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Displaying 33 Finding Aids
Title
- Ward admission, transfer, and census books
Series Number
- B1473
Summary
- This series consists of books documenting Willard State Hospital ward admissions, transfers, and censuses. Information includes patient name; and ward or building. Also included is a "Tranquilizer record" which includes patient name; identification number; and date tranquilizer use began or ended. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted to protect personal privacy.Access permitted under certain conditions upon application and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- Census of electors
Series Number
- A1837
Summary
- This series consists of fragmentary burned schedules of the Census of Electors taken in 1821. The schedules give the name of the head of the family, the number of male citizens in family age 21 and over, and statistics on acres of improved land, stock, homemade cloth, mills, and factories.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York House of Refuge daily census of inmates
Series Number
- A2084
Summary
- These volumes track the movement of the New York House of Refuge inmate population from 1860 until the institution's closing in 1935. Information generally includes date; division; number of boys in each of six size categories (until 1900); number of boys or girls in each division; total number of boys or girls (no girls in institution after June 1905); number of inmates in each category admitted and discharged; and total number of inmates.
Creator
- New York House of Refuge
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State population census schedules (1915)
Series Number
- A0275
Summary
- This series consists of the 1915 statewide census of population administered through the Secretary of State's office. Each page provides the block number (if any), election district number, ward number (if any), municipality, assembly district number, and county. Categories of information include: address, name and relationship of each person in family as of June 1, 1915, color or race, sex, age, nativity, occupation, and residence of persons in institutions. Records are restricted due to fragility.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragility of census schedules.
Title
- New York State Office of Mental Health administrative reports and seven-day leave reports for state psychiatric centers
Series Number
- B1366
Summary
- This series consists of computer printouts which tabulate an inpatient census for the statewide network of psychiatric centers. There are two reports for each facility: the daily inpatient census that summarizes the number and type of patient on wards; and on-ward and on-leave census with patient information according to the type of unit or service.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Daily reports and census records
Series Number
- B1759
Summary
- This series consists of daily reports and census records created by the Middletown State Hospital (earlier Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital) to keep an accurate account of numbers of patients admitted, discharged, and the total population. Information and format of the records vary over time. The daily census, ward census, patients movement reports provide statistics on admissions, discharges, convalescent care, transfers, family care, elopements, deaths, and escapes). The records are badly water damaged. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Middletown State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records and the Personal Privacy Protection Law.Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the State Archives.
Title
- New York State Data Center decennial census data files for New York State
Series Number
- 17387
Summary
- This series consists of 1980 and 1990 United States Census of Population and Housing counts for New York State. It includes Summary Tape Files (STF), Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), and special tabulations. STF records contain population and housing tabulations for geographic areas such as blocks, tracts, counties, and states. PUMS files contain records representing a 5% and 1% sample of the entire population.
Creator
- New York State Data Center
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Report of the enumeration of inhabitants
Series Number
- A0415
Summary
- This series is a statistical compendium of the New York State census of 1925 administered by the Secretary of State. It consists of tables of population by counties; election districts; towns, wards and blocks cities; villages; Indian Reservations, and percentage of inhabitants of counties reported as Aliens. Each table gives the number of citizens, aliens, and total population for the area enumerated.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Census of 1925, New York City Sanitary District tabulation
Series Number
- A0375
Summary
- This series consists of portfolios of typewritten tabulations "prepared by Cities Census Committee, Inc. to facilitate tabulation of the enumeration of the City of New York, 1925," under the administration of the Secretary of State. Each portfolio contains columns of figures of population arranged by election district and sanitary district for the boroughs of Queens, Bronx, and Brooklyn. The binder for Manhattan is empty; the binder for Staten Island is not included.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Population census
Series Number
- B1674
Summary
- The series consists of monthly census summaries enumerating, by gender, the population of the Syracuse State School and its outlying colonies and cottages. Aggregate numbers, not names of individuals, are provided. Data document the expansion of the institution's colony system, as well as how regular admissions, discharges, elopements, and the policy of paroling residents affect total institutional population at a given time.
Creator
- Syracuse State School
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Indian census rolls
Series Number
- A0742
Summary
- This series consists of original census enumeration rolls prepared by the state agent assigned to a given Indian tribal group or reservation for the purpose of identifying those eligible to receive annuity payments from the state. As such, the series serves as the basis for validation of tribal membership and as an important, often the only, source of basic vital statistics for reservation residents and non-residents alike.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Maps accompanying the report of the Secretary of State of the enumeration of the inhabitants
Series Number
- B2307
Summary
- This series consists of maps created as an index to wards and election districts of the cities enumerated in the New York State census of 1915. The maps index series A0275, State population census schedules, 1915.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Social Welfare Division of State Institutions population reports of institutions
Series Number
- B0646
Summary
- This series contains statistical population reports submitted to the Department of Social Welfare by state youth facilities. Included are Weekly Population Reports, providing daily counts of children in the institution, and Monthly Statistical Reports of Children Under Care. Some monthly reports include number of admissions, discharges, and total children at the institution. Others contain detailed statistical breakdowns by type of intake or discharge, by whereabouts if paroled or absent, and by departmental regional district of origin.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare. Division of State Institutions
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Clinton Prison daily inmate population census journals
Series Number
- B0096
Summary
- This series contains a morning and evening census of inmates. Information includes number out, in punishment and observation cells, in hospital, halls, or corridors. Later entries record daily population of first, second, third, and fourth offenders, both white and "colored." Also included are notes on the weather; inmates transferred, paroled, or discharged; meetings of the Board of Parole; prison assemblies; building repairs and construction; disciplinary action against employees; escapes and captures; number attending church services; and baseball game scores.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- School district enumeration lists and maps
Series Number
- A3247
Summary
- These files consist of notarized copies of local school district censuses forwarded to the commissioner of education. School districts included Union Free School District 14 (operating as Draper High School) in the Town of Rotterdam; Union Free School District 6 (coterminous with incorporated villages of Manhasset, Munsey Park, and Plandome) in the Town of North Hempstead; and Union Free School District 9 (coterminous with the incorporated Village of Pleasantville) in the Town of Mount Pleasant.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rockland Psychiatric Center census records
Series Number
- B2924
Summary
- This series consists of patient census records from Rockland Psychiatric Center. Each report lists the name of patient, consecutive number, date of birth, sex, dates, types of leave, absences, numbers of patients on ward, and other abbreviated categories.
Creator
- Rockland Psychiatric 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 of Mental Health.
Title
- Albion State Training School daily census of inmate population
Series Number
- B0088
Summary
- This series consists of daily summary statistical information of inmates entering, leaving, and housed at Albion State Training School. Information includes date; name and case number of inmates received, discharged, or paroled; total number in facility and in various units (for example, hospital, segregation); number in regular cottages; number in the "honor" cottage; number of mothers, adults, and babies in the nursery cottage; number of negroes in the congregate buildings; and totals and averages of adult and infant population for each month.
Creator
- Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Dannemora State Hospital transfer records and daily census reports
Series Number
- B1680
Summary
- This series documents inmate transfers to Dannemora State Hospital and daily hospital censuses. Transfer records include: inmate name; identification number; transferring institution and date; date current attack began; former conditions; personal habits; supposed cause of insanity; insane relatives; patient interview; and patient actions. Census books list daily number of inmates admitted; discharged as recovered, much improved, improved, unimproved, and died; re-commitments; total number of inmates; remarks (patient's name and identification number); and average daily population by month. Records are restricted.
Creator
- Dannemora State Hospital
Access Restrictions
- Patient data is restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Works Progress Administration sponsored surveys and studies
Series Number
- A4179
Summary
- This series consists of surveys and apparently unpublished studies conducted under W.P.A. sponsorship. These studies are on many subjects, but tend to focus on real estate values, land use, and population in communities in New York. Examples include police arrest survey; social and economic survey of Indian reservations; real property survey (several cities); report on Albany transients and homeless; professional and service projects; 1850 census index for Buffalo; and Erie County street names.
Creator
- United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daily reports and census records
Series Number
- B1458
Summary
- This series consists of daily census records created by the Willard Psychiatric Center (known earlier as the Willard State Hospital and even earlier as the Willard Asylum for the Insane) to keep an accurate daily account of numbers of patients admitted, discharged, and the total population. Other recorded information may include thermometer readings, wind direction, general weather conditions, and daily remarks. Information and format of the records vary over time.
Creator
- Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.