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Title

Employee time books

Series Number

B2382

Summary

This series documents employee time worked and pay rate at the Rome State Custodial Asylum, Rome State School, and Rome Developmental Center. Information includes employee's name, dates worked, pay rate, days and hours worked, and amount paid for period. Information for some patients who served as "de facto" employees at the School is also present.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Access Restrictions

Because these time books may include entries for patients informally serving as employees, these records are 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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman index to central subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B1853

Summary

This subject listing was created to index accretion 13682-96, New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman Central Subject and Correspondence Files.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Thomas Indian School children's case files

Series Number

B0595

Summary

This series consists of case files for children enrolled in the Thomas Indian School (formerly the Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children). Files contain information on admission, education, discharge, medical and family history, and occasionally post-release activities. Data includes child's name, reservation tribe, age or birth date, and dates at school. Also included is correspondence with parent/guardian and with State Probation Department.

Creator

• Thomas Indian School

Access Restrictions

Restricted: Access to records is administered according to provisions of the Freedom of Information Law.

Title

New York State Board of Charities registers of tramps applying for relief

Series Number

A1990

Summary

This series consists of standard reporting forms submitted to the Board of Charities by keepers or officers in charge of poorhouses and almshouses. The forms provide personal data regarding tramps who applied to local overseers of the poor, police, or keepers of poorhouses and almshouses for food and/or lodging.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Charities

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Land Office register of petitions and correspondence related to escheated lands

Series Number

A0330

Summary

Laws of 1890, Chapter 279 recognized the persisting legal interest in escheated real property of any person who could have inherited ("succeeded by devise") the property except for the fact of "his alienage (non-citizenship) or a legal incapacity to take or convey the property so escheated." The exact purpose for which this volume was used is unclear, but it very possibly documents communications between the Commissioners of the Land Office and parties with interest in real property escheated to the state.

Creator

• New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Professional activities files

Series Number

B1106

Summary

This series documents professional activities in which staff of the Department of Civil Service were engaged. Records include reports, programs and summaries of proceedings from the Eastern States Regional Conference of the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada, newsletters, bulletins, and various publications.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Applications and letters of endorsement

Series Number

B0218

Summary

This series consists of correspondence directed mainly to the State Engineer and Surveyor's office. Most correspondence contains requests for employment, applications, or letters of endorsement. The series was compiled in proximity to the time it became apparent that the state would construct the Barge Canal.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Hearing transcripts and investigation reports

Series Number

B1660

Summary

This series consists of typed transcripts of hearings and reports of investigations conducted by the State Commission on Lunacy (later the State Hospital Commission), which was responsible for inspecting mental health institutions. Subjects include alleged mistreatment of patients, theft of food, poor food quality, and unsanitary conditions at state hospitals.

Creator

• New York (State). State Hospital Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Observational notes on female patients

Series Number

B2369

Summary

This series consists of observational notes on the condition of women inmates housed in the Rome State Custodial Asylum. It consists of brief, handwritten entries, with an alphabetical index in the front of the volume. The record for each patient varies in length, and it documents the patient's changing state of mental and physical health from time of admittance to the hospital, and in some cases, until time of discharge, transfer or death.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Population census

Series Number

B1674

Summary

The series consists of monthly census summaries enumerating, by gender, the population of the Syracuse State School and its outlying colonies and cottages. Aggregate numbers, not names of individuals, are provided. Data document the expansion of the institution's colony system, as well as how regular admissions, discharges, elopements, and the policy of paroling residents affect total institutional population at a given time.

Creator

• Syracuse State School

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Interdepartmental Health Resources Board minutes and reports

Series Number

B1112

Summary

These records document the development of studies and projects to meet the needs of rehabilitation clienteles served by state agencies. The minutes include exhibits in the form of correspondence; proposals for studies and projects; and report drafts, critiques, and revisions. The plan and drafts of the committee's final report list its activities; information exchanged; advice provided; and studies, reviews, and plans undertaken. The appendices include an estimate of the prevalence and rehabilitation needs of disabled persons; state services statistics; and a directory of training programs.

Creator

• New York (State). Interdepartmental Health Resources Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Reports and supporting records regarding survey for proposed canal between the Barge Canal and Cayuga Lake

Series Number

B0224

Summary

These are reports, tables, charts, and estimates for a proposed canal. The records concern the feasibility of the proposed canal project, its estimated costs, which route would be most efficient, and the type and amount of work required for such a project. Also included are detailed reports on subjects such as the regulation of the water surface and Cayuga Lake.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inventory of church records

Series Number

A4181

Summary

This series consists of two subseries containing field workers' forms describing churches and church records, and cards containing condensed versions of the information on the forms.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York House of Refuge payroll register

Series Number

A3188

Summary

This series, apparently an employee payroll register, bears no identification and was recorded in a volume previously used to record hospital admissions. Information includes date; employee name; amount paid and position (sometimes).

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission on Cable Television minutes of commission proceedings

Series Number

19536

Summary

This series consists of meeting minutes of the Commission on Cable Television documenting its actions/decisions to provide oversight and regulation of the state's cable television (CATV) industry. Appended to the minutes are copies of commission orders, hearing officer reports, staff memorandums, and advisory opinions.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Cable Television

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Vouchers

Series Number

B1884

Summary

This series consists of vouchers documenting sale of lands by the state. For the most part, monies raised by these sales were then deposited into either the state's general or school funds. The top half of the form was completed the Surveyor General's Office and normally provides the date of the transaction, a description of the lands sold, and the amount. The bottom half of the form was completed the State Treasurer's Office, signed by a State Treasurer Official and indicates from whom the funds were received, the amount, and date.

Creator

• New York (State). Surveyor General

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Secretary of State lists of land sold for arrears of quit rents

Series Number

A0481

Summary

This volume lists lands (patents) sold for arrears of quit rents in sales of 1815 and 1822. It was apparently submitted to the secretary of state by the comptroller, who was authorized to conduct tax sales.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Appraisers

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

Syracuse Section Office Superintendent's files

Series Number

B1890

Summary

This series consist of records documenting routine maintenance and operations of the Barge System operating from the Syracuse Office. Records include subject and correspondence files, survey records and maintenance reports. Also included are boat plans, blueprints and black and white photographs which depict ice conditions, repairs, general views, maintenance and operations, and private camps on state property.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual financial and statistical reports of institutions and associations chartered by the Board of Regents

Series Number

B0556

Summary

These volumes contain annual reports of the trustees of museums; other institutions or associations of science, literature, art, history, or "other departments of knowledge"; associations of teachers, students, or graduates of educational institutions; and other associations with educational or cultural purposes chartered by the Board of Regents pursuant to legislation of 1910.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Statistical Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Syracuse State School logbooks of packages, letters, and Christmas gifts sent to patients

Series Number

B1648

Summary

This series consists of logbooks recording receipt of packages and letters and Christmas gifts sent to Syracuse State School patients. Log entries include receipt date; recipient name; name and address of sender. Sometimes there is a note that the package remained "unopened." Volumes listing letters sent to patients show date received; recipient and sender name; and sometimes sender's relationship to patient. Volumes listing Christmas gifts typically show date, recipient, gift item(s); and sometimes sender's name and address. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Syracuse State School

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.