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Displaying 671 Finding Aids
Title
- Inmate misbehavior case files
Series Number
- B1011
Summary
- This series documents instances of inmate misconduct, disciplinary action, and review of the disciplinary action by the institution's Adjustment Committee. Documentation usually includes memorandums and infraction reports describing misconduct; a summary of the infraction and resulting punishment; inmate's explanation; committee decision on the need for further review; and Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services decision. Files may include inmate letters usually describing situations of misconduct by other inmates.
Creator
- Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
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
- Assorted records
Series Number
- B1548
Summary
- The series consists of unrelated materials originally held as the archives of the Department of Civil Service. The records are unprocessed and the purpose for which they were gathered is unknown. Included are lists of classified positions; scattered reports of various units; statistical data from municipal civil service commissions; pamphlets on grievance procedures; and a host of scattered memoranda pertaining to a wide range of unassociated subjects.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Senator James H. Donovan hearing files
Series Number
- L0013
Summary
- The series contains testimony given at public hearings conducted by Senator James H. Donovan as chairman of the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Mental and Physical Handicap. In addition to testimonies and hearing transcripts, the series also contains reports, correspondence, memorandums, pertinent printed materials, and copies of legislation. Topics addressed include mental health deinstitutionalization, children with handicaps, licensing of New York City teachers, education technology, and services to children at risk.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Administrative and correspondence files
Series Number
- A4242
Summary
- This series consists of copies of legislation, organizational charts, requisitions, memoranda, informational circulars, reports, bulletins, minutes, and some correspondence relating to the organization and administration of the New York State Defense Council's war work. Consistent with the council's purpose to coordinate the military, industrial, agricultural, and commercial resources of the stateT, the series reflects cooperation with other state agencies (especially the Departments of Health, Agriculture, Education and the Food Supply Commission), the Council of National Defense, and the network of state home defense committees. Also Included are files of the council's Divisions of Films, Information, and Women as well as material related to committee work on highway transportation, provision of legal service, and the Liberty Loan campaign.
Creator
- New York State Defense Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Meeting and correspondence files
Series Number
- B0920
Summary
- The Business Advisory Council advised the Commerce Department and the Governor on industrial development and issues of special concern to business. This series consists of meeting agenda; minutes; attendance lists; correspondence; memoranda; reports; legislative bills; and clippings. Subjects include general business climate; economic development; workman's compensation; unemployment insurance; business taxes and nuclear energy. Also included are documents relating to the New York Business Development Corporation which provide loans for capital investment.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Commerce. Business Advisory Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Meeting files and attachments
Series Number
- 15175
Summary
- The series consists of meeting agendas and minutes; summaries of State Board decisions; background material prepared by staff of the Department of Equalization and Assessment for State Board meetings (e.g., tentative lists of equalization rates, draft legislation and regulations, special reports); findings and determinations of state equalization rates; and printouts listing approved assessment rates of taxable state lands, railroad ceilings, and special franchise assessments.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Real Property Services
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Environmental Conservation Pollution Prevention Unit studies of metrics, environmental indicators, and economic incentives
Series Number
- B2886
Summary
- This series contains project files and studies documenting the Department of Environmental Conservation's effort to create measurable objectives in the field of environmental protection and restoration in the 1990s.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Pollution Prevention Unit
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual reports of railroad companies
Series Number
- B1431
Summary
- This series consists of report forms for railroad companies filed with the State Engineer and Surveyor. Reports show amount of capital and stock; total debt; costs of road and equipment; road characteristics (length, number of cars, rate fares); adjoining real estate; maintenance expenses for road-bed, railway, buildings and fixtures; road operating and repair expenses; stock dividends payments; receipts; injuries and cause of injuries to employees, passengers, or others; and the name and residence of company officers.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commission of Correction annual reports
Series Number
- B2461
Summary
- This series consists of annual reports of the Commission of Correction describing functions, activities, and events of the past year. Reports typically include informational segments on state prisons, reformatories, institutions for defective delinquents, institution farm production, parole matters, county and municipal jails, hospital prison wards, juveniles in jail, maintenance and operational costs, inspections, and recommendations of the commission.
Creator
- New York (State). State Commission of Correction
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Gordon M. Ambach education policy papers
Series Number
- B1829
Summary
- The majority this series documents Gordon Ambach's efforts as Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to influence federal education policy. Also included are records from advisory boards of education consortiums, the Harvard Seminar on Equality of Educational Opportunity Report (SEEOR) and records related to the Yonkers desegregation. Ambach's personal papers detail his personal biography, his work outside of NYSED and the CCSSO, and his relationships with various contacts and colleagues.
Creator
- Ambach, Gordon M.
Access Restrictions
- There are restrictions to accessing some of the files in this series. These files are labeled "[restricted]" in the folder list.
Title
- Sewage treatment works construction planning grants files
Series Number
- 11460
Summary
- The series consists of project files for sewage treatment works in state municipalities for which state planning aid was requested. The records include correspondence, memoranda, discharge permits, certificates of expenditures, engineers' field reports, and applications for state grants to fund preliminary and detailed plans for public sewer systems or treatment works. Typical projects include construction of sanitary sewers, truck sewer extensions, garbage incinerators, outfall sewers, and new disposal plants or proposed additions and alterations to existing sewage treatment plants.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Project Liberty files
Series Number
- B2918
Summary
- This series consists of administrative and publicity materials of the New York State Office of Mental Health's Project Liberty. Project Liberty provided free crisis counseling, education, and referral services to New Yorkers affected by the September 11th terrorist attacks.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- Any mention of client names is 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
- Office of Mental Health Bureau of Management Services formal communications records
Series Number
- B2529
Summary
- This series consists of communication records in the form of reports, policies and procedures, and guidelines for staff of the Office of Mental Health. These documents provide guidance on operating facilities, coordinating health care, maintaining accounts, and various reporting requirements.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Health
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Education Department Commissioner's constitutional convention files
Series Number
- B0464
Summary
- This series documents the activities of Commisisoner James E. Allen in preparation for and during the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention. Records include correspondence; reports; press releases; pamphlets; clippings; testimony; and publications of the Board of Regents and the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention. Correspondence and official position statements discuss impact of recent federal programs on education and local and state attempts to bolster existing state education infrastructure. Also included is a copy of the 1967 State Constitution.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
Title
- New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection hearing files
Series Number
- L0209
Summary
- This series consist of transcripts of testimony, statements, and background information on consumer-related issues bearing on hearings conducted by the committee. Also included are annual legislative summaries and committee reports. Files concern hearings on food labeling; warranties and automobile "lemon laws"; home improvement contracts; pricing, especially of gasoline; purchasing; product quality; the funeral industry; hearing aids; advertising and children; and cable television.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Drainage basin subject files
Series Number
- A1120
Summary
- The series consists of subject files documenting cooperative state and federal government efforts to monitor and control pollution and water resources development in New York State drainage basins. Each river basin's file contains information pertinent to locations (of towns or rivers) within that basin. Records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, classification files, water resources and development studies, pollution abatement and hearing files, and other subject files. Also included are related plans, maps, profiles, sections, and photographs.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Water
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records relating to traffic safety
Series Number
- B1961
Summary
- This series consists of various reports and literature relating to traffic safety, which were compiled by Secretary to Governor Harriman, Jonathan B. Bingham. This series also includes Executive Chamber press releases relating to traffic safety; press releases, agendas and attendance lists; and editorials on and suggestions regarding the Governor's Conference on Tractor-Trailer Accidents and the Governor's Conference on City and Village Traffic Safety. Also included are Bingham's statements at the 1958 regional meeting of the President's Committee for Traffic Safety.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Secretary to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commission to Examine Laws Relating to Child Welfare correspondence and administrative records
Series Number
- A0018
Summary
- The series consists of transcripts and correspondence of the Chair of the Commission to Examine Laws Relating to Child Welfare and reflects the commission's initiatives in investigating the operation and effect of laws relating to child welfare. Also included are statements of expenditures, staff salary statements, expense accounts, memorandums regarding the financial status of the commission, and comptroller's office schedules covering payments made to the commission's account.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission to Examine Laws Relating to Child Welfare
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Mental Hygiene research studies
Series Number
- B2531
Summary
- Records in this series include data sheets, coding sheets, abstracts of patient records, and reports. Included are records relating to the Baxstrom patient research study and the pre-Baxstrom research study in the 1970s, which examined individuals transferred from hospitals of the criminally insane under the Department of Correctional Services to the civil mental hospitals in the Department of Mental Hygiene.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
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
- Project files and reports
Series Number
- 14104
Summary
- This series consists of project files and reports of the Planning Section. Report topics include turnover of civil service technicians, professional entrance program, nationwide recruitment activities, reasons for resignation from state service, and management improvement. Project files include surveys of the operations of Department units, investigations of civil service issues and routine administrative matters. Also included are the results of a 1956 study of all entry-level titles and promotion charts for competitive-class positions in State service.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service. Planning Section
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.