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Displaying 214 Finding Aids
Title
- Index to direct tax books
Series Number
- A1189
Summary
- This series is an alphabetical index to direct state tax levied on real property. The index is by county, town name, township, land patent, city, ward, or other unit of land. The tax referred to was probably the annual mill tax on land.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor index to Eastern Division employees ledger
Series Number
- B0354
Summary
- This series consists of alphabetically arranged index of employees working on the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal. The index contains the names of employees as well as page numbers.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Card index to documents relating to the Oswego Canal
Series Number
- A4423
Summary
- This series consists of a card file that apparently indexes documents relating to building and/or maintenance of the Oswego Canal, which ran from Syracuse to Oswego, New York. Most cards are undated and are pre-printed with the title "Barge Canal Field Books," They give canal name, contract number, geographical area, or type of structure; a description of the item indexed; and an "original number" and a "file number." Cards cover surveys, cross-sections, structures, and hydrological data.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Minutes and meeting files
Series Number
- B1408
Summary
- This series consists primarily of minutes of the State Board of Nursing. Also included are agendas, memoranda, reports, and other records compiled by the board. The State Board of Nursing oversees the licensed practical nursing and registered professional nursing professions in New York State. The board also certifies nurses seeking employment in the state. Minutes document overall administration of the board and its predecessor, the Board of Nurse Examiners, and they reveal the policies and activities of the board.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Board of Nursing
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: Minutes containing references to disciplinary actions or professional misconduct are restricted except upon court order. Use only after review by archivist.
Title
- Index to projected railroad centerline maps
Series Number
- B1839
Creator
- New York (State). Public Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Geographical indexes to patents
Series Number
- A3121
Summary
- This series contains geographical indexes to lands conveyed by the State of New York by letters patent. Information includes: lot number; acreage; name of patentee; date of patent; and volume and page number reference to the patent in series 12943, Letters Patent.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Appraisers
Access Restrictions
- A3121-15: Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.
Title
- Testator index to wills recorded in New York City
Series Number
- A4699
Summary
- This microfilm series is an index to testators in State Archives series J0043-92, Record of Wills and Probates, 1665-1787, and in series 1043-92, Record of Wills and Probates, 1787-1879 (pre-1851 wills only). The index lists testators (makers of wills) in alphabetical order by surname, then by given name. The index provides name, date when will was proved, and book and page number.
Creator
- Sawyer, Ray Cowen,1895-
Access Restrictions
- Restricted; microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or reproduction for any purpose.
Title
- Temporary Commission on the Courts working card file
Series Number
- B2707
Summary
- This series consists of a working card file of the Temporary Commission on the Courts, chaired by Harrison Tweed. The file serves an index to the correspondence, legal authorities, and addresses associated with the records in Series A0002, Temporary Commission on the Courts records.
Creator
- New York (State). Temporary Commission on the Courts
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to Region 2 field books
Series Number
- B2075
Summary
- This series indexes field books held in the Canal Corporation Region 2 Office in Syracuse, New York. Field books referenced in the index document the construction and maintenance of the Chenango Canal, Black River Canal, the Northern and Southern Reservoirs and Oneida Lake portions of the Barge Canal.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to Western Division proposals received at Albany
Series Number
- B0662
Summary
- This volume is an alphabetical index to propositions for canal work on the Western Division, which were received at the letting at Albany, November 18, 1851. Each entry provides the number of the proposal, name of the bidder, and type of work (e.g. sections, locks, aqueducts, culverts, bridge abutments).
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to enrolled decrees, in re papers and other case files
Series Number
- J0062
Summary
- This series is an alphabetical index by last name of complainant or subject of a petition to Enrolled Decrees, In Re Papers, and other Case Files created by the Court of Chancery (records found in Series J0061). All entries contain the names of the complainant and defendant (for In Re cases only the name of the subject of the petition is provided).
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to Governor Cuomo's proclamations, press releases, and addresses
Series Number
- B1421
Summary
- This series consists of 3" x 5" index cards with typescript information on Governor Mario Cuomo's proclamations, press releases announcing appointments (labeled "appointments"), addresses, general press releases (labeled "miscellaneous"), and special messages. The index was created by staff of the Executive Chamber to provide access to the governor's communication files.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1983-1994 : Cuomo)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgement rolls and other records
Series Number
- JN199
Summary
- This series is an electronic index (Law Judgments Index) containing selected data from series JN117, Card Index to Supreme Court Judgment Rolls. This spreadsheet serves as an index to series JN529, Supreme Court of Judicature Judgment Rolls and for post-1847 Supreme Court judgment rolls and other filed documents held by the New York County Clerk's Office. Most index entries post-date 1847. Index data fields include plaintiff name, defendant name, year of filing judgment roll, file reference code, and entry or line number.
Creator
- New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material. Email ARCHREF@nysed.gov to obtain a copy of the spreadsheet index and instructions for navigating the file.
Title
- New York State Urban Development Corporation reports and indexes to files
Series Number
- A0507
Summary
- This series contains project files, reports, memorandums, and indexes to files created by the Urban Development Corporation. Pertinent subjects include, but are far from limited to the Wilson Task Force; housing management; development and regulation; affirmative action; and legal issues.
Creator
- New York State Urban Development Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Governor alphabetic card index to governors' correspondence files
Series Number
- A3218
Summary
- Staff of the Governor's office maintained this index to facilitate access to governors' correspondence files. The series indexes portions of three series: 1) Appointment Correspondence Files (series A0612), indexing files from 1907-1928; 2) Central Subject and Correspondence Files (series 13682), indexing files of Governor Alfred E. Smith; and 3) Investigation Case Files of Charges and Complaints Against Public Officials and Agencies (series A0531), indexing case files from about 1907-1920.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Unidentified indexes
Series Number
- A1180
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of personal or corporate name to page number references. They probably indexing accounts submitted to the comptroller for payment, documented in unspecified account books.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Subject index to laws
Series Number
- A1194
Summary
- This index was apparently created by the Comptroller's Office as a reference to legislation relevant to its functions. For each subject a brief title or description of the pertinent law and its citation (year, chapter, and section) are included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commissioners of the Canal Fund index to unidentified canal accounts
Series Number
- B1719
Summary
- This series consists of one bound index to an unidentified ledger created by the Commissioners of the State Canal Fund. The actual ledger is not believed to be extant. The index contains references to banks, canals, personal names, officials, funds, stocks, and types of expenditures.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to contractors' proposals for work on Western Division
Series Number
- B0663
Summary
- These volumes serve as indexes to contractors' proposals for work on the Western Division. Volume 1 is an alphabetical index providing number(s) of proposal and name. If the Genesee Valley Canal is the subject of the proposal, "G.V. Canal" is noted. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index by contractors, providing name of contractor, description of project/work, and reference to page or book number in an unknown source.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Card file index to Region 2 maps
Series Number
- B2074
Summary
- This series indexes maps once maintained by the Region 2 Waterways Maintenance Office of the Department of Public Works. Maps and plans indexed included the first Erie Canal enlargement, the 1895 Improvement and the Erie Barge Canal, the Black River Canal, the Chenango Canal, the Northern and Southern Reservoirs, Oneida Lake, and the Old and New Oneida Lake Canals. Also included indexed is work on the Utica State Hospital and Marcy State Hospital.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.