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Title

Leasing and franchise ledgers

Series Number

B2691

Summary

This series contains 20 ledgers documenting specific parcels of land that have been leased or franchised and the taxes paid on the lands underwater. Information found within the ledgers includes the date of transaction, name of parcel lessee or franchisee, and amount of taxes paid. The bureau uses the information in this series to issue shellfish bed permits which give exclusive harvesting rights to individuals for specific parcels of the state's underwater lands.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Marine Resources. Bureau of Shellfisheries

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor Edwin D. Morgan registers and index to incoming correspondence

Series Number

A0623

Summary

This series consists of two registers of incoming correspondence and an index to the registers. Most of the correspondence was addressed to the governor. The letters were either answered by the governor or referred to other agencies of officials for response. The registers provide the following for each letter received: date; from whom received; to whom addressed (usually the governor); to be answered by (governor, comptroller, initials of an individual); date answered; and phrase indicating topic of the letters.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1859-1862 : Morgan)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Lists of certificates of payments by the treasurer

Series Number

A1065

Summary

This series consists of certificates issued by the treasurer in compensation for military service during the Revolutionary War. Each entry gives the certificate number, date, name of recipient, and amount of certificate.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

Volumes are fragile and should be used with caution under supervision of archivist.

Title

Geographical registers of comptroller's tax deeds

Series Number

A1071

Summary

These registers from the Comptroller's Office provides geographic access to conveyances of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes. Information includes town name or ward number; lot number; tax year; description of parcel conveyed; acreage; payment date; payor; tax paid; total taxes; interest due; cost of sale; sale price; portion of parcel sold; acres sold; purchaser; date of redemption or conveyance; redeemer or grantee and redemption amount. There were no tax sales for non-Forest Preserve counties after 1893.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Court of Chancery Assistant Register's calendar and case notes

Series Number

JN393

Summary

Calendar contains lists of cases and brief notes of proceedings before the Chancellor at court terms in the New York City. Calendar entries include both adversarial cases, commenced by bill of complaint, and non-adversarial cases, commenced by petition.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Militia enrollment statistical returns filed by county boards of supervisors

Series Number

A4109

Summary

This series consists of printed forms submitted by the clerks of county boards of supervisors to the Adjutant General's Office detailing the number of men liable to perform military duty. County assessment rolls were used to produce the returns which contain the following information: name of town or number of ward; number of persons enrolled belonging to fire companies; number of persons liable to perform military duty not belonging to military or fire companies; total number enrolled; and remarks.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

General correspondence

Series Number

A3100

Summary

This series illustrates the Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection's efforts in developing child care committees, assisting committees in surveying their needs, providing services and equipment for child care initiatives across the state, and obtaining state and federal funding for child care services during the Second World War. Material in the series includes correspondence, applications for grants, expenditures, budgets, and pamphlets and publications produced by the Committee.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Committee on Child Care, Development, and Protection

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Education Department Division of Vocational and Extension Education central correspondence files

Series Number

A0409

Summary

This series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence, memorandums, and occasional curricula, course descriptions, or printed publicity flyers from schools. These records resulted from the division's supervisory and advisory responsibilities for all pre-college level vocational classes, extension classes for working minors and adults, and training of teachers in vocational subjects. The correspondence is primarily between the division director and vocational education teachers and supervisors, school principals, college and university faculty, students, and the Federal Board for Vocational Education.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Ontario County Surrogate's Court case files

Series Number

A4647

Creator

• Ontario (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Second District case files and minutes

Series Number

19596

Summary

This series from the New York State Public Service Commission consists of microfilm copies of case files and minutes of the Second District Public Service Commission and non-filmed supplemental material. Case files typically include petitions, briefs, orders, correspondence, exhibits and testimony. Minutes document the formal regulatory proceedings (actions) of the commission.

Creator

• New York (State). Public Service Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Superintendent's monthly reports to Board of Visitors

Series Number

A3128

Summary

This series consists of reports presented at monthly meetings of the Board of Visitors (called the Board of Managers until 1927). The reports discuss such matters as staff deaths, illnesses, resignations, and leave; filling staff vacancies; inmate escapes; special school activities; purchases; and valuation of work done in shops.

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

Speech files

Series Number

18688

Summary

The series consists of copies of public remarks concerning Italian heritage and culture made by Matilda Cuomo in her capacity as chair of the Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission; and messages she sent responding to invitations to speak and invitations to events she was unable to attend. Also included are speeches and messages by Governor Mario Cuomo, to various civic groups and local quincentenary committees commending their initiatives.

Creator

• New York (State). Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Printed specifications for highway improvement

Series Number

B1824

Summary

This series consists of printed specifications formulated by the State Engineer and Surveyor for the improvement of State highways. Specification booklets contain prescribed requirements for all aspects of highway construction from excavation, preparation, and selection of materials, to the actual construction of roadways, bridges, and other adjoining structures. Booklets also include estimates of quantities of materials required for each project.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Schuyler County Board of Supervisors proceedings

Series Number

A4121

Summary

This series consists of copies of minutes of proceedings of the Schuyler County Board of Supervisors from October through December 1862. The proceedings deal mainly with non-military matters such as real property valuation and assessment and claims submitted before the board from a variety of people for services rendered or materials sold. It is unclear why this material was forwarded and retained by the bureau.

Creator

• New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Registers of soldiers' claims expedited

Series Number

A4135

Summary

This series consists of bound volumes describing types of claims filed by Civil War veterans and actions taken by both the federal and state government. The claims pertain mainly to overdue pension and bounty monies but are also for commutations of rations and back pay. Each register provides claimant's name and rank; company and regiment; dates of enlistment and discharge; amount of claim; actions taken by the agency; and certification that the claimant has received the money and/or related papers.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Reports of contagious diseases from local boards of health

Series Number

B0290

Summary

This series contains monthly totals of communicable disease cases reported to the State Department of Health as mandated by law. Diseases are represented by letter codes in headings, with numbers of cases for each respective disease listed in columns. Also included is a table of statistics compiled for "Greater New York" and the "State Outside of Greater New York."

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Communicable Diseases

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Secretary of State list of counties and towns

Series Number

A0353

Summary

This manuscript list of New York State's counties and the towns located within them was apparently produced pursuant to a senate resolution of November, 1816. It may represent the copy of record, deposited with the Office of the Secretary of State.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Harold A. Jerry, Jr. professional papers

Series Number

B1830

Summary

This series consists of Harold Jerry's personal copies of records compiled during public service with the Office for Regional Development, the Temporary Commission on the State Court System, the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, the Commission on the Adirondacks in the Twenty-First Century, and the Adirondack Highway Council. Records include correspondence; working, policy, and issue papers; press releases; economic and environmental studies; environmental field reports; draft legislation; meeting minutes, summaries, and agendas; budget materials; and clippings.

Creator

• Jerry, Harold A., Jr., 1920-2001

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Unpublished manuscript of "The ministry and churches of all denominations in the Middle Colonies from the first settlements until the year 1800," by Edward T. Corwin

Series Number

13911

Summary

This unpublished manuscript, prepared by Edward T. Corwin, was sent to the State Library. It contains an alphabetical list of clergy, their denomination, location, and birth and death dates; a citation to a biographical sketch; and a list of churches alphabetically by community noting their denomination, year established and the names and dates of pastors. The states or colonies included in this manuscript are New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

Creator

• New York State Library

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Tioga County records

Series Number

A4653

Creator

• Tioga (N.Y. : County)

Access Restrictions

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