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Displaying 214 Finding Aids
Title
- Subject index to decisions and confidential reports
Series Number
- J2018
Summary
- This index analyzes decisions of the Court of Appeals by legal topic and sub-topic (from "Accounting" to "Workmen's Compensation." The card index may have been compiled as a general subject index to Court of Appeals decisions. Most of the information in the index is not unique, being available in published case reports, legal digests, encyclopedias, and in newspapers. The unique data found in the index are the references to the numbered internal reports or memoranda (see Archives Series J2003).
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- References pertaining to confidential reports: Restricted according to memorandum of understanding between Court of Appeals and State Archives, January 1993. Use with supervision of archivist.
Title
- New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman index to central subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B1853
Summary
- This subject listing was created to index accretion 13682-96, New York State Governor W. Averell Harriman Central Subject and Correspondence Files.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to newspaper articles concerning New York State Volunteer and Militia units
Series Number
- A4120
Summary
- This index consists of approximately 218 items providing multiple references to newspapers containing articles mainly concerning military matters in which New York State Volunteer and Militia units were involved. This index was most likely produced in order to provide access to the Bureau of Military Statistics' newspaper collection.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to Conservation Dept. Photographic Prints and Negatives
Series Number
- B1786
Summary
- Grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities allowed State Archives staff to undertake a preservation project by which duplicate negatives and contact prints were created for most of the negatives in Series 14297. This series consists of 5,206 positive contact prints made from duplicate negatives in Series 14297, Conservation Department Photographic Prints and Negatives, and functions as a visual index to that series.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Chancery index to miscellaneous filed papers
Series Number
- J0071
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical index by last name of complainant to Series J0087, Miscellaneous Filed Papers, 1777-1847. Each entry in the index contains the names of complainant and defendant and a file number.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Card index to administrative matters and regulatory and special permit cases
Series Number
- B1590
Summary
- The series is a card file indexing matters of general administration, regulatory violations, and special permit actions handled from September 1, 1930 through December 31, 1937. Cards typically list name and place of residence of the applicant or person cited for an infraction, date, brief description of action, and page number. Cards for personnel appointments often show salary information and date of hiring or retirement.
Creator
- New York (State). Conservation Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts and indexes of deeds
Series Number
- A3074
Summary
- These volumes were prepared during the nineteenth century from the original books of deeds in series A0453. Record of Deeds, 1652-1884. They contain brief abstracts of the subjects of most deeds recorded in that series. Each volume has grantor and grantee name indexes, and location and subject indexes.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.
Title
- Index to permits for use and occupancy of New York State canal lands
Series Number
- B1788
Summary
- This series consists of index cards created by the Real Estate Division of the Department of Transportation to facilitate access to permits for the use and occupancy of New York State canal lands (Series B1790). Permits were typically granted to private citizens to build camps or boat docks on canal property; to municipalities to build bridges or other infrastructures; and to private companies to construct gas or other pipelines across or along canal right of way.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to case files of female inmates
Series Number
- A3118
Summary
- This series contains indexes to the State Industrial Schools' female inmate's case files. Information is available only for names beginning A-S. Information includes volume number, name, and inmate number. Records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). State Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- 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
- Index to minutes
Series Number
- B0316
Summary
- This volume indexes both the Engrossed minutes of series A1077 and the Rough Minutes of series A1076. Each entry gives the name, subject, date and nature of action.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Pattern index
Series Number
- B1791
Summary
- This series consists of index cards created by the Division of Canals and Waterways and its predecessor agencies to itemize and index individual machinery patterns for canal operation. Arranged by location and structure type, patterns typically encompass a broad range of objects, from complete bridges to individual bushings and washers Information on the cards usually includes pattern mark number, name of structure, part, manufacturer of part, and state contract number (Barge Canal contract number).
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Gowanda Psychiatric Center master patient index cards
Series Number
- B2914
Summary
- These cards 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). Cards often include additional patient-related notations.
Creator
- Gowanda 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
- Index to Department orders
Series Number
- B1004
Summary
- This series consists of card file that indexes orders and actions such as: position appointments and salary increases; applications for sewage, water supply and special protection; trespassing actions; dam approvals; pollution cases; settlements of fire cases; permit issuances. The orders are arranged alphabetically by subject, for four different time periods.
Creator
- New York (State). Conservation Department. Executive Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Grantee index to colonial patents
Series Number
- A4684
Summary
- This series contains a name index of people who were granted land by the colonial government of New York prior to the American Revolution.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.
Title
- Location index to deeds and other documents recorded or filed by the Secretary of State and Office of General Services
Series Number
- A4690
Summary
- Series A0453, Record of Deeds; Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; Series 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers; Series A0451, Original Releases to the State; Series A0480, Indexes and Translations of Dutch Patents; Series A0050, Deeds of Cession and Assorted Documents of Record; and Series A1882, Dutch Land Deeds, are indexed by this series. Land appropriation files held by the Office of General Services are also indexed by this series.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or duplication.
Title
- Location index to releases to the state
Series Number
- A4691
Summary
- This series indexes Series A0451, Original Releases to the State; Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; Series A0478, Copies of Releases to the State; and Series 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.
Title
- Grantee index to state patents
Series Number
- A4685
Summary
- This series contains a name index of people who were granted land by the state government of New York after the American Revolution.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.
Title
- Lands under water survey project index cards
Series Number
- B2645
Summary
- This series of 5 x 8 inch cards indexes Series B2643, Lands under water survey project records. The index cards provide the name of applicant, survey location, county, tube number, and 222 series number. Some index cards also include project date. The cards also provide an "H" series number, which is the designation for highway/Department of Public Works projects. The last set of numbers in the "H" series number correlate to the project survey file number in Series B2643.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to Council of Appointment minutes
Series Number
- A1846
Summary
- This volume lists appointments of civil and military officers of the State of New York. It was prepared as an index to the first volume of the minutes of the Council of Appointment, which was destroyed in the Capitol fire of 1911. It provides the page number in the destroyed volume where the full citation was located, the name of the appointee, office, and date. Therefore, this surviving index volume actually acts as a record of appointments made by the council between 1777 and 1786.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- List of patentees referenced in "Revolutionary Manuscripts"
Series Number
- A1476
Summary
- This series consists of a duplicate index to patentees for lands located on bounty rights issued during the Revolutionary War. The list gives names of patentees in alphabetical order, with page references to their respective locations in volumes 27, 28, and 29 of "Revolutionary Manuscripts."
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.