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Title

Population census

Series Number

B1674

Summary

The series consists of monthly census summaries enumerating, by gender, the population of the Syracuse State School and its outlying colonies and cottages. Aggregate numbers, not names of individuals, are provided. Data document the expansion of the institution's colony system, as well as how regular admissions, discharges, elopements, and the policy of paroling residents affect total institutional population at a given time.

Creator

• Syracuse State School

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Interdepartmental Health Resources Board minutes and reports

Series Number

B1112

Summary

These records document the development of studies and projects to meet the needs of rehabilitation clienteles served by state agencies. The minutes include exhibits in the form of correspondence; proposals for studies and projects; and report drafts, critiques, and revisions. The plan and drafts of the committee's final report list its activities; information exchanged; advice provided; and studies, reviews, and plans undertaken. The appendices include an estimate of the prevalence and rehabilitation needs of disabled persons; state services statistics; and a directory of training programs.

Creator

• New York (State). Interdepartmental Health Resources Board

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Reports and supporting records regarding survey for proposed canal between the Barge Canal and Cayuga Lake

Series Number

B0224

Summary

These are reports, tables, charts, and estimates for a proposed canal. The records concern the feasibility of the proposed canal project, its estimated costs, which route would be most efficient, and the type and amount of work required for such a project. Also included are detailed reports on subjects such as the regulation of the water surface and Cayuga Lake.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inventory of church records

Series Number

A4181

Summary

This series consists of two subseries containing field workers' forms describing churches and church records, and cards containing condensed versions of the information on the forms.

Creator

• Historical Records Survey (N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Moreland Commission on Utility Storm Preparation and Response archived websites

Series Number

B2355

Summary

This series consists of copies of the publicly accessible websites of the Moreland Commission on Utility Storm Preparation and Response.

Creator

• New York State Moreland Commission on Utility Storm Preparation and Response

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York House of Refuge payroll register

Series Number

A3188

Summary

This series, apparently an employee payroll register, bears no identification and was recorded in a volume previously used to record hospital admissions. Information includes date; employee name; amount paid and position (sometimes).

Creator

• New York House of Refuge

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission on Cable Television minutes of commission proceedings

Series Number

19536

Summary

This series consists of meeting minutes of the Commission on Cable Television documenting its actions/decisions to provide oversight and regulation of the state's cable television (CATV) industry. Appended to the minutes are copies of commission orders, hearing officer reports, staff memorandums, and advisory opinions.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Cable Television

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Vouchers

Series Number

B1884

Summary

This series consists of vouchers documenting sale of lands by the state. For the most part, monies raised by these sales were then deposited into either the state's general or school funds. The top half of the form was completed the Surveyor General's Office and normally provides the date of the transaction, a description of the lands sold, and the amount. The bottom half of the form was completed the State Treasurer's Office, signed by a State Treasurer Official and indicates from whom the funds were received, the amount, and date.

Creator

• New York (State). Surveyor General

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Secretary of State lists of land sold for arrears of quit rents

Series Number

A0481

Summary

This volume lists lands (patents) sold for arrears of quit rents in sales of 1815 and 1822. It was apparently submitted to the secretary of state by the comptroller, who was authorized to conduct tax sales.

Creator

• New York (State). Board of Appraisers

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

Syracuse Section Office Superintendent's files

Series Number

B1890

Summary

This series consist of records documenting routine maintenance and operations of the Barge System operating from the Syracuse Office. Records include subject and correspondence files, survey records and maintenance reports. Also included are boat plans, blueprints and black and white photographs which depict ice conditions, repairs, general views, maintenance and operations, and private camps on state property.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Annual financial and statistical reports of institutions and associations chartered by the Board of Regents

Series Number

B0556

Summary

These volumes contain annual reports of the trustees of museums; other institutions or associations of science, literature, art, history, or "other departments of knowledge"; associations of teachers, students, or graduates of educational institutions; and other associations with educational or cultural purposes chartered by the Board of Regents pursuant to legislation of 1910.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Statistical Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Syracuse State School logbooks of packages, letters, and Christmas gifts sent to patients

Series Number

B1648

Summary

This series consists of logbooks recording receipt of packages and letters and Christmas gifts sent to Syracuse State School patients. Log entries include receipt date; recipient name; name and address of sender. Sometimes there is a note that the package remained "unopened." Volumes listing letters sent to patients show date received; recipient and sender name; and sometimes sender's relationship to patient. Volumes listing Christmas gifts typically show date, recipient, gift item(s); and sometimes sender's name and address. Records are restricted.

Creator

• Syracuse State School

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 for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Title

Department of Transportation cultural resources survey reports

Series Number

B2479

Summary

This series consists of studies of undertaken to determine the impact on cultural and/or historical resources of proposed Department of Transportation projects. The Department of Transportation's Environmental Analysis Bureau enters into contracts with the New York State Museum, which conducts some of the studies itself and sub-contracts others to State University of New York academic departments and/or private contractors.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Transportation

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Commission on Forensic Science and DNA Subcommittee meeting materials

Series Number

21785

Summary

Records in this series include agendas, meeting transcripts, and audits created by the New York State Commission on Forensic Science, which is charged with developing minimum standards and a program of accreditation for all forensic laboratories located in New York State; and the DNA Subcommittee, which accredits DNA laboratories and advises the commission regarding quality control and procedures for forensic DNA analysis.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Criminal Justice Services. Office of Forensic Services

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Bureau of School District Organization files of master plan studies

Series Number

11120

Summary

In 1958, the Commissioner's Advisory Committee on the Master Plan for School District Reorganization issued a revision of the 1947 Master Plan. These study files contain minutes of Advisory Committee meetings, proposed changes in the Master Plan, notes and memoranda concerning public hearings held about the Master Plan, correspondence with local school officials and citizens about revised reorganization proposals and county maps.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of School District Organization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Register of applications for cancellations of tax sales

Series Number

B1616

Summary

This volume lists information gathered from applications for cancellations of tax-sales. All of the applications were made in 1885 for tax-sales held as early as 1866. Information given for each entry includes name of applicant; date of application; description of land; tax-sale year; ground of application; and remarks. Grounds for cancellation frequently include failure of the assessors to certify assessment rolls; failure of the State Comptroller's office to follow proper notification procedures; and other reasons technical in nature.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Amendments to Municipal Civil Service Commission rules

Series Number

B0508

Summary

This series consists of State Civil Service Commission approvals of Municipal Civil Service rules and amendments including appointments, promotions, examinations, and position classifications. Each approval includes a transmittal letter; a copy of the amendment or set of rules and a certification of the State Commission's approval. Transmittal letters, correspondence and memoranda occasionally contain background information on a rule and explain why a rule was disapproved or approved.

Creator

• New York (State). Civil Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Institution for Defective Delinquents film of institutional activities at Napanoch

Series Number

B1602

Summary

The series consists of three reels of 16 millimeter motion picture film depicting various aspects of institutional life at Napanoch, including views of buildings, officers, and inmates.

Creator

• Institution for Defective Delinquents (Napanoch, N.Y.)

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to fragile physical condition. Access denied pending completion of total restoration.

Title

New York Naval Militia roster of commissioned officers

Series Number

13723

Summary

This roster of commissioned officers in the New York Naval Militia lists officers by rank for each unit. Each entry gives officer name, office held, division or battery number, commission date, date of rank, address, in whose place appointed, and remarks. There is a unit index but no name index.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Orders of circuit judges on motions for new trials

Series Number

J8026

Summary

This series consists mostly of orders of Circuit Judges granting or denying motions for new trails after hearing arguments on a bill of exceptions in which a defendant alleged error in earlier proceedings. There are also a few orders granting judgment as in the case of non-suit, giving additional time to plead, setting aside a default, etc. The powers of circuit judges were specified in legislation of 1829.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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