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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- State Land Committee monthly agency meeting reports
Series Number
- 21752
Summary
- The Land Planning Division maintains, revises, and amends the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map. This series consists of draft minutes, status reports, meeting agendas, staff recommendations, resolutions, and preparatory materials relating to the State Land Master Plan which are provided to the Adirondack Park Agency commissioners for their review.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Access Restrictions
- The State Archives holds master negative microfilm only. No use copy is available. Researchers should contact Adirondack Park Agency for access.
Title
- New York State Insurance Department archived websites
Series Number
- B2121
Summary
- This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Insurance Department, which was merged into the newly created New York State Department of Financial Services in October 2011.
Creator
- New York (State). Insurance Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Salamanca Common Council minutes, local laws, and ordinances
Series Number
- A4493
Creator
- Salamanca (N.Y. : City)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of Real Property Services equalization rate, special franchise, and railroad ceiling complaint files
Series Number
- 15178
Summary
- The series consists of files documenting complaints by municipalities regarding equalization rates and by utilities and railroads regarding special franchise assessments and railroad ceilings. Files contain complaint forms, objections to property appraisals or sampling procedures, back-up documentation of objections made by railroads and utilities, and hearing officers' reports and agendas for counties, school districts, special franchise assessments, rail ceilings, agricultural usage, and the Universal Life Church.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Real Property Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Account books of payments made to companies and employees for work on the Western Division of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0736
Summary
- This series consists of account books for the Western Division of the Barge Canal listing expenditures and payments to companies and employees.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Blueline maps of proposed superconducting supercollider research facility
Series Number
- B1428
Summary
- This series is a portfolio of blue line maps of the site, geology, and land use of a proposed super-conducting super collider (SSC) nuclear particle research facility in Orange County. Maps indicate the exact route of the never built tunnel. The first plate in the portfolio lists all attachments by plate number and title. Plates typically include scales, legends, key maps, and sometimes-extensive notes on acreage, boundaries, and man-made and naturally occurring attributes.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Economic Development
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York codes, rules, and regulations (NYCRR) amendment files
Series Number
- 14266
Summary
- The series consists of the official file copies of approved amendments to, or the abolition of existing orders, rules and regulations, as well as copies of new ones.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State. Division of Information Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Consumer Protection Board Executive Director's Office correspondence and subject files
Series Number
- 14500
Summary
- The Executive Director of the Consumer Protection Boards correspondence files relate to the Board's activities in consumer protection and regulatory activities primarily related to bills advocating for consumer interests such as product efficiency; labeling and safety; consumer protection laws; discrimination in credit and rates; utility rates; flood relief projects; billing disputes; and pricing laws. The files also contain legislative memoranda, recommendations, proposals, hearings, speeches, and minutes.
Creator
- New York State Consumer Protection Board. Executive Director's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Parole Board female inmate case files
Series Number
- B0050
Summary
- This series consists of records of women paroled from the Women's Prison at Auburn. Files include criminal and personal history information similar to that found in standard state prison inmate case files from this era. The major difference is that these files were specifically compiled to document each inmate's interaction with the Parole Board, from initial application for parole, through evaluation by the board, to follow-up supervision after the granting of parole.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Parole
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
- Temporary exhibit planning and design files
Series Number
- B2647
Summary
- This series contains the planning and design files of temporary exhibits of the New York State Museum. Files include records of exhibits that were internally or externally sourced as well as travelling exhibits. Records in this series include brochures, exhibit scripts, planning schedules, exhibit drawings, inventory lists, and publicity and press materials.
Creator
- New York State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) Satisfaction pieces
Series Number
- J0136
Summary
- This series consists of satisfaction pieces, which are an acknowledgment by a winning party that a judgment in his favor has been satisfied. The acknowledgment is signed by the winning party in a cause (or his attorney) and acknowledged before a judge or commissioner of deeds. The series includes a few powers of attorney and certificates of satisfaction by the clerk of the Supreme Court.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor's Arts Awards programs and photographs
Series Number
- B2653
Summary
- This series contains select photographs and programs from the Governor's Arts Awards. The photographs span from 2000-2001 while the programs span from 1968-2002.
Creator
- New York State Council on the Arts
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Copies of deeds for state lands
Series Number
- A1299
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of copies of deeds for parcels of state land (almost all within the Adirondack Forest Preserve) to various individuals and firms. Each entry contains a note of legal authorization for sale for Forest Preserve lands and a copy of the deed as certified.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of convictions and sentences returned by county clerks
Series Number
- B0044
Summary
- The series consists of abstracts compiled by state county clerks and forwarded to the secretary of state's office. Information includes convict's name, court, term, crime, and sentence. There is no name index.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Senator James W. Wright archived website
Series Number
- B2270
Summary
- This series consists of an archival copy of the official website of Senator James W. Wright.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1993-2008 : James W. Wright)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of bonds for the Hudson and Berkshire Railroad Company
Series Number
- A1862
Summary
- This series consists of a register of bonds issued for the benefit of the Hudson and Berkshire Railroad Company. The register contains copies of the original bonds - each of which is countersigned, registered, and compared with the original bond and is signed by Archibald Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State. There are 175 entries in the register, all of which are for the amount of $1,000.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Education Department Commissioner's files on Regents meetings
Series Number
- B0467
Summary
- The Board of Regents considers and votes on matters of educational policy and administration at monthly meetings. This series consists of files relating to the Regents monthly meeting and other occasional meetings such as the Regents Legislative Hearings. Files include meeting planning materials; Commissioner's monthly reports; committee reports; summaries of actions and of proceedings; copies of reports and briefings; and press material.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Conservation Commission forest fire detection map negatives
Series Number
- B1779
Summary
- This series consists of mostly glass plate negatives of topographic maps used in forest fire detection in the northern, central, and southern portions of the state. Observation rings, with observation stations or fire towers located at the center, are superimposed on the maps. Adjacent fire towers would use these maps to report smoke and ranger stations could then triangulate the location.
Creator
- New York (State). Conservation Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daily lock reports
Series Number
- B1792
Summary
- This series consists of a variety of traffic related forms and paperwork recording activities at a canal lock. Statistics derived from the forms were used for budgeting, planning, and determining staffing patterns. Records include daily reports of passages, boats, and lockages; weekly reports of detained vessels; navigators' reports of obstructions, hazards, or collisions; and violation and incident reports. Reports generally include location, date, climatic data, vessels, operating personnel or individuals involved in incidents, and narrative accounts of incidents.
Creator
- New York State Canal Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts of annual financial and statistical reports of rural school districts
Series Number
- A3046
Summary
- These volumes contain statistical and other information abstracted from school district trustees' reports and concern smaller schools, usually located in rural areas. Each district is identified by number, town, and type. Statistical information is provided on buildings, property values, teachers, pupils, private schools, school session, and violations of the compulsory attendance law. There is financial data on bonds, receipts, and payments for each district. The names of school district officers are also reported.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Statistical Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.