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Displaying 30 Finding Aids
Title
- Syracuse Developmental Center closing ceremony exhibits
Series Number
- B1696
Summary
- These exhibits, created as part of its closing ceremonies, consist of mounted photographs forming a retrospective on the Syracuse Developmental Center (SDC). The images depict facilities and programs; farm colonies; original buildings; demolition of the Syracuse State School and construction of the new school; vocational programs; services; training; and students, staff, and advocates.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
Access Restrictions
- Images depicting students 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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- State Paleontologist's photographs
Series Number
- B0577
Summary
- These photographs and postcards depict geologic formations; fossil specimens; collection site maps; models and exhibits; charts, texts, diagrams, and illustrations; and portraits of geologists and paleontologists. Many were assembled from State Museum publications.
Creator
- New York State Science Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Photographs
Series Number
- B1898
Summary
- Craig Colony for Epileptics was established in 1894 to offer residential, educational, occupational, and medical facilities for epileptics. It remained an institution for epileptics until 1967. Photographs in this series depict patient and employee housing; patient activities and recreation; treatment facilities; facility grounds and surrounding areas; livestock and gardens; staff; and other aspects of center life.
Creator
- Craig Developmental Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Photographs 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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Exhibit material
Series Number
- B1697
Summary
- The exhibit material, possibly from of the New York exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 includes illustrations of instructional techniques, student products, and educational programs. Also shown are student activities relating to music, physical education, and sewing from the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (originally the New York State Asylum for Idiots). Other exhibit material includes reproductions of student progress reports and sample classwork like knitting, crochet, letters, and other writing exercises.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragility, pending treatment.Use with assistance of archivist.
Title
- Willard Psychiatric Center documentary images
Series Number
- B1442
Summary
- This series consists of photographic materials such as prints, slides, postcards, and film from Willard Psychiatric Center. Images span the institution's history providing extensive visual documentation of most daily activities. Images of staff and patients, both in groups and individually, include therapies and rehabilitation; meetings; and treatments. Recreational scenes include parties, sports, dining; ceremonies; receptions; holidays; and entertainment. This series includes images of the buildings and grounds.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Patient identification photographs and other images 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
- "Speech files" of Angela Paresi
Series Number
- B1636
Summary
- Although labeled as "speech files" of Angela Paresi, chairman of the Workmen's Compensation Board from 1955-1961, the series contains no copies of speeches. The files actually consist of press releases, issued mainly by Governor Averell Harriman and the Department of Labor; scattered issues of newsletters of the State University of New York; and black and white photographic prints of Paresi, Robert Wagner, and members of the Workmen's Compensation Board. The association of these files with Paresi's speechmaking is unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Workmen's Compensation Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to laws and court decisions affecting the state comptroller
Series Number
- A1461
Summary
- The series consists of an informal, handwritten subject index to laws pertaining to responsibilities of the state comptroller. Laws dating from 1784 to 1915 are referenced. The creation date is unknown, but entries are by several hands, perhaps added over time, and represent a working copy. Subjects are wide-ranging and in keeping with this historically important office. Quite often there is a precis of the legislation with its citation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution photograph file
Series Number
- 15912
Summary
- This series consists of photographic prints, film negatives, color slides, and at least one videotape of materials produced by the New York State Bicentennial Commission to publicize/illustrate the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. Images include portraits of notable persons; historic structures, scenes, artifacts, and documents; illustrative and promotional materials; and program materials from special events.
Creator
- New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Gowanda State Hospital photographic album of occupational therapy activities
Series Number
- B1968
Summary
- This series consists of one loose leaf album containing thirty, 8 x 10 inch black-and-white photographs. The images document staff, patients, facilities, and activities related to occupational therapy. Captions frequently identify groups by condition, such as regressed, chronic, and senile.
Creator
- Gowanda State Hospital
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
- 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
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center photographic images of mental health patients, staff, and facilities
Series Number
- B1560
Summary
- Prints, slides, and photo albums provide extensive visual documentation of the daily activities at several central New York state mental health facilities. Scenes include parties; sports; field trips; dining; ceremonies; entertainment, patient therapy and treatments and interior and exterior of buildings. Staff, patients, and visitors are shown in committees; classes; meetings; therapy groups; nursing school, and other settings. Images include facilities and equipment, and patient art.
Creator
- Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
Access Restrictions
- Photographs 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
- Temporary State Commission on the Capital City report, meeting and hearing files
Series Number
- 10822
Summary
- The Temporary State Commission on the Capital City was created for the purpose of cooperating with local officials and groups in developing recommendations for a realistic and fiscally sound program for the rehabilitation of the City of Albany. The series consists of commission staff files that document its various activities. Records include architects' proposals, consultant contracts, South Mall progress reports, reports to the State Legislature, meeting minutes, public hearings, and newspaper clippings. Also included are several dozen photographs and slides.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on the Capital City
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Forest lands aerial photographs
Series Number
- 18113
Summary
- 26,000 aerial photographs of state-owned forest lands including. of the Adirondack, Catskill , Allegany , and Palisades parks, and Southern Tier counties. Used to determine boundaries of forest lands and forest types for the appraisal of taxable forest lands, the. ordinary film depicts foliage uniformly in gray. Black and white infrared photos depict foliage in varying shades to identify softwood, hardwood, softwood, and mixed timber stands, and locate trees that have damage from acid precipitation or insect or fungal infestation
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Real Property Services. State-owned Lands Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Political papers of Frank Wayland Higgins
Series Number
- B1945
Summary
- This series documents Frank Wayland Higgins' political career as New York State Senator, Governor, and Lieutenant Governor. The bulk of the series consists of newspaper clippings of articles and political cartoons, invitations to social occasions, correspondence, and telegrams housed in scrapbooks. A significant portion of the records document Higgins' campaigns for office, as well as the struggle for power in the Republican Party.
Creator
- Higgins, Frank Wayland, 1856-1907
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Utica Psychiatric Center School of Nursing records
Series Number
- B1559
Summary
- This series contains records from the Utica and Marcy State Hospital Schools of Nursing and affiliated schools at Faxon Hospital and St. Luke's Memorial Hospital Center, as well as records of the School of Nursing Alumni Association. Types of records include photographs, histories of nursing, student handbooks, clippings, faculty correspondence, curricula, lists of graduates, brochures, event photographs and announcements, and student record cards.
Creator
- Utica Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- B1559-97A, Non-directory data: Restricted under Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Use under supervision of archivist.
Title
- Photographs of medical examiners
Series Number
- B1969
Summary
- This series consists of photographs depicting a group of medical examiners who worked for the New York State Industrial Board in Buffalo, NY.
Creator
- New York (State). Industrial Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Syracuse State School photographic survey records
Series Number
- B1694
Summary
- This series resulted from a survey done prior to a renovation undertaken at Syracuse State School in 1969-1970. The survey included Bill Rothschild's photo-documentation of the exterior and interior views of the institution's historic buildings including the main building, grounds, out-buildings, and other school facilities. The series includes slides and photographic survey materials in film and printed formats.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Tree survey book
Series Number
- 20380
Summary
- The Conservation Commission survey books record arboreal resources of the Adirondack Park in 1926-1936. It provides data about increases and death rates in tree species. The books contain photographs and maps as well as information about vegetation, insect damage, and size of trees.
Creator
- New York (State). Conservation Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Syracuse Developmental Center historic prints and photographs
Series Number
- B1695
Summary
- Photographs take 1878-1925 consist of images of children in their school environment and in individual portraits taken for case files or descriptive admission applications. Later 20th century images show institutional activities like woodworking, farming, sports, and picnics. Some images are enlarged portraits of staff and board members. There is a small amount of miscellaneous print material such as descriptive application files, a plan of the school, greeting cards, programs and brochures.
Creator
- Syracuse Developmental Center
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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- New York State Banking Department photographs of proposed branch bank sites
Series Number
- B1508
Summary
- These photographs were included in applications submitted to the Superintendent of Banks for authorization to establish or alter branch offices in accordance with State Banking Law. Subjects depicted include existing banking sites; proposed sites; building entrances; shopping centers; shopping malls, residences, schools, businesses, and industries in proposed service areas; aerial views; transportation and parking facilities; and pedestrian traffic.
Creator
- New York (State). Banking Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.