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Title

Assorted printed material

Series Number

A4129

Summary

This series consists of printed material collected by the Bureau of Military Statistics dealing with a variety of topics, including procedures to collect bounty payments, soldiers' relief funds, presidential politics, the duties of inspectors of elections, materials relating to the State of New Jersey during the Civil War, and the thanksgiving proclamation issued by Governor Horatio Seymour in November 1863. These printed materials were most likely collected by the bureau while trying to collect anything related to the Civil War.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Nurses Scholarship candidate lists

Series Number

B0447

Summary

This series consists of candidate lists for scholarships for soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses with military service, or the children of the same who died while in the service. Information includes name; address; age; examination scores in individual subjects; total score; order of merit; county and assembly district appointed for; dates of appointment; acceptance or declination; and name, county, and assembly district of person appointed to vacancy.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Examinations and Inspections Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War Service Scholarship Examination scores list

Series Number

B0455

Summary

This series consists of lists of scores for State War Service scholarships for veterans of World War I and II. Recipients could use their scholarships at any college, university, business, professional, vocational, technical, or trade school in New York State. Information includes city where examination was held; candidates' names; and total scores. The lists are annotated to indicate candidates who withdrew from the competition.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Examinations and Testing

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers of disabled volunteer soldiers

Series Number

B2929

Summary

This series consists of registers of disabled volunteer soldiers residing at the New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home, later known as the Veterans' Administration Home at Bath, NY. Registers are arranged numerically by member number and individual member entries are divided into the following sections: Military History, Domestic History, and Home History.

Creator

• Veterans Administration Home (Bath, N.Y.)

Title

Minutes of meetings of boards of visitors and monthly reports of institutions

Series Number

B0645

Summary

This series contains the department's copies of boards of visitors meetings minutes and monthly reports of superintendents and department heads at the following state institutions: Thomas Indian School; Woman's Relief Corps Home; State Agricultural and Industrial School; State Training School for Girls at Hudson; and State Training Schools for Boys at Highland, New Hampton, Otisville, and Warwick.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions

Access Restrictions

Partially restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).

Title

Assorted records

Series Number

A4117

Summary

The New York State Soldiers Depot was established to be a place of rest and relief for sick, sounded, furloughed, and discharged New York soldiers during the Civil War. This series includes correspondence, descriptive rolls for individual soldiers, receipts for claims, inventories of the depot's kitchen and dining room, discharge papers, receipts for official records received from the Adjutant-General's Office, certificates of enlistment, matron's reports, list of depot expenditures, receipts for work performed at the depot, and furloughs.

Creator

• New York State Soldiers' Depot

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Applications for state scholarships for children of deceased or disabled veterans

Series Number

B0445

Summary

State scholarships were established in 1936 for the children of deceased or disabled veterans of the armed services. Applications include applicant's name; address; birthdate; parent or guardian's address; veteran parent status (deceased or disabled); proposed examination site; choice of college and proposed course of study; notes taken from the veteran parent's discharge and death or disability certifications; and applicant's examination score.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Examinations and Testing

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War bonus records (World War II)

Series Number

B2802

Summary

This series consists of records documenting the payment of state-awarded bonuses to World War II veterans and their beneficiaries. Included are copies of payments and rejected applications. These records were maintained to verify veteran's military service and for reviewing applications from veterans/beneficiaries claiming they were unable to apply before the 1965 termination of the World War II bonus program.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Veterans' readjustment allowance payment records

Series Number

B2803

Summary

This series includes records of payments of readjustment allowances to unemployed veterans who served in World War II and the Korean War. These payments were authorized for up to fifty-two weeks by the Federal Readjustments Act of 1944 and subsequent state and federal laws. Each card includes veteran's name, military service number, address, and weekly payments made. These cards are used to verify military service of individuals for whom other records are lacking.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War Service Scholarship candidate lists

Series Number

B0454

Summary

This series consists of candidate lists for state scholarships for armed services veterans of World War I and II. Information includes name; address; county; examination score; acceptance, declination, or failure to reply; revocation or resignation; scholarship number; and college. Rank within county may also be included.

Creator

• New York (State). Regents Examination and Scholarship Center

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Abstracts of National Guard service in World War I

Series Number

13721

Summary

The series consists of abstracts for officers and enlisted men in units of the New York National Guard who were mustered into the U.S. Army during World War I. Each individual's entry includes: U.S. Army serial number; date and place of commission or enlistment; muster dates (N.Y. and U.S. with rank, company, and regiment); and date, rank, and reason (type of discharge or transfer) for leaving service. Sometimes additional remarks detail service overseas, promotions, or service conduct.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

National Guard muster rolls

Series Number

13726

Summary

This series consists of muster rolls for each division and brigade in the New York National Guard, as well as all organizations in the New York Naval Militia. Information provided generally includes: name; rank; whether present or absent at annual muster; date of rank; date and rank of original entry into service; and remarks on any change in status. Each roll also lists names of men gained or lost since the last annual muster, by discharge, promotion, expulsion, transfer, removal, desertion, or death. NOTE: Only Naval Militia muster rolls are available for the period 1942-1954.

Creator

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

Title

Record of certificates and affidavits of veterans of the War of 1812

Series Number

A1303

Summary

This volume from the Comptroller's Office lists payments of claim certificates for war services made to veterans of the War of 1812. Information includes claim number; claimant name and residence; certificate number; dollar amount of certificate; amount awarded on certificate; amount awarded under apportionment of 1870, total amount awarded; date of receipt; date paid; where or to whom payment was delivered; and occasional remarks.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War of 1812 veterans' certificates of claim awards and related records

Series Number

A0020

Summary

This series consists mostly of affidavits documenting a claimant's right to reimbursement from War of 1812 service in a New York militia or volunteer unit, as well as certificates issued to claimants after the Adjutant General's Office reviewed and adjusted their claims. The bulk of the series documents in-state claimants.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York National Guard service cards

Series Number

B2001

Summary

This series consists of summary service records of members of New York National Guard units. Information typically includes name, date of birth, place of birth, home address, date of enlistment, unit enlisted into, date of separation, how separated (honorable discharge, etc.), and dates of reenlistment.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Military and Naval Affairs

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Muster rolls of New York National Guard units that served in the United States Army during World War I

Series Number

B0814

Summary

This series consists of bound volumes of bimonthly muster rolls registering officers and enlisted men from New York National Guard units that served in the U.S. Army during World War I. Some memoranda are interspersed within the volumes. Filed in the Adjutant General's Office, these rolls were used to investigate and settled claims or questions affecting officers and enlisted men and their heirs.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Journal of patents for lands in the Military Bounty Land District in Illinois issued to War of 1812 veterans and list of Revolutionary War claims

Series Number

A4151

Summary

This volume records the names of War of 1812 veterans (H-Z only) from New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia who received federal bounty land grants in Illinois for their military service. It also contains a list of claims filed in response to the Revolution Claims Act of February 3, 1853 (U.S. 10 Stat. 154) for eight New York counties.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War bonus records (World War I)

Series Number

B2801

Summary

This series consists of records documenting the payment of state-awarded bonuses to World War I veterans and their beneficiaries. Included are microfilmed cards that record the veteran's name, service number, branch of service, period of service, address at time of entry into service, and other related information.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Veterans' Affairs

Access Restrictions

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

Title

World War I historical research files

Series Number

A3354

Summary

The series consists of a group of clippings, photographs, training circulars, instructions, and maps, dating from the World War I period. The exact source and association of these records is unclear, although they may be from a collection of Franklin W. Ward, who was Adjutant General from 1926 to 1934. They were apparently kept as background files - perhaps for research purposes - to illustrate New York's part in military training (including intelligence training) and the actual fighting.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

War of 1812 veterans' claims, affidavits of service, and powers of attorney

Series Number

A3352

Summary

This series consists of claim applications submitted by, or on behalf of, War of 1812 veterans who fought in New York State militia and volunteer units. The records contain detailed information about claimants, both residents and non-residents of New York State, including name; age; residence; rank; company; regiment; commander; where soldier served; dates of service; term of service; federal land warrant number and acreage received; amount expended for clothing, equipment, and supplies furnished; transportation expenses; and total amount of claim.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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