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Displaying 214 Finding Aids
Title
- Index to consecutive numbers
Series Number
- B0139
Summary
- This series indexes the consecutive number given to incarcerated individuals upon admission to Elmira Reformatory. Information includes last name, first name, and consecutive number.
Creator
- Elmira Reformatory
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
Title
- Index to canal damage awards by Canal Appraisers, Board of Claims, and Court of Claims
Series Number
- B1965
Summary
- This series consists of a one-volume, partial index to Series B0602, Canal Damage Awards by Canal Appraisers, Board of Claims, and Court of Claims. Each entry includes name of claimant, date of filing, file or claim number, amount granted, canal, judgment number, and date of payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Patient indexes
Series Number
- B1742
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to patient case numbers and indexes to patient casebooks created by the staff of Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Indexes are roughly alphabetical by patient name.
Creator
- Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital (N.Y.)
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
- Commissioners of the Canal Fund index of stockholders of Million Dollar Loan
Series Number
- A1454
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical index of stockholders in the state's "Million Dollar Loan." Names listed include those of private citizens, insurance companies, state officials, banks, trust funds, and colleges. The index refers to a "Ledger A" which is apparently no longer extant.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to applications to redeem property from tax sales
Series Number
- B0851
Summary
- This series is an index to Applications to Redeem Property from Tax Sales, series B0847. The index lists names of persons redeeming lands sold for unpaid taxes; county; description of lands redeemed; year of tax sale; and box and document numbers of records in series B0847. The series is incomplete; some books are missing.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Engrossed minutes and index
Series Number
- A1077
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund managed both revenues and debts associated with the development of the state's canal system. Subjects documented in this series include disbursement of funds, stock purchases, redemption of canal stock by individual stock holders, and the Erie Canal enlargement fund. These are final minutes of the Rough Minutes in series A1076. Series B0316, Index to Minutes indexes this series from 1817-1854.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to commissions for public offices
Series Number
- A1850
Summary
- This series appears to be an index to one of the earlier volumes in State Archives series A1852, Record of commissions by the Governor and the Senate, 1823-1927, that does not have an index.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to registers of titles of bills received by the governor
Series Number
- A0596
Summary
- Staff of the governor's office maintained these volumes to facilitate access to information about legislative bills recorded in Series A0595, Registers of Titles of Bills Received by the Governor. For each bill, the index volumes include subject of the bill; explanation; Senate or Assembly printed bill number; and date signed.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor
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
- Office of Mental Health master patient index cards
Series Number
- B2915
Summary
- The cards in this series serve as an index to patient admission and discharge registers. Data on the cards includes name, address, next of kin, facility, case number (the facility assigns a patient identification number to the patient), and state identification number (assigned by the Office of Mental Health and is one number per individual regardless of where the individual is receiving treatment). Both the Office of Mental Health (OMH) and individual facilities maintain sets of these index cards. The OMH set of cards includes master numbers for patients admitted to private psychiatric facilities through circa 1980 and the patient numbers for all facilities at which a client received treatment.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
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
- Unidentified indexes
Series Number
- A1467
Summary
- This series consists of at least six distinct indexes; most are partial or fragmentary. They reference names of banks, companies, or individuals to (account?) books or other unidentified records.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Name index to executive pardons, respites, commutations, restorations of citizenship and certificates of good conduct
Series Number
- B1201
Summary
- This series serves as a name index to executive pardons, respites, commutations, restorations of citizenship, and certificates of good conduct in series 13253. It likely indexes other record series created by the Department of State that document executive clemency actions, as well. Information includes name, type of clemency granted, date clemency granted, and file number. Crime, date of conviction and county where convicted are sometimes included.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to notary appointments and ledger of applications for office
Series Number
- A0625
Summary
- This volume contains information compiled from Series A0607, Journals of Governors' Actions and Decisions, to provide the governor's staff with improved access to especially heavily-used types of information recorded in the journals. The volume is divided into two sections: an index to notary public appointments, and a ledger containing information about applicants for offices.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers and index to incoming correspondence
Series Number
- A3310
Summary
- This series consists of two daily registers of correspondence received by the State Board of Health and one volume that serves as a partial name index to the registers. Registers list name, title (of medical professionals), and place of residence or location of business of persons from whom correspondence was received each day. Registers list the same categories of information regarding letters that were filed on a given day. Occasional notes appear in the margins indicating number of notices sent to druggists, presidents of villages, supervisors of towns, or local boards of health on a given day.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Appeals index to certificates of commencement of clerkships
Series Number
- J0100
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to certificates of commencement of clerkships.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- Access to records in this series is restricted in accordance with New York State Judiciary Law, Section 90.10. Prior permission of the Court of Appeals is required.
Title
- Complainant, defendant, and petitioner indexes to Chancery enrolled decrees, filed parchments and papers before 1800
Series Number
- J2065
Summary
- This series consists of indexes containing names of plaintiffs and defendants in Chancery cases that have case documents in Series J0065, Enrolled Decrees, Filed Parchments and Papers Before 1800. Each index entry includes the names of the litigants, one or more alphanumeric document file codes, and the filing date.
Creator
- Queens College (New York, N.Y.). Historical Documents Collection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index of South Mall project contracts and specifications
Series Number
- B1350
Summary
- This series, which identifies each project specification by the building, structural component, or system to which it applies, is a master index to the South Mall project specifications found in Series 16195. The index also contains an abstract of the contents of each specification and a short history of its contract administration.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of General Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Engineer and Surveyor index to glass plate negatives depicting construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0728
Summary
- This series is an index for Series B0727, Glass plate negatives depicting construction of the Western Division of the Barge Canal, and Series 11833, Barge Canal construction photographs. Each card contains some or all of the following information: contract number, index number, subject, location, number of prints sent to Albany, remarks, date, building appropriated, parcel number, town and county.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Inmate summary data card files
Series Number
- B1555
Summary
- This series consists of several card files relating to women confined to the Albion State Training School. Information in card sets varies and may include inmate name; number; date received; county; nationality; age; birth place; offense; sentence; marital status; education; occupation; religion; and previous commitments. Also included are a few newspaper articles on youth center news, appointments and resignations, and meetings.
Creator
- Albion State Training School (Albion, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult inmates is disclosable under law. State Archives staff will review records containing probation, parole, medical, and juvenile criminal history data and disclose information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law and Personal Privacy Protection Law. The identity of victims of sex crimes is not disclosable. Unless a specific law forbids disclosure indefinitely, all records must be disclosed after 75 years.
Title
- Index to unidentified canal accounts, and papers for an "Albany Lottery"
Series Number
- A3256
Summary
- This series consists of an index, with a few personal names, to unidentified canal accounts. Included in the volume is a letter requesting attendance at the comptroller's office for an audit of the treasurer's accounts. Additional documents refer to the potential offering of an "Albany City Lottery" and include a list of prize money.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.