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Title

Registers of terminated stoneworkers

Series Number

A3172

Summary

This series consists of listings of terminated stoneworkers for the new State Capitol building construction project. Entries for each worker include the name, beginning and ending dates of employment, and reason for termination, such as "not attending to his work"; "too long on his stone"; "spoiled his stone"; or "delinquent on stone."

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Register of employees

Series Number

A2062

Summary

This register tracks the hiring, salary, performance, and departure of officials and employees of the institution. Each entry includes name; address; ; position; appointment date; salary or wages; date of retirement/ departure ; and remarks, such as manner of and reason for leaving, character, and salary increases and dates. Some entries also include name and address for references, and application date.

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Work reports and personnel, travel, and purchasing files

Series Number

A4177

Summary

This series consists of various types of administrative records relating to work progress, personnel matters, travel, and purchasing activities. The following types of records are included: monthly narrative and statistical reports by district supervisors; periodic work status reports by the central office; lists of workers in each district; personnel reports; labor reports; district supervisors' weekly itinerary reports; employee depositions; requisitions for workers; travel orders; purchase orders; and correspondence concerning personnel, travel, and purchasing matters.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Researchers must agree in writing, before access is granted, not to divulge personally identifiable information from personnel-related forms found in files (e.g. "Personnel Questionnaire"); restricted until 55 years after end date of series.

Title

Record of hours worked

Series Number

A3181

Summary

This series consists of records documenting hours worked by employees hired for construction of the new State Capitol building. Information includes the worker's name; starting dates of the work period; and a mark representing each eight-hour shift worked. Entries for some employees note employee had been paid or transferred to another job on the construction site.

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Record of hourly wages of workers

Series Number

A3180

Summary

This series consists of an unbound volume recording names and hourly wages of employees hired for construction of the new State Capitol building. Employees are divided into two categories: casting derricks, and laborers. Only two wage rates are indicated.

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Directory of prospective workers

Series Number

A3173

Summary

This series consists of names of prospective workers on the new State Capitol building construction project. Included are the person's name and position for which they are being considered, and, in most cases, their address. Information about relevant employment experience, desirability as an employee, and references are sometimes noted. Comments referring to the applicant's personal and familial circumstances may be included.

Creator

• New York (State). New Capitol Commission

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Manhattan State Hospital personnel records

Series Number

B2609

Summary

This series records time worked by individual employees. Records typically indicate name of employee, date appointed, dates and hours worked, and other notes.

Creator

• Manhattan State Hospital

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing personnel and administration files

Series Number

B1328

Summary

These records comprise the commission's central operational files documenting the staffing of the commission and the conduct of its investigation. The series includes the executive order creating the commission, correspondence, questionnaires, accounting statements and reports of harness racing associations, memorandums summarizing financial and banking records, lists of individuals and organizations given subpoenas, reports on various issues studied, witness lists, commission opinions, information comparing laws and regulations of horse racing in other states, and staff personnel files.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission to Study, Examine and Investigate State Agencies in Relation to Pari-Mutuel Harness Racing

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Title

Personal and employment histories of Western Division employees

Series Number

B0683

Summary

This single volume contains employment appointment history, educational background information, and prior work experience of employees involved in construction and maintenance of the Western Division of the Erie Canal. Entries are included for engineers, rodmen; chainmen; levelers; and laborers. Data provided includes employee date of birth; age at time of first appointment; date of each appointment, along with job title and daily wage rate; leaves of absence (generally separation dates, including reason for separation); and an abstract of the employee's education and work experience.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Motion Picture Division administrative files

Series Number

B2734

Summary

This series contains administrative files created and/or collected by the Motion Picture Division during the course of daily operations. Records include auditor's reports; budgets; fiscal records; job descriptions and other civil service related information; lists of the number of films that were reviewed; and payroll records.

Creator

• New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Civilian Conservation Corps camp and personnel files

Series Number

A3268

Summary

Following passage of the Emergency Conservation Work Act in 1933, the federal government recruited and trained unemployed men ages seventeen to twenty-eight to develop forest lands and parks. In New York, the program commonly and later officially known as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) focused on recreation, fishery, forestry, and pest control projects. The series consists of correspondence, reports, work plans, general orders, work applications, and personnel files related to New York's CCC camps.

Creator

• New York (State). Conservation Department

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B1310

Summary

This series documents the staffing and general administration of the commission's investigation, reflecting its study of charges of favoritism and corruption in the State Liquor Authority's enforcement of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. Records include correspondence, subject files, recommendations, memorandums, data, reports, proposed legislation, and statements relating to the commission's investigation.

Creator

• New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law

Access Restrictions

Restricted to permission of Governor's office.

Title

State Engineer and Surveyor administrative subject files

Series Number

B0247

Summary

These files document the duties and functions of the State Engineer and Surveyor. Topics covered include personnel matters; supply inventories, equipment purchases; Barge Canal construction and maintenance projects; joint topographical survey of the state with the U.S. Geological Survey; state and local boundary line surveys; land appropriations; easements; "blue line" surveys; abandonment and sale of canal lands; operation and navigation of the Barge Canal, canal alternations; and damage claims filed against the state.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Newark Developmental Center (N.Y.) personnel records

Series Number

B2651

Summary

This series consists of employee time books and civil service title files. Employee time books include employee's name, dates worked, pay rate, days and hours worked, and amount paid per period. Civil service title files provide a record of the job responsibilities and types of jobs held by staff. These records include job descriptions, job announcements, and reclassifications.

Creator

• Newark Developmental Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

As service recipients could be employed, these records may also contain service recipient names and information. Records containing service recipient information are 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 Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration research and investigation files

Series Number

10997

Summary

This series contains the commission's central operational files documenting its staffing and the conduct of its investigation into charges of maladministration and corruption relating to the Workmen's Compensation Law, including but not limited to political favoritism and kickbacks. The files include correspondence, interviews, hearings, claims, reports, legal opinions, personnel records, and police records.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Closed hearing materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.

Investigation background reports on individuals: Restricted; Personal Privacy Protection Law, Section 96.1.c.

Title

Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration Chief Accountant's administrative and investigation files

Series Number

10987

Summary

These files were maintained to track the Commission's finances and oversee its investigation of financial activities of individuals and corporations involved with workers' compensation cases. Records include job applications; letters; payroll information; daily activity rosters of state troopers and detectives; accountants' case assignment schedules; and travel, purchasing, and other financial records. A small amount of records relate to financial investigations of physicians and others involved in workers' compensation cases.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission for Investigation of Workmen's Compensation Law Administration

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Federal and state tax returns: Restricted: Closed permanently; exempted from public disclosure by specific statutes, therefore deniable under Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.a.

Title

Files of the investigation of Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi

Series Number

B1941

Summary

This series consists primarily of documents obtained by the Special Counsel to Governor George Pataki in connection with the governor's investigation of potential ethics violations made by then-New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi. Records were supplied mostly by the Office of the State Comptroller in response to subpoenas. Records were also supplied by the General Counsel to the Office of the New York City Comptroller in response to subpoenas, by the New York State Ethics Commission, and by other sources.

Creator

• New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
• New York (State). Governor (1995-2006 : Pataki)

Access Restrictions

All records in this series are restricted with the exception of the contents of Box 14 (Assurance in Continuance in the Matter of Alan G. Hevesi, Office of the State Comptroller, Dec. 12, 2006). This series may be used only with permission of the Executive Chamber, Counsel of the Governor.

Title

Personal service histories of state employees

Series Number

A0949

Summary

This series includes forms returned to the Board of Estimate and Control by the Comptroller's Office and its bureaus. Each one lists: title of position; name of incumbent; department; bureau; legal address; date of entrance into service; salary; salary history; and brief description of present occupation.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Department of Public Works employee history cards

Series Number

B1418

Summary

This series consists of card files documenting the employment history of individuals who worked in the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor; the Department of Public Works, including Division of Canals and Waterways and Division of Highways; and Department of Highways. Cards typically contain employee name and address; assignment; dates appointed, reappointed, resigned, or terminated; position title or rank; and salary. Full-time and seasonal employees are included.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

State and local government civil service employee history cards

Series Number

15029

Summary

Typical cards contains employee name, home address, state or local government agency, civil service job title, dates of appointment (including promotions and transfers), salary or wages, and date of leaving employment (giving date of death only if the employee died in service). The vast majority of the cards are for state employees, but cards for local government employees are also present starting in the 1930s.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Civil Service

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.