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Title

Commission on Forensic Science and DNA Subcommittee meeting materials

Series Number

21785

Summary

Records in this series include agendas, meeting transcripts, and audits created by the New York State Commission on Forensic Science, which is charged with developing minimum standards and a program of accreditation for all forensic laboratories located in New York State; and the DNA Subcommittee, which accredits DNA laboratories and advises the commission regarding quality control and procedures for forensic DNA analysis.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Criminal Justice Services. Office of Forensic Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Bureau of School District Organization files of master plan studies

Series Number

11120

Summary

In 1958, the Commissioner's Advisory Committee on the Master Plan for School District Reorganization issued a revision of the 1947 Master Plan. These study files contain minutes of Advisory Committee meetings, proposed changes in the Master Plan, notes and memoranda concerning public hearings held about the Master Plan, correspondence with local school officials and citizens about revised reorganization proposals and county maps.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of applications for cancellations of tax sales

Series Number

B1616

Summary

This volume lists information gathered from applications for cancellations of tax-sales. All of the applications were made in 1885 for tax-sales held as early as 1866. Information given for each entry includes name of applicant; date of application; description of land; tax-sale year; ground of application; and remarks. Grounds for cancellation frequently include failure of the assessors to certify assessment rolls; failure of the State Comptroller's office to follow proper notification procedures; and other reasons technical in nature.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Amendments to Municipal Civil Service Commission rules

Series Number

B0508

Summary

This series consists of State Civil Service Commission approvals of Municipal Civil Service rules and amendments including appointments, promotions, examinations, and position classifications. Each approval includes a transmittal letter; a copy of the amendment or set of rules and a certification of the State Commission's approval. Transmittal letters, correspondence and memoranda occasionally contain background information on a rule and explain why a rule was disapproved or approved.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Institution for Defective Delinquents film of institutional activities at Napanoch

Series Number

B1602

Summary

The series consists of three reels of 16 millimeter motion picture film depicting various aspects of institutional life at Napanoch, including views of buildings, officers, and inmates.

Creator

• Institution for Defective Delinquents (Napanoch, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragile physical condition. Access denied pending completion of total restoration.

Title

New York Naval Militia roster of commissioned officers

Series Number

13723

Summary

This roster of commissioned officers in the New York Naval Militia lists officers by rank for each unit. Each entry gives officer name, office held, division or battery number, commission date, date of rank, address, in whose place appointed, and remarks. There is a unit index but no name index.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Orders of circuit judges on motions for new trials

Series Number

J8026

Summary

This series consists mostly of orders of Circuit Judges granting or denying motions for new trails after hearing arguments on a bill of exceptions in which a defendant alleged error in earlier proceedings. There are also a few orders granting judgment as in the case of non-suit, giving additional time to plead, setting aside a default, etc. The powers of circuit judges were specified in legislation of 1829.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Post-1847 documents relating to cases in the Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Chancery

Series Number

J1002

Summary

This series consists mostly of writs of fieri facias (executions) issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature and returned to the Court of Appeals. Also include are satisfaction pieces; orders to transfer Chancery case papers to the Supreme Court clerk in a particular county, a few orders and miscellaneous documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Oxford Academy and Central School District attendance records

Series Number

A4652

Creator

• Oxford Academy and Central School District (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Access to attendance records less than 100 years old is restricted in accordance with the United States Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Title

Annual reports and miscellaneous publications

Series Number

B1831

Summary

This series consists predominantly of published annual reports of the Western House of Refuge, which became known as the New York State Industrial School and later as the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School. Reports from 1894 to 1900 are missing. Also included are by-laws; newspaper reprints; pamphlets; an event program from the institution's centennial and published annual reports of the Fiscal Supervisor of State Charities.

Creator

• New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Construction photographs

Series Number

B1825

Summary

These photographs depict an early phase of construction of the main building of Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane and other unidentified buildings.

Creator

• Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane

Access Restrictions

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

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Department of Social Services Office of Audit and Quality Control income maintenance separation system planning files

Series Number

A0420

Summary

This series consists of working files for projects prepared in connection with the development of the "separation system" installed in local Social Service offices. Files include training materials for staff, assignation of local responsibilities (primarily at the county level), and correspondence with federal, state, and local officials regarding justification, funding mechanisms, and implementation of the separation system. One reel-to-reel tape containing a training film for staff is included.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Services. Office of Audit and Quality Control

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Industrial School financial records of the institution

Series Number

A3129

Summary

This series consists of payment records made by the State Industrial School to employees and to businesses or individuals who supplied goods or services. Records include pay roll information including name and position; invoices listing items or services purchased; and abstracts of accounts for the preceding month which contains to whom paid or purpose (e.g. pay roll; company name) and for what paid (e.g. salaries; coal; meat).

Creator

• New York (State). State Industrial School

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Public Service Commission "unified" case files

Series Number

19597

Summary

The series consists of microfilm and microfiche copies of the formal case files of the Public Service Commission, and also so-called "supplemental case file material" (those materials not filmed because of size or condition, including maps, drawings and/or exhibits; or materials filmed, but for which the film was found to be of poor quality). Case files typically include petitions, briefs, orders, correspondence, exhibits and testimony.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Rockville Centre police blotters

Series Number

A4646

Creator

• Rockville Centre (N.Y. : Village)

Access Restrictions

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

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John Hanna, Jr. professional papers

Series Number

B2492

Summary

This series consists of files created by John Hanna, Jr. while serving as counsel to the New York State Office of Employee Relations and as deputy commissioner and general counsel of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The materials do not completely document his tenure in these positions but rather highlight significant legal issues and cases he handled. One such issue that is well covered by the files is the Taylor Law and Hanna's role in mediating labor disputes.

Creator

• Hanna, John, Jr.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Designs for Watervliet Arsenal Bridge

Series Number

A1058

Summary

This series consists of a sheet of watercolor and ink drawings depicting the Watervliet Arsenal Bridge as proposed and as completed.

Creator

• New York (State). Canal Commissioners

Access Restrictions

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

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Reports of meteorological observations made at academies

Series Number

A0346

Summary

This series consists of very detailed reports of daily weather observations made at several academies around the state. The Board of Regents initiated a program of weather observations in 1825 which was continued by the Smithsonian after 1850. Daily reports as well as monthly and annual summaries include location, observer, temperature; wind direction, weather conditions, precipitation amount, and remarks (heavy thunder, aurora borealis, etc.). Post 1850 reports also include barometric pressure, wind force and direction; cloudiness; and humidity level.

Creator

• University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

Access Restrictions

Restricted: These records were fire damaged, but conservation measures were taken and almost all information remains intact. Only microfilm will be available for general use. Access to the originals may be permitted under special circumstances upon application to and approval by the State Archives.

Title

Miscellaneous documents

Series Number

JN392

Summary

This small collection includes administrative orders relating to the Chancery Fund and Chancery Library, and examples of other documents, including a bill of complaint (copy), bonds, two estate inventories, solicitor and counselor admission papers, and two remittiturs from the Court for the Correction of Errors.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

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

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New York State Comptroller's Office reports of canal tolls received

Series Number

A1064

Summary

This series consists of single-page financial reports submitted to the State Comptroller by toll collectors at points on the Erie and Champlain Canals. Reports indicate the location, name of collector, monthly amount of tolls received, amount of fines received or refunds granted, amount of revenue retained for payment of expenses, and total amount deposited in the State Treasury. NOTE: These reports do not list names of vessels, vessel operators, or passengers.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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