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Displaying 175 Finding Aids
Title
- Department of Transportation Graphic Arts Unit transportation and state facilities related photographs and photo logs
Series Number
- 17672
Summary
- These photographs, slides, and logs document the state transportation system, its structures, and state facilities created by the Department of Public Works (1923-1967) and its successor agency, the Department of Transportation. Images depict bridge and highway construction, canals repair and maintenance, and construction of state facilities. Some show employees and officials or landscapes and historic sites. Album pictures depict bridges, waterways, grade crossings, accidents, highways, hospitals, prisons, and schools. Some images document construction progress on the South Mall Project.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Transportation. Graphic Arts Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Post Vietnam Coordinating Committee correspondence files
Series Number
- 14222
Summary
- Records of the Post Vietnam Coordinating Committee clearly document its focus on the deescalation of the Vietnam War, but they also relate to other topics such as educational opportunities for returning veterans, establishment of public works projects, encouragement of labor unions to develop on-the-job training programs, and housing needs of veterans. This series consists predominantly of correspondence, but also includes memorandums, reports, news clippings, journal articles, press releases, minutes of meetings, photographs, and meeting agenda.
Creator
- New York (State). Post Vietnam Coordinating Committee
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Taconic Developmental and Disabilities Services Office recreational program records
Series Number
- B2824
Summary
- Potential Unlimited was a private entity that worked with the Wassaic Developmental Center and Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office between 1995 and 1999 to bring music, art, and the performing arts to those with developmental disabilities via workshops, music lessons, etc. Records documenting these activities include photographs, slides, brochures, media advertisements, press releases, and video performances.
Creator
- New York (State). Taconic Developmental Disabilities Services Office
Access Restrictions
- Photographs depicting 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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.
Title
- Special Commission on Attica investigation and interview files
Series Number
- 15855
Summary
- This series consists of investigation and interview files of the Special Commission on Attica (chaired by Robert B. McKay and known as the "McKay Commission"). The commission investigated the Attica Correctional Facility riot of 1971. Resulting records include personal interview sheets or transcripts; depositions and preliminary statements; copies of facility logs and other administrative records; lists of dead and wounded; draft commission reports; photographs; documents regarding negotiations with rioters; and documents confiscated from inmates.
Creator
- New York (State). Special Commission on Attica
Access Restrictions
- "All investigative and interview materials are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Other records may be exempt from disclosure under the NY Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) sect. 87.2(b) (unwarranted invasion of personal privacy)."
- Boxes 83-90 are open to researchers; they contain material determined to be disclosable under the Freedom of Information Law.
Title
- Robert Abrams personal papers and ephemera
Series Number
- B2818
Summary
- This series consists of personal and professional papers and ephemera associated with the life and career of New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams. The series documents his public service in the New York State Assembly, as Bronx Borough President, and as State Attorney General. Records include correspondence; speeches; photographs; videotapes; audiocassettes; scrapbooks; news clippings; and Department of Law annual reports, press releases, opinions, and accomplishments.
Creator
- Abrams, Robert, 1938-
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Conservation Department photographic prints and negatives
Series Number
- 14297
Summary
- The series consists of glass plate and film negatives and photographic prints compiled by the Forest, Fish and Game Commission, the Conservation Commission, and the Conservation Department. They illustrate activities of these predecessors of the Department of Environmental Conservation. The images document fish and game control; forest management and conservation; protecting the wilderness; maintaining historic sites and recreational areas; and wide-ranging locations and activities.
Creator
- New York (State). Conservation Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Education Department Division of Archives and History historic preservation photographs
Series Number
- A0097
Summary
- This series consists of historic preservation photographs assembled by the New York State Division of Archives and History, evidently for the purpose of using them in a publication. The photographs depict public buildings, cultural institutions, state parks, bridges, schools, businesses, urban areas, and geographic features like rivers, mountains, and waterfalls. The photographs cover the following geographic regions of New York State: Long Island, New York City, Upstate New York, Albany, Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accession data for the Benjamin W. Arnold Oological (Bird's Egg) Collection
Series Number
- A3161
Summary
- Original data slips, a collection listing, and some correspondence and photographs relate to the Benjamin W. Arnold Collection of Birds Eggs donated by Arnold to the State Museum in 1917. The small quantity of correspondence, 1908-1917, is between Arnold and other collectors and concerns the acquisition of specimens by Arnold. The photographs were sent to Arnold by fellow collector Walter Raines and depict specimens in Raines' collection, including displays, as well as nests observed in the field.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Glass plate negatives and photographic prints of factory and housing conditions
Series Number
- A3029
Summary
- These glass plate negatives and prints depict views of conditions inside factories, usually showing workers in chemical, food, glass, clothing, and other industries. The images show inadequate ventilation or exhaust systems; dirt and animals contacting food products; unguarded machinery; overcrowding of machinery and narrow or obstructed aisles; young children working; excessive heat and humidity; inadequate lighting; inadequate sanitation and other unhealthy conditions; and structural deficiencies in buildings and other physical dangers. Also included are views of workers' homes.
Creator
- New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Sing Sing Prison photographs
Series Number
- B1514
Summary
- This series consists of approximately 50 black-and-white photographs related to Sing Sing Prison. Included are images of incarcerated individuals, officials, buildings, cell interiors and exteriors, automobiles, the chapel, prison money, cemetery and the electric chair. Several photos are copies of early prints. Photographs are not captioned and neither people nor groups are identified.
Creator
- Sing Sing Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Transportation Division of Waterways Maintenance subject files
Series Number
- B2545
Summary
- This series contains subject files pertaining to canal administration, including correspondence, studies, reports, drawings, and photographs.
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
- Negatives and photographs of roads and road construction
Series Number
- A4030
Summary
- These photographs show damaged roads in eastern upstate New York; machinery used to construct or resurface roads; work in progress; roads before and after repair; various road surfaces like macadam or concrete; road signs; and automobile accidents. These were probably created by the Albany division office to plan highway projects for the division, to examine work done on the highways, and to inspect all state and county highways and report on them to the State Highway Commission when requested.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Highways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Canal Corporation Barge Canal photographs and film
Series Number
- B1909
Summary
- The bulk of this series consists of photographs and negatives taken to document the construction and operations of the Barge Canal. Many of the photographs document the Utica Region of the canal from Amsterdam to Oneida Lake, the Black River Canal, and the Northern and Southern Reservoir Systems. Photos typically depict canal structures including locks, bridges, and dams; ice and flood conditions; terminals; equipment; shops; damage and repairs; construction progress; and other sites and activities.
Creator
- New York State Canal Corporation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Middletown Psychiatric Center School of Nursing records
Series Number
- B1921
Summary
- This series consists of black-and-white and color photographs and slides. Also included are yearbooks; curricula; pamphlets and brochures; newspaper articles; lists of alumni; and programs of graduations, capping ceremonies, celebrations, and reunions. Photographs typically depict class groups, training, classroom and practical instruction, graduations, and other ceremonies and celebrations.
Creator
- Middletown Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Background and investigation files of the New York City Commission to Investigate Allegations of Police Corruption and the City's Anti-Corruption Procedures
Series Number
- 16012
Summary
- The Knapp Commission was charged with identifying "patterns of corruption" within the New York City Police Department and investigating administrative procedures and operations for dealing with corruption. Records in this series include hearing transcripts, interview notes, complaint forms, questionnaires, subject and correspondence files, tape recordings, and minutes. Topics include specific types of criminal activity and on police involvement in them, relations between the police and citizens in black and Hispanic neighborhoods, and the work habits and culture of NYC police.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Special Prosecutor for Investigation of the New York City Criminal Justice System
Access Restrictions
- Partly restricted by Freedom of Information Law sect. 87.2(a), (b), (e), (f), and (g). Statutes restricting access to certain materials pursuant to Freedom of Information Law sect. 87.2(a) are Criminal Procedure Law sect. 700.65 (communications intercepted by authority of an "eavesdropping" warrant); Penal Law sect. 250.20 (prohibits disclosure of information about the existence of a specific eavesdropping warrant); Penal Law sect. 215.70 (grand jury testimony); Civil Practice Law and Rules sect. 3101(b) (confidential attorney-client communications); and Criminal Procedure Law sect. 240.10(2) (confidential attorney work product or material prepared for litigation).
- Public hearing transcripts are available for public inspection and copying.