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Title

Account book listing expenditures and monthly balance statements of the Western Division

Series Number

B0741

Summary

This volume contains expenditures and the monthly balance of the Western Division of the New York State Canal System.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Exhibit relating to real estate transfers and the rate of assessment of real property in the City of Buffalo

Series Number

B0999

Summary

This exhibit was presented before the State Tax Commission by several transportation and utility companies as the commission decided the matter of the tentative rate of equalization of special franchises in Buffalo for 1932 (on assessments made in 1931). The series includes columnar tabulations, graphs, and one map. A sworn deposition by the consulting engineer who prepared the schedule explains the methodology and source data used and includes additional summary and distribution tables.

Creator

• New York (State). State Tax Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission on Government Integrity informant correspondence files

Series Number

B1339

Summary

The commission compiled the information in these files to further its investigation into violations of ethical or legal standards of conduct by public officials and employees. Informants wrote to the commission making allegations against individuals and organizations. These allegations included involvement in criminal activity; conflict of interest; official misconduct; obstruction of justice; drug abuse; no-show employment; nepotism; election fraud; and patronage. Evidence supplied by informants ranged from well-documented allegations to totally unsupported innuendo.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Government Integrity

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Civil Rights Law, Section 73.8, and other statutes. Public hearing transcripts, press releases, published material, and other records that have been previously available to the public are available without restriction. Access to other information is permitted only by permission of the commission or the Governor's office.

Title

Primary election committee statements

Series Number

B0027

Summary

This series consists of statements of campaign receipts and payments submitted by the treasurer or agents of political committees in connection with primary elections held in New York counties. Statements include the amount received, name of person or committee from whom the donation was received, receipt date, expenditures, disbursements, person or committee to whom money was disbursed, and payment amount. Also noted is the name of the political party; county, and chair or treasurer of the committee submitting the statement.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Training programs subject files

Series Number

A4382

Summary

This series contains correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, field reports, pamphlets, tests, and speeches and lectures relating to the office's work of training civilians for possible war time emergencies. Programs represented in this series include firefighting and auxiliary police training, school bus drivers training, gas identification and response training, and public service training. Much of this series details routine travel, attendance reports, payroll, requests for materials, and personnel issues.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of War Training

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Newark Developmental Center (N.Y.) medical records

Series Number

B2630

Summary

This fragmentary series consists of several types of medical records. A register of operations lists detailed information regarding surgical procedures performed at the facility. This register notes that the surgical facility was closed January 1980 and contains a list of nurses and anesthetists who worked in the facility along with their service dates. Series also includes an x-ray logbook consisting of compiled reports of results of tuberculosis tests; two small menstruation logbooks; and two small pharmaceutical logbooks.

Creator

• Newark Developmental Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted permanently in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records, by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the N.Y. Public Health Law section 18 and Freedom of Information law section 89.2(b)(ii) relating to personal health information. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) docket of judgments

Series Number

J0141

Summary

This series consists of the dockets of judgments filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. Each entry in the docket book gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment was obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment was obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date of signing judgment (omitted in later volumes), date of filing judgment roll, name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction if any.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law investigation files

Series Number

B1311

Summary

The commission compiled these files to track its investigation of violations of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law by liquor licensees, their employees, and others. Many of the copies of documents and data in these files were gathered from files of the State Liquor Authority. They include forms, summary reports, and investigation case files of licensees, and applications.

Creator

• New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law

Access Restrictions

All investigative materials in Moreland Act commission records are indefinitely restricted pursuant to Executive Law sect. 6 and 63.8 and Civil Rights Law sect. 73.8. Requests for access to such materials are referred to the Governor's Office.

Private hearing materials: Restricted; Executive Law, Section 63.8.

Personal background information on individuals: Restricted; Personal Privacy Protection Law, Section 96.1.c and personal privacy exemption of Freedom of Information Law, Section 87.2.b.

Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany) naturalization papers

Series Number

J5011

Summary

This series consists of documents relating to the naturalization of aliens by the Supreme Court of Judicature or by justices presiding at Circuit Courts. The documents, mostly from Albany County, include the declaration of intention to renounce allegiance to a foreign ruler or state and to become a citizen of the United States; and the petition for naturalization, stating the country of origin and length of residence in the U.S., and requesting to be admitted to citizenship.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum female visiting book

Series Number

B2618

Summary

This series includes basic information regarding visitors to female asylum patients. Information typically includes name of patient, date visited, and name of visitor.

Creator

• N.Y. City Lunatic Asylum

Access Restrictions

Records identifying 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 of Mental Health.

Title

Subject index to decisions and confidential reports

Series Number

J2018

Summary

This index analyzes decisions of the Court of Appeals by legal topic and sub-topic (from "Accounting" to "Workmen's Compensation." The card index may have been compiled as a general subject index to Court of Appeals decisions. Most of the information in the index is not unique, being available in published case reports, legal digests, encyclopedias, and in newspapers. The unique data found in the index are the references to the numbered internal reports or memoranda (see Archives Series J2003).

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

References pertaining to confidential reports: Restricted according to memorandum of understanding between Court of Appeals and State Archives, January 1993. Use with supervision of archivist.

Title

Engrossed minutes of the Canal Commissioners

Series Number

A0872

Summary

This volume consists mainly of resolutions of the canal commissioners, who were established by Chapter 188 of the Laws of 1811. The resolutions give date, people present; resolution; and vote.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Willard Psychiatric Center Hospital chaplain's records

Series Number

B1477

Summary

This series consists of subject files documenting the work of Father Thomas J. Florack, Hospital Chaplain at Willard State Hospital (later Willard Psychiatric Center). A large portion of the series consists of sermons (homilies). Also included are memorandums from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester; material from the Association of Mental Hospital Chaplains; administrative guidelines and policies; publications related to mental health, social counseling, and social issues; and monthly reports.

Creator

• Willard Psychiatric Center (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of receipts and checks issued

Series Number

A0866

Summary

This series records money received by the Comptroller, whose office was responsible for receiving and distributing state funds Information includes date, name, residence, account (by mortgage tax or inheritance tax), amount, and amount refunded.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Willard State Hospital staff notes on patient diagnosis

Series Number

B1463

Summary

This series consists of notes from staff meetings at Willard State Hospital. The notes document staff presentations and discussions of cases of individual patients. Information includes date; staff in attendance and persons giving reports and summaries. Patients discussed were sometimes at the meetings. Their statements and staff's observations of them are included. Reports include case abstracts; patients' social, physical, and mental histories and diagnoses; treatment histories; and present symptoms. Diagnoses and parole decisions are sometimes noted. Records are restricted.

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

Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law transcripts of public hearings

Series Number

B1305

Summary

This series consists mainly of transcripts of testimony taken by the commission at public hearings in New York City, Buffalo, and Albany. Witnesses included State Liquor Authority officials; other state officials; local Alcoholic Beverage Control board officials; alcoholic beverage control officials from other states; trade association representatives; liquor retailers; restaurant and bar owners; economists; sociologists; and clergy.

Creator

• New York (State). Moreland Commission on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Contracts for improvement of the Erie and Oswego Canals

Series Number

A0133

Summary

This series consists of volumes documenting three individual contracts for improvement of the Erie and Oswego Canals: Contract No. 8-A (Erie Canal Section 2) involved the construction of Lock No. 8 and the substructure of Dam No. 4 in the Mohawk River at Scotia; Contract No. 206 (Erie Canal Section 9) pertained to the raising of the bridge over Lock No. 33 at Edgewood Avenue in Rochester; and Contract No. 10-A (Oswego Canal Section 1) involved completing construction of the canal and raising the upper dam at Fulton.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Farm Cadet Victory Corps Program administrative records and correspondence

Series Number

A4355

Summary

This series documents the insurance, training, housing and supervision of the cadets participating in the Farm Cadet Victory Corps Program, an effort to recruit, train, place, house, and employ several thousand high school students as seasonal farm laborers. It includes reports on the arrivals, departures, and performance of farm cadets; transcripts of radio programs relating to the Farm Cadet Victory Corps; and a sample of a questionnaire given to farmers to assist in providing statistics on farm labor.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Farm Manpower Service

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State Engineer and Surveyor unidentified canal records

Series Number

A4433

Summary

This series apparently originated in work of the State Engineer and Surveyor. There is no clear relationship among the records; neither is it known who brought the records together, or for what purpose. Included are statistical data from the Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor, field notes pertaining to the canal's Western Division, correspondence, copies of indentures of property and related blueprint maps, blueprint copies of estimates for materials, and notes of an inventory of canal contract materials.

Creator

• New York (State). Executive Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Senator Earl W. Brydges correspondence and subject files

Series Number

L0104

Summary

This series documents the Senate career of Majority Leader Earl Brydges. The correspondence, memoranda, speeches, press releases, reports, clippings and other printed items reflect Brydges' committee assignments and his interests in the areas of education (especially of the handicapped), health, and mental retardation. There is a significant amount of material on local issues in Niagara County and City of Niagara Falls, particularly transportation, education, and production of electrical power for the region.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Senator (1948-1972 : Earl W. Brydges)

Access Restrictions

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