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Displaying 62 Finding Aids
Title
- Blank survey forms
Series Number
- A4233
Summary
- This series consists of blank survey forms used by the Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient to examine statewide needs and current programs for the care and training of mentally deficient persons. Most forms relate to surveys sent to schools and custodial institutions in the state requesting information on mentally deficient students and inmates and on care and training provided them.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Surveyor General land survey field books
Series Number
- A4019
Summary
- This is a series of surveys of unappropriated state lands or, in a few cases, land being resold. Many volumes contain surveys of land in the New Military Tract, the Totton and Crossfield Purchase, or George Scriba's patent. Volumes generally provide survey notes; name of surveyor; name and/or number of township, tract, or lot; county; date survey was completed or filed; occasional rough maps; and/or valuations of lots.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Survey of mentally deficient inmates in county jails
Series Number
- A4225
Summary
- The series contains completed survey forms from physicians at county jails in the state on policies and procedures relating to mentally deficient prisoners. The survey form contains: policies for examining mentally deficient prisoners; numbers of prisoners considered mentally deficient and insane; transfer of mentally deficient prisoners to custodial institutions; total number of inmates, number of inmates mentally deficient, number of inmates insane; methods for determining mental deficiency and insanity; and recommendations for more adequate disposition of mental deficiency cases.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Miscellaneous field notes relating to Holland Land Company holdings and adjoining tracts
Series Number
- B0254
Summary
- The volumes in this series contain field notes of land belonging to the Holland Land Company and the Ogden Land Company, as well as field notes pertaining to the Connecticut Tract and Andrew Craigie's holdings. Most of the land surveyed is in Genesee, Erie, and Orleans counties.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Engineer and Surveyor drawings of state boundary monuments
Series Number
- A4023
Summary
- These volumes contain waterpaint drawings of individual boundary monuments and the surrounding landscape marking New York's borders with Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. They were produced in conjunction with the State Engineer and Surveyor's triennial examination of previously established boundary markers in 1900. The State Engineer was directed by law to restore or replace damaged or missing markers and to set new ones, if lacking, where the state boundary was intersected by highways or town or county boundaries.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Joint Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions business migration survey files
Series Number
- L0072
Summary
- The series consists of records compiled in investigating the extent and causes of industrial migration to and from New York State from 1930 to 1942. The series contains completed survey forms and summary cards compiled by the committee from surveys sent to businesses in the state. The records provide information on individual businesses, including products manufactured, number of employees, and reasons for business migration.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Labor relations education survey files
Series Number
- L0066
Summary
- The series contains information gathered by the Committee to determine the nature and extent of course offerings at United States colleges and universities on labor relations and related topics (e.g. business administration, economics, government, and sociology). The series consists of correspondence, course descriptions, completed survey forms (name of institution, course, and instructor), and summaries of courses in labor relations with name of course and date the course was introduced into the curriculum.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Field book of the boundary line between the Minisink and Hardenburgh patents
Series Number
- A4037
Summary
- Supervisors of towns bounded by the patents dividing line requested a survey be done to establish town boundaries. This series consists of a report containing survey course, marks and measurements; surveyors' certifications of accuracy; letters from town supervisors agreeing with the location of the boundary line as described in the survey; and letters from town supervisors stating that they would not assume responsibility for their share of the survey's cost.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Survey maps of village corporation boundary lines
Series Number
- A4035
Summary
- These 48 blueprint maps were produced in compliance with the legal requirement for villages applying for incorporation to have a survey and survey map of the village made. The maps show name of village; name of county; date surveyed; name of surveyor; village corporation boundary lines and measurements; streets and street names; railroads; waterways; names of landholders; and sometimes, the survey description.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Geographical index to land survey field books
Series Number
- B1887
Summary
- The index, which was compiled and maintained by the Surveyor General's Office, provides the name of county, town, tracts, patents, and purchases. State Archives Series A4019, Land survey field books, is indexed by these records.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Engineer's diaries and field books of land surveys and contract work
Series Number
- B1650
Summary
- This series consists of field books; engineer's diaries of land surveys and contract work on the Syracuse Psychopathic Hospital; Newark State School and Hospital; Syracuse State Forestry College; the Oneida Fish Hatchery and colonies of the Syracuse State School. Records include engineer's diaries for contract work on sewers, fire and waterlines; roads and walks; retaining walls, sidewalks and gradings; and on a water supply dam. Field notes and final accounts may be present.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Holland Land Company field notebooks
Series Number
- A4012
Summary
- The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land in the 1700s. The company purchased over five million acres in central and western New York and Pennsylvania. This series consists of Holland Land Company survey notes and includes survey data, survey diagrams, and sometimes name of village surveyed.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Maps, profiles, and surveys of Erie and Hudson state roads
Series Number
- A0855
Summary
- These maps and profiles from the Surveyor General were produced for a report to the legislature suggesting the best route for a road never built. Field notes document surveys of a proposed route between Lake Erie and the Hudson River and include brief descriptions of the land at each survey point. Maps show sections between towns and villages. Information includes town names; waterways; roads; estate boundaries and owner's names and inns and taverns and names of their owners.
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 Department of State Records
Series Number
- B1737
Summary
- The inventory in this series briefly describes records held by the Corporations, Licenses, Land Office, and Executive Divisions of the Department of State and includes records from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Information includes title of record; dates and quantity; brief narrative descriptions of content; whether or not indexes exist; condition of record; and location.
Creator
- Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Survey maps of lands in New York State
Series Number
- A0273
Summary
- These are maps of surveys made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated state lands. The Surveyor General and his successor State Engineer and Surveyor produced these maps in keeping with his responsibilities for surveying and mapping state lands. A number of the maps are of townships in the State's military tract.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Maps of lands in New York and Vermont
Series Number
- A4011
Summary
- These survey maps were made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated lands. Most maps depict areas of eastern upstate New York; some show lands bordering on or within Vermont. The maps generally provide: name, location, or number of the town, tract, patent, or Indian reservation surveyed; lot boundaries and dimensions; lot numbers; names of landholders (sometimes); waterways; and the number of acres in area surveyed (sometimes).
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Auburn Prison daily reports of male population
Series Number
- B0062
Summary
- This series consists of statistical records of Auburn prisons' population of incarcerated individuals. Information may include total number: in prison; in prison at morning and in evening; received; discharged; lodgers; applications for treatment; treated; not treated; excused from labor; pardoned; died; sent to other locations; new commitments; transfers from other correctional institutions; returned from parole, courts or escape; released by parole, expiration of sentence or commutation; escaped, condemned; and housed in cells, dormitories, hospital; and at other locations.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Survey of custodial institutions for the mentally deficient
Series Number
- A4226
Summary
- This series contains surveys completed by superintendents of training schools and other custodial institutions for the mentally deficient throughout the country. Information includes institutional information (name, staffing, operating costs); statistics on inmates (gender, classification of mental ability); training programs; release and follow-up data (percentage that become self-supporting, return to institution, or commit crimes); and superintendents' suggestions regarding new legislation, changes in administrative procedures, and improvements in diagnosis and classification.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Statewide highway planning survey county maps
Series Number
- A4034
Summary
- In March 1940 the Department of Public Works began a two-part Statewide Highway Planning Survey comprised of a Traffic Study and a Road Inventory. Public highway maps for each county were produced as part of the Road Inventory to facilitate the study of highway planning problems. This volume of printed maps was produced from data collected during this survey from 1940-1949. The volume contains maps for all counties except the five counties in New York City.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Highway Planning
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence and report files
Series Number
- A4222
Summary
- The Commission undertook an extensive survey of the mentally deficient in New York State and held public hearings to gather additional evidence. This series contains correspondence, mostly from physicians, government officials, private charitable agencies, and school administrators, relating to the survey and public hearings, Also include are reports from schools on the number of students and programs. The report from the New York (City) Clearinghouse for Mental Defectives provides descriptions of case registration, diagnosis, placement, and other procedures.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Investigate Provision for the Mentally Deficient
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.