Finding Aid Search
- Civil defense (12)
- Legislation--New York (State) (12)
- Civil service--New York (State) (10)
- World War, 1939-1945--War work--New York (State) (10)
- Environmental policy (9)
- Legislation (9)
- Finance, Public--New York (State) (8)
- Correctional institutions--New York (State) (7)
- Education (7)
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--New York (State) (7)
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--New York (State) (7)
- Budget--New York (State) (6)
- Consumer protection (6)
- Education--New York (State) (6)
- Environmental health (6)
- Intellectual disability facilities (6)
- Bills, Legislative--New York (State) (5)
- Community development corporations (5)
- Conservation of natural resources (5)
- Courts--New York (State) (5)
- Education--Finance (5)
- Employee-management relations in government--New York (State) (5)
- Governmental investigations (5)
- Governors--New York (State) (5)
- Hazardous waste sites (5)
- Public health (5)
- State universities and colleges (5)
- Water quality management (5)
- Campus planning (4)
- Child welfare--New York (State) (4)
- Civil service (4)
- Collective bargaining--Government employees--New York (State) (4)
- Consumption (Economics) (4)
- Developmentally disabled--Institutional care--New York (State) (4)
- Education and state (4)
- Employee-management relations in government (4)
- Environmental law--New York (State) (4)
- Environmental policy--New York (State) (4)
- Environmental protection--New York (State) (4)
- Governors (4)
- Industrial mobilization (4)
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations (4)
- Pollution (4)
- Public health--New York (State) (4)
- Public works (4)
- Recreation areas--New York (State) (4)
- Reformatories for women--New York (State) (4)
- Sanitation (4)
- Substance abuse--New York (State) (4)
- Transportation--Law and legislation (4)
- Water--Pollution (4)
- Wildlife conservation (4)
- Women--Health and hygiene (4)
- Arts--New York (State)--Finance (3)
- Attorneys general--New York (State) (3)
- Bill drafting (3)
- Child welfare (3)
- Civil rights--New York (State) (3)
- Criminal justice, Administration of (3)
- Educational law and legislation (3)
- Educational planning (3)
- Energy development--New York (State) (3)
- Executive advisory bodies (3)
- Federal aid to education (3)
- Female offenders (3)
- Finance, Public (3)
- Fraud investigation--New York (State) (3)
- Gambling--New York (State) (3)
- Higher education and state (3)
- Historic buildings (3)
- Home rule (3)
- Industrial relations--New York (State) (3)
- Labor disputes (3)
- Legislative conference committees (3)
- Legislators (3)
- Liberty bonds (3)
- Loyalty (3)
- Mental health policy (3)
- New towns (3)
- Patriotism (3)
- People with mental disabilities--Care (3)
- Planned communities (3)
- Political ethics (3)
- Prison administration--New York (State) (3)
- Public relations (3)
- Recruiting and enlistment (3)
- Recycling (Waste, etc.)--New York (State) (3)
- Regional planning (3)
- Sewage disposal--New York (State) (3)
- Shipbuilding (3)
- State-local relations (3)
- Tax assessment (3)
- Taxation--New York (State) (3)
- Traffic safety (3)
- Transportation, Military (3)
- Urban transportation (3)
- Volunteers--New York (State) (3)
- War and society (3)
- Women--New York (State) (3)
- Women-owned business enterprises (3)
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene (17)
- New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman) (17)
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation (15)
- University of the State of New York (14)
- New York (State). Education Department (13)
- New York (State). Executive Department (13)
- New York (State). Department of Health (8)
- New York (State). Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (8)
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services (7)
- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (7)
- New York State Urban Development Corporation (7)
- New York (State). Conservation Department (5)
- New York (State). Department of Labor (4)
- Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (3)
- Democratic Party (N.Y.) (3)
- New York (State). Attorney General's Office (3)
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office (3)
- New York (State). Department of Correction (3)
- Roosevelt Island Development Corporation (3)
- United States. Office of Civilian Defense (3)
- Welfare Island Development Corporation (3)
- Bethpage Park Authority (2)
- Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (2)
- Jones Beach State Parkway Authority (2)
- National Endowment for the Arts (2)
- New York (State). Department of Social Welfare (2)
- New York (State). Division for Youth (2)
- New York (State). Division of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (2)
- New York (State). Division of Equalization and Assessment (2)
- New York (State). Division of Housing and Community Renewal (2)
- New York (State). Division of the Budget (2)
- New York (State). Governor (1933-1942 : Lehman) (2)
- New York (State). Governor (1959-1973 : Rockefeller) (2)
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health (2)
- New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (2)
- New York (State). Office of Real Property Services (2)
- New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Per Capita Aid (2)
- New York City Transit Authority (2)
- Power Authority of the State of New York (2)
- Rome Developmental Center (N.Y.) (2)
- Rome State Custodial Asylum (N.Y.) (2)
- Westfield State Farm (2)
- Whiteface Mountain Authority (2)
- Albion Correctional Facility (1)
- Battery Park City Authority (1)
- Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.) (1)
- Council for Tobacco Research--U.S.A. (1)
- Delaware River Basin Commission (1)
- Elmira Correctional Facility (1)
- Elmira Reception Center (1)
- Elmira Reformatory (1)
- General Electric Company (1)
- Great Lakes Commission (1)
- Green Haven Correctional Facility (1)
- Griffiss Redevelopment Planning Council (1)
- Hooker Chemical Corporation (1)
- Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corp. (1)
- Hudson River Park Conservancy (1)
- Hudson River Park Trust (1)
- International Joint Commission (1)
- Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin (1)
- Interstate Sanitary Commission (1)
- Laboratory of the New York State Department of Health (1)
- Long Island Rail Road (1)
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (1)
- National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (U.S.) (1)
- National Association of State Park Directors (1)
- New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Citizens Defense Corps (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Department of Social Services (1)
- New York (N.Y.). Housing and Development Administration (1)
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office (1)
- New York (State). Banking Department (1)
- New York (State). Board of Nursing Examiners (1)
- New York (State). Bureau of Adult Health and Geriatrics (1)
- New York (State). Bureau of Dental Health (1)
- New York (State). Bureau of Environmental Sanitation (1)
- New York (State). Bureau of Highway Planning (1)
- New York (State). Bureau of Tuberculosis Hospitals (1)
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission (1)
- New York (State). Commissioner of Investigation (1)
- New York (State). Commission on Sentencing Reform (1)
- New York (State). Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century (1)
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control (1)
- New York (State). Department of Commerce (1)
- New York (State). Department of Economic Development (1)
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Engineering Design (1)
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Hospital and Institutional Engineering (1)
- New York (State). Department of Financial Services (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Medical Rehabilitation (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Milk Sanitation (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Departmental Rehabilitation Council (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Laboratories and Research (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Division of Special Health Services (1)
- New York (State). Department of Health. Office of Public Health Nursing (1)
- New York (State). Department of Highways (1)
- New York (State). Department of Labor. Division of Research and Statistics (1)
- New York (State). Department of Labor. Division of Unemployment (1)
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene. Bureau of Employee Relations (1)
- Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 (6)
- Bingham, Jonathan B. (4)
- Campbell, Persia Crawford, 1898-1974. (4)
- Lefkowitz, Louis J. (4)
- Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003. (4)
- Cuomo, Andrew M., 1957- (3)
- Davidson, Joan K. (3)
- Foster, Frederic E. (3)
- Abrams, Robert, 1938- (2)
- Brawley, Tawana. (2)
- Castro, Bernadette. (2)
- Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (2)
- Koppell, G. Oliver (2)
- Lanford, Oscar E. (2)
- Martinez, Julio. (2)
- Moses, Robert, 1888-1981 (2)
- Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. (2)
- Schwartz, Richard J. (2)
- Spitzer, Eliot. (2)
- Vacco, Dennis C. (2)
- Webb, Arthur Y. (2)
- Aldrich, J. Winthrop. (1)
- Allee, Dennis H. (1)
- Allen, James E., Jr., 1911-1971 (1)
- Allen, Richard S. (1)
- Anderson, Roy M. (1)
- Anderson, Warren M., 1915-2007 (1)
- Aponte, Angel R. (1)
- Ash, Carol. (1)
- Bailey, George F. (1)
- Balukas, Paul. (1)
- Batista, Jorge L. (1)
- Berr, Al (1)
- Berry, Charles Scott. (1)
- Biggs, Hermann M. (1)
- Burke, John. (1)
- Burstein, Karen S. (1)
- Butcher, Donald G. (1)
- Cahalane, Victor Harrison, 1901- (1)
- Clarke, Nicolette B. (1)
- Cohen, Jeffrey. (1)
- Conroy, James. (1)
- Conway, E. Virgil. (1)
- Cotter, William D. (1)
- Crayton, Sherman G. (1)
- Crotty, Erin M. (1)
- Culpepper, Carmen A. (1)
- Davies, Ralph K. (1)
- Davis, William E. (1)
- Delafield, Charles B. (1)
- DeVane, Charles M. (1)
- Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 (1)
- Dominick, D. Clinton, 1918- (1)
- Dowling, Edward J. (1)
- DuRose, Stanley. (1)
- Felt, Thomas Edward. (1)
- Fink, Stanley, 1936- (1)
- Finley, John H. (John Huston), 1863-1940. (1)
- Fletcher, Esten A. (1)
- Flynn, Christine A. (1)
- Fristachi, Joseph L. (1)
- Gassman, Morton C. (1)
- Gerace, Joseph. (1)
- Geto, Ethan M. (1)
- Gilbert, Bruce M. (1)
- Gilles, Timothy. (1)
- Girgenti, Richard H. (1)
- Gladieux, Russell V. (1)
- Glazer, Elizabeth. (1)
- Gleason, Eugene J. (1)
- Goldfeder, Jerry H. (1)
- Graves, Frank Pierrepont, 1869-1956 (1)
- Graves, George B., 1876-1937 (1)
- Guinn, Charles R. (1)
- Hall, George A. (1)
- Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney, 1903-1970. (1)
- Harris, Jean, 1923-2012 (1)
- Hartung, William. (1)
- Hastings, Hugh, 1856-1916. (1)
- Hays, Mary. (1)
- Hennessey, William C. (1)
- Hinchey, Maurice D. (1)
- Hirshowitz, Samuel A. (1)
- Howell, F. W. (1)
- Hudacs, John. (1)
- Hynes, Charles J. (1)
- Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 (1)
- Ingraham, Hollis S., Dr. (1)
- Jamnback, Hugo (1)
- Jerry, Harold A., Jr., 1920-2001 (1)
- Keenan, John F. (1)
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 (1)
- Kitchen, T.R. (1)
- Koppell, G. Oliver. (1)
- Kraft, Henry B. (1)
- Kurlander, Lawrence T. (1)
- Landers, Steven E. (1)
- Lankler, Roderick C. (1)
- Lanza, Joseph, 1904-1968. (1)
- Lapp, Katherine N. (1)
Displaying 268 Finding Aids
Title
- Management reports, studies, and background files
Series Number
- 15000
Summary
- The Organization and Management Unit (OMU)and its predecessor units carried out agency management, staffing and organization studies, budgeting and finance management analyses, and statewide management issue analyses designed to improve the coordination and management of state government programs. This series consisting of reports, studies, and background and research files, served as OMU's central research and report files for agency management and reorganization studies. The records provide significant information on the efficiency, organization, and administration of state government agencies and programs.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of the Budget. Organization and Management Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State Museum Division of Research and Collections History Department curatorial staff subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2717
Summary
- This series consists of the subject and correspondence files of curatorial staff of the History Department, part of the Division of Research and Collections of the New York State Museum. These records document the functional activities of curators concerning exhibit development; acquisitions and collections management, including conservation issues; museum public programs and conferences; public inquiries; department research projects; and general department administration.
Creator
- New York State Museum. Division of Research and Collections. History Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 19606
Summary
- This series consists of the subject and correspondence files created by the commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. The commissioner creates, receives, and retains a variety of correspondence, memorandums, reference materials, draft and final policy statements, and budget materials related to all aspects of agency operations.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Utica State Hospital statements and transcripts relating to incidents involving alleged staff misconduct or neglect of duty
Series Number
- B1593
Summary
- This series documents official investigations into complaints of charges of misconduct or neglect of duty by staff members. The complaints originate from patients, former patients, and staff members. Record types include correspondence from former patients and notifications of hearings, personnel suspensions, and terminations. Types of incidents include escapes, accidents, injuries to staff members and patients, intoxication on duty, gambling, inappropriate use of force in restraining patients, and other inappropriate conduct.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying 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
- Medicaid policy and practices files
Series Number
- B2503
Summary
- These files were used by the Department of Social Services' Bureau of Eligibility and Systems to maintain documentation and background information about Medicaid policies and procedures in New York State. The files contain administrative memoranda that establish official policy, supporting documentation for all policy decisions on operation of the Medicaid program in New York State, and materials relating to the development of federal medical assistance policies and regulations.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Social Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Industrial Commissioner subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B1967
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence files of Industrial Commissioner Dr. Isador Lubin, created during Governor W. Averell Harriman's administration (1955-1958). The records include correspondence with the governor's office, the State Department of Labor and other state government officials, labor unions, and private individuals. The records contain memorandums received and sent, some enclosures, and reports.
Creator
- New York (State). Industrial Commissioner
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Council on the Arts Executive Director's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 18913
Summary
- The series consists of correspondence with state, national, and foreign arts-related agencies; appeals received from organizations that were not granted funds, and decisions on those appeals; budgets and budget allocation plans; legislative correspondence; long-range planning and policy documents for council program units; internal memorandums; staff and general correspondence; and speeches.
Creator
- New York State Council on the Arts
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services Office of the Director first deputy director's subject files
Series Number
- 16084
Summary
- Most records in this series are internal or interoffice memorandums concerning alcohol and substance abuse prevention programs. Many relate to auditing or monitoring of educational programs, and to evaluating program spending and effectiveness. Also included is correspondence and records concerning employee relations, particularly matters of time and attendance and employee discipline. Some records are restricted.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Substance Abuse Services. Office of the Director
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in part: Records concerning employee discipline are restricted. Use with assistance of archivist.
Title
- Bill files
Series Number
- L0237
Summary
- These files were compiled under the leadership of Bernard C. Smith, one of the State's principal architects of major legislation in the areas of environmental protection, conservation, and recreation. Files include legislation and supporting memoranda of virtually all aspects of environmental law, including land, air, and water resource management and protection; wildlife conservation; and regulation and enhancement of outdoor recreation.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Conservation and Recreation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Office of Children and Family Services Executive Director's Office Executive Deputy Director's general subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 18903
Summary
- This series consists of the day-to-day files of the executive deputy director and may include correspondence, dayfiles, reports, copies of policies and procedures, and various other documents on a range of subjects relating to the administration and activities of the Division for Youth. The series contains the subject files of Charles M. DeVane.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Children and Family Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Pure water files
Series Number
- A1122
Summary
- This series from the Division of Water and predecessor offices reveals a part of the state's effort to control water pollution. It contains studies on the causes of water pollution, status reports on sewerage systems, memorandums, correspondence, public hearing transcripts, maps, letters from citizens complaining of polluted lakes or streams, and documentation from investigations and litigation against accused polluters.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Consumer Counsel to the Governor legislative records
Series Number
- B2648
Summary
- This series consists of records relating to the legislative program of Governor Harriman's consumer counsel and legislation impacting New York State's consumers. Topics of note include the regulation of consumer credit (with emphasis on motor vehicle financing and installment sales), the licensing of television service and repair workers, and the restriction of "bait" advertising practices.
Creator
- New York (State). Consumer Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Delegated approvals on rates and assessments
Series Number
- 15177
Summary
- The State Board of Equalization and Assessment is responsible for setting state equalization rates, reviewing county equalization rates, appraising certain categories of property, and training and advising local tax assessors. This series consists of memorandums and printouts listing equalization rates and railroad ceilings, staff findings and determinations of tentative and uncontested equalization rates and ratios, special franchise assessments, and railroad ceilings.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Real Property Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Project 2000 report and research files
Series Number
- B1369
Summary
- The New York State Project 2000 was a planning project of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government of the State University of New York. It examined current conditions, future implications, and costs across critical public policy areas affecting New York State. This series contains draft and published reports, correspondence, memoranda, research notes, reports, meeting materials, and other records generated by Project 2000 staff and associated advisory panels. Other Rockefeller Institute projects worked on by Jeryl Mumpower are also included.
Creator
- Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of Audit and Control Senate bill files of proposed legislation
Series Number
- A1069
Summary
- These files pertain to proposed legislation, including bills considered but not passed, bills brought up in the reading process, and bills ultimately passed into law. Included are copies of bills, committee referral sheets, memorandums in favor or in opposition, and press releases announcing proposed measures.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Issues files
Series Number
- B1591
Summary
- The series consists of research files pertaining to a variety of financial issues involving state-federal cooperation. Issues include changes to federal assistance formulas; improving federal grant-in-aid programs; provision of federal disaster relief (Hurricane Agnes); testimony before the "Muskie Committee" on intergovernmental relations (1966-1967); amendments to major welfare-related federal family assistance legislation; and impact of the Water Quality Improvement Act (1968).
Creator
- New York (State). Division of the Budget. Research and Federal Relations Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Board of Equalization and Assessment emergency Hurricane Agnes flood project manual
Series Number
- B1208
Summary
- This series consists of an administrative manual for the Emergency Flood Project undertaken by the State Board of Equalization and Assessment after Hurricane Agnes caused extensive flood damage in 1972. The manual includes correspondence and memorandums on staffing and personnel management; contacts and service directors in county and local offices; status reports; timetables; progress memorandums; preliminary survey data; disaster area initial classifications; gubernatorial press statements; memorandums on reimbursement and expenditure policies; and maps of affected areas.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Memoranda on records storage
Series Number
- B1552
Summary
- This series consists of memoranda from staff of the New York State Library to Hugh M. Flick, and subsequently to State Education Commissioner Ewald B. Nyquist, reporting on transfer of department records to/from offsite storage. The memoranda include information on the transfer of the records as well as several summary lists of files and record series included in the group. They were based on a 1969 survey of offsite records conducted by State Library staff.
Creator
- New York State Library
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Electoral college meeting files
Series Number
- 19416
Summary
- This series consists of a variety of materials related to the actual meetings of electors that convene in Albany every four years following the general elections to cast ballots for president and vice president as stipulated in the U.S. Constitution. Typically the meeting files include: sample ballots, copies of procedures to be followed, agendas, oath of office forms (blank), photos, luncheon tickets, invitations to the governor's executive mansion reception, roll call lists of electors, and general correspondence.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office Director's correspondence files
Series Number
- B2389
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and memoranda to and from staff of various offices and departments. Subjects include planning, reports of department activities, treatment programs, facility maintenance and improvement projects, staffing, and other administrative concerns.
Creator
- New York (State). Rome Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- Records identifying patients are restricted permanently 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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.