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Displaying 6074 Finding Aids
Title
- Card index to administrative matters and regulatory and special permit cases
Series Number
- B1590
Summary
- The series is a card file indexing matters of general administration, regulatory violations, and special permit actions handled from September 1, 1930 through December 31, 1937. Cards typically list name and place of residence of the applicant or person cited for an infraction, date, brief description of action, and page number. Cards for personnel appointments often show salary information and date of hiring or retirement.
Creator
- New York (State). Conservation Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Legislative Resolution, Senate No. 2477, commemorating the Centennial of the completion of the New York State Capitol in Albany, N.Y.
Series Number
- L0235
Summary
- This series is an embossed resolution adopted by the New York State Senate on October 7, 1999 commemorating the centennial of the completion of the New York State Capitol in Albany, New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Senate
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Ocean Beach minutes of the board of trustees
Series Number
- A4702
Creator
- Ocean Beach (N.Y. : Village)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Circuit Court (1st Circuit) rough minute books
Series Number
- JN598
Summary
- The rough minute books contain minutes of civil trials and other proceedings in regular terms of the Circuit Court and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York. Trial minutes include the names of plaintiff and defendant, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses, and may list documents introduced as evidence. The minutes state the amount of money judgment awarded by jury verdict after trial, or by jury inquisition if the defendant defaulted. The minute books also contain occasional entries of motions and orders, and fines against non-appearing jurors.
Creator
- New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Certificates of convictions in local courts
Series Number
- A0216
Summary
- This series contains certificates of conviction in courts of special sessions transmitted by county and local clerks to the Secretary of State, as required by Chapter 259 of the Laws of 1839. Certificates are not present for all counties or all years.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Pulteney Land Office records and selected historical records of Steuben County
Series Number
- A1108
Summary
- Records on this microfilm relate mostly to surveys, sales, and conveyances of lands in western New York owned by the Pulteney family of Great Britain. Sir William Pulteney (with others) purchased the unsold lands of the (Oliver) Phelps and (Nathaniel) Gorham syndicate in 1792. Records consist of letter books, deed books, surveys, maps and other documents relating to the Pulteney Estate in western New York.
Creator
- Steuben (N.Y. : County). County Clerk
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Sing Sing Correctional Facility incarcerated individual case files
Series Number
- W0048
Summary
- Sing Sing Correctional Facility, located in Westchester County, N.Y., is a maximum-security correctional facility for incarcerated males. Case files include information of the individual's family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
Access Restrictions
- Summary information on adult incarcerated individuals 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
- Adirondack Central School District records
Series Number
- A4716
Summary
- This series contains tax rolls, attendance registers, board minutes, financial reports, annual library reports, adult education reports, salary/retirement information, ESEA Title I, building construction reports, pre-consolidation census reports, audited financial statements, regents reports, and scholastic records.
Creator
- Adirondack Central School District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Attendance registers are estricted for 100 years under the US Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Title
- Issues files
Series Number
- L0221
Summary
- The series consists of memoranda, news clippings, draft copies of propositions, copies of hearing testimony, lists of citations to legislation, and related research materials pertinent to substantive issues discussed at the convention by committees on natural resources, education, and local government. Topics include a forest preserve, a state structure governing education, and a "bill of rights" for local government.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1967
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Mental Hygiene facility plans
Series Number
- B1975
Summary
- This series consists of plans pertaining to three New York State-operated mental health facilities on Long Island: Kings Park State Hospital, Pilgrim State Hospital, and Central Islip State Hospital. Plans are generally grouped by building and facility. The majority of the plans are blue prints on paper; some are microform copies mounted on aperture cards.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Mental Hygiene
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Subject and meeting files and World's Fair exhibit design and building plans
Series Number
- A0569
Summary
- The series consists of the files of the World's Fair Commission, together with contractors' plans and drawings prepared under the authority of the commission for the New York State exhibit at the 1939-1940 World's Fair. Along with commission subject files and general correspondence, these files include meeting minutes, contracts, bonds, bids and estimates of contractors for exhibit work, accident and insurance reports, photographs, and publications. The records also include blueprints, pencil drawings, and artwork.
Creator
- New York (State). World's Fair Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Miscellaneous writs
Series Number
- JN595
Summary
- This small series contains one example each of a writ of covenant, writ of habere facias possessionem, and writ of proclamation. There is also a folder of unidentified writs.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Monthly reports of the Board of Visitors
Series Number
- A3060
Summary
- These reports summarize inspections of the institution conducted in accordance with institution bylaws by the Board of Visitors (called the Board of Managers until 1927).
Creator
- New York (State). State Agricultural and Industrial School
Access Restrictions
- Partly restricted in accordance with Executive Law, Section 501-c(1)(b), relating to confidentiality of individuals in custody of the Division for Youth (now Office of Children and Family Services).
Title
- Assembly Standing Committee on Tourism, the Arts, and Sports Development bill files
Series Number
- L0238
Summary
- These bill files, which contain draft legislation, research notes, newspaper clippings, and other documents relating to proposed legislation, also include a transcript of a public hearing related to the resale of tickets to entertainment events.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Summit Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0051
Summary
- Summit Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility (1961-2011), located in Schoharie County, N.Y., was a minimum security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
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.
New York State Department of Correctional Services Riverview Correctional Facility Inmate Case Files
Title
- Riverview Correctional Facility inmate case files
Series Number
- W0045
Summary
- Riverview Correctional Facility, located in St. Lawrence County, N.Y., is a medium security correctional facility for male felons. Inmate case files describe in great detail the family and social background, arrest, confinement, and release/parole of incarcerated men.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Correctional Services
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
- Abstracts and indexes of deeds
Series Number
- A3074
Summary
- These volumes were prepared during the nineteenth century from the original books of deeds in series A0453. Record of Deeds, 1652-1884. They contain brief abstracts of the subjects of most deeds recorded in that series. Each volume has grantor and grantee name indexes, and location and subject indexes.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.
Title
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York Board of Directors meeting minutes
Series Number
- B1978
Summary
- This series documents the actions of the Municipal Assistance Corporation Board of Directors from June 1975 through September 1995.
Creator
- Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor name files
Series Number
- 13681
Summary
- This series consists of copies of correspondence from the Governor's Central Subject and Correspondence Files (series 13682) filed alphabetically by name. Name files serve as a name index to the Subject and Correspondence Files; name files contain cross-references, either on the documents themselves or through separate cross-reference sheets, to the Subject and Correspondence Files. This series contains files from Governors Nelson Rockefeller, Malcolm Wilson, Hugh Carey, and Mario Cuomo.
Title
- Task Force on Police-on-Police Shootings archived website
Series Number
- B2281
Summary
- This series consists of a December 24, 2010 copy of the publicly accessible website of the Police-on-Police Shootings Task Force.
Creator
- New York (State). Task Force on Police-on-Police Shootings
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.