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Displaying 5566 Finding Aids
Title
- Town of Lexington records
Series Number
- A4729
Summary
- This series consists of town board minutes (1813-1999), school district records (1847-1849), annual town budgets (1943-1999), and tax rolls (1982-1998).
Creator
- Lexington (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of Mental Health patient admission, discharge, and parole registers
Series Number
- 20279
Summary
- These registers were created by mental health facilities to document patient admissions and discharges. The registers typically provide patient name, nativity, date of admission or discharge, date of birth, chronological number, race, and religion. Other information varies but occasionally includes occupation, education, names and addresses of relatives, legal and civil status, and comments.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
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 of Mental Health.
Title
- State park and campsite wastewater disposal files
Series Number
- A1123
Summary
- This series from the Division of Water and predecessor units consists of files on the planning and development of sewage waste disposal and treatment systems, and testing done to determine water pollution or contamination at state parks and campsites. The records include memorandums, correspondence, plans, maps, specifications, contract drawings, reports, permits, construction applications, technical reviews of plans, test results, brochures, and complaint letters about existing park conditions.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to Conservation Dept. Photographic Prints and Negatives
Series Number
- B1786
Summary
- Grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities allowed State Archives staff to undertake a preservation project by which duplicate negatives and contact prints were created for most of the negatives in Series 14297. This series consists of 5,206 positive contact prints made from duplicate negatives in Series 14297, Conservation Department Photographic Prints and Negatives, and functions as a visual index to that series.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Education Department Bureau of Mass Communications Audiotapes, Videotapes, and Guides
Title
- Education Department Bureau of Mass Communications audiotapes, videotapes, and guides
Series Number
- B0498
Summary
- These audiovisual materials were produced or distributed by the Education Department's Bureau of Mass Communications. Audio tape sets include contributions of minorities to American literature; life in the People's Republic of China; New York State history; and United States foreign policy. Other audiotapes document meetings on the future of industrial arts education and building construction on college campuses. Other materials include films on New York State legislative process and videotaped distance learning courses.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Mass Communications
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Clyde-Savannah Central School District meeting minutes and census
Series Number
- A4715
Summary
- This series consists of meeting minutes of Clyde High School (1834-1935), Savannah High School (1935-1966), Clyde Central School (1938-1959), and Clyde-Savannah Central School (1959-1999); records concerning the reorganization of school districts; and census records for Savannah High School and Country Schools census (1927-1948).
Creator
- Clyde-Savannah Central School District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Senate Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Public Utilities Lake Erie offshore drilling files
Series Number
- L0222
Summary
- This series includes reports, hearing testimony, transcripts of proceedings, press clippings, and correspondence pertaining to offshore drilling for natural gas (hydrocarbons) under Lake Erie. Included is a report recommending repeal of the prohibition against leasing and drilling for gas beneath Lake Erie or its shoreline; a report to the legislature on development of natural gas reserves; and an environmental assessment report by the firm of Lawler, Matusky & Skelly, Engineers.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Public Utilities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Attorney General opinions furnished to the Insurance Dept.
Series Number
- B1976
Summary
- This series consists of copies of opinions on insurance law offered to the Insurance Department by Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein.
Creator
- New York (State). Insurance Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services Office of the Director substance abuse service providers program files
Series Number
- 16085
Summary
- This series from the Division of Substance Abuse Services Director's Office includes general correspondence, reports, and material relating to the licensing of various substance abuse services providers. Some records may be restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Director
Access Restrictions
- Restricted. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Sympathy letters and other statements of condolence received in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Series Number
- 22446
Summary
- This series consists of sympathy cards, letters, a condolence book, and a photography book that were collected by the Office for Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Most of the letters were sent from elementary school students in the Cypress School District in California to New York students who lost a parent in the attacks.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary, and Continuing Education
Access Restrictions
- Personal identifiers may be redacted to protect personal privacy.
Title
- Records of the Proposed Constitutional Convention
Series Number
- B1962
Summary
- In August 1956, the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention was created to study and report on proposals for changes in and simplification of the State Constitution and to collect information and data useful to the delegates and people before and during the convention to be held in 1959. This series contains minutes, reports, correspondence, and other records documenting the work of Governor W. Averell Harriman's staff to assess and gain support for the proposed Constitutional Convention.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Council on the Arts photographs of Council-supported events
Series Number
- 18916
Summary
- The photographs in this series depict such arts events as theater, dance, and musical performances; exhibitions; poetry readings; art workshops; lectures; and craft demonstrations relating to or sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts. Each photograph usually includes date, location, identity of individual or group, and name of work performed.
Creator
- New York State Council on the Arts
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Senate Committee on Health abortion legislation file
Series Number
- L0236
Summary
- The Committee created these records during its review of state abortion law. Records document the controversies surrounding abortion legislation, as well as public and private efforts to influence legislative action. Records include commission and committee reports; transcripts of public hearings; position papers; press releases and statements; and letters from interested parties including citizens, government agencies, religious and medical organizations, media outlets, and the Right to Life Committee.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Lancaster town board minutes
Series Number
- A4701
Creator
- Lancaster (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
New York State Department of Correctional Services Southport Correctional Facility Inmate Case Files
Title
- Southport Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0049
Summary
- Southport Correctional Facility, located in Chemung County, N.Y., is a maximum security correctional facility for male felons. 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
- Southport Correctional Facility
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 Comptroller's Office certificates of lands sold at vendue sales for which deeds were given
Series Number
- A0217
Summary
- This series consists of certificates of conveyance of lands sold for unpaid taxes at public auctions held by the state comptroller in 1812, 1814, 1815, 1821, and 1826. Each certificate lists name of purchaser, number of acres purchased, county in which land was situated, location of land within larger tract, amount paid, and date of purchase.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Health Bureau of Communicable Disease Control Director's subject files
Series Number
- 13855
Summary
- The files are primarily those of Bureau of Communicable Disease Control Directors Richard Rothenberg and Donald O. Lyman. Files consist of correspondence, memorandums, periodical clippings, maps, case files, statistical reports, survey questionnaires, and legislative proposals and bills. Subjects include black flies; influenza immunization and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (Polyradiculoneuritis); dairy herd leucosis; feline leukemia; rabies; live syphilis bacteria; vaccine policies; and legislation and public education efforts to increase immunization for communicable diseases.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Access Restrictions
- 13855-12: Records may be restricted to protect personal privacy.
- 13855-20: Several of the volumes have broken bindings and need to be handled under the supervision of an archivist.
Title
- Office of Mental Health photographic material
Series Number
- B1974
Summary
- These undated black-and-white photographs and negatives depict Long Island state mental hospital facilities, buildings, staff, and patients. The hospitals shown are Pilgrim State Hospital, Central Islip State Hospital, and Kings Park State Hospital.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- Photographs and negatives depicting patients are 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 of Mental Health.
Title
- Weekly comprehensive summaries and index of proceedings
Series Number
- L0220
Summary
- The series consists of a set of the Records and Index to the 1967 New York Constitutional Convention. These comprehensive summaries of convention proceedings were kept weekly and issued each Saturday during the convention. Reports date from April 4 to April 15, 1967 through April 4 to September 26, 1967.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Cayuga County (N.Y.) records
Series Number
- A4717
Summary
- This series consists of supreme court judgements, 1848-1872; supreme court orders, 1866-1876; notices of pendency of actions, 1823-1874; and Cayuga County censuses, 1800-1870.
Creator
- Cayuga (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.