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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- Empire State Games posters
Series Number
- 22495
Summary
- Formerly a program of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Empire State Games are conducted as a series of annual Olympic-style competitions for amateur athletes from all over New York State. This series consists of twelve professional quality posters designed to publicize the Empire State Games.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of corporation reports
Series Number
- A1325
Summary
- This series contains abstracts of reports by corporations on their financial status. These reports were required to be filed with the Comptroller's Office for corporate taxation purposes. Reports include information on stocks; debts; loans; dividends and real estate holdings.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Audited accounts for new construction
Series Number
- A3254
Summary
- This series consists of information used to track expenditures for construction of new buildings for the House of Refuge on Randalls Island including a school, dining rooms, and a "female house." For each building, information includes payment date; to whom or for what payment was made; payment amount; and certification by member of Finance Committee that account is correct. Much of the writing in this volume has been obliterated by water damage.
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Energy Research and Development Authority archived websites
Series Number
- B2089
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Creator
- New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Published notices of lands sold for unpaid taxes and unredeemed
Series Number
- B0846
Summary
- This series consists of notices listing lands sold by the state comptroller for unpaid taxes and still unredeemed. Each notice lists parcels by location; by patent, tract, township etc.; then by lot number or street address. Notices also state the acreage, the quantity of land sold and unredeemed, and the amount required to redeem the parcel from tax sale. Names of owners and purchasers are not included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Auctioneers' statements of sales
Series Number
- A1443
Summary
- This series consists of auctioneers' sales statements listing daily totals of moveable goods or real estate sold at auction (mostly commercial auctions), amounts, and amounts of duty paid at various percentages. The statements were submitted every three months to the Comptroller. Most of the statements do not itemize articles sold, but a few list items individually.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Museum of Natural History geological chart by James Hall
Series Number
- B1594
Summary
- This series consists of two almost identical versions of a published geological chart and a small accompanying published key prepared by James Hall entitled ''A chart giving an ideal section of successive geological formations with an actual geological section, from the Atlantic, to the Pacific Ocean." The lower half of the chart depicts geological sections, some hand colored and annotated, illustrating the stratigraphy of specific areas. Elaborate representations of characteristic fossils of each formation are depicted on the top portion.
Creator
- New York State Museum of Natural History
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragile physical condition. Use only with permission of preservation administrator.
Title
- New York State Assemblyman G. Oliver Koppell subject files
Series Number
- L0018
Summary
- Files of Assemblyman G. Oliver Koppell contain correspondence, memorandums, printed materials, reports, draft legislation, and hearing testimony related to issues of interest or concern to the assemblyman, particularly in his role as chairman of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions. Topics addressed include the Metropolitan Transit Authority, prison reform, real property and taxation, school financing, bank redlining, and the East Hudson Parkway Authority.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1971-1982 : G. Oliver Koppell)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Ledger accounts for leases of surplus canal water, salaries of canal officials, and canal loans
Series Number
- A3240
Summary
- This series is a record of payments and receipt of the canals account and canal debt. Each account provides account name; account paid or received; date of transaction; and service or item for which payment was made or received.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Canal Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Historic Tree program files
Series Number
- B2923
Summary
- This series consists of records related to the creation of New York State's Historic Tree Register. Files pertaining to the register include applications, correspondence, press releases, acceptance and rejection letters, and descriptions of the trees. Also included are State Botanist records from the 1910s, correspondence regarding the planting of Moon Trees (trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the Moon) in the 1970s, and surveys of large and historical trees in the state from the 1960s-1980s.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Lands and Forests
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to register of fires of suspicious origin
Series Number
- A4249
Summary
- This series consists of an index to a register of fires of suspicious origins. Included for each fire listed is report number, date report filed, address, and locality, county, owner of building, occupant, and general remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Fire Marshal
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Female restraint record
Series Number
- B2317
Summary
- Information in this volume includes name of patient; year, month, day, and hour restraint was applied and removed; why patient was restrained; how patient was restrained; and name of medical officer. Reasons listed for application of restraint include quarreling, fighting, refusing to work, mentally disturbed, confused, creating disturbance, assaulting nurse, and wandering away. "How restrained" includes "day room," "infirmary," "sick ward," and "isolation."
Creator
- Craig Colony for Epileptics (Sonyea, N.Y.)
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
- Matron's daily journals for the female department
Series Number
- A1905
Summary
- This series contains narrative journals recording daily institutional and inmate activity. Topics include staff and inmate illnesses or medical problems; special events such as holidays and entertainment; inmate behavior; contact with discharged inmates; and facility conditions. A weekly summary is usually entered on Saturday. Also included are printed holiday and entertainment programs, with readings and songs.
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
- New York State Civil Service Commission meeting minutes
Series Number
- B0500
Summary
- This series contains the Civil Service Commission's official meeting minutes signed by its secretary. The Commission was set up "to regulate and improve the Civil Service of the State," and these minutes document their work toward that end. There are entries for all Commission meetings except those between 1944 and 1947, when only verbatim minutes were kept. Pre-1899 minutes are handwritten while all others are typewritten.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Office of the State Inspector General annual reports
Series Number
- B2465
Summary
- This series consists of reports documenting the activities, services, and accomplishments of the State Inspector General's office. The reports typically include information on the office's history, mandate, and operations; cases prosecuted and resulting in administrative action; national Inspector General conferences; and special programs.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the State Inspector General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Director's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 18118
Summary
- This series consists of the subject and correspondence files of the Director of the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA). Files contain monthly and annual reports, bond and budget information, conference handouts, invitations, litigation files, correspondence, mortgage information, and other material relating to the agency's function of issuing mortgage revenue bonds and purchasing mortgage loans for owner-occupied residences.
Creator
- State of New York Mortgage Agency
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Record of contracts awarded for improvement of public highways
Series Number
- B0272
Summary
- This series tracks the award of contracts to private entities or county boards of supervisors for road construction. Information includes name, number, and (sometimes) section of road; brief description of work to be done; county; division (Eastern, Middle, Western); preliminary cost estimate; by whom plans approved (usually county supervisors) and date; date proposals received; to whom contract awarded; date of contract; amount of contract; monthly cost estimates; and final cost estimate.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Thomas Indian School register of visitors
Series Number
- A1911
Summary
- The series consists of a one-volume manuscript roll of visitors to the Thomas Indian School over a twenty-five year period. Entries include visitor's name, address, and date of visit.
Creator
- Thomas Indian School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Appeals case files
Series Number
- B0514
Summary
- This series consists of case files of appeals to the Classification and Compensation Appeals Board from the Classification and Compensation Division Director's determinations. Files include General Appeals Case Files: staff working files including the application for appeal with detailed narrative description of the appellant's case for reallocation or reclassification and the Board's determination; Agenda Case Files compiled by staff for the Board's use in making its determination and Hearing Transcripts for reclassification or reallocation of positions.
Creator
- New York (State). Classification and Compensation Appeals Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Appropriations and expenses journal for state facilities
Series Number
- B0273
Summary
- This series consists of a record of appropriations and expenses for building, equipping, repairing, painting, furnishing, and otherwise maintaining state hospitals, prisons, schools, armories, offices, and other public buildings. Included are laws authorizing work; work needed; amount appropriated; date of contract for work; name of contractor; work done; and cost of work.
Creator
- New York (State). State Architect
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.