist-licensing examinations. Applicant information includes application number; name; form number; dates application received, examined, and approved; dates examination given and approved; name of examiner and city where examination given; kind of examination; percentage; certificate number; form number; date certificate issued; and remarks (usually town, city, or village).

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Board of Pharmacy

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Compensation claims of former commissary general

Series Number

A1251

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning former Commissary General Storms and his efforts to obtain compensation for payments due for supplies of arms, military stores, and accoutrements to arsenals, members of the militia and brigades, and for services as agent for settling the demands of this state against the United States. Included is correspondence and newspaper clippings sent from General Storm to the Adjutant General's Office.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Local war councils newspaper clippings file

Series Number

A4329

Summary

This series contains clippings collected by the Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) documenting the activities of local war councils in home front programs; civil defense work; and sometimes the communities' war-related activities such as war plant production. Typical subjects found in this series include: Block Plan (in which volunteers promoted OCM activities in their neighborhoods); child care; civil defense; farm labor; first aid; nursing; nutrition; salvage; volunteer recruitment; war training; and women's volunteer activities.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Executive pardons and commutations

Series Number

B2843

Summary

This series consists of executive pardons and commutations issued to convicted adult and youthful offenders during the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Records include the certificate signed by the Governor and the Secretary of State as well as correspondence and press releases pertaining to the clemency process.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (2011-2021 : Cuomo)

Title

Maps, plans, and sketches for improvement and development of parks and parkways on Long Island

Series Number

A3320

Summary

This series documents the Long Island State Park Commission's responsibilities to oversee the state of parks and parkways on Long Island. Consisting primarily of maps and plans, the series also includes sketches of parks, recreational areas, and other facilities; conveyances for realignments of roads; aerial surveys of the south shore of Long Island; and sanitation survey application data for Suffolk County.

Creator

• Long Island State Park Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary bottle bill files

Series Number

L0178

Summary

Records in this series relate to the passage and implementation of the mandatory bottle deposit bill. These records collected by bill sponsor, Oliver G. Koppell, consist of reports from interested parties analyzing the bill and its effects before and after its passage, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on the Judiciary

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Executive clemency and pardon application ledgers and correspondence

Series Number

A0629

Summary

Article 18 of the 1777 State Constitution authorized the governor to grant pardons and reprieves. This power was continued in the constitutions of 1821 and 1846 and expanded to include commutations by Article 5 of the Constitution of 1894. This series consists of ledgers and correspondence maintained by the governor's office to track actions taken and decisions made regarding applications for executive clemency. These volumes document various types of clemency including pardons, commutations, and restorations of citizenship rights.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Affidavits of publication of county treasurers' notices of tax sales

Series Number

B0932

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Photographs and plans of Roberts Hall, East Roberts Hall, and Stone Hall, Cornell University

Series Number

B0926

Summary

This series of photographs and plans documents interiors and exteriors of Roberts Hall, East Roberts Hall, and Stone Hall, the original buildings of the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. Binders contain information on the history of the three buildings and the complex. Also included are chronological history tables, floor plans, and elevations.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Educational Facilities Planning

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Matteawan State Hospital inmate transfer register

Series Number

A1523

Summary

This series records the names of inmates transferred to different wards or institutions or discharged from Matteawan State Hospital. The entries record the inmate's name, number, date of admission, from where received (Volume 2 only), place of transfer, and date. Ward numbers are typically entered in the "transferred from" column. 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.

Title

Ogdensburg records

Series Number

A3334

Summary

Microfilmed records include minutes of the board of trustees of the village of Ogdensburg (1837-1868), minutes of the common council of the city of Ogdensburg (1868-1989), records of the water commissioners, park commission, recreation commission, board of public works, board of public control, and civil service commissioners. Also microfilmed were police blotters (1926-1990).

Creator

• Ogdensburg (N.Y. : City)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Coal and wood bids from dealers for provision of fuel for state buildings

Series Number

A1245

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of bids from various dealers offering to supply coal and wood for the State Hall, Capitol, and State Geological Hall. A newspaper article calling for bids is attached to one of the bids. Each bid contains price information on either the wood or coal or both.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Clinton Prison inmate admission ledgers

Series Number

B0098

Summary

This series consists of volumes providing physical description and summary personal, criminal conviction, and sentencing information regarding each inmate admitted to Clinton Prison.

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.

Title

Public relations coordination files

Series Number

A4315

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, and a small amount of posters, broadsides, and pamphlets detailing the service's coordination of public relations for the War Council. Included are "clipping summaries" which briefly describe a press release and list the newspapers which carried it; files of Alice Tierney Scanlan, an assistant in the service who worked with the War Transportation Committee; director's material; and discussions of the "Sappy and Silly Sabotire" comic strip, used to promote tire and automobile rationing.

Creator

• New York State War Council. War Information Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission on Government Integrity election campaign financial disclosure reports

Series Number

15826

Summary

These reports on election campaign contributions and expenditures were developed to investigate campaign financing as part of the wider investigation of violations of ethical and legal standards of conduct by public officials, employees, and political action committees (PACs). Compiled from information obtained from Campaign Finance Disclosure Forms, the reports provide name of public office; political party; county; district; and income, expenditures, loans, and unitemized contributions.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity