Finding Aid Search

Title

Engravings of plans, profiles, and maps accompanying the annual report of the State Engineer and Surveyor

Series Number

B0248

Summary

This series consists of fifteen printed engravings compiled under the direction of State Engineer and Surveyor, Van R. Richmond by S.H. Sweet, Resident Engineer. The engravings illustrate the "standard models from which are built the important structures on the New York State Canals." The engravings depict timber locks, road bridges, aqueducts, truss bridges, dams, bulkheads, double locks, composite locks, farm bridges, waste weirs, culverts, and discharge pipes.

Creator

• New York (State). Executive Department

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Construction progress photographs

Series Number

B2339

Summary

This series consists of binders of photographs documenting the construction of nuclear power plants on the St. Lawrence River by the New York State Power Authority. The binders were sent monthly to Governor W. Averell Harriman's office by Power Authority Chairman, Robert Moses.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1955-1958 : Harriman)

Access Restrictions

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

Title

New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission annual reports

Series Number

B1630

Summary

This series consists of annual reports produced by the New York State Revolution Bicentennial Commission in connection with its efforts to promote bicentennial celebrations of the state's role in the American Revolution and the creation of the state's first constitution. Each report contains photographs, brief accounts of commission sponsored events, recently released commission publications, staff changes, financial information, and future activities and events anticipated by the commission.

Creator

• New York State American Revolution Bicentennial Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor's Press Office transcripts of press conferences

Series Number

13705

Summary

These transcripts of weekly and special press conferences document the governor's efforts to inform the press and public of state government policy on critical issues such issues as energy; drug abuse; economics; environment; crime and law enforcement; local, state, and national elections; abortion; taxes; death penalty; and gun control. The series also includes biographical material on Governor Carey, as well as briefing material used by Governor Harriman in preparation for press conferences.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor. Press Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Maps filed with Court of Chancery, Supreme Court of Judicature, and Court of Appeals

Series Number

J8000

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Title

Commissioner's subject and correspondence files

Series Number

13063

Summary

This series consists of subject and correspondence files of the commissioner. Typical records include briefing documents; reports; meeting files; speeches; interdepartmental memorandums; correspondence between members of the executive office; and correspondence with state and federal agencies, private and public groups, and individual members of the public.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Executive Office

Title

Canal fund accounts (receipt and disbursement book)

Series Number

A1081

Summary

This series consists of ledger accounts of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund (through 1826) and of the Canal of Fund New York State (starting 1827). Included are accounts with the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, Superintendent of Repairs, and banks in New York City and Albany in which Canal Fund monies were deposited, accounts for expenses on canals, and for interest on canal stock.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Governor's speech files

Series Number

13704

Summary

These files contain drafts, final versions, and summaries of the governor's speeches, dedications, remarks, and testimonies. Also included are notes; corrections; schedules of events; background materials; and press releases. The speeches address issues such as economics; housing; banking; trade; health and nutrition; energy; mass transit; the Cold War; Love Canal; 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid; and 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor. Press Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Blotters of governors' actions and decisions

Series Number

A0608

Summary

These blotters served as a preliminary record of the governor's actions and decisions. These records were kept pursuant to Laws of 1858, Chapter 64, which required the governor to record in books all applications made to him for appointments, pardons, commutations of sentences, or other gubernatorial actions, and to keep on file the original documentation relating to each application. The permanent record of these activities is found in Series A0607, Journals of Governor's Actions and Decisions.

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Scrapbook containing printed copies of the Laws of New York

Series Number

B0913

Summary

This series is a scrapbook which has various laws of New York pasted into it. This book belonged to Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr., who served as attorney general of New York State from January 1, 1878 to December 31, 1879. The laws do not seem to have any connection to each other. The book also contains appointments of Schoonmaker, although many of them are pasted over.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inmate clothing registers

Series Number

A1516

Summary

This series consists of six bound volumes describing clothing issued to and received by inmates at Matteawan State Hospital. In addition, volume six contains an overall inventory of an unknown ward detailing unused clothing and clothing ordered. The content varies between volumes, but generally provides information on what clothing was issued to an inmate, his/her name, number, date of admission, private clothing owned by the inmate, and ward number to which inmate was transferred.

Creator

• Matteawan State Hospital

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Proposed New York State Constitution of 1915

Series Number

A3301

Summary

This series consists of the original manuscript volume, bound and on vellum, containing the proposed New York State Constitution of 1915.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Blueprint plans, drawings, and specifications for proposed expansion of Great Meadow Prison

Series Number

A3315

Summary

The series consists of a set of blueprint plans, specifications, diagrams, and drawings for a proposed expansion of the Great Meadow Prison at Comstock, New York. The blueprints depict cage area; laundry and bathhouse; powerhouse; punishment prison; and mess hall and kitchen building. They show locations of current buildings, proposed prison walls, building construction, areas for excavated material, and space for future buildings. Also included are sewer profiles and details; connecting corridor plans and profiles; engineering details; and area plans.

Creator

• New York (State). State Architect

Access Restrictions

Documents relating to existing correctional facilities and other facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").

Title

Case status registers of cases brought before the Attorney General

Series Number

B0907

Summary

This series consists of bound registers used to track the status of cases that were brought before the the New York State Attorney General's Office.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Inmate commitment files

Series Number

A1502

Summary

These files contain certificates of recovery, statements of transfer, negatives of photographs, inventories of inmates' possessions, applications for writs of habeas corpus, inmate correspondence, newspaper clippings, and orders for withdrawal of writs of habeas corpus. These files were generated by the officials at Dannemora State Hospital, who decided to separate inmates' commitment records from the main case files. The majority of the files contain only statements of transfer, inventories of inmates' possessions, and certificates of recovery.

Creator

• Dannemora State Hospital

Access Restrictions

Restricted in accordance with Section 33.13, Mental Hygiene Law, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access permitted under certain conditions upon application to and approval by the Office of Mental Health.

Title

Accounts of taxes paid on passengers of steamboats

Series Number

A1264

Summary

This series consists of tax lists for steamboats Richmond, Paragon, and Chancellor Livingston. . The Canal Fund law includes a one dollar tax upon each steamboat passenger for each trip of over 100 miles, and fifty cents for any distance between 30 and 100 miles. Proceeds were deposited in the Canal Fund. The tax monthly lists provide the total number of passengers. In some instances, the passenger totals are broken down into daily figures.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Montauk State Parks case files

Series Number

B2876

Summary

This series consists of individual case files documenting the acquisition and appropriation of land by New York State and the Long Island State Park Commission for the creation of state parks in Montauk and the Town of East Hampton on the South Fork of Long Island's East End.

Creator

• Long Island State Park Commission

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Western Reformatory for Women psychological evaluation reports

Series Number

B0091

Summary

This series consists of patient psychiatric and psychological case files. The files, which typically provide information on the inmate's condition, treatments, medication distributed, and progress, include psychiatric progress notes, medication records, and psychiatric reports. The latter also list patient's age; color; physical characteristics; personality traits when treatment began; crimes; drug abuse; and strengths and weaknesses. Also included are patient letters describing activities and feelings.

Creator

• Western Reformatory for Women

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

Procedure establishment letters from the federal Office of Civilian Defense

Series Number

A4334

Summary

This series contains letters sent from the United States Office of Civilian Defense to the New York State Office of Civilian Mobilization (OCM) to establish volunteer activities and to ensure that programs were administered in accordance with federal mandates. The letters discuss: anti-sabotage activities; awards; blackouts; Block Plan; fingerprinting of civil defense volunteers; gas attacks; identification cards; incendiary and anti-personnel bombing; insignia standards; selection of civil defense trainees; and war plant protection.

Creator

• New York State War Council. Office of Civilian Mobilization

Access Restrictions

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

Title

Quality Community Interagency Working Group subject files

Series Number

B2686

Summary

This series contains subject files generated by the Quality Community Interagency Working Group. Included are records from the Community Center Revitalization Committee, State Leadership and Interagency Coordination Subcommittee, and the Technology Advancement Subcommittee.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Lieutenant Governor

Access Restrictions

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