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Displaying 17 Finding Aids
New York State War Council Executive Secretaries' Correspondence with State and War Council Agencies
Title
- Executive secretaries' correspondence with state and War Council agencies
Series Number
- A4361
Summary
- This series contains correspondence and other materials between the Executive Secretary and state and War Council agencies primarily concerning the organization of defense-related work. Topics of the letters include war rationing; citizen morale; discrimination in employment; health; labor; and transportation.
Creator
- New York State War Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Telegrams received
Series Number
- A4147
Summary
- This volume contains incoming telegrams received by the Surgeon General's Office between April 26, 1861 and November 26, 1864. The telegrams deal with administrative matters such as the examination of regiments, disbursement of medical supplies, appointments of regimental surgeons, and the disposition of wounded soldiers received at New York City and Albany.
Creator
- New York (State). Surgeon General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- War Council Division of Civilian Protection Emergency Medical Service survey and planning files
Series Number
- A4286
Summary
- This series contains correspondence, reports, and memoranda relating to the administration and coordination of the War Council's Division of Civilian Protection Emergency Medical Service in its preparedness to respond to medical emergencies in the event of wartime bombings.
Creator
- New York State War Council. Division of Civilian Protection. Emergency Medical Service
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Telegrams received
Series Number
- A2003
Summary
- This series consists of telegrams received by the Office of the Superintendent and copies of a few telegrams sent by that office. The telegrams relate to teachers' institutes; authority of and legality of actions by local school officials; apportionment of public money for schools; Indian students; and routine administrative activities.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Counsel to the Governor Departments and Divisions subject files
Series Number
- B2338
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to the departments and divisions of New York State government. The counsel's responsibilities included making recommendations on proposed legislation; acting as a liaison between the Governor's Office and the State Legislature; and advising the Governor on policy and program matters. Much of this material relates to policy matters or to legal, legislative, jurisdictional, or administrative aspects of the departments and divisions.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- Records are available for inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Law, unless that law exempts particular records from disclosure.
Title
- Copies of outgoing telegrams
Series Number
- A1370
Summary
- This series contains copies of telegrams sent to individuals and state agencies by the Comptroller. The subject is primarily the financial transactions of the State. Information is extremely brief and it is very difficult to determine the exact nature of the message.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Power Authority contract records
Series Number
- B2340
Summary
- This series consists of copies of proposed and accepted contracts and other records, generated by the Counsel to Governor W. Averell Harriman, documenting the sale of St. Lawrence power by the New York State Power Authority. The Counsel to the Governor was responsible for clearing all contracts, as to content and form, which required the Governor's signature. Approximately half of the records in the series relate to contracts with the Reynolds Metals Company and the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Defense Council subject correspondence files
Series Number
- A4241
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, and circulars relating to the New York State Defense Council's work to administer and supervise programs for food conservation, motor convoys, and non-war construction. The series especially documents council cooperation with the U.S. Food Administration and the U.S. War Industries Board.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Parks and Recreation
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence with state agencies
Series Number
- A4240
Summary
- This series consists primarily of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence - along with smaller amounts of incoming original letters - sent among the New York State Defense Council and other state agencies associated with emergency war efforts, notably the Adjutant General's office, Department of Health, and Commission on Highways. The correspondence generally deals with council activities, the coordination of efforts among agencies, and wartime issues and regulations.
Creator
- New York State Defense Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Telegrams pertaining to the 1892 Buffalo Riot
Series Number
- A4122
Summary
- This series includes correspondence primarily between militia leaders and occasionally their subordinates. One can find a number of telegrams and letters addressed to Major General Josiah Porter in Albany, Governor Roswell P. Flower, and Brigadier Generals Peter Doyle and James McLeer. The content of these telegrams and letters centers on the mobilization of state militia troops at Buffalo, but many also contain descriptions of the chaos erupting in the city.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Judiciary subject files
Series Number
- B2335
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to New York State courts. The Counsel's responsibilities advising the Governor on policy and program matters and making recommendations on proposed legislationand on all appointments to the judiciary. Records relate to the New York State Courts and the Temporary State Commission on the Courts, and focus on court organization and appointments, salaries and workloads of judges.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Authorities subject files
Series Number
- B2334
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Counsel to the Governor's office which relate to New York State authorities. The Counsel's responsibilities included clearing all contracts that required the Governor's signature, making recommendations on proposed legislation, and advising on policy and program matters. Records include correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, plans, press releases, copies of legislative bills and acts, and newspaper clippings relating to the administrative, legal, jurisdictional and legislative aspects of New York State authorities.
Creator
- New York (State). Counsel to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Adjutant General's Office correspondence and petitions
Series Number
- B0462
Summary
- This series consists of mostly routine and administrative correspondence, memoranda, petitions, orders, and transmittal letters. There are also a significant number of items of noteworthy historical interest.While most of the records were from military personnel, there is a significant amount of from private citizens; federal and state officials; adjutant generals from other states; New York State legislators; and representatives of military manufacturing firms.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Telegrams received and sent by the Governor's Office
Series Number
- A4149
Summary
- This series consists of original and duplicate telegrams pertaining to military matters received and sent by Governor Edwin D. Morgan's office, including telegrams received from and sent to President Lincoln and members of his cabinet and staff. It is not exactly clear how the Adjutant General's Office came into possession of these records, though they may have been acquired by the Bureau of Military Statistics.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Telegrams received and sent
Series Number
- A4148
Summary
- This series pertains to the state's effort in raising and equipping the volunteer forces mustered into federal service during the early years of the Civil War. Specific subjects include the appointment of officers, mustering in of regiments, assignments of companies to regiments, promotions, arrangement of transportation for regiments leaving the state, recruitment of new regiments, procurement of arms from the Commissary General's office, mustering out of three-month regiments, and the payment of troops.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Correspondence with National Council of Defense
Series Number
- A4237
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence between the New York State Defense Council and the Council of National Defense, its parent organization at the federal level relating to methods of conserving food and fuel supplies and administering the labor force during war emergency conditions. Also included are files reflecting the organizational subdivisions of the National Council and telegrams and bulletins from the national offices.
Creator
- New York State Defense Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Governor Assistant to the Governor correspondence and subject files of George B. Graves
Series Number
- B1383
Summary
- George B. Graves served under fourteen New York governors. He was appointed private secretary to Alfred E. Smith in 1924; later, he became assistant to the governor, a position especially created for him by Smith. Graves ended his thirty-six years of government service in 1928. This series consists primarily of files created and maintained by Graves during his service to Governor Smith. The files consist chiefly of correspondence, telegrams, memorandums, cross references, speech material, newspaper clippings, and printed material.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Assistant to the Governor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.