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Title

Ledger of monthly and cumulative statistics on the prison population

Series Number

B0135

Summary

This series consists of statistical profiles of incarcerated individuals at the New York State Reformatory. Category statistics include type of offense; length of maximum and definite sentence; occupation; personal and physical characteristics; educational level; mental level; religion; color; ethnicity; past criminal and institutional history; and level of drunkenness. Other statistics relate to number of incarcerated individuals discharged; paroled; returned for parole violations; pardoned; escaped; transferred to other institutions or died while in prison.

Creator

• New York State Reformatory (Elmira, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect personal privacy. Access may be permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the State Archives.

Title

General hospital admission chest x-ray program administrative files

Series Number

10416

Summary

The administrative files of the Department of Health, Bureau of Tuberculosis Control contain background research, correspondence, memorandums describing program development and policies, statistical summaries, equipment records, and individual hospital program files. The series documents department responses to declining case-finding statistics, difficult field administration, and changing medical practice.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Tuberculosis Control

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical summary of state census

Series Number

A0028

Summary

This series consists of a statistical abstract of returns of census marshals to the county clerks, submitted by the clerks to the Secretary of State. Each return includes certification as to the accuracy of the figures, with the signature of the county clerk and county seal.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Daily reports of female population

Series Number

B0063

Summary

This series consists of daily statistical records of inmates at the Women's Prison at Auburn. Information includes the date; number received; number discharged; total number in prison at morning and evening; and remarks.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical register of state draft quotas and volunteers

Series Number

B1382

Summary

This series consists of a book of summarizing statistics on the recruitment of troops for the New York State draft. For each county, statistics are given for population and quota (as a percentage of population and fixed at 5 per cent). Statistics are provided for each town: population, quota for 120,000 population, 5 percent; total; number of volunteers raised; surplus and deficit.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Deputy Secretary to the Governor subject files concerning state financial aid for education

Series Number

B1220

Summary

In 1969, Governor Nelson Rockefeller and the Board of Regents created the New York State Commission on the Quality, Cost, and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education. School financing recommendations made by the commission, which would have increased school taxes in upstate districts and reduced school expenditures in a significant number of downstate suburban districts, were never implemented. These files were generated by staff of the governor's office in the course of researching and making recommendations regarding state aid for education.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor. Deputy Secretary to the Governor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical tables compiled for report on wage investigation

Series Number

A3009

Summary

Statistical tables based on data collected by field agents about factory employees from establishments studied 1912-1914. The tables provide statistics about factory workers such as: wages; age; sex; time worked; years worked; immigration status; occupation; and housing. The series contains background information about how the information was gathered to create the tables.

Creator

• New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical reports, background material, and industry profiles

Series Number

A4435

Summary

The series contains statistical information and tabulations of the data gathered during enrollment with the Military Training Commission, as well as information on employment of farm boys and results of a survey of industries from around the state which employed boys. The survey results were published as <emph render="italic">Our Boys: A Study of the 245,000 Sixteen, Seventeen, and Eighteen Year Old Employed Boys of the State of New York</emph> by Howard G. Burdge.

Creator

• New York (State). Military Training Commission. Bureau of Vocational Training

Access Restrictions

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

Title

White House Conference on Child Health and Protection files

Series Number

A3038

Summary

The series consists primarily of memoranda and preliminary subcommittee reports (often including statistical summaries and charts) produced by the Committee on Special Classes which made recommendations for future programs, examined, commented on and set provisions for the education of "exceptional" children. Also included is memoranda and correspondence dealing with information requested for committee work. Also included are official proceedings of the conference and abstracts of other conference committees.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Vocational and Extension Education

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Population census of Indian reservations

Series Number

A1832

Summary

This volume contains the 1845 population schedules for all the Indian reservations in New York (except the reservations on Long Island). Census schedules are present for the following reservations or groups: Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Buffalo [Creek], Seneca of Cattaraugus, Cayuga of Cattaraugus, Seneca of Allegany, Tonawanda, and St. Regis [Mohawk]. Data collected is similar to the general population census but does not include voting, citizenship, or militia service.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical summary of 1845 census

Series Number

A1830

Summary

This series consists of a statistical report of state census by county clerks from returns of census marshals. Summary information for each town or city ward includes number of persons by sex, age, marital status, state or country of birth and education; number of aliens, paupers, colored persons, taxed and not taxed and military eligibility; data on acreage, crops, livestock; types of manufacturing establishments and religious establishments; and ages and circumstances of the "deaf and dumb," blind, "idiots," and "lunatics".

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Preliminary computational studies for Barge Canal construction

Series Number

A4419

Summary

The series consists of computational studies, emphasizing hydrological data, for canal construction and the effect of the canal system on adjacent property. Records include: survey computations; baseline data; a revised estimate of quantities and cost for enlarging the canal through the western division; material relating to the canal at Clyde, Newark, and Lyons such as engineers' report on damage claims and newspaper briefs on Clyde River floods; and base line survey computations from Hurds Bridge to Sulphur Guard Lock.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical reports of the Classification Clinic

Series Number

B1687

Summary

This series consists of statistical reports documenting activities of the Clinton Prison Classification Clinic. Reports give the numbers of: classified inmates, unclassified inmates, inmates interviewed for purposes other than classification or parole, inmates interviewed by psychiatrist for preparation for parole, inmates under observation, inmates transferred to state hospital on account of insanity, inmates placed in observation during month on account of peculiar conduct, inmates transferred to Napanoch and to Albion, and of reports done for parole, clemency, and selective service.

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

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

Psychiatric and psychological statistical reports

Series Number

B1686

Summary

This series consists of monthly reports documenting activities of Department of Mental Hygiene staff psychiatrists at Auburn State Prison. Reports give: number of inmates interviewed and receiving individual therapy; number of group therapy sessions; number of inmates in group therapy; number placed under psychiatric observation; number examined for classification purposes; number transferred for psychiatric reasons; and other notes, such as the dates the psychiatrist visited the prison.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

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.

Title

Statistical summary of actions taken

Series Number

A1424

Summary

This series consists of statistical summaries of censorship activities of the Motion Picture Division. Daily and monthly totals include number of reels (original screening and re-screening); total reels; total number of pictures; and number of pictures, features, and shorts which were approved, approved with eliminations, rejected, and other.. At the bottom of each monthly entry are titles of films rejected by the Division.

Creator

• New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical tables of real property exempt from taxation

Series Number

14395

Summary

These records contain statistical tables of quantity, value, and use of real property wholly or partially exempt from taxation. Included are annual statistics on the value and use of exempt property in each county; shifting municipal tax burden resulting from partial tax exemption for aged persons; and statistics for various categories of partially exempt property in each town and city in the state (property to be sold for unpaid taxes, railroads, housing projects, aged, paraplegic, schools, clergy).

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Equalization and Assessment

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Statistical summary of state census

Series Number

A1829

Summary

This series consists of a statistical abstract of returns of census marshals to the county clerks, submitted by the clerks to the Secretary of State. Information for each town or ward includes number of: males, females, eligible for military duty, able to vote, aliens, paupers, colored persons, marital status vs age, marriages and births occurring, agricultural and manufacturing data, factories, "deaf and dumb," blind, "idiots," and "lunatics". There are no summary tables for the entire state.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Monthly recapitulation books

Series Number

A1425

Summary

The series consists of volumes that summarize data regarding film reviews on a monthly basis. Information for each day includes total number of reels received, reels rescreened, total number of pictures, approvals, eliminations, rejections, and remarks. Also included is the total number of double and single reels reviewed during an original screening. All of these daily figures are totaled each month.

Creator

• New York (State). Motion Picture Division

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Special Assistant to the Governor for Education school finance meeting, background, and correspondence files

Series Number

14145

Summary

Lois Wilson coordinated research and development of policy recommendations concerning education, particularly educational finance. These records served as background materials for, or resulted from, Ms. Wilson's meetings with state agency officials and representatives of school districts and educational organizations. The series includes analyses of school finance inequities and proposals for alternative state aid formulas; evaluation of and proposals for improving teacher effectiveness; correspondence; statistical data regarding state aid; speeches; press releases; legislative bill proposals; and meeting reports.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor. Special Assistant to the Governor for Education

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Financial and statistical data tables

Series Number

14196

Summary

These tables of financial and statistical data for cities, villages and district superintendencies were compiled from reports submitted by individual schools and school districts during 1918-1919. The tables include detailed information on financial payments and receipts; buildings, property, and libraries; teachers and pupils; teachers training classes; normal schools; evening schools; Indian schools; vocational schools; private academies; villages and cities maintaining kindergartens; compulsory attendance; and comparison of statistics from all public schools in 1918 and 1919.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department

Access Restrictions

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