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Displaying 37 Finding Aids
Title
- Writers Program working files of the District 2 supervisor's office
Series Number
- A4191
Summary
- This series mostly contains files of "field editorial copy" prepared by field workers in District 2 (Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, and Ulster counties) for statewide and local writing projects such as New York: A Guide to the Empire State (published); Guide to Albany (published); New York State Encyclopedia; and New York State Almanac. Files may contain manuscript drafts of copy on subjects such as local history, biography and events; business and commercial establishments; and historic sites and structures.
Creator
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Directors' correspondence and reports files
Series Number
- A4188
Summary
- This series contains administrative files of the State Director of the Federal Writers' Project mostly from District Number 2 (Albany, Rensselaer, Greene, and Ulster Counties). Records include correspondence about administrative issues; WPA personnel record forms which include name, address family members, educational and work history; and daily time reports for the Troy office.
Creator
- Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New York
Access Restrictions
- Personnel Record Forms are restricted to protect personal privacy for55 years after creation of form.
Title
- Ashokan Reservoir land appropriation records
Series Number
- A3369
Summary
- The series documents the taking of real property for the construction of the Ashokan Reservoir, starting in 1907. Microfilmed records include transcripts of Ashokan Reservoir awards including records of claims of Ulster County property holders against New York City for damage incurred through the construction of the reservoir; and records of the New York City Board of Water Supply, including court orders and recorded orders of special terms of the New York State Supreme Court in the matter of New York City's land claims for reservoir purposes.
Creator
- Ulster (N.Y. : County) County Clerk
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Temporary State Commission on the Water Supply Needs of Southeastern New York meeting, hearing, and correspondence files
Series Number
- 10975
Summary
- The Temporary State Commission on the Water Supply Needs of Southeastern New York was created in 1969. Its mandate was to study the future water supply needs of the southeastern portion of the state; the relationship of these needs to the water resources available; alternative methods for constructing, financing, and administering the needed water supply facilities; and to make recommendations on how to meet future water needs. Records consist of meeting summaries, reports, studies, publications, public hearing transcripts, and correspondence.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Water Supply Needs of Southeastern New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Eastern Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0017
Summary
- Eastern Correctional Facility, located in Ulster 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
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
- Shandaken records
Series Number
- A4526
Summary
- Microfilmed records in this series include tax assessment rolls; local laws; elections results; lists of registered voters; school district tax assessment rolls; burial permits; highway books; ledgers; planning board maps; annual reports, audits, and budgets; town clerk's record, minute, and cash books; records of chattel mortgages; registry of short-term notes; and other historical papers and documents.
Creator
- Shandaken (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey issue files
Series Number
- L0006
Summary
- These files were compiled by staff of Assemblyman Maurice D. Hinchey. Topics include aid to education, energy, the Catskill Gateway project, and the construction of the North-South arterial in Kingston. Files contain correspondence, rough notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, published reports, and meeting minutes. Also included are court and public and private hearing transcripts documenting the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation's investigations of the involvement of organized crime in the waste disposal industry.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Assemblyman (1975-1992 : Maurice D. Hinchey)
Access Restrictions
- This series contains certain records to which access is restricted to protect personal privacy. State Archives staff will review requests for specific documents and disclose in accordance with New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL).
Title
- Accounts of town assessors and commissioners of taxes
Series Number
- A0976
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of accounts submitted by the assessors from eleven counties to Commissioners of Taxes. Information includes assessors name; number of days spent assessing lands, preparing lists of assessments, hearing appeals, equalizing the assessments, and preparing the final rolls. Also included are affidavits stating that the work was "actually and diligently" performed; transmittal letters; certifications of elected assessors and collectors of taxes, and abstracts of assessors' accounts.
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
- Ulster Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0053
Summary
- Ulster Correctional Facility, located in Ulster County, N.Y., is a medium 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
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
- Shawangunk Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0047
Summary
- Shawangunk Correctional Facility, located in Ulster 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
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
- Esopus records
Series Number
- A4673
Summary
- This series contains tax assessment rolls (1812-1919); chattel mortgages (1854-1900); school records (1893-1914); town accounting books 1830-1909); record book (1878), vouchers, and receipts (1892-1912) for the Overseer of the Poor; Justice Court Dockets (1837-1908); and militia enrollment list (1917).
Creator
- Esopus (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Cockburn field notes, land records, and maps
Series Number
- B1773
Summary
- This series is comprised of land records (survey notes, copies of deeds, maps, quit claims, and indentures) created or accumulated by William Cockburn, his sons William Jr. and James, and his grandson Walter A. Cockburn, and maintained by the Division of Lands and Forests. The series contains three small bound volumes; miscellaneous survey notes, drawings, and maps arranged by date; and one disbound folio containing miscellaneous large maps.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Lands and Forests
Access Restrictions
- Restricted. Material is fragile. Use under supervision of an archivist.
Title
- Field notes of surveys for state roads
Series Number
- B1885
Summary
- This series consists of ten field books documenting surveys for proposed state roads. Two of the field books contain data on a state road from Lake Erie to the Hudson River that was proposed and surveyed, but never built. It is unknown whether the other field books refer to any roads that were actually built. The notes very occasionally include brief descriptions of soil conditions, terrain, and establishments on route.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Manuscripts and Museum Director's correspondence files concerning archeological work of Max Schrabisch
Series Number
- B0580
Summary
- This series consists of two versions of a manuscript on the archeology of prehistoric rock shelter and camp sites in southeastern New York, plus correspondence concerning the State Museum's acquisition of the manuscripts, authored by Max Schrabisch. The 1936 manuscript includes numbered illustrations ("figures") consisting of photographs of rock shelters, maps showing site locations, and diagrams or "ground plans" of rock shelters.
Creator
- New York State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect sensitive archeological site data, pursuant to Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Law Sect. 14.07.1(d) and 9 NYCRR Sect. 427.8.
Title
- Certificates of exemption from quit rents
Series Number
- A1211
Summary
- This series consists of certificates stating that residents were obliged to leave their farms in order to participate in the late war between the United States and Great Britain. Information includes name and signature of the judge issuing the certificate, the name of the farmer and the location of the farm.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lists, reports, statistical printouts, and related materials on land affected by Hurricane Agnes floods
Series Number
- B1209
Summary
- The State Board of Equalization and Assessment determined the loss percentage for each parcel damaged by Hurricane Agnes. This series includes computer printouts listing statistical breakdowns of damages, detailed listings of flooded parcels, and statewide flood statistics by municipality and school district; loss reports of taxable real property and requests for evaluation; correspondence, transmittal logs, memorandums, and instructions on the emergency flood program; file maintenance reports; employees' time and salary reports; and administrative lists of municipalities reporting parcel damage.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New Paltz village board minutes and tax assessment rolls
Series Number
- A4518
Summary
- Microfilm includes minutes of the Village Board of Trustees (1887-1994); minutes of joint Village and Town Board meetings (1977-1994); minutes of the Village Planning Board (1964-1994); minutes of the Village Zoning Board of Appeals (1971-1994); and tax assessment rolls (1904-1993) showing taxable and tax exempt properties, including when taxes were paid.
Creator
- New Paltz (N.Y. : Village)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Orange-Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services school district minute and record books and tax assessment rolls
Series Number
- A4468
Summary
- This series consists of school district board of education meeting minutes and tax assessment rolls for member districts of the Orange-Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).
Creator
- Orange-Ulster Board of Cooperative Educational Services (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Wallkill Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0054
Summary
- Wallkill Correctional Facility, located in Ulster County, N.Y., is a medium 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
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
- Warrants to sheriff of Ulster County to levy arrears of taxes
Series Number
- A0969
Summary
- This series consists of copies of warrants issued by the Ulster County Treasurer, commanding the sheriff to levy arrears of taxes on lands and chattels of collectors of taxes in the various precincts of the county, and to imprison them unless the taxes were paid. Each warrant gives the sum of taxes due from the collector. There is also a letter of transmittal from Christopher Tappen, County Treasurer, to the State Treasurer.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.