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Displaying 671 Finding Aids
Title
- Unified services and local services management records
Series Number
- B2525
Summary
- This series documents plans concerning the allocation of state resources to local providers of services throughout New York State. These records include county plans, correspondence with state departments and county agencies, reports, and budgets pertaining to individual institutions.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bedford Hills Correctional Facility inmate work release case files
Series Number
- B1010
Summary
- These records relate to work release programs for approximately sixty inmates during 1973 and 1974. Most of the records pertain to inmates in Bedford's Reformatory Division, although several pertain to inmates in the Prison Division. Inmate files include work release agreement; work release report; request for disbursement of funds; correspondence and memorandums relating to transportation, purchase of clothing, inability to work because of illness, etc.; and several black and white photographs of the inmate.
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
- New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Division of Marketing consumer information reports
Series Number
- 13440
Summary
- This series consists of official retail price market reports on meats, poultry, fruits, vegetables, eggs, and grocery items and contains weekly reports from the Albany (1973-1978) and Rochester (1975-1976) areas. Reports generally provide price information for all types of meats, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and eggs, and suggest reasonably priced items for the week.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Agriculture and Markets. Division of Marketing
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Daily punishment reports
Series Number
- A0780
Summary
- The series consists of daily reports describing punishments at Auburn Prison. Assistant keepers could punish those incarcerated at their discretion if they reported their actions in writing to the prison's agent or deputy keeper. The short narratives include date; name of assistant keeper; name of the punished; offense committed; location of offense; and punishment given. Occasionally, the reports also include a one-sentence description of significant events occurring at the prison such as fires, resignations of officials, and missing incarcerated persons.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports of contagious diseases from local boards of health
Series Number
- B0290
Summary
- This series contains monthly totals of communicable disease cases reported to the State Department of Health as mandated by law. Diseases are represented by letter codes in headings, with numbers of cases for each respective disease listed in columns. Also included is a table of statistics compiled for "Greater New York" and the "State Outside of Greater New York."
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Communicable Diseases
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Harold A. Jerry, Jr. professional papers
Series Number
- B1830
Summary
- This series consists of Harold Jerry's personal copies of records compiled during public service with the Office for Regional Development, the Temporary Commission on the State Court System, the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, and the Adirondack Highway Council. Records include correspondence; working, policy, and issue papers; press releases; economic and environmental studies; environmental field reports; draft legislation; meeting minutes, summaries, and agendas; budget materials; and clippings.
Creator
- Jerry, Harold A., Jr., 1920-2001
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports of audits by mortgage tax examiners
Series Number
- B1603
Summary
- The series consists primarily of copies of original reports to the State Tax Commission, produced by mortgage tax examiners, recommending rebates of the mortgage tax or other actions arising from their audits of county mortgage tax records. The examinations pertain to collection of the mortgage tax (taxable instruments); apportionment and distribution of the tax; recording and checking the tax; and accounting for and auditing the tax.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Mortgage and Land Tax Section
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Files of the investigation of the Lackawanna Civil Service Commission
Series Number
- B0509
Summary
- This series consists of files and reports from a State Civil Service Commission investigation of the practices of the Lackawanna City Civil Service Commission in response to veterans groups' legal actions against the municipal commission and petitions over a fire fighter examination. Records include correspondence; legal documents, petitions from veterans' groups, testimony transcripts, and the final report. Also included are interviews and statements of applicants for city positions and civil service concerns of veterans' groups after World War II.
Creator
- New York (State). Civil Service Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Committees and Commissions subject files
Series Number
- B2336
Summary
- The subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office relate to the creation, activities, and meetings of legislative or administrative committees and commissions. The Counsel's duties included making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature and between the Governor and all investigative bodies; and advising the Governor on policy and program matters. Correspondence and reports in these subjects files document include criminal insanity and home rule.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Bank mergers and bank holding companies subject files
Series Number
- B2337
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the merging of banks in New York State and to legislation regulating bank holding companies. The Counsel was responsible for various duties, which included making recommendations on proposed legislation; negotiating interstate or international agreements; clearing all contracts; and advising the Governor on many policy and program matters. Records include correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, and newspaper clippings.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Executive deputy commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- B2451
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, speeches, reports, and other administrative records of Nancy Palumbo, Deputy Commissioner/Executive Deputy Commissioner for Administration and Fiscal Affairs, and Christopher M. Pushkarsh, Deputy Commissioner for Downstate Operations and Concessions Management and later Executive Deputy Commissioner.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Board of Real Property Services hearing transcripts
Series Number
- 15176
Summary
- The series consists of transcripts and hearing officer reports and agendas documenting formal hearings on complaints objecting to state or county equalization rates, special and class ratios, railroad ceilings, special franchises, agricultural ceilings (prior to 1983), and oil and gas production unit values.
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
- Willard State Hospital special therapies report
Series Number
- B1817
Summary
- This series documents the use of a variety of therapies and the number of patients receiving therapies each month at Willard State Hospital. Some reports are categorized by ward; some list patients by name; some categorize information by gender of patient. Types of therapies include tranquilizing drugs, convulsive therapy, insulin therapy, and psychotherapy. Extensive lists of tranquilizing drugs are given.
Creator
- Willard State Hospital (N.Y.)
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
- Statistical and special reports on State employment
Series Number
- 14095
Summary
- This series contains the following statistical reports on State employment: Reports on Provisionally filled and Vacant Positions; Reports on Temporary Employment; Annual Provisional Reports; Reports on Distribution of New York State Positions by County and Agency; Statistics on State Positions; Position Summary and Turnover Reports; and Summary of positions in State Service.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Civil Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Meeting files
Series Number
- 18687
Summary
- The series consists of start-up files and meeting records of the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission. Records include information on: the formation of the commission; membership appointments and roster; fundraising; final and interim reports; subcommittee meetings; special projects; meeting agendas and remarks; committee work and related documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual reports
Series Number
- B2463
Summary
- This series consists of annual reports of the Judicial Council. Reports include information on the condition of business within the courts (intake and disposition of civil and criminal cases, work of grand juries, business in clerks' offices, totals of cases pending and delay, etc.), and extensive recommendations (new and renewed) requiring action by the legislature to improve the administration of justice.
Creator
- New York (State). Judicial Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commissioner's subject and correspondence files
Series Number
- 13063
Summary
- This series consists of subject and correspondence files of the commissioner. Typical records include briefing documents; reports; meeting files; speeches; interdepartmental memorandums; correspondence between members of the executive office; and correspondence with state and federal agencies, private and public groups, and individual members of the public.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Executive Office
Title
- Administrative surveys, studies, and reports on local law enforcement operations and services
Series Number
- 15620
Summary
- The series consists of surveys, studies, and reports on police services and operations prepared by the Bureau for Municipal Police at the request of chief municipal law enforcement authorities. Records include administrative surveys of police operations; consolidation studies to determine the feasibility of (or to plan for) a unified law enforcement agency; personnel analysis studies of police operations and staff resources and deployment; reports on the organization and services of police or sheriff's departments; and operational plans for new public safety buildings
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau for Municipal Police
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports, cost estimates, and certificates pertaining to the Middle Division of the New York State Canal System.
Series Number
- B0708
Summary
- This series consists of a volume of reports, cost estimates, certificates, and sketch maps relating to the Middle Division of the New York State Canal System, which ran from Cayuga to Oneida County.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.